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Hartford Superior Court Judge Cesar Noble attends a “Read Across America” event in 2019 at an area school.
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¦ From MEET JUDGE on PAGE 21 Noble has tried about 75 cases in civil court. But
young people to read. He’s also a member of the His- because he comes from a close-knit family, Noble
panic Bar Association and speaks at many forums said the most unnerving case he’s presided over in-
and events. volved a large family dispute.
A West Hartford resident, Noble was in private “It was a multi-litigation family suit over prop-
practice for more than three de- erty that had the son against the
cades before then-Gov. Dannel mother and his siblings. To see the
Malloy elevated him to Superior amount of enmity between family
Court judge in 2014. He has been “I always wanted to be a members was hard. It was really
in Hartford Superior Court for lawyer. I was impressed by heart wrenching to see the amount
five years and most of his time as of acrimony between family mem-
a jurist has been overseeing civil the rule of law here, and bers,” he said.
matters. how different it was from
my family’s experiences Noble came to this country with
“The biggest difference between back in Cuba,” said Noble. his sister, grandmother and his
being an attorney and a judge is mother, Adria Casey, a chemist
that as an attorney, you have to be who was president of the Ameri-
a zealous advocate for your client. can Hazardous Labeling Society.
And as a judge, you’ve got to work “Watching my mother work
hard to make sure there is no bias, implicit or ex- incredibly hard and to go to school and to sup-
plicit, when making a ruling,” Noble said. port a family taught me the value of hard work,”
Noble was the presiding judge for the civil cases— the judge said. “She really had no choice.”
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