Judge Christina Reiss Nominee for the District of Vermont
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President Obama Announces His Intent to Nominate Christina Reiss to the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont"I am honored to nominate Judge Reiss to the United States District Court. Her impressive judicial career stands as a testament to her formidable intellect and integrity. I am confident she will serve the people of Vermont with distinction on the District Court bench."
Judge Christina Reiss currently serves as a State Judge in the Lamoille District of the Vermont Superior Court and Vermont District Courts. She received her Bachelor’s degree from St. Michael’s College in Vermont, and her law degree from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1989. Upon graduation, Judge Reiss clerked for the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Prior to her appointment to the bench in 2004, Judge Reiss was in private practice as a litigator specializing in a wide range of areas including media, land use, business, employment and federal criminal law. She received a unanimous well-qualified rating from the ABA and is being nominated to the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Announces-His-Intent-to-Nominate-Christina-Reiss-to-the-US-District-Court-for-the-District-of-Vermont/Leahy Recommends Vermont Judge Christina Reiss For Vermont’s U.S. District Court VacancyWEDNESDAY (July 8 2009) – U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Thursday recommended Vermont State Judge Christina Reiss of Essex Junction, Vt., to be the next judge on Vermont’s U.S. District Court.
If nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate, Reiss would be the first woman to serve on Vermont’s federal district court. She would fill the vacancy created when Judge J. Garvan Murtha announced his intention to take senior status on Vermont’s U.S. District Court, opening the first such vacancy in Vermont in several years.
http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200907/070809b.htmlUS District Court StatusObama has nominated his 10th US District Judge today. There has been one District Judge confirmed: Jeffrey L. Viken. There are currently 73 US district vacancies of 674.