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# Benjamin Battles

Vermont Superior Court · Superior Judge

## Profile

- Court: Vermont Superior Court
- State: Vermont
- Role: Superior Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Vermont Superior Court judge; appointed by Governor Phil Scott in late 2023 and began service in December 2023
- Law clerk to Judge Morton Greenberg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

### Education

- University of Vermont — B.A.
- Brooklyn Law School; executive articles editor of the law review — J.D.

### Additional information

- Family Division assignments include Caledonia, Essex and Orleans counties.
- Vermont solicitor general
- handling appeals before the Vermont Supreme Court, Second Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; also led the General Counsel and Administrative Law Division
- overseeing more than 30 staff.
- Practiced at Cahill Gordon, Boies Schiller and Pollock Cohen, including appellate and public-impact litigation.
- Taught state constitutional law as an adjunct at Vermont Law and Graduate School.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### digital evidence submission

Scope: statewide

Vermont Judiciary directs users to upload non-flat-PDF digital exhibits, including audio, video, and active hyperlinks, through its Digital Evidence Portal; flat PDFs should not be filed in that portal.

Evidence excerpt: The Digital Evidence Portal is to be used solely for uploading exhibits in file formats other than flat PDF format. Examples ... include audio recordings, video recordings, or active hyperlinks to web-based content. Flat PDF files should not be filed in the Digital Evidence Portal.

[Vermont Judiciary Digital Evidence Portal](https://evidence.vermontjudiciary.org/TraQ7/account/caseuser)
Source checked: 2026-07-27


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.vtcourts.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2026-2027%20rotation%20as%20approved%204.7.26.pdf)
- [Official roster](https://www.vtcourts.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2026-2027%20rotation%20as%20approved%204.7.26.pdf)
- [Vermont Judiciary official judicial roster](https://www.vtcourts.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2026-2027%20rotation%20as%20approved%204.7.26.pdf)
- [Vermont Judiciary Digital Evidence Portal](https://evidence.vermontjudiciary.org/TraQ7/account/caseuser)
- [Benjamin Battles | Vermont Law and Graduate School](https://www.vermontlaw.edu/faculty/battles-benjamin)

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