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Janet Bond Arterton

U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
Biography

Judge Arterton was nominated by President Bill Clinton, confirmed by the United States Senate, and entered on duty May 15, 1995 as United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut.

She previously practiced law in the New Haven, Connecticut law firm formerly known as Garrison & Arterton, P.C. from 1978 to 1995 when she took the bench. Her legal practice focused on labor and employment law in federal and state courts. She chaired the Connecticut Bar Association's Federal Practice Section, and served as a Member of the Board of Governors of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, as an officer in the New Haven Inn of Court, and served by appointment on the Federal Court Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Committee, the United States Magistrate Judge Selection Committee, the United States District Court Local Rules Advisory Committee, and the State Court Rules Advisory Committee.

While in private practice, she also served as a Connecticut Superior Court Attorney Trial Referee and a Special Master in Federal District Court. She was elected to fellowship in the American Bar Foundation and Connecticut Bar Foundation, and was selected by peer review for inclusion The Best Lawyers in America.

Judge Arterton has been a continuing education lecturer, and has authored or contributed to books, articles and periodicals, including “Unconscious Bias and the Impartial Jury,” 40 Conn. L. Rev. 1023 (2008); “Alternative Dispute Resolution in the District of Connecticut,” in Mazadoorian, H. Mediation Practice Book: Critical Tools, Techniques and Forms, Law First Publ. 2002; Phelan and Arterton, Disability Discrimination the Workplace, (Clark Boardman Callaghan 1992), “Jury Trials Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,” in Spriggs, K., Representing Plaintiffs in Title VII Actions, John Wiley & Sons, 1994.

Professional Experience
Judge
U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
- Current
Assumed senior status on July 1, 2014.
Attorney
Private practice, New Haven, Connecticut
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New Haven, Connecticut
Law clerk
Hon. Herbert Stern, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
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Hon. Herbert Stern, U.S. District Court of New Jersey
Education
Northeastern University School of Law
J.D.
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Mount Holyoke College
B.A.
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Awards
Honorary Doctor of Laws
Northeastern University
Robert C. Zampano Award for Excellence in Mediation
Community Mediation Inc.
Maria Miller Stewart Recognition Award
Legal Fund
Professional Associations
Federal Judges Association Board of Directors
Current
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United States Judicial Conference Committee on International Judicial Relations
Member
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Publications
Articles & Publications
“Unconscious Bias and the Impartial Jury"
Conn. L. Rev.
“Alternative Dispute Resolution in the District of Connecticut,” in Mazadoorian, H. Mediation Practice Book: Critical Tools, Techniques and Forms
Law First Publ.
“Jury Trials Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,” in Spriggs, K., Representing Plaintiffs in Title VII Actions
John Wiley & Sons
Disability Discrimination the Workplace
Clark Boardman Callaghan
“Employment Discrimination Claims In State Court: A Laboratory For Experimentation,”
New York Law Review
Websites & Blogs
Website
United States District Court, District of Connecticut
Website
Federal Judicial Center Biography
Contact & Map
RICHARD C. LEE UNITED STATES COURT HOUSE
141 Church Street
New Haven, CT 06510
Telephone: (203) 773-2456