Peter Collins Dorsey

Peter Collins Dorsey (March 24, 1931 – January 20, 2012) was a United States federal judge.

Education

Born in New London, Connecticut, Dorsey received a B.A. from Yale University in 1953 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1959. He was a U.S. Naval Reserve from 1953 to 1956.

Career

He was in private practice in New Haven, Connecticut from 1959 to 1974. He was a U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut from 1974-77. He was in private practice in New Haven, Connecticut from 1977-83. He was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Dorsey was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on June 7, 1983, to a seat vacated by T. Emmet Clarie. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 18, 1983, and received commission on July 19, 1983. He served as chief judge from 1994-1998. He assumed senior status on January 2, 1998.

Death

He died after a long illness in 2012 in New Haven, aged 80.

References

Legal offices
Preceded by T. Emmet Clarie	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut 1983–1998	Succeeded by Stefan R. Underhill
Preceded by José A. Cabranes	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut 1994–1998	Succeeded by Richard Law

• Peter Collins Dorsey at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.