Deputy Chief State's Attorney D’Angelo is the first woman in the history of the Division of Criminal Justice appointed by the Criminal Justice Commission to serve in one of the Division’s three Deputy Chief State’s Attorney positions.

Prior to her May 23, 2025 appointment, she served since July 2022 as an Executive Assistant State’s Attorney in the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney as Director of the Office of Ethics and Professional Standards, a position within the Division created at the time of her appointment. In that role, she served as the Division’s counsel in all matters and questions related to ethical conduct and professional standards and as the Division’s primary contact with the Police Officer Standards and Training Council and other law enforcement agencies.

Prior to her move to the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney, Attorney D’Angelo served as a Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney in the Judicial District of New Haven. She joined the Division of Criminal Justice in 2005 as a Special Deputy Assistant State’s Attorney in the Regionalized Infractions Program and by 2006, she was working as an Assistant State’s Attorney in Geographical Area No. 23 in New Haven. In 2014, she moved to the Judicial District of New Haven where she was promoted to Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney in 2021. She is a certified law enforcement instructor with the State of Connecticut Police Officer Standards and Training Council and an adjunct professor at Middlesex Community College.

Deputy Chief State’s Attorney D’Angelo earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice and Psychology from the University of Connecticut and a Juris Doctor Degree cum laude from the Quinnipiac University School of Law.