--- title: "Geoffrey William Crawford | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/geoffrey-w-crawford" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Geoffrey William Crawford U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont - State: Vermont - Role: Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - U.S. District Judge for Vermont from 2014; chief judge, 2017–2024; assumed senior status August 9, 2024 - Vermont Supreme Court justice, 2013–2014 - Vermont Superior Court judge, 2002–2013 - Partner at O'Neill, Crawford & Green in Burlington, 1987–2002; attorney at Manchester & O'Neill, 1984–1987, and Burlingham Underwood & Lord in New York, 1981–1984 - Law clerk to U.S. District Judge Albert Coffrin ### Education - cum laude, — Harvard Law School — J.D. (1980) - cum laude, — Yale University — B.A. (1977) ### Additional information - Nominated by President Barack Obama on May 20, 2014, to succeed William Sessions, confirmed June 24 by a 95–0 Senate vote, and commissioned August 4, 2014. - Born July 20, 1954, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. ## 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 ### presentation procedure Scope: courtwide Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge. Evidence excerpt: Home . Overview of Rutland's Evidence Presentation System . The Evidence Presentation System was designed to promote and enhance the presentation and dissemination of exhibits and evidence in the courtroom. [Overview of Rutland's Evidence Presentation System | DISTRICT OF VERMONT | United States District Court](https://www.vtd.uscourts.gov/overview-rutlands-evidence-presentation-system) Source checked: 2026-07-24 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394596) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394596) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394596) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/759/geoffrey-william-crawford/) - [Overview of Rutland's Evidence Presentation System | DISTRICT OF VERMONT | United States District Court](https://www.vtd.uscourts.gov/overview-rutlands-evidence-presentation-system) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/759/geoffrey-william-crawford/) - [Wikidata: Geoffrey W. Crawford](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16914033) - [Crawford, Geoffrey William | Federal Judicial Center](https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/crawford-geoffrey-william) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/759/geoffrey-william-crawford/) - [Wikidata: Geoffrey W. Crawford](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16914033) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/geoffrey-w-crawford", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/geoffrey-w-crawford", "name": "Geoffrey William Crawford | KnowJudges", "description": "Geoffrey William Crawford, U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.