Joette Katz
Joette Katz | |
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Justice Katz in 2008 | |
| Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Children and Families | |
| In office February 4, 2011 – January 9, 2019 | |
| Governor | Dan Malloy |
| Preceded by | Susan Hamilton |
| Succeeded by | Vanessa Dorantes |
| Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court | |
| In office 1992–2011 | |
| Nominated by | Lowell P. Weicker Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 3, 1953 |
| Spouse | Philip Rubin |
| Alma mater | Brandeis University University of Connecticut School of Law |
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Joette Katz (born February 3, 1953) is an American attorney and a partner at the law firm Shipman & Goodwin LLP [1]. She was an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, where she also served as the administrative judge for the state appellate system. Later, she served as a Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Children and Families. In various roles during her career she has had an impact on issues of state and national importance, such as: criminal law, capital punishment, civil rights and the right to education, eminent domain, same-sex marriage, LGBTQ rights, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and transitioning children in state care from institutions to families.