| Court Type: | district |
| Court Name: | United States District Court for the District of Connecticut |
| Abbreviation: | D. Conn. |
| Seal: | Connecticut-seal.png |
| Seal Size: | 125 |
| Map Image Name: | Connecticut blank.svg |
| Map Image Width: | 150 |
| Courthouse: | Richard C. Lee U.S. Courthouse |
| Location: | New Haven |
| Location1: | Hartford |
| Location2: | Bridgeport |
| Appeals To: | Second Circuit |
| Established: | September 24, 1789 |
| Judges Assigned: | 8 |
| Chief: | Michael P. Shea |
| Us Attorney: | Vanessa R. Avery |
| Us Marshal: | Lawrence Bobnick (acting) |
The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (in case citations, D. Conn.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Connecticut. The court has offices in Bridgeport, Hartford, and New Haven. Appeals from the court are heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. It was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, 1 Stat. 73, on September 24, 1789.[1] The Court initially had a single judge, and remained so composed until March 3, 1927, when a second judge was added by 1927 44 Stat. 1348. Six additional judgeships were created between 1961 and 1990 to bring about the current total of eight judges. Court offices at Hartford and New Haven are located in the Abraham A. Ribicoff Federal Building and the Richard C. Lee United States Courthouse.
Cases decided by the District of Connecticut are appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. the United States attorney is Vanessa R. Avery.[2]
The United States marshal for the District of Connecticut is Lawrence Bobnick.
| U.S. Attorney | Term started | Term ended | Presidents served under | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierpont Edwards[3] | 1789 | 1806 | George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson | ||
| Hezekiah Huntington | 1806 | 1829 | Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, and John Quincy Adams | ||
| Nathan Smith | 1829 | 1829 | Andrew Jackson | ||
| Asa Child | 1829 | 1834 | Andrew Jackson | ||
| William S. Holabird | 1834 | 1841 | Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, and William Henry Harrison | ||
| Charles Chapman | 1841 | 1844 | John Tyler | ||
| Jonathan Stoddard | 1844 | 1849 | John Tyler and James K. Polk | ||
| Thomas Clap Perkins | 1849 | 1853 | Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore | ||
| Elisha S. Abernethy | 1853 | 1853 | Franklin Pierce | ||
| William Davis Shipman | 1853 | 1860 | Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan | ||
| Tilton E. Doolittle | 1860 | 1861 | James Buchanan | ||
| Hiram Willey | 1861 | 1869 | Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Calvin G. Child | 1870 | 1880 | Ulysses S. Grant and Rutherford B. Hayes | ||
| Daniel Chadwick | 1880 | 1884 | Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, and Chester A. Arthur | ||
| Lewis E. Stanton | 1884 | 1888 | Chester A. Arthur and Grover Cleveland | ||
| George G. Sill | 1888 | 1892 | Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison | ||
| George P. McLean | 1892 | 1896 | Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland | ||
| Charles W. Comstock | 1896 | 1900 | Grover Cleveland and William McKinley | ||
| Francis H. Parker | 1900 | 1908 | |||
| John T. Robinson | 1908 | 1912 | Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft | ||
| Frederick A. Scott | 1912 | 1915 | |||
| Thomas J. Spellacy | 1915 | 1918 | Woodrow Wilson | ||
| John F. Crosby | 1918 | 1919 | Woodrow Wilson | ||
| Edward L. Smith | 1919 | 1923 | Woodrow Wilson and Warren Harding | ||
| Allan K. Smith | 1923 | 1925 | Calvin Coolidge | ||
| John Buckley | 1925 | 1933 | Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover | ||
| Frank Bergin | 1933 | 1934 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | ||
| George H. Cohen | 1934 | 1934 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | ||
| Robert P. Butler | 1934 | 1945 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | ||
| Adrian W. Maher | 1945 | 1953 | Harry Truman | ||
| Simon S. Cohen | 1953 | 1958 | |||
| Harry W. Hultgren Jr. | 1958 | 1961 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | ||
| Robert C. Zampano | 1961 | 1964 | |||
| F. Owen Eagan | 1964 | 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson | ||
| Jon O. Newman | 1964 | 1969 | Lyndon B. Johnson | ||
| Stewart H. Jones | 1969 | 1974 | Richard Nixon | ||
| Harold J. Pickerstein | 1974 | 1974 | Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford | ||
| Peter Collins Dorsey | 1974 | 1977 | Gerald Ford | ||
| Richard Blumenthal | 1977 | 1981 | Jimmy Carter | ||
| Alan Harris Nevas | 1981 | 1985 | Ronald Reagan | ||
| Stanley A. Twardy Jr. | 1985 | 1991 | Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush | ||
| Richard N. Palmer | 1991 | 1991 | George H. W. Bush | ||
| Albert S. Dabrowski | 1991 | 1993 | George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton | ||
| Christopher F. Droney | 1993 | 1997 | Bill Clinton | ||
| John H. Durham | 1997 | 1998 | Bill Clinton | ||
| Stephen C. Robinson | 1998 | 2001 | |||
| John A. Danaher III | 2001 | 2002 | George W. Bush | ||
| Kevin J. O’Connor | 2002 | 2008 | George W. Bush | ||
| Nora R. Dannehy | 2008 | 2010 | George W. Bush and Barack Obama | ||
| David B. Fein | 2010 | 2013 | Barack Obama | ||
| Deirdre M. Daly | 2013 | 2017 | Barack Obama and Donald Trump | ||
| John H. Durham | 2017 | 2021 | Donald Trump and Joe Biden | ||
| Vanessa R. Avery | 2022 | present | Joe Biden | ||