John A. Dooley III at a glance
- Current role
- Former Judge
- Current assignment
- Supreme Court of Vermont
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- Vermont · State
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- Former
John A. Dooley III
Former Judge · Supreme Court of Vermont
Biography
Professional career
- Vermont Supreme Court associate justice, 1987–2017; appointed by Governor Madeleine Kunin on June 12, 1987, to succeed William C. Hill
- Law clerk to U.S. District Judge Bernard Joseph Leddy
Education
- Law degree, Boston College Law School, 1968.
- Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Union College, 1965.
Additional information
- Retained in 2011 for a final six-year term and retired March 31, 2017.
- Mylan Laboratories, Inc. (2004).
- President of the Vermont Bar Association, 1988–1989.
- Vermont secretary of administration, 1985–1987; legal counsel to Governor Kunin in 1985.
- Assistant director and then director of Vermont Legal Aid, 1969–1978.
- Part-time U.S. magistrate judge for Vermont, 1971–1975.
- Born April 10, 1944, in Nashua, New Hampshire; married Sandra C. Sapp in 1970.
- Authored more than 700 published opinions, including 112 dissents and 79 concurrences; cases include Robertson v.
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