Anthony E. Grillo

Anthony E. Grillo (January 21, 1915 – February 5, 1999) was a justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1983 to 1985. Born in Hamden, Connecticut, Grillo attended the public schools of that town, and received a BA from Yale University in 1936, and a JD from Yale Law School in 1941. In order to pay for college he taught Spanish and English in the New Haven evening school program. In September 1941 he volunteered for service in the United States Army starting as a private and four and a half years later he was discharged as a lieutenant. During his military service he graduated from the Army's counterintelligence school and met his wife, the daughter of a representative of the Dutch government, while he was stationed in Aruba. Upon his discharge he returned to New Haven and passed the bar exam in 1946. He then went on to become associated with the New Haven firm of O'Keefe, Johnson and O'Keefe. He was later associated with William Halloran and Frank Daley. After the latter association he opened his own office and began practicing law independently.