John Augustine Dooley III (born April 10, 1944) is an American lawyer and former judge who served as a justice of the
Vermont Supreme Court
The Vermont Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority of the U.S. state of Vermont. Unlike most other states, the Vermont Supreme Court hears appeals directly from the trial courts, as Vermont has no intermediate appeals court.
The Court ...
from 1987 to 2017.
Biography
John A. Dooley of
South Burlington, Vermont
South Burlington is a city in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. Along with neighboring Burlington, it is a principal city of the Burlington metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 20,292. It is home to the h ...
was born in
Nashua, New Hampshire on April 10, 1944. He attended school in Nashua, and graduated from
Union College
Union College is a private liberal arts college in Schenectady, New York. Founded in 1795, it was the first institution of higher learning chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, and second in the state of New York, after Columbia Co ...
in 1965 with a
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (B.E.E. or BEE) is an undergraduate academic degree offered to a student who completes three to five years of study in electrical engineering at a university or college. Many institutes offer Bachelor of Science ...
degree. He received his
J.D. degree from
Boston College Law School
Boston College Law School (BC Law) is the law school of Boston College. It is situated on a wooded campus in Newton, Massachusetts, about 1.5 miles from the university's main campus in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
With approximately 800 stud ...
in 1968 and became an attorney in Vermont.
Dooley's career included serving as law clerk to federal judge
Bernard Joseph Leddy. He was also Deputy Director and later Director of Vermont Legal Aid, Inc. Dooley was a
United States magistrate judge
In United States federal courts, magistrate judges are judges appointed to assist U.S. district court judges in the performance of their duties. Magistrate judges generally oversee first appearances of criminal defendants, set bail, and conduc ...
, and served as legal counsel to Governor
Madeleine M. Kunin.
From 1985 to 1987 Dooley was Vermont's Secretary of Administration. Dooley was appointed to succeed
William C. Hill as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court on June 12, 1987. He retired from active service on March 31, 2017.
From 1988 to 1989 Dooley was president of the
Vermont Bar Association
The Vermont Bar Association (VBA) is a voluntary bar association for the state of Vermont.
History
Founded in September 1878 in Montpelier, the Vermont Bar Association remains the only professional organization for lawyers, judges, paralegals a ...
. For many years he has been involved in the Vermont-
Karelia Rule of Law Project and the
Russia
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-United States Legal Foundation.
References
External links
John A. Dooley biographyat ''State of Vermont Judiciary''
1944 births
Living people
Politicians from Nashua, New Hampshire
People from South Burlington, Vermont
21st-century American lawyers
20th-century American lawyers
21st-century American judges
20th-century American judges
Union College (New York) alumni
Boston College Law School alumni
Vermont lawyers
Justices of the Vermont Supreme Court
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