Alexandra D. DiPentima

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Alexandra D. DiPentimaAmerican, born 1953

Judge Alexandra Davis DiPentima was born in 1953 and raised in Kent, Connecticut. She graduated from Princeton University, receiving an A.B. in intellectual history in 1975. From 1976 to 1979, she attended the University of Connecticut School of Law and graduated in 1979.

From 1979 to 1981, she worked as a staff attorney for Connecticut Legal Services, Inc. in Willimantic, Connecticut, representing low income persons in domestic disputes and housing disputes. In 1981, she joined the Hartford law firm of Moller, Horton & Fineberg, P.C., and in 1985, she became a principal in the firm.

In November of 1993, Governor Lowell Weicker appointed her to the trial bench as a Superior Court judge.

On May 13, 2003, Judge DiPentima was sworn in as a judge of the Appellate Court.

On March 29, 2010, Judge DiPentima was sworn in as Chief Judge of the Appellate Court by Chief Justice Chase Rogers, and on July 31, 2020, Judge DiPentima stepped down as Chief Judge and became a senior judge of the Appellate Court.

From 2012 to 2016, Judge DiPentima served on the Executive Committee for the national organization Council of Chief Judges of the State Courts of Appeal and continues to be active in that organization.

Sources:

“I wish I knew then what I know now.” (Sep 23, 2010) | Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. (n.d.). https://www.cttriallawyers.org/events/detail/?id=2092