Office of the State's Attorney
Judicial District of New Haven

The New Haven State's Attorney's office is responsible for the prosecution of all criminal offenses which occur in the Judicial District, which includes the communities of Branford, Bethany, Cheshire, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Meriden, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Wallingford and Woodbridge. 

The Office of State's Attorney for the Judicial District of Stamford/Norwalk, or the "Part A" office located at the Stamford Superior Court, prosecutes the more serious cases, mostly those crimes classified under state law as class A or class B felony offenses, from all communities in the Judicial District.

The Geographical Area offices, located at the "Part B" Superior Courts in Meriden and on Elm Street in New Haven, primarily prosecute cases involving crimes classified under state law as class C, class D or class E felony offenses as well as all misdemeanor offenses and infractions, including motor vehicle offenses.

State's Attorney Patrick J. Griffin


New Haven State's Attorney Patrick J. Griffin
Patrick J. Griffin currently serves as the State’s Attorney for the Judicial District of New Haven. He earned his BA from St. Bonaventure University and his law degree from Creighton School of Law. He has been a prosecuting attorney with the Division of Criminal Justice for approximately 25 years.

As the New Haven State’s Attorney, he is the chief law enforcement officer for the Judicial District of New Haven, which includes the city of New Haven and twelve surrounding communities. The State’s Attorney is responsible for the supervision of the prosecutors’ offices at the Part A Judicial Superior Court in New Haven, G.A. No. 23 (New Haven), G.A. No. 7 (Meriden) courts and the Superior Court for Juvenile matters and Housing Sessions at New Haven.

State's Attorney Griffin previously worked at the Waterbury State’s Attorney’s Office from 1996 through 2011, the last approximately 8 years of which he spent in the Part A court where he successfully tried numerous felony cases to verdict.

In 2013, State's Attorney Griffin was promoted to Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney in charge of the Cold Case & Shooting Task Force Bureau at the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney. As the supervising prosecutor, State's Attorney Griffin directed a combined staff of prosecutors, inspectors, federal agents, municipal police detectives and Connecticut Department of Correction personnel who were responsible for the investigation and prosecution of unsolved violent crimes throughout the State of Connecticut as well as staffing local shooting task forces in Hartford and New Haven.

In 2014, State's Attorney Griffin was designated as a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut and tasked with the investigation and prosecution of cold case homicides in federal court.

In 2015, State's Attorney Griffin received the Oliver Ellsworth Connecticut Prosecutor of the Year award.

State's Attorney Griffin has served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of New Haven School of Public Safety and Professional Studies. He is an Adjunct Lecturer at the New Haven and Waterbury Police Academies and is a certified law enforcement instructor with the State of Connecticut Police Officer Standards and Training Council.

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