Christopher Fitzgerald Droney

Judge Christopher Fitzgerald Droney

Personal

Birthday:

1954

Birthplace:

Hartford, CT

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Hartford, Connecticut, 1979-1993
Deputy mayor, West Hartford, Connecticut, 1983-1985
Mayor, West Hartford, Connecticut, 1985-1989
U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut, 1993-1997

Education

Name of School:

College of the Holy Cross

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1976

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:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1979

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, District of Connecticut

Court Name:

Connecticut District Court

President Nominating:

William J. Clinton

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

9/18/1997

Termination Date:

12/1/2011

Termination Reason:

Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Court Name - Second:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Court Name - Second:

Second Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Second:

12/1/2011