McElroy Deutsch announced that former Connecticut Superior Court Judge Cesar A. Noble has joined the firm as of counsel in its litigation and insurance services group, where he will focus on alternative dispute resolution. Noble, who will be based in the firm’s Hartford office, retired this year after 11 years on the bench. He was nominated by then-Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on March 14, 2014, and confirmed to the Superior Court later that year. During his judicial career, Noble served three years on the complex litigation docket for the Hartford Judicial District, seven years as a civil trial judge and more than a year presiding over criminal matters. He also acted as a mediator through the Judicial Alternative Dispute Resolution program, resolving more than 100 cases. Noble presided over several high-profile cases during his tenure, including one in which he revoked the public pension of Eddie Perez, Hartford’s former mayor, after Perez pleaded guilty to corruption-related felony charges. In his ruling, Noble cited the “severity of the crimes . self-dealing and disdain for the public good . and the high degree of public trust” as outweighing mitigating factors, including Perez’s prior service or personal hardship, according to Connecticut Public. Also, in a wrongful-death case, Noble found that doctors at the University of Connecticut Health Center committed malpractice in the death of a 23-year-old college student. He ordered the state to pay $3. 3 million to the woman’s family $1. 3 million in economic damages and $2 million in noneconomic damages noting that UConn had “abused her trust . even after her death . in an effort to avoid accountability.” Noble joins several other former judges at the firm, including former Connecticut Superior Court Judge Antonio C. Robaina, former U. S. District Court Judge Dennis M. Cavanaugh, former New Jersey Superior Court Judge Thomas W. Cavanagh Jr. and former Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge Richard B. Klein.
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