Draft:Mary Kay Lanthier

Mary Kay Lanthier (born 1971) is an American lawyer who is a nominee to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.

Education
Lanthier received a Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College in 1993 and a Juris Doctor from Northeastern University School of Law in 1996.

Career
From 1996 to 1998, Lanthier served as a law clerk for the judges of the Vermont Trial Court in the Chittenden County and Addison County Courts. From 1998 to 2000, she was as an associate at Keiner & Dumont, PC and was a public defender with the Addison County Public Defender's Office from 2000 to 2003. From 2003 to 2007, she was a partner at Marsh & Wagner, PC. Since 2007, she has been the supervising attorney in the Rutland County Public Defender's Office. She is a past chair of the Vermont chapter of the American College of Trial Lawyers. From 2017 to 2023, she was an adjunct professor at the Vermont Law and Graduate School.

Nomination to district court
On May 23, 2024, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Lanthier to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont. On June 4, 2024, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Lanthier to the seat being vacated by Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford, who will assume senior status on August 9, 2024. On June 20, 2024, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Her nomination is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Memberships
Since 2010, she has been a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.