Sarah French Russell at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
- Jurisdiction
- Connecticut · Federal
- Judicial service
- November 26, 2024–present
Sarah French Russell
Judge · U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
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Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Associate professor, 2013-2015
- Professional Career: Assistant federal public defender, District of Connecticut, 2005-2007
- Professional Career: Associate research scholar, lecturer, and director of Arthur Liman Public Interest Program, Yale Law School, 2007-2010
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Michael B. Mukasey, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2002-2003
- Professional Career: Director of Legal Clinic, 2019-2024
- Professional Career: Professor, 2015-2024
- Professional Career: Quinnipiac University School of Law, 2011-2024
- Professional Career: Assistant professor, 2011-2013
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Chester J. Straub, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2003-2005
- Professional Career: Director of Criminal Law and Advocacy Concentration, 2015-2024
Education
- Yale Law School · J.D., 2002
- Yale University · B.A., 1998
Courtroom rules and guidance
Presentation Procedure
Judge-specific source
. If a party intends to use a PowerPoint or other exhibits that were not previously filed on the docket during an oral argument, the presentation and/or new exhibits must be shared with opposing counsel at least twenty-four hours in advance of the oral argument. Counsel will generally be prohibited from using any presentation and/or…Sarah F. Russell | District of Connecticut | United States District Court ↗
Civil Remote Testimony
In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.
For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗
Criminal Recording And Broadcasting
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761893Sarah F. Russell | District of Connecticut | United States District Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 24, 2026
https://www.ctd.uscourts.gov/content/sarah-f-russellFederal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedureFederal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts