Flemming Norcott
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Flemming L. Norcott, Jr. has served on the Connecticut Supreme Court since 1992 and his current term expires in 2016.
Legal background
Flemming received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University in 1965 and a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia University School of Law in 1968.
Upon his graduation from Columbia Law, Justice Norcott worked as a Peace Corps volunteer in Nairobi, Kenya, where he was a lecturer in the faculty of law at the University of East Africa. He then served on the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporations Legal Staff in New York City and later as an Assistant Attorney General in the United States Virgin Islands. [1]
Supreme Court ascension
Norcott was nominated to the Superior Court in 1979 and remained there until his appointment to the Appellate Court in 1987. In 1992, he was elevated to his current position as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.[1]
Honorary degrees
Flemming received an Honorary LL.D. degree from the University of New Haven in 1993, and an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Albertus Magnus College in 2004. He is a recipient of the United Stated Peace Corps Franklin H. Williams Award for Outstanding Community Service. He is also an Honorary Member of the Golden Key National Honor Society.[1]
Notable opinions
Norcott joined with the 4-3 majority in Kerrigan & Mock v. Connecticut Dept. of Public Health, the October 10, 2008 decision that legalized same-sex marriage in Connecticut.[2]
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