Cesar A. Noble

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Curriculum Vitae

CESAR A. NOBLE is Of Counsel in the Firm’s Hartford office and is a member of the Litigation & Insurance Services Group.

Judge Noble was appointed to the Superior Court in 2014 and retired after over eleven years on the bench. During his tenure, he served on the Complex Litigation Docket for three years, as a civil trial judge for seven years and on criminal matters for over a year. While on the complex Litigation Docket, he presided over class action litigation, employment, commercial and construction claims, large probate matters as well as medical malpractice and product liability claims. As a civil trial judge, he tried a large number of cases in all of the above areas. While on the bench he served as a mediator as part of the Judicial Alternative Dispute Resolution program, mediating over 100 cases.

He was the recipient of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Judicial Award in 2024 and while in practice served as 2008-2009 President of the Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association. Judge Noble currently sits on the board of the Connecticut Law Tribunal Editorial Board.

While on the bench he served as a member of the Civil Jury Instruction Committee, 2016-2025; was a member of the Judicial Branch Civil Commission, 2015-2017; presented in 2016 to the judges of the Superior Court at the Connecticut Judges Institute on “Discovery of Electronically Stored Information (ESI)” and in 2024 on “The Constitutional Trajectory of Connecticut Employment Claims.” He also presented twice to the Judicial Civil Division Fall Program, 2019 and 2021 on the subject of settlement techniques and in 2024 on the utilization of technology on civil case management. He was a speaker at numerous bar association programs.

While in practice he was the managing partner of Noble, Spector & O’Connor, a civil litigation firm with a specialty in insurance defense, from 1999 to 2014, and tried numerous cases to verdict. He authored seven articles through the Connecticut Bar Journal, the Defense Research Institute and the Journal of the Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association. He was a Certified Civil Trial Advocate with the National Board of Legal Specialty Certification and served as an exam writer for five years. He served as a board member for the Connecticut Bar Foundation and is a James W. Cooper Fellow. He provided professional presentations on behalf of the Defense Research Institute, the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, the Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association and Lorman Education Services.

Judge Noble’s civic involvement includes serving on the Board of Directions of the La Academia Para Los Padres 2010-2014; the West Hartford Police Department Review Board, 1993-2014; a member of the Selection Jurors Sub-Committee, Jury Committee of the Public Service and Trust Commission, 2008-2009 and as a board member and legal counsel to the Greater Hartford Jaycees where he won the Governor’s Civic Leadership Award in 1986.

Awards

Recipient of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Judicial Award (2024).

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University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D. 1983)

Wesleyan University (B.A. 1980)

State of Connecticut

U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court, District of Vermont

U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit

Antonio C. Robaina

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ANTONIO C. ROBAINA was appointed to the Superior Court in 1998 and retired after 20 years on the bench. At the time of his retirement, he had served as the presiding judge for civil matters in the Hartford Judicial District. During his tenure, he served in judicial districts throughout the state as a trial judge in civil, criminal, family, and juvenile cases. He served as an administrative or presiding judge for the majority of his career and served as the presiding judge in the civil, criminal and family courts.

Upon his retirement, he joined �ǿ��޴�ýapp and has since acted as a mediator and arbitrator in over four hundred (400) matters in cases involving most types of civil litigation. In his legal and judicial career he has served as the co-chairperson of a bench/bar committee with respect to medical malpractice cases. He has mentored law school students through the Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association Mentoring Program and also served as a mentor to other judges through the Judicial Branch mentoring program. He was a member of the Rules Committee of the Judges of the Superior Court.

He is a James Cooper Fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation. He was the chairman of the Diversity Award Committee for the Lawyer’s Collaborative for Diversity.

From 1979 to 1998, Judge Robaina practiced law in New Haven, Connecticut. His general practice included plaintiff’s personal injury, insurance defense, criminal defense, immigration law and family matters. He was a member of many organizations, including the New Haven County Bar Association, the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the National Hispanic Bar Association, and the Connecticut Bar Association. He was one of the founders and a member of the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association, which has honored him with an Achievement Award.

Judge Robaina served as the president of the board of directors of The Connection Fund, Inc., a nonprofit corporation designed to develop real estate for charitable purposes. During his tenure, The Connection Fund completed the state’s first supportive housing project called Liberty Commons, which consists of 40 units of supportive housing in Middletown. That organization also built supportive housing for pregnant women in Groton called Mother’s Retreat, a children’s space called Kid’s City in Middletown and renovated the former YWCA in New Haven to house treatment and rehabilitation facilities.

Awards

Best Officiator Award, Connecticut Law Tribune's Legal Awards, 2021. A description of the standard or methodology on which the accolade is based can be found HERE. (No aspect of the advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court)
Connecticut Defense Lawyer’s Association's President’s Award of Excellence, 2018.
Henry J. Naruk Judiciary Award, Connecticut Bar Association, 2016. A description of the standard or methodology on which the accolade is based can be found HERE. (No aspect of the advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court)
Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association's Achievement Award. A description of the standard or methodology on which the accolade is based can be found HERE. (No aspect of the advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court)
Judge Robert Zampano Excellence in Mediation Award.
Connecticut Trial Lawyers Judicial Award, 2009.

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University of Connecticut (B.A. 1976)

University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D. 1979)

State of Connecticut

U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut

Connecticut Bar Association

James W. Cooper Fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation

Founder, Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association

Connecticut Chapter of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals

Connecticut Defense Lawyer’s Association's President’s Award of Excellence, 2018
Henry J. Naruk Judiciary Award, Connecticut Bar Association, 2016
Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association's Achievement Award
Judge Robert Zampano Excellence in Mediation Award
Connecticut Trial Lawyers Judicial Award, 2009