Alfred Vincent Covello (February 4, 1933 – February 18, 2025) was an American lawyer who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut from 1992 to 2025.
Alfred V. Covello
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
Born 1933 in Hartford, CT
Died 2025 in FL
FJC ID: 517
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 23/year
Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1987–1992Connecticut District Court · 1992–2003Connecticut District Court · 1992–2025
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Connecticut Superior CourtJudge · 1978–1992
- ↳judge, appellate session · 1980–1983
- Connecticut Supreme CourtJustice · 1987–1992
- Connecticut Appellate SystemAdministrative judge · 1992
- Connecticut Court of Common PleasJudge · 1975–1978
- Connecticut Circuit CourtJudge · 1974–1975
- Private practice, Hartford, Connecticut1960–1974
- Charter Revision Commission, West Hartford, ConnecticutCounsel · 1966, 1969–1970
- Office of Corporation Counsel, West Hartford, ConnecticutCounsel · 1964–1967
- Charter Revision Commission, West Hartford, ConnecticutMember · 1964
U.S. Army personnel specialist1955–1959
Appointments
1992–2003
1992–2025 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Harvard Universityba
J.D., LL.B. · 1960- Harvard UniversityA.B. · 1954