Christine S. Vertefeuille, Date of Birth

    

Christine S. Vertefeuille

American judge

Date of Birth: 10-Dec-1950

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Christine S. Vertefeuille

  • Christine S.
  • Vertefeuille (born December 10, 1950) is a Senior Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.
  • She is a Connecticut native, born in New Britain, Connecticut.
  • She graduated from Trinity College with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in 1972 and the University of Connecticut School of Law with a Juris Doctor in 1975. Vertefeuille began her career as a judge with her 1989 appointment to the Connecticut Superior Court.
  • During her tenure as a Superior Court Judge, she presided over the Connecticut silicone gel breast implant cases (1993–99).
  • In addition, Vertefeuille served as the Administrative Judge in the Waterbury Judicial District (1994–99) and as a Complex Litigation Judge (1999). Vertefeuille was appointed a Judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court on September 13, 1999.
  • On January 3, 2000, Vertefeuille was appointed a Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, succeeding Justice Robert I.
  • Berdon, who retired by law.
  • She served as the Administrative Judge of the Appellate System from June 1, 2000, to July 31, 2006.
  • In 2010, Vertefeuille announced her decision to retire and assume Senior Status.
  • Governor M.
  • Jodi Rell appointed Superior Court Judge Dennis Eveleigh to succeed her. On October 10, 2008, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled in Kerrigan v.
  • Commissioner of Public Health that gay and lesbian couples could not be denied the right to marry because of the Equal Protection Clause of the state constitution.
  • This decision made Connecticut the third state (along with Massachusetts and California) to legalize same-sex marriage through judicial decree of the state supreme court.
  • The majority opinion was written by Justice Richard N.
  • Palmer, and joined by Justices Flemming L.
  • Norcott Jr., Joette Katz, and Judge Lubbie Harper Jr.
  • Justices Peter T.
  • Zarella, Vertefeuille, and David Borden dissented.

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