North Haven Resident Nominated For CT Superior Court Judge Position

NORTH HAVEN, CT — A North Haven resident was among the 13 people nominated by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to fill vacancies for judgeships on the Connecticut Superior Court. There are currently nearly 40 vacancies on the Superior Court and Malloy will be making up to four additional appointments in the coming days.

North Haven’s Walter M. Spader, Jr. was among the nominations Malloy announced on Wednesday. (To sign up for North Haven breaking news alerts and more, click here.)

Spader has served as an attorney at the Marcus Law Firm in North Branford since 2003, where his areas of practice have included bank and tax foreclosures, commercial and residential real estate transactions, criminal law, and planning and zoning issues.

He is a graduate of Fairfield University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in management and marketing and a Master of Business Administration degree, and the Quinnipiac University School of Law, where he received a Juris Doctor degree.

“One of my most important duties as governor has been to nominate a selection of qualified and diverse judicial nominees who possess the qualities that mirror the residents of our state while also meeting the high principles and integrity that our citizens deserve,” Malloy said in a statement. “It is a careful, meticulous process because we want to ensure that the men and women who sit on our bench will serve our state with distinction, fairness, competence, ethics, and above all, respect for the people of Connecticut.”

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