HARTFORD – State Senator Marilyn Moore (D-Bridgeport)  joined a unanimous and bipartisan vote to reappoint four ethnically and politically diverse judges to another eight-year term on the Connecticut Superior Court.

Sen. Moore voted today to reappoint:

  • Democrat Mohammad Nawaz Wahla of Glastonbury, who retired as a major after 20 years in the Pakistan Army. He received law degrees from the University of Punjab in 1974, the University of Texas at Austin in 1991 and the University of Houston in 1998, and formed his own law firm, Wahla & Associates, in 1999.

  • Republican Hunchu Kwak of West Hartford, a native of Korea and a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the University of Connecticut School of Law

  • Democrat John M. Newson, of Brooklyn, a former public defender and lifetime member of the NAACP who graduated from the University of Rhode Island and the Western New England College School of Law.

  • Republican Lisa Kelly Morgan of Wethersfield. She is a graduate of Villanova University and the UConn School of Law and is the former head of her own law firm, Ruben, Morgan & Horan.

“I am very proud of the work we accomplished today in the General Assembly to reappoint a diverse and highly-qualified group of Connecticut Superior Court judges,” said Sen. Moore. “Justice is better served when the people in positions of power in our judicial system reflect the diversity of our state.”

 

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Senador reafirma selecciones de la Corte Suprema
HARTFORD – La senadora estatal Marilyn Moore (D-Bridgeport) se unió a un voto para renombrar a cuatro jueces étnicamente y políticamente diversos a otro mandato de ocho años en el Tribunal superior de Connecticut.

El senador Moore votó hoy para renombrar:
• El demócrata Mohammad Nawaz Wahla de Glastonbury, que se retiró como alcalde después de 20 años en el ejército de Pakistán. Recibió títulos de la Universidad de Punjab en 1974, la Universidad de Texas en Austin en 1991 y la Universidad de Houston en 1998, y formó su propio oficinas de abogados, Wahla & Associates, en 1999.

• El republicano Hunchu Kwak de West Hartford, originario de Corea y graduado de la Academia militar de los Estados Unidos en West Point y la Facultad de derecho de la Universidad de Connecticut.

• Demócrata John M. Newson, de Brooklyn, ex defensor público y miembro vitalicio de la NAACP que se graduó de la Universidad de Rhode Island y Western New England College School of Law.

• La republicana lisa Kelly Morgan de Wethersfield. Es graduada de la Universidad de Villanova y de la Facultad de UConn y es la ex jefa de su oficina de abogados, Ruben, Morgan & Horan.

“Estoy muy orgulloso del trabajo que hemos logrado hoy en la Asamblea General de renombrar a un grupo diverso y altamente calificado de jueces de la corte superior de Connecticut”, dijo el senador Moore. “La justicia se sirve mejor cuando las personas en posiciones de poder en nuestro sistema judicial reflejan la diversidad de nuestro estado”.

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