Robert C. Zampano
Robert C. Zampano | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut | |
In office June 1, 1977 – April 1, 1994 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut | |
In office August 15, 1964 – June 1, 1977 | |
Appointed by | Lyndon B. Johnson |
Preceded by | Robert P. Anderson |
Succeeded by | T. F. Gilroy Daly |
Personal details | |
Born | Robert Carmine Zampano March 18, 1928 New Haven, Connecticut |
Died | January 12, 2004 New Haven, Connecticut | (aged 75)
Education | Yale University (B.A.) Yale Law School (LL.B.) |
Robert Carmine Zampano (March 18, 1928 – January 12, 2004) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
Education and career
Zampano was born in
Federal judicial service
Zampano was nominated by President
Mediator and arbitrator
Zampano was known as a mediator; over the course of his career Zampano mediated an estimated 2,000 federal and state court cases.[2] Among Zampano's most notable cases was the L'Ambiance Plaza disaster of 1987, in which a half-finished apartment complex in Bridgeport collapsed, fatally crushing 27 workers and maiming 16 others. Judge Zampano and Judge Frank S. Meadows of the Connecticut Superior Court mediated the many legal actions arising from the catastrophe and achieved a $41 million settlement by late 1988.[2] Zampano was also one of the mediators in the cases brought by investors against Arthur Andersen arising from the collapse of Colonial Realty Co., the biggest investment-fraud scandal in Connecticut history; the result was a $90 million settlement.[3][4] After retiring from the bench, Zamano worked with "the short-lived Sta-Fed ADR Inc., a nonprofit state-chartered service for resolving legal disputes."[2] Zampano wrote and lectured on alternative dispute resolution.[2]
Death
Zampano died on January 12, 2004, in New Haven, at age 74, following a brief illness.[2] Zampano was survived by his wife of 53 years, Dorothea Gilbridge Zampano, as well as a son, a daughter, a sister, and four grandchildren.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Robert Carmine Zampano at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Wolfgang Saxon, Robert Zampano, Federal Judge in Connecticut Court, Dies at 74, New York Times (February 1, 2004).
- ^ Mark Pazniokas, Deal Settles Colonial Case: Arthur Andersen Firm To Pay Realty Investors, Hartford Courant (April 22, 1999).
- ^ Thomas B. Scheffey, Zampano personified judge as problem-solver, Connecticut Law Tribune (January 19, 2004).
Sources
- Robert Carmine Zampano at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.