Stefan Richard Underhill (born June 9, 1956) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
Stefan R. Underhill
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
Born 1956 in Battle Creek, MI
FJC ID: 2826
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 25/year
Connecticut District Court · 1999–Connecticut District Court · 1999–
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 2020–2023
- Private practice, Stamford, Connecticut1984, 1985–1999
Law clerk , Hon. Jon Newman · 1984–1985
Appointments
1999–2022 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
1999–present
Education
J.D. · 1984- University of OxfordB.A. · 1981
- University of VirginiaB.A. · 1978