The General Assembly confirmed the judicial nominations of William H. Bright Jr. to the Supreme Court, Robin L. Wilson to the Appellate Court and a dozen others to the Superior Court on Wednesday.
Former Rep. Michael D’Agostino, D-Hamden, and former Senate Minority Leader Kevin C. Kelly, R-Stratford, were among the Superior Court nominees who were confirmed with little debate.
Former Rep. Christine L. Conley, D-Groton, was confirmed as an administrative law judge on the Workers Compensation Commission.
The House vote for D’Agostino was unanimous, while Sen. Rob Sampson, R-Wolcott, cast the sole negative vote in the Senate against Kelly and D’Agostino. Sampson did not explain his vote on the floor, and he declined comment later.
One of the 13 Superior Court nominations Lamont made in January, Diana Gomez, 42, of Easton, withdrew her nomination after the legislature’s Judiciary Committee declined to recommend her after questions at a public hearing about her interactions with colleagues as a public defender.
The governor’s office notified the House on Tuesday he was formally withdrawing her nomination without further comment or explanation.
Bright, 62, of Columbia, is the chief judge of the Appellate Court and will succeed Raheem Mullins as an associate justice, a position Mullins vacated upon his confirmation as chief justice of the court. Wilson, 64, of New Haven, is a Superior Court judge and will succeed Bright as an Appellate Court judge.Â
In Bright and Wilson, Lamont chose jurists with long experience on the bench.Â
Bright has been a judge for 16 years, nominated to the Superior Court in 2008 by Gov. M. Jodi Rell and to the Appellate Court by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy in 2017. He is a graduate of Dickinson College and the University of Chicago Law School.
Wilson has a bachelor’s degree from Connecticut College, a J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law and a master of laws degree in labor relations from New York University School of Law.
