3 Greater Hartford Residents Nominated To Be CT Superior Court Judges

GREATER HARTFORD, CT — Governor Ned Lamont recently announced he is nominating 22 jurists to serve as judges of the Connecticut Superior Court, with three Greater Hartford residents on the list

There are currently 35 vacancies in the Superior Court.

Three residents of Greater Hartford were nominated. They are:

• Tamar R. Birckhead, 58, of Hartford. Birckhead graduated from Yale University and obtained her Juris Doctor degree from Harvard University.

She is currently a solo practitioner at Birckhead Law LLC, where she primarily works as appointed counsel representing indigent individuals in criminal and juvenile courts.

Before entering private practice, she taught law and served as the director of clinical programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law.

She began her legal career as a public defender at the Committee for Public Counsel Services in Massachusetts and then as an assistant federal defender for the Office of the Federal Defender for the District of Massachusetts. She has practiced law for 32 years.

• Steven R. Dembo, 58, of Bloomfield. Dembo graduated from State University of New York at Binghamton and obtained his Juris Doctor degree from Western New England College School of Law.

Dembo is a partner with Berman Mickelson Dembo & Jacobs, LLC, where he has served as a trial and appellate lawyer practicing in the areas of family law, juvenile, administrative, general litigation, and mediation.

Previously, he was a litigation attorney for the City of Waterbury and in private practice at Budlong Becker & Murrett.

• Pedro E. Segarra, 64, of Hartford. Segarra graduated from the University of Hartford and obtained his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law.

He is currently an administrative law judge at the Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Commission.

Segarra served as Hartford City Council member and council president and previously worked as Hartford corporation counsel and as a deputy assistant state’s attorney.

He was formerly an attorney in the general practice of law where he provided services in the areas of criminal defense, civil, real estate, family and administrative law.

Before his present job, he served as the mayor of Hartford.

“One of the most notable honors of my responsibilities as governor is to fill vacancies in our court system with capable jurists whose qualifications meet the high standards that the people of Connecticut deserve on the bench,” Lamont said last Friday, March 1.

“This group of nominees I am forwarding to the legislature today continues this administration’s effort to ensure that the people who are serving as judges in our state reflect the diversity, experience, and understanding of the people who live here.”

For a list of all the judicial nominees, click on this link.