Janet Bond Arterton

Janet MacArthur Bond Arterton (born February 8, 1944) is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Janet Bond Arterton
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
Incumbent
Assumed office July 1, 2014
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
In office March 24, 1995 – July 1, 2014
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	José A. Cabranes
Succeeded by	Victor Allen Bolden
Personal details
Born	Janet MacArthur Bond[1] (1944-02-08) February 8, 1944 (age 80) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education	Mount Holyoke College (BA) Northeastern University School of Law (JD)

Education and career

Arterton was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mount Holyoke College in 1966, and then received a Juris Doctor from Northeastern University School of Law in 1977. She was a law clerk for Judge Herbert Jay Stern of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey from 1977 to 1978, and then was in private practice of law in New Haven, Connecticut from 1978 to 1995.

Federal judicial service

On January 23, 1995, Arterton was nominated by President Bill Clinton to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, to a seat vacated by Judge José A. Cabranes. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 24, 1995, and received her commission the same day. She assumed senior status on July 1, 2014.^[2] She assumed inactive senior status on October 15, 2023.^[3]

During her service on the court, she presided over the case of Ricci v. DeStefano.^[4]

References

1. Confirmation hearings on federal appointments: Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session
2. Janet Bond Arterton at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
3. "Press Release Announcing Judge Arterton's Retirement" (PDF). ctd.uscourts.gov (Press release). April 5, 2023. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
4. Ricci v. DeStefano, 554 F.Supp.2d 142 (US District Court for Connecticut; September 28, 2006). This decision can also be found as Appendix B to the later "Order Denying Rehearing En Banc".

External links

• Janet Bond Arterton at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by José A. Cabranes	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut 1995–2014	Succeeded by Victor Allen Bolden