Nora Dannehy

Nora Dannehy
Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court
Assumed office
September 26, 2023
Appointed byNed Lamont
Preceded byMaria Araújo Kahn
United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut
In office
April 4, 2008 – May 10, 2010
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Barack Obama
Preceded byKevin O'Connor
Succeeded byDavid B. Fein
Personal details
Born (1961-03-13) March 13, 1961 (age 63)
EducationWellesley College (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Nora Riordan Dannehy (born March 13, 1961) is an American attorney serving as an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court since September 2023. She was previously appointed acting United States attorney for the District of Connecticut on April 4, 2008. She was the first woman to hold the office, which was established in 1789.