Alfred V. Covello

Personal

Birthday: 
1933
Birthplace: 
Hartford, CT
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

U.S. Army personnel specialist, 1955-1959
Private practice, Hartford, Connecticut, 1960-1974
Member, Charter Revision Commission, West Hartford, Connecticut, 1964
Counsel, Charter Revision Commission, West Hartford, Connecticut, 1966, 1969-1970
Counsel, Office of Corporation Counsel, West Hartford, Connecticut, 1964-1967
Judge, Connecticut Circuit Court, 1974-1975
Judge, Connecticut Court of Common Pleas, 1975-1978
Judge, Connecticut Superior Court, 1978-1992; judge, appellate session, 1980-1983
Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court, 1987-1992
Administrative judge, Connecticut Appellate System, 1992

Education

Name of School: 
Harvard University
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1954
Name of School - Second: 

University of Connecticut School of Law

The University of Connecticut School of Law is one of the leading public law schools in the country. Its campus, listed on the National Register of Historic Sites, is probably the most beautiful of any law school in the United States. The newly-completed law library is perhaps the finest facility of its kind in the world. Two miles from the center of Hartford, the Law School is located in a neighborhood of large Victorian homes, where many students, staff, and faculty live.

Degree - Second: 
LL.B./J.D.
Degree Year - Second: 
1960

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, District of Connecticut
Court Name: 

Connecticut District Court

President Nominating: 
George H.W. Bush
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
8/17/1992
Retirement from Active Service: 
2/4/2003