United States District Court for the District of Vermont
The United States District Court for the District of Vermont is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the federal district of Vermont. The court has locations in Brattleboro, Burlington, and Rutland. The Court was created under the Judiciary Act of 1791 under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Circuit Court. Under the Midnight Judges Act, the Circuits were reorganised and this Court was assigned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit where it has remained since. Originally created with one Judgeship, in 1966 a second Judgeship was added.
Appeals from the District of Vermont are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. Christina E. Nolan has served as the United States Attorney for Vermont since 2017.Current judges
Former judges
Chief judges
Succession of seats
U.S. Attorneys
U.S. Attorneys for Vermont since it attained statehood in 1791 include:
- Stephen Jacob, 1791–1794
- Amos Marsh, 1794-1796
- Charles Marsh, 1797–1801
- David Fay, 1801–1809
- Cornelius P. Van Ness, 1810–1813
- Titus Hutchinson, 1813–1821
- William A. Griswold, 1821–1829
- Daniel Kellogg, 1829–1841
- Charles Davis, 1841–1845
- Charles Linsley, 1845–1849
- Abel Underwood, 1849–1853
- Lucius B. Peck, 1853–1857
- Henry E. Stoughton, 1857–1860
- George Howe, 1861–1864
- Dudley C. Denison, 1864–1869
- Benjamin F. Fifield 1869–1880
- Kittredge Haskins, 1880–1887
- Clarence H. Pitkin, 1887–1889
- Frank Plumley, 1889–1894
- John H. Senter, 1894–1898
- James L. Martin, 1896–1906
- Alexander Dunnett, 1906–1915
- Vernon A. Bullard, 1915–1923
- Harry B. Amey, 1923–1933
- Joseph A. McNamara, 1933–1953
- Louis G. Whitcomb, 1953–1961
- Joseph F. Radigan, 1961–1969
- George Cook, 1969–1977
- William B. Gray, 1977–1981
- Jerome O'Neill, 1981
- George Cook, 1981–1987
- George J. Terwilliger III, 1987–1991
- Charles Caruso, 1991–1993
- Charles Tetzlaff, 1993–2001
- Peter Hall, 2001–2004
- David Kirby, 2005–2006
- Tom Anderson, 2006–2009
- Tristram J. Coffin, 2009–2015
- Eric Miller, 2015–2017
- Christina Nolan, 2017–
U.S. Marshals and dates of appointment
Vermont's U.S. Marshals have included:
- Lewis R. Morris, March 4, 1791
- Jabez G. Fitch, June 9, 1794
- John Willard, March 11, 1801
- David Robinson, January 7, 1811
- Heman Allen, December 14, 1818
- Joseph Edson, March 3, 1823
- Heman Lowry, June 6, 1829
- George W. Barker, December 30, 1835
- Heman Lowry, March 7, 1837
- William Barron, March 10, 1841
- Jacob Kent Jr., March 15, 1845
- John Pettes, March 13, 1849
- Charles Chapin, April 1, 1853
- Lewis S. Partridge, May 2, 1857
- Charles C. P. Baldwin, April 12, 1861
- Hugh H. Henry, July 25, 1865
- George P. Foster, January 24, 1870
- William W. Henry, April 10, 1879
- John Robinson, June 24, 1886
- Rollin Amsden, June 18, 1890
- Emory S. Harris, June 9, 1894
- Fred A. Field, June 14, 1898
- Frank H. Chapman, October 16, 1903
- Horace W. Bailey, October 21, 1903
- Arthur P. Carpenter, February 14, 1914
- Albert W. Harvey, June 2, 1922
- Edward L. Burke, June 7, 1935
- Dewey H. Perry, June 6, 1954
- Thomas W. Sorrell, August 3, 1961
- Christian Hansen, June 20, 1969
- Earle B. McLaughlin, July 28, 1977
- Christian Hansen Jr., March 17, 1982
- John Edward Rouille, September 29, 1994
- John H. Sinclair, November 29, 1999
- John R. Edwards, March 18, 2002
- David E. Demag, August 18, 2009
- Bradley J. LaRose, January 2, 2019
