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Biography
Janet Bond Arterton (born 1944) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
Education and career
Arterton was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mount Holyoke College in 1966, and then received a Juris Doctor from Northeastern University School of Law in 1977. She was a law clerk for Judge Herbert Jay Stern of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey from 1977 to 1978, and then was in private practice of law in new Haven, Connecticut from 1978 to 1995.
Federal judicial service
Arterton is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on January 23, 1995, to a seat vacated by Jose A. Cabranes. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 24, 1995, and received her commission the same day. She assumed senior status on July 1, 2014.