Supreme Court to Consider Suspension or Removal of Judge Alice Bruno.

Judge Alice Bruno has been summoned to a place she has not been in more than two years–a courthouse. The absent judge left her Waterbury court chambers in November 14, 2019 and has not returned. She has been paid over $400,000 since walking off the job. Judge Bruno will have an opportunity to persuade members of the state’s highest court why she should not be removed the bench.

The Bruno story and the extended failure of frustrated the state’s frustrated court administration to take action was first reported in this Hartford Courant column. On Thursday, the Supreme Court issued a summons to Bruno, ordering her to appear before it on April 5th to show cause why it should not remove her for violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct.

“Specifically, Judge Bruno shall show cause why her failure to perform judicial functions for at least the last two years,” the Order to Show Cause states, “is not a violation of the following Rules contained in the Code of Judicial Conduct: 1.2 (Promoting Confidence in the Judiciary); 2.1 (Giving Precedence to the Duties of Judicial Office); 2.5 (Competence, Diligence, and Cooperation). Judge Bruno may be accompanied by counsel if she chooses.”

Published February 11, 2022.