Stefan Underhill
2022 - Present
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Stefan R. Underhill is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. He joined the court in 1999 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton (D). Underhill served as chief judge of the court from 2018 to 2022.
Underhill assumed senior status on November 1, 2022.[1]
Biography
Early life and education
Born in Battle Creek, Michigan, Underhill graduated from University of Virginia with a bachelor's degree in 1978, from the University of Oxford with a second bachelor's degree in 1981, and from Yale Law School with his J.D. in 1984.[2]
Professional career
- 1999 - present: United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
- 2022-present: Senior judge
- 2018 - 2022: Chief judge
- 1999-2022: Judge
- 1985-1999: Private practice, Stamford, Conn.
- 1984-1985: Law clerk, Hon. Jon Newman, United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
- 1984: Private practice, Stamford, Conn.[2]
Judicial career
District of Connecticut
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Stefan R. Underhill |
| Court: United States District Court for the District of Connecticut |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 155 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: January 26, 1999
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| ABA Rating: Substantial Majority Well Qualified, Minority Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: June 16, 1999
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: June 24, 1999
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| Confirmed: June 30, 1999
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| Vote: 94-4
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Underhill was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut by President Bill Clinton on January 26, 1999, to a seat vacated by Peter Dorsey. The American Bar Association rated Underhill Substantial Majority Well Qualified, Minority Qualified for the nomination. Hearings on Underhill's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 16, 1999, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on June 24, 1999. Underhill was confirmed on a recorded 94-4 vote of the U.S. Senate on June 30, 1999, and he received his commission on July 7, 1999. Underhill became chief judge of the district court in 2018.[2][3][4] Underhill assumed senior status on November 1, 2022.[1]
See also
- United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
- United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 U.S. Courts, "Future Judicial Vacancies," accessed October 4, 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Federal Judicial Center, "Biography of Judge Stefan R. Underhill," accessed May 19, 2017
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 46 — Stefan R. Underhill — The Judiciary," accessed May 19, 2017
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 106th Congress," accessed May 19, 2017
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Peter Dorsey |
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut 1999-2022 |
Succeeded by Vernon D. Oliver |
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
Federal courts:
Second Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Connecticut • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Connecticut
State courts:
Connecticut Supreme Court • Connecticut Appellate Court • Connecticut Superior Court • Connecticut Probate Courts
State resources:
Courts in Connecticut • Connecticut judicial elections • Judicial selection in Connecticut
