Duke Eaton | |
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Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court | |
Assumed office October 27, 2014 | |
Appointed by | Peter Shumlin |
Preceded by | Geoffrey W. Crawford |
Judge of the Orange County and Windsor County Superior Courts [1] | |
In office 2004–2014 | |
Appointed by | Jim Douglas |
Personal details | |
Born | Harold Edward Eaton, Jr. August 25, 1955 Windsor, Vermont, U.S. |
Education |
University of Vermont (
BS) Vermont Law School ( JD) |
Harold Edward “Duke” Eaton Jr. (born August 25, 1955) is a Vermont lawyer and jurist who was appointed to the Vermont Supreme Court in 2014.
Harold Edward Eaton Jr. (nicknamed "Duke") was born in Windsor, Vermont on August 25, 1955. [2] He attended elementary and junior high school in Woodstock, and graduated from Woodstock Union High School in 1973. [3] Eaton graduated from the University of Vermont in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education. [4] He is a 1980 graduate of Vermont Law School. [5]
From 1980 to 1982 Eaton was a Deputy State's Attorney for Chittenden County, and he was Chief Deputy State's Attorney from 1982 to 1983. [6] He practiced law in Rutland from 1983 to 1991. [7] Eaton was a partner in Eaton & Hayes of Woodstock from 1991 to 2004. [8]
Eaton was appointed a Judge of the Vermont Superior Court by Governor Jim Douglas on April 16, 2004. [9] On October 27, 2014 Governor Peter Shumlin swore Eaton in as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court. [10] Eaton replaced Geoffrey W. Crawford who was appointed Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont. [11]