Cesar A. Noble
CESAR A. NOBLE is Of Counsel in the Firm’s Hartford office and is a member of the Litigation & Insurance Services Group.
Judge Noble was appointed to the Superior Court in 2014 and retired after over eleven years on the bench. During his tenure, he served on the Complex Litigation Docket for three years, as a civil trial judge for seven years and on criminal matters for over a year. While on the complex Litigation Docket, he presided over class action litigation, employment, commercial and construction claims, large probate matters as well as medical malpractice and product liability claims. As a civil trial judge, he tried a large number of cases in all of the above areas. While on the bench he served as a mediator as part of the Judicial Alternative Dispute Resolution program, mediating over 100 cases.
He was the recipient of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Judicial Award in 2024 and while in practice served as 2008-2009 President of the Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association. Judge Noble currently sits on the board of the Connecticut Law Tribunal Editorial Board.
While on the bench he served as a member of the Civil Jury Instruction Committee, 2016-2025; was a member of the Judicial Branch Civil Commission, 2015-2017; presented in 2016 to the judges of the Superior Court at the Connecticut Judges Institute on “Discovery of Electronically Stored Information (ESI)” and in 2024 on “The Constitutional Trajectory of Connecticut Employment Claims.” He also presented twice to the Judicial Civil Division Fall Program, 2019 and 2021 on the subject of settlement techniques and in 2024 on the utilization of technology on civil case management. He was a speaker at numerous bar association programs.
While in practice he was the managing partner of Noble, Spector & O’Connor, a civil litigation firm with a specialty in insurance defense, from 1999 to 2014, and tried numerous cases to verdict. He authored seven articles through the Connecticut Bar Journal, the Defense Research Institute and the Journal of the Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association. He was a Certified Civil Trial Advocate with the National Board of Legal Specialty Certification and served as an exam writer for five years. He served as a board member for the Connecticut Bar Foundation and is a James W. Cooper Fellow. He provided professional presentations on behalf of the Defense Research Institute, the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, the Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association and Lorman Education Services.
Judge Noble’s civic involvement includes serving on the Board of Directions of the La Academia Para Los Padres 2010-2014; the West Hartford Police Department Review Board, 1993-2014; a member of the Selection Jurors Sub-Committee, Jury Committee of the Public Service and Trust Commission, 2008-2009 and as a board member and legal counsel to the Greater Hartford Jaycees where he won the Governor’s Civic Leadership Award in 1986.
- Recipient of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Judicial Award (2024).
CESAR A. NOBLE is Of Counsel in the Firm’s Hartford office and is a member of the Litigation & Insurance Services Group.
Judge Noble was appointed to the Superior Court in 2014 and retired after over eleven years on the bench. During his tenure, he served on the Complex Litigation Docket for three years, as a civil trial judge for seven years and on criminal matters for over a year. While on the complex Litigation Docket, he presided over class action litigation, employment, commercial and construction claims, large probate matters as well as medical malpractice and product liability claims. As a civil trial judge, he tried a large number of cases in all of the above areas. While on the bench he served as a mediator as part of the Judicial Alternative Dispute Resolution program, mediating over 100 cases.
He was the recipient of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Judicial Award in 2024 and while in practice served as 2008-2009 President of the Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association. Judge Noble currently sits on the board of the Connecticut Law Tribunal Editorial Board.
While on the bench he served as a member of the Civil Jury Instruction Committee, 2016-2025; was a member of the Judicial Branch Civil Commission, 2015-2017; presented in 2016 to the judges of the Superior Court at the Connecticut Judges Institute on “Discovery of Electronically Stored Information (ESI)” and in 2024 on “The Constitutional Trajectory of Connecticut Employment Claims.” He also presented twice to the Judicial Civil Division Fall Program, 2019 and 2021 on the subject of settlement techniques and in 2024 on the utilization of technology on civil case management. He was a speaker at numerous bar association programs.
While in practice he was the managing partner of Noble, Spector & O’Connor, a civil litigation firm with a specialty in insurance defense, from 1999 to 2014, and tried numerous cases to verdict. He authored seven articles through the Connecticut Bar Journal, the Defense Research Institute and the Journal of the Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association. He was a Certified Civil Trial Advocate with the National Board of Legal Specialty Certification and served as an exam writer for five years. He served as a board member for the Connecticut Bar Foundation and is a James W. Cooper Fellow. He provided professional presentations on behalf of the Defense Research Institute, the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, the Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association and Lorman Education Services.
Judge Noble’s civic involvement includes serving on the Board of Directions of the La Academia Para Los Padres 2010-2014; the West Hartford Police Department Review Board, 1993-2014; a member of the Selection Jurors Sub-Committee, Jury Committee of the Public Service and Trust Commission, 2008-2009 and as a board member and legal counsel to the Greater Hartford Jaycees where he won the Governor’s Civic Leadership Award in 1986.
- Recipient of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Judicial Award (2024).