Obama Nominates Geoffrey W. Crawford To U.S. District Court In Vermont

President Barack Obama will nominate Vermont Supreme Court Associate Justice Geoffrey W. Crawford to serve on the U.S. District Court in Vermont. Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, (D-Vt)., as Vermont’s senior senator, had announced in March that he would recommend Crawford fill the upcoming vacancy created by the retirement of Judge William K. Sessions III. The nomination of Crawford, whom Gov. Peter Shumlin appointed to state Supreme Court in October, would go next from Obama to the Senate Judiciary Committee.