Attorney for the District of Connecticut from 1998 until 2003. During her tenure, Gifford prosecuted a wide variety of federal criminal cases, including cases about health care fraud, tax evasion and crimes against children. Gifford served as a U.S. District Court law clerk for the Hon. Janet Bond Arterton, the Hon. Alvin W. Thompson and the Hon. Christopher F. Droney. Gifford graduated cum laude from the University of New Hampshire and received her law degree cum laude from Boston University. The opinions shared in this blog are strictly Gifford’s – they do not reflect those opinions of her employers.