Overview
Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court Chase Rogers (Ret.), chair of the firm's Appellate Practice group, brings her vast knowledge and experience as a litigator, trial judge and Chief Justice to assist litigation clients in multiple areas of law. Clients benefit from her 20 years of experience presiding over bench and jury trials, and hearing, mediating and ruling on complex commercial disputes. She has also been a panel member on over 1000 appellate cases and the author of hundreds of decisions for the Connecticut Supreme Court. In addition, she has extensive experience in conducting investigations, including employment matters, discrimination, sexual assault and sexual harassment claims, police use of force, breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty matters. She also has served as an expert witness regarding Connecticut law.
Chief Justice Rogers' career in the judiciary has spanned over two decades, starting when she was sworn in as a Connecticut Superior Court judge in January 1998. Her assignments included serving as a judge on the Complex Litigation Docket for four years in Stamford. In March 2006, Chief Justice Rogers was sworn in as an Appellate Court judge and a little over a year later, she was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. Among her many accomplishments, she is credited with restructuring the civil justice system to reduce costs and embedding a culture of openness and transparency in the judicial branch.
Chase currently serves on the State Justice Institute's (SJI) Board of Directors, which she was appointed to by President Barack Obama in December 2010. She is also the chairperson of the national Civil Justice Implementation Steering Committee. She also currently serves on the board of the Center for Human Trafficking Court Solutions (CHTCS), and has provided consulting services to the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS). In addition, she is an adjunct professor, teaching Connecticut civil procedure, at the University of Connecticut School of Law.
In 2012, Chase was appointed to the Federal-State Jurisdiction Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, where she served until January 2018. She also served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Conference of Chief Justices until January 2018.
Education and Credentials
Education
- University of Hartford, Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, 2011
- Quinnipiac University School of Law, Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, 2010
- Boston University School of Law, J.D.
- Stanford University, B.A.
Admissions
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
- State of Connecticut
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Connecticut State Bar Association
- Connecticut Judicial Branch, Jury Selection Task Force, Co-Chair
- State Justice Institute, Board of Directors, 2016-present
- Judicial Conference of the United States, Federal-State Jurisdiction Committee, 2012-2018
- Connecticut Bar Foundation, Ex Officio Director, 2008-2018
- Jury Selection Task Force, Co-Chair, 2020
Recognition and Community
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Recognitions
Selected to the list of Connecticut Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), Appellate, 2024
Chosen for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, Inc.), Appellate Practice, 2023-2025, Commercial Litigation, 2023-2025
Recipient of the Henry J. Naruk Judiciary Award for Integrity from the Connecticut Bar Association, 2018
Recipient of the John M. Bailey Award for Public Service from the Hartford Country Bar Association, 2018
Recipient of Bice Clemow Award from the Connecticut Council on Freedom of Information, 2018
Recognized as the "Best Officiator" by the Connecticut Law Tribune , 2018
Community Involvement
Connecticut Governor-Elect Ned Lamont, Transition Team, Steering Committee
New York University School of Law, New Appellate Judges Seminar Administration, Faculty, July 2018
In The Media
Media Mention
- The Portia Project Podcast with Chief Justice Chase T. Rogers, The Portia Project Podcast, November 14, 2022
- Day Pitney Secures Seventh Circuit Victory for Lloyd's of London, Law360, August 23, 2021
- Day Pitney Partner Rogers Talks Employment Law and Appellate Work, Connecticut Law Tribune, August 13, 2021
- Conn. Task Force Stresses Importance Of Jury Diversity, Law360, April 26, 2021
- 4 Key Points in Conn. Judiciary's Proposal On Juries and Race, Law360, Connecticut Law Tribune, Hartford Courant, February 5, 2021
- Chief Justice Says Connecticut Will Move Swiftly on Justice-Reform Report, Connecticut Law Tribune, January 14, 2021
- Judicial task force says it can reduce jury bias, Hartford Courant, January 12, 2021
- Kudos to Supreme Court on Jury Selection Task Force, Connecticut Law Tribune, January 3, 2020
- State Supreme Court calls for commission to study whether jury selection system is unfair to minorities, Hartford Courant, December 28, 2019
- 2019 Inauguration Day in Connecticut, Day Pitney Press Release, January 9, 2019
- Chief Justice Chase Rogers (Ret.) Joins with Judge Robert Holzberg (Ret.) to Form Connecticut Lawyers for Immigration Justice Campaign, Hartford Courant, August 16, 2018