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Nancy Waples
Justice, Vermont Supreme Court
Background: Prior to her judicial appointment to the Vermont Superior Court, Waples was an attorney at the law firm of Hoff Curtis.
At a glance
- Court
- Vermont Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Not listed
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Phil Scott (R) (February 25, 2022); retained by voters in a retention election on March 28, 2023
- Appointed by
- Gov. Phil Scott (R)
- Appointment date
- February 25, 2022
- Took office
- April 15, 2022
- Current term ends
- March 31, 2029
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- Not listed
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Not listed
- Education
- Bachelor's: College of William and Mary, 1982
- Law: St. John's University School of Law, 1987
- Prior offices
- Vermont Superior Court (Year left office: 2022)
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Assisted appointment (Hybrid)A nominating commission screens candidates and sends a shortlist; the governor appoints from it. In many such states, justices later face yes/no retention elections.
Summary of facts listed on Nancy Waples’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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