One of the state’s top legal minds is taking the leap from the public sector back into private work, as former Connecticut Supreme Court Justice Joette Katz has joined Hartford’s Shipman & Goodwin as a partner.

Commissioner of the state’s Department of Children and Families for the past eight years, Katz said in an interview with the Connecticut Law Tribune this week that she is excited about entering a position that is tailored to her expertise, and one with a mission that she had a hand in crafting.