Bethany Alvord
Bethany Jean Alvord is an American lawyer and judge from Connecticut. She is a Judge on the Connecticut Appellate Court.Education
Alvord graduated from Colgate University in 1979 with a bachelor's degree in Russian studies and international relations. She received her Juris Doctor from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1982.Legal career
Prior to becoming a judge, she served on the Town of Suffield Zoning Board of Appeals from 1988 to 1999. She also served on the Town of Suffield Retirement Commission from 1997 to 1998. From 1982 to 1992, she was employed by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company as a Second Vice President and Associate General Counsel in its Law Department. From 1993 to 1998, she was employed by Aetna, Inc. as the Assistant Vice President, Counsel, for the Retirement Services division. In January 1999, she was sworn in as a Family Support Magistrate for the State of Connecticut. She served as a Family Support Magistrate until 2002, when she became a Judge of the Connecticut Superior Court. During her time on the Superior Court bench. She served as the Presiding Judge of the Family Division in New Haven.She was appointed by Governor Mary Jodi Rell on April 22, 2009, and reappointed in 2017. Her eight-year term will expire on April 21, 2025.
