[W]ASHINGTON — The Senate unanimously confirmed Christina Nolan to be the top federal prosecutor in Vermont Thursday evening.
Nolan was confirmed by the Senate by a voice vote along with a dozen other U.S. attorney nominees for districts around the country.
President Donald Trump nominated Nolan for the post in September, after she was recommended for the job by Gov. Phil Scott and Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced her nomination last week.
Nolan is the first woman to hold the top Department of Justice job in Vermont.
The U.S. Attorney’s office in Vermont has approximately 45 employees, 20 of whom are attorneys. The office is responsible for representing the United States in civil cases and criminal prosecutions in Vermont.
A Vermont native, Nolan has worked as an assistant U.S. attorney since 2010, with a recent focus on heroin and opioid trafficking, according to a joint statement from Scott and Leahy.
Leahy and Scott praised Nolan’s “passion for the State of Vermont and for the mission of a prosecutor — to seek justice and improve our communities.”
“She also understands the public safety challenges facing our state, especially how opioid addiction has affected so many Vermont families and how this needs to be an important focus of the office,” they said.
Before joining the U.S attorney’s office in Vermont, Nolan was a deputy in the district attorney’s office in Middlesex, Mass. She previously worked for the Boston law firm Goodwin Proctor LLC.
Nolan graduated in 2004 from law school at Boston College. As an undergraduate, she went to the University of Vermont.
Nolan did not respond to a request for comment Friday.
