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Raheem L. Mullins Chief Justice
Chief Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court
Background: Mullins clerked for Judge Frederick L. Brown of the Massachusetts Appeals Court after law school. Before becoming a judge, Mullins was an assistant state's attorney for the Division of Criminal Justice and assistant attorney general in the Child Protection Division.
At a glance
- Court
- Connecticut Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Chief Justice
- Chief justice
- Yes
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Ned Lamont (D) (August 29, 2024)
- Appointed by
- Gov. Ned Lamont (D)
- Appointment date
- August 29, 2024
- Took office
- January 28, 2025
- Current term ends
- January 28, 2033
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- Not listed
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Mild Democrat (2020 study of justices' pre-court partisan activity)
- Education
- Bachelor's: Clark University, 2001
- Law: Northeastern University School of Law, 2004
- Prior offices
- Connecticut Appellate Court Connecticut Supreme Court (Successor: William H. Bright Jr. (Nonpartisan))
- New Haven District Superior Court (2012 - 2014)
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Assisted appointment (governor-controlled commission)A nominating commission screens candidates and sends a shortlist; the governor appoints from it. In many such states, justices later face yes/no retention elections.
Summary of facts listed on Raheem L. Mullins’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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