Joan Glazer Margolis

Joan Glazer Margolis is an American jurist who served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Connecticut. Born and raised in New Haven, Connecticut, she graduated as valedictorian from Richard C. Lee High School in 1971. She graduated fromt Brandeis University in 1975. Margolis earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1978.

Her legal career began with a clerkship for the Honorable Ellen Bree Burns, the first female U.S. District Judge for the District of Connecticut. Following her clerkship, Margolis entered private practice as an associate at Wiggin & Dana in New Haven for nearly five years. On February 4, 1985, Judge Margolis made history by becoming the first woman to be sworn in as a United States Magistrate in the District of Connecticut. She was re-appointed in 1993, 2001, and 2009.

Judge Margolis retired from full-time service on April 30, 2018, but immediately began serving as a recalled magistrate judge, continuing to assist district judges by conducting settlement conferences in civil cases.

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Merriam, S. A. (2022, September 19). Pioneer Women: Ellen Bree Burns and Joan Glazer Margolis. Judicature | the Scholarly Journal About the Judiciary. https://judicature.duke.edu/articles/pioneer-women-ellen-bree-burns-and-joan-glazer-margolis/

Joan Margolis - Ballotpedia. (n.d.). Ballotpedia. https://ballotpedia.org/Joan_Margolis

Joan G. Margolis | District of Connecticut | United States District Court. (n.d.). https://www.ctd.uscourts.gov/content/joan-g-margolis