Reporting on this situation, the CT Law Tribune states as follows, "As it stands, any lawyer who is nominated for a state judgeship and serves on the bench for even the briefest period is eligible for a pension equal to two-thirds of his or her judicial salary. A Superior Court judge currently makes $154,559 annually, meaning a pension would pay about $103,000 a year, plus benefits.
What was once a simple fiscal fact is now a bone of contention among some state lawmakers who noted that two of the 16 lawyers recently nominated by Gov. Dannel Malloy for Superior Court posts are in their late 60s and will serve only a few years before retiring and collecting a pension that could net them a million dollars or more over the rest of their lives.
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A leading Republican lawmaker said he plans to have the General Assembly address this matter before the legislative session ends Sen. John Kissel, R-Enfield, the ranking Senate Republican on the legislature's Judiciary Committee, said it's not fair to other state employees — not to mention judges who have served for decades — that a newly appointed 69-year-old judges could theoretically serve one day on the bench and qualify for a $100,000-plus pension once they hit the mandatory retirement age of 70. Other state employees do not receive a full pension unless they've worked for 10 years."
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