Robert Neil Chatigny (born October 17, 1951) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
Robert N. Chatigny
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
Born 1951 in Taunton, MA
FJC ID: 416
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 10/year
Connecticut District Court · 1994–Connecticut District Court · 1994–
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
- Private practice, Hartford, Connecticut1984–1994
- Private practice, Washington, D.C.1981–1983
Law clerk , Hon. Jon Newman · 1980–1981
Law clerk , Hon. Samuel Conti · 1979–1980
Law clerk , Hon. José Cabranes · 1980
Appointments
1994–present- 1994–2016 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
J.D. · 1978- Brown UniversityA.B. · 1973