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Beth Robinson

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2021

Beth Robinson, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The Senate voted 51–45 on the nomination on Nov 1, 2021 (Nomination Confirmed).

Senate votes
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Senate confirmation votes

  • United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit
    117th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    51–45 · Nov 1, 2021

Education

  • Dartmouth CollegeB.A., 1986
  • University of Chicago Law SchoolJ.D., 1989

Career

Law clerk, Hon. David B. Sentelle, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1989-1990; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1990-1991; Private practice, Alexandria, Virginia, 1992-1993; Private practice, Middlebury, Vermont, 1993-2010; Senior lecturer, Dartmouth College, 2006, 2009; Counsel, Gov. Peter Shumlin, Vermont, 2011; Associate justice, Vermont Supreme Court, 2011-2021;

Biography

Beth Robinson (born 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.

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Capitol Receipts, “Beth Robinson: Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/appointee/j10959341/beth-robinson (accessed 2026-10-13).

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