15 Facts About Joette Katz

Joette Katz was an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, where she served as the administrative judge for the state appellate system, and later was the Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Children and Families.

Joette Katz started her professional career in 1977 as an attorney at the law firm of Winnick, Vine and Welch in Shelton, Connecticut.

Joette Katz served as Chief of Legal Services for the Office of the Chief Public Defender from 1983 to 1989 and was the first woman to serve in this role in Connecticut.

Joette Katz was nominated for the Superior Court bench by Gov.

Joette Katz was elevated to the state Supreme Court by Gov.

Joette Katz was the first public defender to serve on the Connecticut Supreme Court and the second woman to serve on the court after Justice Ellen Ash Peters.

Joette Katz was the first woman to serve in this position.

Joette Katz stepped down from the Connecticut Supreme Court on January 5,2011 in anticipation of assuming the DCF post.

Joette Katz was confirmed as Commissioner of DCF by unanimous vote of the Connecticut State Senate on February 4,2011.

Joette Katz is co-author of the book, Connecticut Criminal Caselaw Handbook: A Practitioner's Guide, published in 1989 by the Connecticut Law Tribune.

Justice Joette Katz has been an instructor at the Yale Law School in New Haven, where she is currently serving as Visiting Clinical Lecturer [11], teaching Ethics in Litigation and Children and the Law.

Joette Katz has been an instructor of criminal law and ethics at the Quinnipiac University School of Law in Hamden and served from 1981 to 1984 as an instructor in legal research and writing, Moot Court, and appellate advocacy at the University of Connecticut School of Law.

Joette Katz is a Trustee at the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford, Connecticut [12].

Joette Katz is the Chair of the Editorial Board of the Connecticut Law Tribune.

Justice Joette Katz is a frequent expert panelist for the Anti-Defamation League, speaking on Leveraging the Law to Combat Antisemitism and Bias.