Andrew J. McDonald
Connecticut Supreme Court
Justice Andrew J. McDonald is a Connecticut native. Born in Stamford on March 11, 1966, he attended Stamford public schools before entering college. After graduating from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1988, he earned a juris doctor degree, with honors, from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1991. In January of 2013, Governor Dannel P. Malloy nominated Justice McDonald to be an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. He was confirmed by the Connecticut General Assembly on January 23, 2013 and was sworn into office on January 24, 2013 by Governor Malloy.
Prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court, Justice McDonald served as the General Counsel to the Office of the Governor for the State of Connecticut from 2011 to 2013. In this role, he served as chief legal advisor to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor and senior staff of the Executive Branch of government. His responsibilities included providing legal counsel and analysis on all aspects of Executive Branch functions and operations, including its interactions with the federal government and the Judicial and Legislative branches of state government.
From 1991 to 2011, Justice McDonald was engaged in the private practice of law, first as an associate and then as a partner, with the firm of Pullman & Comley, LLC.
From January of 1999 to July of 2002, Justice McDonald additionally served as the Director of Legal Affairs and Corporation Counsel for the City of Stamford.
Justice McDonald was a State Senator from 2003 to 2011. He represented Stamford and Darien in the 27th District. Justice McDonald served as the Senate Chairman of the Judiciary Committee for all eight years he was in the General Assembly.
Justice McDonald and his husband, Charles, live in Stamford.
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- Connecticut Supreme Court
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- General Counsel
- Office of the Governor for the State of Connecticut
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- State Senator, 27th district
- State of Connecticut
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- Senate Chairman of the Judiciary Committee for all eight years he was in the General Assembly, also served as the Senate Vice Chairman of the Energy and Technology Committee and as member of the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee, the Transportation Committee, the Education Committee and the Regulations Review Committee. From 2005-2011 served as Deputy Majority Leader of the Senate
- Associate, then Partner
- Pullman & Comley, LLC
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- Director of Legal Affairs and Corporation Counsel
- City of Stamford
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- University of Connecticut School of Law
- J.D. (1991) | Law
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- Cornell University
- B.A. (1988)
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- Stamford Board of Finance
- Member
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- Activities: Chairman from 1997-1999, Co-Chair of the Audit Committee, from 1995-1997
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- Stamford Board of Representatives
- Member
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