Sean Connelly

Sean Connelly (born August 23, 1958) is an American attorney and former judge on the Colorado Court of Appeals. He is a former member of the U.S. Department of Justice trial team and the lead appellate prosecutor in the Oklahoma City bombing cases. He was appointed by then Colorado Governor Bill Ritter to the Colorado Court of Appeals in 2008 and did not seek retention of his appointment in 2011 and returned to private practice. Early life and education Connelly received his bachelor's degree from Fairfield University in 1980 and his J.D. degree from the Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America in 1983 where he was a Comments Editor for the Law Review and received the Faculty Award for the highest ranking law student. Career