14 Administrative Order No. 14. Appellate and Administrative Responsibilities of the Supreme Court
Administrative Orders of the Supreme Court
Rule Text
To implement the appellate and administrative responsibilities of the Supreme Court under Chapter II, § 30 of the Vermont Constitution, the State of Vermont is divided into four areas as follows:
Area IChittenden Area IIRutland Grand Isle Addison Franklin Bennington Essex Windsor Area IIIWindham Lamoille Washington (trial courts) Area IVWashington (administrative boards and agencies) Caledonia Orleans Orange
One Associate Justice will be assigned from time to time, to each area, having responsibility in that area to entertain motions authorized under the statutes and the Rules of Appellate Procedure for decision by a single Justice of the Supreme Court. The assigned Justice will have the further responsibility of acting as liaison between the Courts within the area and the Supreme Court in its administrative capacity.
Until further order, the assignments are as follows:
Associate Justice Drescher Area I Associate Justice Nolan Area II Associate Justice Waples Area III Associate Justice Eaton Area IV
Amendment history: Amended Jan. 9, 1981; Sept. 25, 1981; Feb. 14, 1983; May 26, 1983; Feb. 28, 1984; Apr. 2, 1985; Sept. 2, 1987, eff. Sept. 2, 1987; Oct. 20, 1988, eff. Oct. 20, 1988; Feb. 11, 1991, eff. Feb. 11, 1991; Sept. 5, 1997, eff. Sept. 5, 1997; Sept. 9, 1998, eff. Sept. 9, 1998; Aug. 22, 2005, eff. Sept. 7, 2005; Dec. 12, 2005, eff. Dec. 12, 2005; July 1, 2010, eff. July 1, 2010; Mar. 14, 2012, eff. Mar. 14, 2012; Apr. 24, 2014, eff. Apr. 24, 2014; Mar. 9, 2015, eff. Mar. 9, 2015; May 8, 2017, eff. May 8, 2017; Jan. 6, 2020, eff. Jan. 6, 2020; Apr. 18, 2022, eff. Apr. 18, 2022; Feb. 10, 2026, eff. Feb. 10, 2026.