The United States District Court for the District of Vermont (in case citations, D. Vt.) 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 by a March 2, 1791 amendment () to the Judiciary Act of 1789 and assigned to the eastern circuit. Under the Midnight Judges Act, the Circuits were reorganized 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 (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. the acting United States attorney is Jonathan A. Ophardt.
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Current judges
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Former judges
Chief judges
Succession of seats
U.S. attorneys
U.S. attorneys for Vermont since it attained statehood in 1791 include:
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!Presidents served under
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|Stephen Jacob
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|1791
|1794
|George Washington
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|Amos Marsh
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|1794
|1796
|George Washington
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|Charles Marsh
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|1797
|1801
|John Adams
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|David Fay
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|1801
|1809
|Thomas Jefferson
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|Cornelius P. Van Ness
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|1810
|1813
|James Madison
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|Titus Hutchinson
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|1813
|1821
|James Madison, James Monroe
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|William A. Griswold
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|1821
|1829
|James Monroe, and John Quincy Adams
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|Daniel Kellogg
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|1829
|1841
|Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, and William Henry Harrison
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|Charles Davis
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|1841
|1845
|John Tyler
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|Charles Linsley
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|1845
|1849
|James K. Polk
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|Abel Underwood
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|1849
|1853
|Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore
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|Lucius B. Peck
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|1853
|1857
|Franklin Pierce
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|Henry E. Stoughton
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|1857
|1860
|James Buchanan
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|George Howe
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|1861
|1864
|Abraham Lincoln
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|Dudley C. Denison
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|1864
|1869
|Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson
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|Benjamin F. Fifield
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|1869
|1880
|Ulysses S. Grant and Rutherford B. Hayes
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|Kittredge Haskins
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|1880
|1887
| Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, and Grover Cleveland
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|Clarence H. Pitkin
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|1887
|1889
|Grover Cleveland
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|Frank Plumley
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|1889
|1894
|Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland
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|John H. Senter
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|1894
|1898
|Grover Cleveland and William McKinley
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|James L. Martin
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|1898
|1906
|William McKinley, and Theodore Roosevelt
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|Alexander Dunnett
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|1906
|1915
|Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson
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|Vernon A. Bullard
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|1915
|1923
|Woodrow Wilson and Warren Harding
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|Harry B. Amey
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|1923
|1933
|Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover
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|Joseph A. McNamara
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|1933
|1953
|Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman
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|Louis G. Whitcomb
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|1953
|1961
|Dwight D. Eisenhower
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|Joseph F. Radigan
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|1961
|1969
|John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson
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|George Cook
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|1969
|1977
|Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford
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|William B. Gray
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|1977
|1981
|Jimmy Carter
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|Jerome O'Neill
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|1981
|1981
|Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan
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|George Cook
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|1981
|1987
|Ronald Reagan
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|George J. Terwilliger III
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|1987
|1991
|Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush
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|Charles Caruso
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|1991
|1993
|George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton
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|Charles Tetzlaff
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|1993
|2001
|Bill Clinton and George W. Bush
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|Peter Hall
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|2001
|2004
|George W. Bush
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|David Kirby
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|2005
|2006
|George W. Bush
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|Tom Anderson
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|2006
|2009
|George W. Bush
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|Tristram J. Coffin
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|2009
|2015
|Barack Obama
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|Eric Miller
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|2015
|2017
|Barack Obama and Donald Trump
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|Christina Nolan
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|2017
|2021
|Donald Trump
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|Nikolas P. Kerest
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|2021
|2025
|Joe Biden
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|Michael P. Drescher (acting)
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|2025
|2026
|Donald Trump
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|Jonathan A. Ophardt (acting)
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|2026
|present
|Donald Trump
|}
U.S. marshals
Duties and responsibilities
The United States Marshal for the District of Vermont oversees all Marshals Service operations in Vermont. The Vermont district maintains offices in Burlington and Rutland, enabling the Marshals Service to carry out its role with respect to public safety in Vermont. Marshals were presidential appointees and their duties included supporting the federal courts within their districts and executing the orders of the president, Congress and federal judges. Marshals are limited to four-year, renewable terms that expire unless they are reappointed. Because they were paid on a fee system, the positions were lucrative and highly sought after.
- Lewis R. Morris, March 4, 1791
- Jabez G. Fitch, June 9, 1794
- John Willard, March 11, 1801
- David Robinson, January 7, 1811
- Heman Allen (of Colchester), 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, March 14, 1954
- Thomas W. Sorrell, August 3, 1961
- Christian Hansen Jr., June 20, 1969
- Earle B. McLaughlin, July 28, 1977
- Christian Hansen Jr., March 17, 1982
- John E. 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
- John Hall (acting), July 9, 2024
See also
- Courts of Vermont
- List of current United States district judges
- List of United States federal courthouses in Vermont
References
External links
- United States Attorney for the District of Vermont Official Website