Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has nominated former Stamford State Senator Andrew J. McDonald to one of two vacancies in the Connecticut Supreme Court.

A former partner at the Stamford office of Pullman & Comley, McDonald has known and worked closely with Malloy over the past 20 years, first as Stamford corporation counsel for three and a half years when Malloy was mayor, and for the past two years, as Malloy’s top legal counsel.