Lamont Taps Guilford Attorney To Serve As Superior Court Judge

GUILFORD, CT —Among the 22 nominated by Gov. Ned Lamont to fill state Superior Court judicial vacancies, is Maria del Pilar Gonzalez, 34, of Guilford.

Gonzalez graduated from Quinnipiac University and earned her Juris Doctor degree from Quinnipiac School of Law.

Since 2018, she has served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut and currently is a member of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force.

This is the second class of Superior Court nominations made by Lamont since he took office in 2019. The court currently has 59 vacancies.

“Our court system works the best when it reflects the diversity, experience, and understanding of the people who live here,” Lamont said in a statement.

Gonzalez is also the District of Connecticut’s Violence Against Women Act coordinator. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, she served as an Assistant State’s Attorney for the Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice in the Appellate Bureau and at Geographical Area #23.

Lamont said that in addition to the "competence, skills, and proficiency to serve the court with integrity," his nominees come from a "variety of backgrounds."

Lamont said that provides them with the "important shared experiences of the people who will come before them."

"These nominees have the qualifications that meet the high standards the residents of Connecticut deserve on the bench," Lamont said.