Judge Matthew E. Auger died on Saturday at the age of 65. He was remembered as an upbeat family man who never stopped battling cancer.
Day Staff Writer
Connecticut Superior Court Judge Matthew Auger, a longtime New London-based lawyer whose family and friends said had stayed true to character and maintained an upbeat temperament in the face of a long battle with cancer, died Saturday at the age of 65.
Auger, formerly of Gales Ferry and Groton and living in Westbrook at the time of his death, was remembered this week by friends, family and former colleagues as a “glass half full” kid of guy, said attorney Jack Collins of the Suisman Shapiro law firm in New London.
“And that’s the way he approached the practice of law and work as a judge and more importantly the way he approached life,” Collins said.
Collins had worked with Auger for many years at Suisman Shapiro where Auger had concentrated on civil litigation. The two were good friends.
“He was an outstanding trial lawyer, a great judge and an even better person,” Collins said.
Auger is survived by his wife, Lesley, four children and six grandsons.
Auger started working at Suisman Shapiro in 1988 and was a senior partner and trial lawyer when he was appointed to serve as a Superior Court judge in 2018. Auger previously had served four years in the Navy and retired as a captain in the Judge Advocate General Corps of the U.S. Naval Reserve in 2014.
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