Norwalk Resident Nominated To Fill CT Superior Court Vacancy

HARTFORD, CT – Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced Friday that he is nominating fourteen state residents to fill vacancies for judgeships on the Connecticut Superior Court.

These announcements come in addition to the eleven nominations for the court that the Governor made on Tuesday of last week, and the five he announced last Thursday, according to a release.

While these nominations represent only a fraction of the 45 vacancies currently in the Superior Court, these 30 nominees will provide critical judicial capacity in performing the essential duties of the court system. The Governor intends to leave a total of 21 positions vacant by the end of his term.

Currently, the bipartisan budget assumes a vacancy of only 12 positions, which means that this plan of action would realize additional, unanticipated budgetary savings by leaving nine funded positions vacant.

“Selecting nominees to fill vacancies in our court system is one of the most important duties that a governor performs – they must possess the qualities that build a stronger, fairer Connecticut for everyone in the long-run,” Malloy said in a release. “I believe that each of these women and men will bring to the bench the diverse qualities that mirror the people of our state while also meeting the high principles and integrity that our citizens deserve.”

Malloy’s nominations for the Superior Court included Ronald E. Kowalski II of Norwalk.

Kowalski is a partner at Cacace, Tusch and Santagata in Stamford, with whom he has practiced law since 1994, handling a significant civil litigation caseload, focusing primarily on property tax appeals, condemnation cases, foreclosures, lease and other contract-related litigation, union representation, lease negotiations, and appellate practice.

Previously, he worked as a litigation associate with Seeley and Berglass, P.C. in New Haven in 1993; as a litigation associate with Pinney, Payne, VanLenten, Burrell, Wolfe and Dillman, P.C. in Danbury from 1992 to 1993; and as law clerk to the Honorable William J. Lavery of the Connecticut Appellate Court from 1991 to 1992.

Kowalski has also served as a Special Master for tax appeals in the Stamford-Norwalk Judicial District and has written and lectured on litigation, tax appeal and appellate topics. He is a member of the Police Commissioners Association of Connecticut and previously served as Registrar of Voters for the Town of Easton.

He is a graduate of Fairfield University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Fine Arts, and Suffolk University Law School, where he received his Juris Doctor degree.

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