Wallingford Lawyer Nominated For CT Superior Court Judge Position

HAMDEN, CT — Two Hamden residents were 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.

Hamden’s W. Glen Pierson and Elizabeth J. Stewart were among the nominations Malloy announced on Wednesday. (To sign up for Wallingford breaking news alerts and more, click here.)

Pierson is a principal attorney at the law firm of Loughlin FitzGerald, PC in Wallingford, where he has practiced since 2001. His practice focuses on civil litigation on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants, with a focus in complex tort litigation, personal injury, motor vehicle accidents, wrongful death, catastrophic injury, products liability and premises liability.

Previously, he was as an associate attorney with the law firm of Wiggin and Dana, LLP and Brenner, Saltzman & Wallman, LLP. He is a graduate of Princeton University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in politics, and Georgetown University Law Center, where he received a Juris Doctor degree.

Stewart is a partner at the law firm of Murtha Cullina LLP in New Haven, where she has worked since 1986 and where she served as the firm’s managing partner for five years.

For more than 20 years, her primary focus has been on insurance coverage disputes on behalf of policyholders. She also handles complex commercial disputes, including antitrust and unfair trade practice claims, shareholder disputes, securities, RICO, breach of contract and various business tort cases.

As managing partner, she led the law firm to three of its most prosperous years since the 1930s, and helped focus its initiatives to become more future facing. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in American government, and the University of Virginia School of Law, where she 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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