[1] In addition, Judge Danaher previously served as the 47th United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut from May 2001[2] to November 2002 during which he supervised federal prosecutions of former Waterbury Mayor Philip Giordano and former Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim.
Upon graduation from law school, Judge Danaher served as a clerk to the Honorable T. Emmet Clarie.
Judge Danaher worked at the Hartford, Connecticut firm of Day, Berry & Howard from 1981 to 1986 before joining the United States Attorney's Office in July 1986.
At the United States Attorney's Office, among other things, Judge Danaher was part of the team that investigated Los Macheteros.
He held the title of Senior Litigation Counsel from January 2003 until February 2007 when Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell nominated Judge Danaher to be Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety.