Harold "Duke" Eaton, Jr.

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Harold E. Eaton, Jr. (born August 25, 1955) is a Vermont attorney and jurist who was appointed to the Vermont Supreme Court in 2014.

Biography

Harold Edward Eaton, Jr. (nicknamed "Duke") was born in Windsor, Vermont on August 25, 1955.[1] He attended elementary and junior high school in Woodstock, and graduated from Woodstock High School in 1973.[2] Eaton graduated from the University of Vermont in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education.[3] He is a 1980 graduate of Vermont Law School.[4]

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.[5] He practiced law in Rutland from 1983 to 1991.[6] Eaton was a partner in Eaton & Hayes of Woodstock from 1991 to 2004.[7]

Eaton was appointed a Judge of the Vermont Superior Court by Governor Jim Douglas on April 16, 2004.[8] On October 27, 2014 Governor Peter Shumlin swore Eaton in as an Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.[9] Eaton replaced Geoffrey W. Crawford who was appointed Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.[10]

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