Elliot Solomon
Judge Solomon stepped down as a superior court judge in 2020 after more than twenty-four years on the bench. At that time, he was serving as the only judge in Connecticut dedicated full time to the Judicial Branch’s Mediation Center where, on a daily basis, he mediated complex family cases arising from every judicial district in the State of Connecticut. Judge Solomon came to the Mediation Center after serving almost six years as the Deputy Chief Court Administrator for the Connecticut Judicial Branch. His experience in that capacity, together with earlier service as the presiding judge of the family courts in the Hartford, New London and Tolland judicial districts, made him acutely aware of the need for a dedicated mediator for those family cases which didn’t lend themselves to the process, schedule and available resources of our family courts.
Elizabeth Bozzuto
Judge Elizabeth A. Bozzuto (ret.) served as a Judge of the Superior Court for 25 years. During her tenure, she served in the Family Division, often as the Presiding Judge, in numerous Judicial Districts across the state, including Waterbury, Danbury, Litchfield, and Hartford. She also served as the Presiding Judge of the Regional Family Trial Docket. Judge Bozzuto was appointed the Chief Administrative Judge of the Family Division, a position she held for 5 years, after which she was appointed as Deputy Chief Court Administrator and then as Chief Court Administrator of the Judicial Branch.
During her career on the bench, Judge Bozzuto not only presided over thousands of family cases but also worked to make the complex process of divorce less taxing on the families who came before the court. As the Chief Administrative Judge of the Family Division, she introduced the non-adversarial divorce process, the waiver of the 90-day statutory waiting period, the waiver of service of process, “take papers” without the need for a court appearance, and the Judicial Branch’s family mediation center, among other initiatives.
Her approach to all the family cases that came before her was to encourage the parties to maintain their integrity and control by crafting their own resolution to their pending family matter. By listening intently and thinking creatively, she facilitated amicable resolutions for thousands of family matters, which allowed the parties to move on with their lives and avoid the heavy toll of protracted litigation.
