Alvin W. Thompson

Alvin Wesley Thompson Jr. (born March 2, 1953)^[1] is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Alvin W. Thompson
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
Incumbent
Assumed office August 31, 2018
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
In office September 2009 – September 2013
Preceded by	Robert Chatigny
Succeeded by	Janet C. Hall
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
In office October 11, 1994 – August 31, 2018
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Ellen Bree Burns
Succeeded by	Omar A. Williams
Personal details
Born	(1953-03-02) March 2, 1953 (age 72) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Education	Princeton University (BA) Yale University (JD)

Education and career

Born in 1953 in Baltimore, Maryland, Thompson received a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University in 1975 and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1978. He was in private practice in Hartford, Connecticut, from 1978 to 1994.

Federal judicial service

Thompson was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut by President Bill Clinton on September 14, 1994, to a seat vacated by Ellen Bree Burns. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 7, 1994, and received his commission on October 11, 1994. He served as Chief Judge from September 2009 to September 2013. He assumed senior status on August 31, 2018.

See also

• List of African-American federal judges
• List of African-American jurists