In January of 1998, former Governor John
Rowland nominated Chief Justice Rogers for the Superior Court. Her
assignments as a Superior Court Judge included serving as the presiding
judge for juvenile matters in Bridgeport and being assigned to the
regional Child Protection Session in Middletown. Between 2001 and 2005,
she was assigned to the Complex Litigation Docket in Stamford, and from
2005 to 2006 she served as the presiding judge for civil matters in the
Stamford-Norwalk Judicial District.In February of 2006, Chief Justice Rogers
was nominated by Governor M. Jodi Rell for the Appellate Court, and on
March 15, 2006, Chief Justice Rogers was sworn in as an Appellate Court
judge. In February of 2007, Governor M. Jodi Rell nominated her to be
Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. Former Chief Justice
Ellen Ash Peters, Connecticut’s first female Chief Justice, swore in
Chief Justice Rogers on April 25, 2007.
Chief Justice Rogers currently serves as
a member of the Board of Directors for the Conference of Chief Justices
and as a member of the Connecticut Bar Foundation Nominating Committee.
She also serves as an ex-officio member of the American Law Institute,
the Commission on Official Legal Publications and the Connecticut Bar
Foundation. Chief Justice Rogers has served as a member of the Superior
Court Executive Committee, the Civil Division Task Force, and the
Committee on Lawyer Advertising.
