Stefan R. Underhill

Stefan R. Underhill
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
Incumbent
Assumed office November 1, 2022
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
In office September 9, 2018 – November 1, 2022
Preceded by	Janet C. Hall
Succeeded by	Michael P. Shea
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
In office July 7, 1999 – November 1, 2022
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Peter Collins Dorsey
Succeeded by	Vernon D. Oliver
Personal details
Born	(1956-06-09) June 9, 1956 (age 68) Battle Creek, Michigan, U.S.
Education	University of Virginia (BA) Merton College, Oxford (BA) Yale University (JD)

Stefan Richard Underhill^[1] (born June 9, 1956) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Education

Born in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1956, after earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1978 from the University of Virginia and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oxford University (Merton College, Oxford) in 1981, he received a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School.^[2]

Career

Underhill clerked for Judge Jon O. Newman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.^[2] He was in private practice in Stamford, Connecticut in 1984 and from 1985 to 1999.^[2]

Federal judicial service

Underhill was nominated by President Bill Clinton to fill a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut vacated by Peter Collins Dorsey on January 26, 1999, and was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 30, 1999. He received his commission on July 7, 1999. He became chief judge in September 2018.^[2] He assumed senior status on November 1, 2022.^[3]

Notable case

Underhill ruled in 2010 that cheerleading could not be used by Quinnipiac University to replace women's volleyball as a female sport to satisfy Title IX requirements (Biediger, et al., v. Quinnipiac University).^[4][5]

References

1. "Mary Morrissey, Stefan Underhill To Marry in June". The New York Times. December 13, 1981.
2. "Biography - District Judge Stefan R. Underhill | District of Connecticut | United States District Court". www.ctd.uscourts.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
3. Stefan R. Underhill at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
4. Khadaroo, Stacy Teicher (22 July 2010). "Cheerleading doesn't count as a real sport, judge rules". Christian Science Monitor.
5. "STEPHANIE BIEDIGER, KAYLA LAWLER, ERIN OVERDEVEST, KRISTEN CORINALDESI v. QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-07-06.

Sources

• Stefan R. Underhill at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Peter Collins Dorsey	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut 1999–2022	Succeeded by Vernon D. Oliver
Preceded by Janet C. Hall	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut 2018–2022	Succeeded by Michael P. Shea