Janet Celeste Hall (born September 15, 1948) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. She sits in New Haven.
Janet C. Hall
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
Born 1948 in Lowell, MA
FJC ID: 2731
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 12/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 26/year
Connecticut District Court · 1997–Connecticut District Court · 1997–
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
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Hartford, Connecticut1980–1997
Antritrust Division, U.S. Department of JusticeTrial attorney · 1975–1979- Eastern District of VirginiaSpecial assistant U.S. attorney · 1979
- Private practice1973–1975
Appointments
1997–2021 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
1997–present
Education
J.D. · 1973- Mount Holyoke CollegeA.B. · 1970