| Gregory D'Auria | |
| Office: | Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court |
| Appointer: | Dannel Malloy |
| Term Start: | April 10, 2017 |
| Predecessor: | Peter T. Zarella |
| Birth Date: | 24 June 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Education: | University of Connecticut (BA, JD) |
Gregory Thomas D'Auria (born June 24, 1963)[1] is an American lawyer and judge who has served as an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court since 2017.[2] He previously was Solicitor General of Connecticut.
Born and raised in Connecticut, D'Auria completed a bachelor's degree at the University of Connecticut in 1985, with a major in political science.[2] He completed a J.D. degree in 1988 at the University of Connecticut School of Law, where he was editor-in-chief of the Connecticut Journal of International Law.[3] D'Auria clerked for Connecticut Supreme Court Chief Justice Ellen Ash Peters in 1988–1989, and then worked for four years as an associate attorney at the law firm Shipman & Goodwin.[3]
D'Auria was hired by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal in 1993, and worked in the Attorney General's Office until 2011.[4] He was an Assistant Attorney General in 1993–2000, served as Associate Attorney General for Litigation until 2009, and then headed the Special Litigation and Charities Unit.[2]
Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen appointed D'Auria as Solicitor General of Connecticut in 2011.[4] In this job, D'Auria argued more than 90 cases on behalf of the state before the state supreme court and Connecticut Appellate Court.[5]
On February 1, 2017, D'Auria was nominated by Governor Dan Malloy to a seat on the Connecticut Supreme Court, to replace retired associate justice Peter T. Zarella.[4] D'Auria was unanimously approved by the judiciary committee of the Connecticut General Assembly on February 17, and was unanimously confirmed by the Assembly as a whole on March 8, 2017.[5] [6]
D'Auria was sworn in by Governor Malloy as an associate justice on April 10, 2017, to an eight-year term which expires in 2025.[7]