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Steven D. Ecker
Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court
Background: Ecker clerked for Judge Jon O. Newman of the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit after law school. Ecker then worked as an attorney at Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt & Dow, P.C. and at Cowdery, Ecker & Murphy LLC.
At a glance
- Court
- Connecticut Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Not listed
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Dan Malloy (D) (2018)
- Appointed by
- Gov. Dan Malloy (D)
- Appointment date
- 2018
- Took office
- May 3, 2018
- Current term ends
- May 3, 2034
- 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: Yale University, 1984
- Law: Harvard Law School, 1987
- Prior offices
- Not listed
- 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 Steven D. Ecker’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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