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Holly Fitzsimmons

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Holly Fitzsimmons


United States District Court for the District of Connecticut

Tenure

1993 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

31

Elections and appointments

Education

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Holly B. Fitzsimmons is a federal magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. She was appointed to this position on June 4, 1993.[1] Fitzsimmons retired in April 2015, but was recalled to service.[2]

Education

Judge Fitzsimmons received her undergraduate degree from Smith College in 1971. She then earned both an M.A. degree in Legal History and a J.D. degree from the University of Virginia in 1976.[1]

Professional career

Judge Fitzsimmons began her career in 1976 with the law firm Robinson & Cole. She then worked for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut from 1978 to 1993.[1]

Judicial career

District of Connecticut

Fitzsimmons is a federal magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. She was appointed to this position on June 4, 1993.[1] Fitzsimmons retired in April 2015.[2] She was subsequently recalled to continue serving as a magistrate judge on April 2, 2015.[3]

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District of Connecticut
1993–Current
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Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
Active judges

Chief JudgeMichael Shea   •  Kari A. Dooley  •  Vernon D. Oliver  •  Victor Allen Bolden  •  Omar A. Williams  •  Sarala Nagala  •  Sarah Russell

Senior judges

Robert Chatigny  •  Vanessa Bryant  •  Alfred Covello  •  Janet Hall  •  Alvin Thompson  •  Stefan Underhill  •  

Magistrate judges Holly Fitzsimmons  •  Robert A. Richardson (Connecticut)  •  Robert Spector  •  Thomas Farrish  •  S. Dave Vatti  •  
Former Article III judges

Janet Arterton  •  Ellen Burns (Connecticut)  •  Peter Dorsey  •  Christopher Droney  •  Warren Eginton  •  Mark Kravitz  •  Alan Nevas  •  Dominic Squatrito  •  Richard Law  •  Pierpont Edwards  •  William Bristol  •  Andrew Thompson Judson  •  Charles Anthony Ingersoll  •  William Davis Shipman  •  Nathaniel Shipman  •  Jon Newman  •  Jose Cabranes  •  William Timbers  •  William Kneeland Townsend  •  James Perry Platt  •  Edwin Stark Thomas  •  Warren Booth Burrows  •  Carroll Hincks  •  John Joseph Smith  •  Robert Zampano  •  Gilroy Daly  •  Mosher Blumenfeld  •  Robert Palmer Anderson  •  T. Emmet Clarie  •  Jeffrey Meyer  •  Sarah A.L. Merriam  •  

Former Chief judges

Robert Chatigny  •  Ellen Burns (Connecticut)  •  Alfred Covello  •  Alvin Thompson  •  Stefan Underhill  •  William Timbers  •  Carroll Hincks  •  John Joseph Smith  •  Gilroy Daly  •  Mosher Blumenfeld  •  Robert Palmer Anderson  •  T. Emmet Clarie  •