Dominic J. Squatrito

Judge Squatrito was appointed United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut on October 6, 1994. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University 1961 and attended the University of Florence in Italy from 1961-62 as a Fulbright Scholar. He received his law degree from Yale University in 1965.

In 1966 Judge Squatrito began practicing law at Bayer & Phelon in Manchester, Connecticut. He remained at this firm, which later became Phelon, Squatrito, FitzGerald, Dyer & Wood, P.C., until his appointment to the federal bench. In the course of his almost thirty years of general private practice, Judge Squatrito also served in a wide variety of public capacities, including service as Counsel to the Housing Authority of the Town of Manchester (1972-79); as Clerk of the State of Connecticut Legislative Committee on Executive Nominations (1974-78); as Assistant Counsel to the Judiciary Committee of the State of Connecticut Legislature (1974); as a Chief Counsel to the Senate of the State of Connecticut (1976-80). Judge Squatrito also served a term as President of the Manchester Bar Association (1989-90) and was the first chairman of Manchester’s Commission on Aging (1967-69).

The Judge is a member of the American Bar Association, the Connecticut State Bar Association, the Hartford County Bar Association, the Manchester Bar Association and the Federal Judges Association.

Judge

U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut

1994 - Current

Assumed senior status due to certified disability on November 1, 2004.

Attorney

Private practice, Manchester, Connecticut

1966 - 1994

Chief counsel

Connecticut State Senate

1976 - 1980

Counsel

Manchester [Connecticut] Housing Authority

1972 - 1979

Clerk

Connecticut State Committee on Executive Nominations

1974 - 1978

Counsel

Connecticut State Legislature Judiciary Committee

1974 - 1975

Fulbright scholar

University of Florence, Italy

1962

Yale Law School

LL.B. (1965)

Wesleyan University

B.A. (1961)

American Bar Association, the Connecticut State Bar Association, the Hartford County Bar Association, the Manchester Bar Association and the Federal Judges Association

Member

Current