Leo Parskey (June 22, 1915 – February 5, 1994)[2] was an American lawyer and jurist who served as Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1980 to 1985.
[2] After graduation, Parskey immediately joined the United States Army Air Corps, serving throughout World War II, and achieving the rank of captain by his discharge in 1946.
[2] Parskey ran for and served on the Hartford City Council in the 1950s; during this time, he was also deputy mayor.
[2] Parskey also served as the president of the Hartford chapter of the American Jewish Congress.
On April 22, 1980, Governor Ella Grasso nominated him to become an associate justice on the Connecticut Supreme Court;[4] he served until the constitutional limit on the age of justices in Connecticut of 70 years old, in 1985.