Richard Robinson to retire as chief justice of CT Supreme Court
Richard A. Robinson, the first Black chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, is retiring in September after 24 years as a jurist at all levels of the state judiciary, including six as the leader of its highest court.
His departure from the seven-seat court comes at a time when Gov. Ned Lamont is being lobbied for more diverse backgrounds on a court where three of the six remaining justices are former prosecutors.
Lamont set no timetable for nominating a successor to the 66-year-old Robinson, who was general counsel of the Connecticut Conference of the NAACP and the assistant counsel for the city of Stamford before becoming a judge of the Superior Court in 2000.
Robinson informed the governor of his plans Monday in a face-to-face meeting. The governor’s office announced the retirement Tuesday.
https://ctmirror.org/2024/05/21/richard-robinson-retires-ct-supreme-court-chief-justice/
