The appointment of a Hartford lawyer to a Superior Court judgeship has led to his firm dissolving and its lawyers joining forces with a Simsbury firm. Cesar A. Noble, who had been president and managing partner of Noble, Spector & O’Connor, was recently confirmed by the legislature.

Now four lawyers from Noble, Spector & O’Connor are moving to Simsbury’s Hassett & George, where they will bolster the Insurance and Defense Law practice. The new lawyers bring Hassett & George’s head count to a dozen lawyers.