East Haven’s Judge Albis Garners Prestigious State Appointment

EAST HAVEN, CT - Chief Court Administrator Patrick L. Carroll III today announced the appointments of a new deputy chief court administrator and chief administrative judge of family matters - who is an East Haven resident.

The appointments take effect today, when the Honorable Elizabeth A. Bozzuto succeeds Judge Elliot N. Solomon as deputy chief court administrator, and the Honorable Michael A. Albis replaces Judge Bozzuto as chief administrative judge of family matters.

Judge Albis graduated from Yale University in 1975 with a bachelor of arts and earned his juris doctor from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1978.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy nominated Judge Albis to the bench in January 2013, and the General Assembly approved his nomination on March 6, 2013.

As a judge, he has been assigned to New Britain's Geographical Area Courthouse No. 15, the family division of Hartford Superior Court, and most recently, the Middlesex Judicial District.He previously served a term as presiding judge of the Middlesex Judicial District Regional Family Trial Docket, which handles complex family matters referred by trial courts around the state.

In addition to his duties as chief administrative judge of the family division, he currently serves as the presiding judge of the Middlesex Judicial District's family division and as the assistant administrative judge. Judge Albis has served as a member of the General Assembly's Task Force to Improve Access to Legal Counsel in Civil Matters and as a member of a committee consisting of representatives of the Superior and Probate court systems; the committee addressed issues created by the overlapping jurisdiction between the two courts in matters affecting children.

Before his appointment as a judge, he was in private practice as a principal in the firm of Hilcoff & Albis, LLC in East Haven.

In addition, he was the probate judge for the East Haven District from 1999-2011; from 2011 to 2013, he served as administrative judge of the New Haven Regional Probate Court.

"I am deeply grateful to Judge Carroll for entrusting me with this responsibility," Judge Albis said. "In recent years, Judge Bozzuto and the Judicial Branch, with the benefit of new laws enacted by the Legislature, have implemented important measures to make the family courts more accessible and efficient in meeting the needs of the public. I look forward to continuing that effort. I am honored and humbled to have the privilege of working with Connecticut's dedicated family court judges in our mission to handle our cases properly, fairly and compassionately."