Karen Carroll (judge)

Karen Russell Carroll (born February 7, 1963) is a Vermont attorney and judge who has served as a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court since April 2017.

Early life

Karen Russell Carroll was born in Newport Vermont on February 7, 1963, and raised in Proctor;[1] her family moved around the state based on her father's assignments as a member of the Vermont State Police.[2] Carroll's family has been involved in law enforcement for several generations; both her grandfather and great-grandfather were chief of police in Burlington.[2]

She is a 1981 graduate of Proctor High School,[1] and graduated from Salve Regina University with a Bachelor of Arts and Science in Criminal Justice and English and French Literature in 1985.[1] She received her Juris Doctor from Vermont Law School in 1988.[1]

Career

Carroll's experience included: deputy state’s attorney for Windham County (1988–1994);[1] Special Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Vermont (1994–2000);[1] and assistant state attorney general with responsibility for prosecutions related to the Southern Vermont Drug Task Force (1994–2000).[1]

From December 2000 to April 2017, Carroll was a judge of the Vermont Superior Court.[1] She presided over Family, Criminal and Civil Divisions in Windham, Windsor, and Bennington Counties,[1] and was the first presiding judge of Vermont’s first DUI Treatment Court, which is in Windsor County.[2] She has also been an instructor at the Vermont Police Academy and she has taught Criminal Procedure and Criminal Law at the Community College of Vermont.[2]

Family

Carroll is a resident of Vernon.[1] She is married to Richard C. Carroll, who is a partner in a Brattleboro law firm.[1] They are the parents of three children.[1]

References
  1. "Biography, Honorable Karen R. Carroll".
  2. "After Supreme Court Nomination, Carroll Reflects On Her Career".

Sources

Internet
  • "Biography, Honorable Karen R. Carroll". Vermont Court System. Montpelier, VT: Vermont Judiciary. 2017.
  • "Biography, The Hon. Karen Carroll". Member biographies. Philadelphia, PA: American law Institute. Retrieved May 13, 2017.

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