Judiciary committee favorably reports dozens of judicial nominations; one member voices opposition to prosecutor-turned-nominee

The Judiciary Committee convened Feb. 26, 2025, and took up the governor's slate of judicial nominations, moving many nominees to a consent calendar and scheduling roll-call votes. Votes on several nominees were left open until 4 p.m.; the committee later approved a multi-name consent calendar during the session.

The nominations affect appointments to the state Supreme Court (associate judge), the Appellate Court, the Superior Court, family support magistrate posts and workers' compensation administrative law judge positions. Representative Fishbein objected to one nomination after recounting a prosecutor's handling of a criminal case; other members raised experience-related questions about a family support magistrate nominee.

Representative Fishbein, speaking on the nomination of Jesse W. Giddings of North Haven to be a judge of the Superior Court, described the facts of the case State v. Mims as presented in a public hearing and said the prosecutor…