Harold Mulvey

Background

Mulvey was born on December 5, 1914 in New Haven, Connecticut, and had four siblings.

Education

He attended local public schools in New Haven, and then went off to college, receiving a Bachelor of Arts from Fordham University in 1938, and receiving his law degree from there in 1941.

Career

After serving in World World War II in the Coast Guard for four years, he commenced private law practice for a brief period in New York, opened a law office in New Haven and then became the Corporation Counsel of New Haven under Mayor Richard C. Lee, from 1961 to 1963. In 1963, Mulvey, a Democrat, was appointed by Connecticut Governor John Dempsey to be the state Attorney General, to fill the unexpired term of Albert L. Coles. During his time as a Superior Court judge, he presided over the emotionally-charged murder trials of several Black Panthers in the 1970s.

Achievements

• He served for four years until 1967, when he won election to the office outright but resigned a year later to accept an appointment to the Connecticut Superior Court.

Membership

He had previously been a member of the Connecticut Marketing Authority from 1955 until 1961.