--- title: "Janet C. Hall | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/janet-c-hall" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Janet C. Hall U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut - State: Connecticut - Role: Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, D. Connecticut, 1997-present - Special assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, 1979-present - Trial attorney, Antritrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1975-1979 ### Education - Mount Holyoke College — B.A. (1970) - New York University School of Law ### Additional information - She held the role of Chief Judge from September 2013 to September 2018 and assumed senior status on January 21, 2021. - Nominated by President Bill Clinton on June 5, 1997, to the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, filling the seat vacated by T. F. Gilroy Daly. - received her commission on September 18, 1997. - Private practice, Hartford, CT, 1980-1997 - Private practice, 1973-1975 - Date of birth: 1948-01-01 - Known for hearing oral arguments on dispositive motions personally and encourages junior attorneys to participate in arguments when appropriate. - Settlement conferences and case management may be referred to magistrate judges by random assignment United States Courts. - Judge Hall presided over high-profile cases, including the sentencing of former nurse Donna Monticone, who stole fentanyl from patients at Yale’s Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Lab. - Despite sentencing guidelines recommending 4–5 years, Hall sentenced Monticone to four nonconsecutive weekends in prison, a decision highlighted in the Serial podcast The Retrievals. - She prefers formal motions over letter briefs and occasionally rules from the bench. - Birth place: Lowell, MA ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1390496) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1390496) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1390496) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1330/janet-c-hall/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1330/janet-c-hall/) - [Wikidata: Janet C. Hall](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6153231) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/janet-c-hall", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/janet-c-hall", "name": "Janet C. Hall | KnowJudges", "description": "Janet C. Hall, U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-10-09", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/janet-c-hall#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/janet-c-hall#judge", "name": "Janet C. 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Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.