Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday announced the nomination of 14 attorneys to serve as Superior Court judges, seeking to fill vacancies on the state’s trial court bench.
The nominees span a range of legal backgrounds, including private practice litigators, current and former state agency attorneys, prosecutors, public defenders and a former U.S. immigration judge.
The nominations will go to the legislature’s Judiciary Committee for public hearings, then to the full General Assembly for a vote.
The nominees are:
Campbell D. Barrett, 56, of Durham, a partner at Pullman & Comley who co-chairs the firm’s Family Law and Appellate practice groups. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and serves on the Connecticut Bar Examining Committee and the Connecticut Child Support Guideline Commission.
Jeffrey R. Beckham, 62, of Tolland, currently serving as senior adviser to the secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, where he previously served as secretary from March 2022 to December 2025.
Theodore M. Doolittle, 62, of West Hartford, who most recently served as a U.S. immigration judge in Hartford from 2023 to 2025. He previously served as Connecticut’s healthcare advocate and held senior roles at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Justice.
Patrick M. Fahey, 57, of Glastonbury, a partner at Shipman and Goodwin, where he has practiced complex litigation, appellate work and intellectual property litigation for nearly 30 years.
Felice Gray-Kemp, 57, of Hamden, a self-employed attorney affiliated with Unified Law who previously served as in-house counsel at United Technologies, Amphenol Corp. and Chemtura Corp.
Sean Kehoe, 53, of West Hartford, an associate attorney general and chief of the Government Administration Division for the Office of the Attorney General, where he has worked for his entire 24-year legal career.
Nisa Khan, 38, of West Hartford, an assistant attorney general in the Child Protection Section of the Office of the Attorney General, where she manages the statewide appellate practice.
Seán McGuinness, 41, of Norwalk, a supervisory assistant state’s attorney in Bridgeport. He also teaches as an adjunct professor at Quinnipiac University School of Law, Quinnipiac University and the University of New Haven.
Philip Miller, 57, of Glastonbury, section chief of the Financial and Revenue Services section at the Office of the Attorney General. He previously spent 19 years in the office’s Special Litigation section and is a retired captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve.
Leah Pollard, 58, of Pomfret, an attorney with Connecticut Legal Services who previously served for 17 years as probate judge for the Northeast Probate Court and as administrative judge for the Northeast Regional Children’s Probate Court.
Patrick T. Ring, 48, of Windsor, an assistant attorney general in the Financial and Revenue Services section of the Office of the Attorney General, where he has focused on banking, securities, insurance, taxation and consumer financial protection for more than 16 years.
John Shaban, 61, of Redding, a partner at Levine and Levine and a Superior Court magistrate. He served as a state representative in the General Assembly from 2011 to 2017.
Rosemarie Weber, 57, of Granby, a deputy associate attorney general and section chief of the Infrastructure and Economic Development section at the Office of the Attorney General. She is an Army veteran who also served in the office’s Child Protection section.
Justine Whalen, 41, of Branford, an assistant public defender for the New Haven Judicial District. She previously served as a public defender in Massachusetts for eight years.
The 14 nominees were selected to fill 20 current vacancies on the Superior Court.
