Chief Justice Paul Reiher's Notes on His Remarks to the Vba Mid-year Meeting, March 28,2025

• Citation: Vol. 51 No. 1
• Year: 2025

Chief Justice Paul Reiher's Notes on His Remarks to the VBA Mid-Year Meeting, March 28,2025 Vol. 51 No. 1 Pg. 22 Vermont Bar Journal Spring 2025

Thank you, Josh.

Some years ago. Judge Skip Mahady joined our Rutland County annual meeting and was asked to comment on the state of the justice system in Vermont. This followed a 6-month suspension of all civil jury trials state wide by the Vermont Supreme Court. Skip got up to speak and pulled out a paper from his suit pocket and said, "You have asked me to comment. Here is a letter I just received from a friend who is a judge in Columbia, South America, who I met at the National Judicial College training we both attended. The training lasted a matter of weeks. She was there with her husband and. Skip said we became friends. Reading the letter, Skip noted that she...