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¦ From LAMONT on PAGE 1 mend revisions to the juvenile rules of practice and
“Nominating people to serve on our courts is a member of a subcommittee proposing revisions to
one of the most important responsibilities of a the Code of Judicial Conduct.
governor,” Lamont said in a written release. “These Prior to her appointment as a family support mag-
jurists have an enormous impact on our communi- istrate and after graduation from law school, Keller
ties, and the individuals who serve in these roles practiced family, personal injury and real estate law
must display a strong commitment to fairness and at Neighborhood Legal Services in Hartford. She
justice.” also worked at the Office of the Corporation Coun-
Lamont called the nominees “some of the best and sel for the City of Hartford and at the law firm of
brightest legal minds in Connecticut.” Additional Ritter and Keller.
information on each appointee follows: Keller earned her bachelor’s degree from Smith
College in 1974, and her juris
doctor from UConn Law School
Judge Christine E. Keller
Judge Keller, 67, is a resident of in 1977.
Hartford who has served on the
Appellate Court since 2013. Prior
to that, she served on the Supe- Judge Joan Alexander
Judge Alexander, 58, of Crom-
rior Court beginning in 1993 and well has served on the Superior
was a family support magistrate Court since 2000. She is the chief
beginning in 1989. “Nominating people to administrative judge for the
serve on our courts is one criminal division and is assigned
While on the Superior Court, as the administrative and presid-
Keller served as presiding judge of the most important ing judge for criminal matters in
in both the Hartford and Pla- responsibilities of a the Fairfield Judicial District. She
inville juvenile courts. She also is also currently the chair of the
served terms in Waterbury crimi- governor,” Lamont said.
“These jurists have an

nal court, New Britain civil and enormous impact on our Sentence Review Division and

family courts, the Middletown communities, and the co-chair of the Judicial-Media
Regional Child Protection Ses-
sion and Hartford criminal and individuals who serve in Committee. She was previously
civil courts. From 1997 to 2002, the administrative judge in the
she served as the statewide chief these roles must display New Britain Judicial District
administrative judge for juvenile a strong commitment to and has served as the presiding
criminal judge in New Britain,
fairness and justice.”

matters. Hartford, Waterbury, Litchfield
Judge Keller has served on a and New Haven.
number of task forces and com- Before joining the bench, Alex-
mittees affecting juvenile issues, ander was a prosecutor with the
including the Juvenile Justice Ad- Connecticut Division of Criminal
visory Committee and the Child Justice. She was assigned to the
Advocate Advisory Board. She Waterbury and Hartford State’s
has also served on the Court Improvement Project Attorneys offices and then became supervisor of the
Advisory Board and the Governor’s Task Force on Statewide Prosecution Bureau. During her time as
Judicial Reform, which addressed openness in the prosecutor, she handled many homicide and arson
judicial branch. She was chairperson of the Com- cases.
mittee on Judicial Ethics, and from 1997 to 2005 was Alexander earned her bachelor’s degree from Yale
a member of the Superior Court Rules Committee. University in 1984 and her JD from UConn Law
She also served as chair of a task force to recom- School in 1987.

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