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# Megan Shafritz

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 and sworn in March 21, 2018
- Assistant attorney general from 2009 and chief of the Civil Division in the Vermont Attorney General's Office
- Partner at Gravel & Shea in Burlington
- Law clerk to U.S. District Judge Roderick R. McKelvie in Delaware

### Education

- the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, where she held the role of Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review — J.D.
- Williams College — B.A.

### Additional information

- handling commercial litigation, business disputes and personal-injury cases; attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York, 1995–2000.
- Assignments include Chittenden criminal and family divisions and acting-judge service in Chittenden and Washington small-claims courts.
- Worked with the New York Incarcerated Mothers Law Project.
- Judge Christina Reiss described her judicial temperament as calm, composed and open-minded.
- Married to surgeon Dr. Adam Shafritz; they have two children.

## 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)
- [Judge Megan Shafritz Sworn in Today – Vermont Bar Association](https://www.vtbar.org/judge-megan-shafritz-sworn-in-today/)
- [486 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2018/Docs/JOURNAL/sj180321.pdf)
- [Megan Shafritz education and professional background](https://ohavizedek.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Voice-May-June-2018-for-website2.pdf)

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