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Vermont Supreme Court justice vacancy (September 2019)
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| Skoglund Vacancy Vermont Supreme Court |
| Vacancy date |
| Vacancy status |
| Nomination date |
| December 5, 2019 |
| Table of contents |
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Selection process About Justice Skoglund |
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| Recent news External links Footnotes |
Vermont Supreme Court Justice Marilyn Skoglund retired on September 1, 2019.[1] Gov. Phil Scott (R) nominated Judge William "Bill" Cohen to succeed Skoglund on December 5, 2019.[2]
Cohen was Gov. Phil Scott's (R) second nominee to the five-member supreme court.
Under Vermont law, the governor appointed state supreme court justices from a list of names provided by a judicial nominating commission. The appointed justice had to be confirmed by the Vermont State Senate.
The appointee
- See also: William Cohen
At the time of his state supreme court appointment, Cohen was a superior court judge in Rutland County, Vermont. Governor Howard Dean appointed Cohen to the bench in 1999.
Before becoming a judge, Cohen was an attorney in private practice from 1986 to 1999. He was a deputy state's attorney in Rutland County from 1984 to 1986.[3]
Cohen earned a B.A. in environmental science from the George Washington University in 1980 and a J.D. from Vermont Law School in 1984.[3]
The selection process
- See also: Judicial selection in Vermont
At the time of the vacancy, selection of Vermont Supreme Court justices occurred through assisted appointment. The governor appointed a justice from a list of names provided by a nominating commission. The appointed justice had to be confirmed by the Vermont State Senate. Once confirmed, justices would serve six-year terms. At the end of each term, justices stood for retention by a vote of the Vermont General Assembly.[4]
About Justice Skoglund
- See also: Marilyn Skoglund
Skoglund joined the Vermont Supreme Court on August 27, 1997. She was the second woman to serve as an associate justice of this court. Skoglund served on the District Court from 1994 to 1997. She graduated from Southern Illinois University with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts in 1971. In lieu of attending law school, she completed a law-office clerkship at the Office of the Attorney General, where she served as assistant attorney general (1981-1989), chief of the Civil Law Division (1989-1993), and chief of the Public Protection Division (1993-1994).[5]
Other state supreme court appointments in 2019
- See also: State supreme court vacancies, 2019
The following table lists vacancies to state supreme courts that opened in 2019. Click the link under the Court column for a particular vacancy for more information on that vacancy.
Click here for vacancies that opened in 2020.
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| Court | Date of Vacancy | Justice | Reason | Date Vacancy Filled | Successor |
| Florida Supreme Court | January 7, 2019 | Fred Lewis | Retirement | January 9, 2019 | Barbara Lagoa |
| Florida Supreme Court | January 7, 2019 | Barbara Pariente | Retirement | January 14, 2019 | Robert J. Luck |
| Florida Supreme Court | January 7, 2019 | Peggy Quince | Retirement | January 22, 2019 | Carlos Muñiz |
| Kentucky Supreme Court | January 31, 2019 | Bill Cunningham | Retirement | March 27, 2019 | David Buckingham |
| Mississippi Supreme Court | January 31, 2019 | William Waller | Retirement | December 19, 2018 | Kenny Griffis |
| North Carolina Supreme Court | February 28, 2019 | Mark Martin | Private sector[6] | March 1, 2019 | Cheri Beasley |
| North Carolina Supreme Court | March 1, 2019 | Cheri Beasley | Apppointed to new post[7] | March 11, 2019 | Mark Davis |
| Arizona Supreme Court | March 1, 2019 | John Pelander | Retirement | April 26, 2019 | James Beene |
| Oklahoma Supreme Court | April 10, 2019 | Patrick Wyrick | Elevation to a federal judgeship[8] | November 20, 2019 | Dustin Rowe |
| Oklahoma Supreme Court | April 30, 2019 | John Reif | Retirement | September 17, 2019 | M. John Kane IV |
| Arizona Supreme Court | July 3, 2019 | Scott Bales | Private sector[9] | September 4, 2019 | Bill Montgomery |
| Texas Supreme Court | July 31, 2019 | Jeff Brown | Elevation to a federal judgeship[10] | August 26, 2019 | Jane Bland |
| New Hampshire Supreme Court | August 23, 2019 | Robert Lynn | Retirement | January 7, 2021 | Gordon MacDonald |
| Virginia Supreme Court | September 1, 2019 | Elizabeth McClanahan | Retirement | February 15, 2019 | Teresa M. Chafin |
| Vermont Supreme Court | September 1, 2019 | Marilyn Skoglund | Retirement | December 5, 2019 | William Cohen |
| Kansas Supreme Court | September 8, 2019 | Lee Johnson | Retirement | December 16, 2019 | Evelyn Z. Wilson |
| Delaware Supreme Court | October 30, 2019 | Leo E. Strine Jr. | Retirement | November 7, 2019 | Collins Seitz Jr. |
| Iowa Supreme Court | November 15, 2019 | Mark Cady | Death | January 28, 2020 | Dana Oxley |
| Florida Supreme Court | November 19, 2019 | Robert J. Luck | Elevation to a federal judgeship[11] | September 14, 2020 | Jamie Rutland Grosshans |
| Florida Supreme Court | November 20, 2019 | Barbara Lagoa | Elevation to a federal judgeship[12] | May 26, 2020 | John D. Couriel |
| Kansas Supreme Court | December 17, 2019 | Lawton Nuss | Retirement | March 11, 2020 | Keynen Wall |
| Maine Supreme Court | December 2019 | Jeffrey Hjelm | Retirement | January 6, 2020 | Catherine Connors |
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ VT Digger, "Justice Skoglund stepping down from Vermont Supreme Court," May 1, 2019
- ↑ Seven Days, "Scott Names William Cohen to Serve on Vermont Supreme Court," December 5, 2019
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Vermont Secretary of State, "Civil Government: State of Vermont," 2013
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Vermont," archived October 3, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Judiciary, "Honorable Marilyn S. Skoglund," accessed May 2, 2019
- ↑ Martin left the court to become the dean of Regent University Law School in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
- ↑ Beasley was appointed chief justice of the court.
- ↑ Wyrick was confirmed to a seat on the Western District of Oklahoma on April 9, 2019.
- ↑ Bales left the court to become executive director of the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver.
- ↑ Brown was confirmed to a seat on the Southern District of Texas on July 31, 2019.
- ↑ Luck was confirmed to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on November 19, 2019.
- ↑ Lagoa was confirmed to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on November 20, 2019.
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Federal courts:
Second Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Vermont • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Vermont
State courts:
Vermont Supreme Court • Vermont Superior Courts • Vermont Probate Court • Vermont Judicial Bureau
State resources:
Courts in Vermont • Vermont judicial elections • Judicial selection in Vermont
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