Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office November 5, 2021
Appointed by
Joe Biden
Preceded by
Peter W. Hall
Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
In office November 28, 2011 – November 5, 2021
Appointed by
Peter Shumlin
Preceded by
Denise R. Johnson
Succeeded by
Nancy Waples
Legal Counsel to the Governor of Vermont
In office January 5, 2011 – November 27, 2011
Governor
Peter Shumlin
Preceded by
Susanne Young
Succeeded by
Sarah E.B. London
Personal details
Born
(1965-03-06) March 6, 1965 (age 59) Karachi, Pakistan
Spouse
Kym Boyman
Residence
Ferrisburgh, Vermont
Alma mater
Dartmouth College (BA) University of Chicago (JD)
Beth Robinson (born March 6, 1965) is an American lawyer and judge from Vermont. She is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and is the first openly lesbian judge to serve on any federal court of appeals. Robinson served as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 2011 to 2021.
Robinson was born in Karachi, Pakistan, and she was raised and educated in Indiana. She graduated from Dartmouth College (BA, 1986) and the University of Chicago Law School (JD, 1989). After serving as a law clerk for a federal judge, Robinson joined Vermont's Langrock, Sperry & Wool law firm, where she was active on cases related to workers' compensation, personal injury, and constitutional law. Robinson became active in the movement for expanded rights for gays and lesbians, and served as co-counsel in the case of Baker v. State, the 1999 decision that led to Vermont passing the first civil unions law. As chair of the Vermont Freedom to Marry organization, Robinson was a high-profile supporter of same-sex marriage, and worked with leaders of the Vermont General Assembly on passage of the 2009 Marriage Equality Act.
After working on Peter Shumlin's successful campaign for governor in 2010, Robinson joined his staff as legal counsel, a position which included drafting and analyzing proposed legislation and regulations, making recommendations on whether to approve requests for pardons, and ensuring compliance with ethics rules. In 2011, Shumlin appointed Robinson as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court. She served until 2021, when she resigned after having been confirmed as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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Appeals consisting of Judges Debra Ann Livingston, Reena Raggi, and BethRobinson. After his conviction and sentencing, Mackey was interviewed by Tucker...
decades of grassroots advocacy by lawyers Mary Bonauto, Susan Murray, and BethRobinson and the 1999 Vermont Supreme Court case Baker v. Vermont. The film had...
filling the seat vacated by the resignation of Justice BethRobinson on November 5, 2021, after Robinson was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals...
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appellate judges include Anthony Johnstone, Eric E. Murphy, Neomi Rao, BethRobinson, Eric D. Miller, and Allison H. Eid. Notable alumni in government and...
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(1980) in 1990 First openly lesbian female (Supreme Court of Vermont): BethRobinson (1989) in 2011 First female to judicially serve the same time as her...
couples nationwide". In 1997, Bonauto, on behalf of GLAD, along with BethRobinson and Susan Murray, filed a lawsuit in Vermont on behalf of three couples...
Democratic caucus in a 51–45 vote to confirm Pres. Joe Biden's nominee, BethRobinson, to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; she is the first...
Judicial Court, 2011); Sabrina McKenna (Supreme Court of Hawaii, 2011); BethRobinson (Vermont Supreme Court, 2011). In 2017, Paul Feinman became the first...
Heintz, Paul; Duffort, Lola (August 5, 2021). "Biden names Justice BethRobinson, a champion of marriage equality, to federal appellate court". VTDigger...
who voted with the Democratic caucus, in a 51-45 vote, to confirm BethRobinson, the first openly lesbian to be confirmed to the federal circuit courts...
identified in the late 1830s as Biblical Beth Shemesh – it then was known as Ain Shams – by Edward Robinson. The tel was excavated in numerous phases...
as a U.S. Circuit Judge: Eunice C. Lee in 2021 First openly lesbian: BethRobinson (1989) in 2021 First African American female (United States Court of...
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