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# Jennifer Barrett

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 2022
- Orleans County state's attorney, 2015–2022; previously deputy state's attorney in Bennington and Orleans counties
- Judicial extern to Judge James Ware, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

### Education

- in computer and digital forensics, Champlain College — B.A. (2008)
- University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law — J.D.
- Attended Brattleboro Union High School and the Vermont Academy of Science and Technology.

### Additional information

- Assigned to the Windham Family Division; judicial work includes family and property matters, including landlord–tenant disputes.
- Prosecuted homicide, kidnapping, sexual and domestic assault, juvenile, post-conviction and appellate cases.
- Born and raised in Brattleboro; resided in Newport at the time of appointment.

## 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)
- [Orleans Top Prosecutor Appointed to Superior Court Bench – Vermont Bar Association](https://www.vtbar.org/orleans-top-prosecutor-appointed-to-superior-court-bench/)

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