Hon. Elizabeth Bozzuto
The Honorable Elizabeth A. Bozzuto is a superior court judge first appointed to the bench in 2000. In 2023, she was appointed to her current position by the Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, Richard A. Robinson, as the Chief Court Administrator for the Connecticut Judicial Branch.
Prior to her appointment as the Chief Court Administrator, Judge Bozzuto served as the Deputy Chief Court Administrator for four years. Prior to joining the Chief Court Administrator’s office, Judge Bozzuto served as a trial court judge for 18 years.
From 2013-2018 she was the Chief Administrative Judge for the Family Division. As the Chief Administrative Judge for the Family Division, Judge Bozzuto led the Judicial Branch’s re-engineering of the Connecticut family court. Through this effort, the Judicial Branch successfully restructured the family court process and diversified its services, all with the goal of reducing time spent in court, reducing cost and reducing conflict for litigants.
In addition to her judicial responsibilities, Judge Bozzuto has served on numerous committees and commissions including the Executive Committee of the Superior Court, the Judicial Review Council, the Connecticut Judges Institute, the State Marshal Commission, Judges Advisory Committee on e-filing, the Attorney Assistance Advisory Committee and the Commission on Minimum Continuing Legal Education.
Judge Bozzuto received a B.A. from Manhattanville College in 1985. She was awarded a juris doctorate from Western New England University, School of Law in 1988. In 1991 she received certification from the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. Judge Bozzuto was admitted to the State of Connecticut Bar in 1988; the U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut in 1989; the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit in 1992; and the U.S. Supreme Court in 2025.
Prior to her appointment to the bench, Judge Bozzuto was a partner at the law firm Secor, Cassidy and McPartland, P.C. As a practicing attorney, Judge Bozzuto specialized in civil litigation, with an emphasis on insurance defense litigation and family law.
