Lamont Nominates Wilton Resident For CT Superior Court

WILTON, CT — Gov. Ned Lamont today has announced that he is nominating a Wilton resident to fill one of 22 vacancies as judges on the Connecticut Superior Court. The court currently has 59 vacancies.

Lamont gave the nod to Joseph Vizcarrondo III, 43, on Thursday. Vizcarrondo graduated from Wesleyan University and obtained his Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School. He is an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, where he began as a special assistant in 2011. He returned to the United States Attorney’s Office in 2016 after serving as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan, where he investigated and prosecuted financial fraud and organized crime. Vizcarrondo is currently responsible for supervising investigations and prosecutions of federal law, including violent crime and narcotics trafficking. Prior to his service as a federal and state prosecutor, he practiced general commercial litigation at the New York office of Mintz Levin. He also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Roslynn R. Mauskopf, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York.

“Our court system works the best when it reflects the diversity, experience, and understanding of the people who live here,” Governor Lamont said. “These men and women that I’ve selected to become judges not only have the competence, skills, and proficiency to serve the court with integrity, but come from a variety of backgrounds that provide 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.”

The nominations are being forwarded to the Connecticut General Assembly for its consideration.