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Christopher F. Droney Judicial nominee for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Appointed by Barack Obama Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut Incumbent Assumed office
September 18, 1997Appointed by Bill Clinton Preceded by Alan H. Nevas United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut In office
1993–1997Appointed by Bill Clinton Preceded by Stanley A. Twardy, Jr. Succeeded by Stephen C. Robinson Personal details Born 1954
Hartford, ConnecticutAlma mater College of the Holy Cross (B.A.)
University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D.)Christopher F. Droney (born 1954) is a United States federal judge.
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Droney received a B.A. from the College of the Holy Cross in 1976 and a J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1979. He was in private practice in Hartford, Connecticut from 1979 to 1993, and was also deputy mayor of West Hartford, Connecticut from 1983 to 1985, and then Mayor of West Hartford from 1985 to 1989. He was a U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut from 1993 to 1997.
On June 5, 1997, Droney was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut vacated by Alan H. Nevas. Droney was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 11, 1997, and received his commission on September 18, 1997. On May 4, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated him to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
External links
- Christopher F. Droney at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Categories:- 1954 births
- Living people
- United States Attorneys for the District of Connecticut
- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
- United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton
- University of Connecticut School of Law alumni
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