Christina E. Nolan

Christina Elizabeth Nolan[1] (born September 26, 1979)[1][2] is an American attorney serving as the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Vermont. Prior to assuming her current role, she was an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Vermont, where she prosecuted a variety of criminal cases, including complex drug trafficking offenses, money laundering, firearms offenses, violent crime, and crimes against children.

Christina E. Nolan
United States Attorney for the District of Vermont
Assumed office
November 27, 2017
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byEric S. Miller
Personal details
Born
Christina Elizabeth Nolan

(1979-09-26) September 26, 1979
Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Vermont (BA)
Boston College (JD)

Early life and eduation

Born in Burlington, Vermont, Nolan is a 1997 graduate of Rice Memorial High School in South Burlington. She graduated from the University of Vermont in 2001 with degrees in political science and history. In 2004, she received her Juris Doctor degree from the Boston College Law School.[3]

Career

After graduating from law school, she served as law clerk for Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.[4]

Nolan previously served as an Assistant District Attorney in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. From 2005 to 2009, Nolan worked as a litigation associate at Goodwin Procter, where she specialized in white collar criminal defense. She served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Vermont from 2010 to 2017. Nolan was recommended for the position of U.S. Attorney by U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy and Vermont Governor Phil Scott.[5] She is the first woman to serve as U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont.[6]

On February 8, 2021, she along with 55 other Trump-era attorneys were asked to resign.[7]

References
  1. UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY - QUESTIONNAIRE FOR NON-JUDICIAL NOMINEES This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005
  3. "Christina E. Nolan Sworn in as United States Attorney". www.justice.gov. 2017-11-27. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  4. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Seventh Wave of United States Attorney Nominations". The White House. September 22, 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. McCullum, April (September 22, 2017). "Trump names Nolan to be U.S. attorney for Vermont". Burlington Free Press. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  6. "US Senate confirms Christina Nolan as Vermont's next US Attorney". Vermont Biz. November 10, 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  7. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/justice-dept-seeks-resignations-of-trump-era-us-attorneys/2021/02/08/f5b71648-6a88-11eb-a66e-e27046e9e898_story.html
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