Andrew J. McDonald

Andrew McDonald
McDonald in 2018
Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court
Acting
In office
September 6, 2024 – September 30, 2024
Preceded byRichard A. Robinson
Succeeded byRaheem L. Mullins (acting)
Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court
Assumed office
January 24, 2013
Appointed byDan Malloy
Preceded byLubbie Harper
Member of the Connecticut State Senate
from the 27th district
In office
January 2003 – January 2011
Preceded byGeorge Jepsen
Succeeded byCarlo Leone
Personal details
Born (1966-03-11) March 11, 1966 (age 58)
Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseCharles Gray
EducationCornell University (BA)
University of Connecticut, Hartford (JD)

Andrew J. McDonald (born March 11, 1966)[1] is an American judge and former politician from Connecticut. He has served as an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court since 2013. He served as acting chief justice in September 2024, after the retirement of then-Chief Justice Richard A. Robinson.

He previously served as a member of the Connecticut Senate from 2003 to 2011, representing the state's 27th district in Stamford and Darien as a Democrat. McDonald resigned from the legislature on January 4, 2011, to serve as Governor Dan Malloy's chief legal counsel, a post he left to join the bench.[2]

  1. ^ "Justice Andrew J. McDonald - Biography". Jud.ct.gov. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  2. ^ "Both Judiciary Panel Leaders Leaving To Join Malloy: Lawlor Takes Budget Office Post, McDonald To Be Chief Legal Counsel". Hartford Courant. December 16, 2010.