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Samuel Hoar, Jr.
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2020
Samuel Hoar, Jr. serves as a judge for the Vermont Superior Courts in the Windsor Unit, which serves Windsor County in Vermont.[1][2] He was appointed by Governor Pete Shumlin in February 2014, and his current term will expire in 2020.
Education
Hoar earned an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College in 1980. He was awarded a J.D. from Boston University, School of Law in 1985.[2]
Career
- 2014-2020: Judge, Vermont Superior Courts, Windsor Unit
- 1987-2014: Attorney, Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew[2]
Hoar also served previously as a law clerk for former Judge Bailey Aldrich of the United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit.[2]
Awards and associations
- Past president, Vermont Bar Association
- Past president, Vermont Bar Foundation
- Past co-chair, Access to Justice Campaign, Vermont Bar Foundation
Noteworthy cases
Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Co. v. Town of Bolton (2020)
Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Co. v. Town of Bolton: On January 28, 2021, a Chittenden County Superior Court judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company (CATIC) against nine Vermont town clerks. In its complaint, CATIC had asked the court to mandate that town clerks take "reasonable steps necessary to ensure that their municipal land and zoning records are fully available for inspection and copying by the public during the municipalities’ previously established customary hours," notwithstanding COVID-19 restrictions on access to government buildings and resources. The complaint contended that various clerks had restricted access to municipal land and zoning records, resulting "in a scattershot approach to the opening of municipal land records that is highly inconsistent across the State, with access to many municipal land records not being available during reasonable or customary hours," in violation of state law. A group of 209 clerks and treasurers across the Northeast signed onto a letter by Montpelier City Clerk John Odum, writing that, "[In] the midst of the current COVID-19 pandemic, this lawsuit could have implications for the health and safety of municipal employees and members of the general public." Andy Mikell, a CATIC employee, said, "Access to the land records isn’t just critical for attorneys, it’s also critical for appraisers, surveyors, realtors, and property owners who just need access to the records to conduct property transactions … and if they are closed or reduce their hours or impose unreasonable restrictions, anybody seeking access is left without access." Judge Samuel Hoar dismissed the lawsuit from the bench, issuing no written opinion on the matter.[3][4]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Vermont Judiciary, "Judicial Community Webpage," accessed February 27, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Vermont.gov, "Gov. Shumlin appoints Burlington attorney Samuel Hoar, Jr. to superior court," February 27, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Judiciary Public Portal, "Case summary: Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company v. Town of Bolton," accessed February 2, 2021
- ↑ Chittenden County Superior Court, "Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Co. v. Town of Bolton: Complaint," November 13, 2020
