HARTFORD, Conn. — The Connecticut Supreme Court has summoned a Superior Court judge to explain why she has been absent from the bench for more than two years while collecting more than $350,000 in salary.
Superior Court Judge Alice Bruno is to appear before the state’s Supreme Court on April 5 “to show cause why this Court should not commence proceedings to either suspend or remove Judge Bruno from her judicial office for potential violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct,” the court’s chief clerk wrote in an order dated Thursday.
Bruno, who has not been to work since November 2019, will have to show “why her failure to perform judicial functions for at least the last two years” does not violate conduct rules that include promoting confidence in the judiciary and “competence, diligence and cooperation,” the order says.
