Albert Coffrin

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the District of Vermont

Years in office: 1989 - 1993

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Years in office: 1972 - 1989

Education

Bachelor's

Middlebury College, 1941

Law

Cornell Law School, 1947

Personal

Birthplace

Burlington, VT

Albert Wheeler Coffrin (December 21, 1919-January 13, 1993) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the District of Vermont.^[1]

Early life and education

• Middlebury College, A.B., 1941
• Cornell Law School, LL.B., 1947^[1]

Professional career

• U.S. Navy Lieutenant, 1942-1945
• Private practice, Burlington, Vermont, 1947-1951
• U.S. Navy Lieutenant, 1951-1952
• Private practice, Burlington, Vermont, 1952-1972^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

District of Vermont

Coffrin was nominated to theDistrict of Vermont byRichard M. Nixon onMay 3, 1972 to the seat vacated byBernard J. Leddy. The U.S. Senate confirmed him on June 8, 1972, and he was commissioned to the courtthe next day. Coffin was theChief Judge of the District of Vermont for five years, from 1983-1988. He assumedsenior status onJanuary 31, 1989 and his service terminated onJanuary 13, 1993 when he died. Coffrin was succeeded in this position byFred Parker.^[1]

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Vermont
Active judges	Chief Judge: Christina Reiss  •  Mary Kay Lanthier
Senior judges	William K. Sessions  •  Geoffrey Crawford  •
Magistrate judges
Former Article III judges	John Murtha (Vermont)  •  Nathaniel Chipman  •  Samuel Hitchcock  •  Elijah Paine  •  Samuel Prentiss  •  David Allen Smalley  •  James Oakes  •  Fred Parker  •  Hoyt Henry Wheeler  •  James Loren Martin  •  Harland Bradley Howe  •  Franklin Billings  •  Albert Coffrin  •  Ernest Gibson  •  James Holden  •  James Leamy  •  Bernard Leddy  •
Former Chief judges	William K. Sessions  •  John Murtha (Vermont)  •  Fred Parker  •  Franklin Billings  •  Albert Coffrin  •  Ernest Gibson  •  James Holden  •  Bernard Leddy  •  Geoffrey Crawford  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byRichard Nixon
1969	Adams •Barlow •Battin •Brooks •Burger •Carswell •Clark •Garth •Gibbons •Goodwin •Hannum •Herman •Ingraham •Kilkenny •Lane •Levin •MacKinnon •McFadden •Middlebrooks •Parker •Robb •Trask •Widener •Wilkins •Williams •Wright
1970	Becker •Blackmun •Bogue •Bratcher •Bue •Conti •Cox •Ditter •Dupree •Eisele •Engel •Fay •Feikens •Fisher •Frey •Gorbey •Hill •Huyett •Kelleher •Kennedy •Kent •King •Kitchen •Knapp •Knox •Krupansky •McCune •McGarr •McWilliams •Mechem •J. Miller •W. Miller •Morton •Moye •Muir •O'Kelley •Oakes •Pell •Pointer •Pratt •Roney •Rosenn •Ross •Schnacke •Scott •Stapleton •Steger •Stevens •Teitelbaum •Thompson •Tjoflat •Toledo •Turrentine •Urbom •VanArtsdalen •Walinski •Wallace •Wangelin •Webster •Weis •Wellford •Wilkey •Winner •Wood
1971	Alaimo •Allen •A. Anderson •J. Anderson •Barrett •Bauer •Bauman •Benson •Blair •Blatt •Boe •Brieant •Broderick •Bryan Jr. •Byrne •Campbell •Chapman •Choy •Contie •Costantino •DeMascio •Denney •Dier •Doyle •Field •Finesilver •Flannery •Freeman •Gagliardi •Goodwin •Gordon •Green •Gurfein •Hall •Hand •Hodges •Holden •Hunter •Kunzig •Lacey •Lucas •Lydick •Mansfield •McGovern •McLaren •McMillen •Mulligan •Murray •Neaher •Newcomer •Newman •Nielsen •O'Connor •Oakes •Pierce •Powell •Rehnquist •Renfrew •Richey •Rosen •Rubin •Russell •Scalera •Sharp •Sprecher •Stephenson •Stuart •Timbers •Tone •Sickle •Varner •R. West •Williams • Young
1972	Bechtle •Bennett •Burns •Campbell •Carter •Coffrin •Duffy •Enright •Foreman •Freedman •Griesa •Hermansdorfer •Joiner •Kashiwa •King •Knapp •Lively •Mahon •Markey •Neill •Owens •Pesquera •Roettger •Skopil, Jr. •Stewart •Tauro •Turk •Wallace •H. Ward •R. Ward •Widener
1973	Biunno •Conner •Engel •Fogel •Garth •Gee •Guin •Hancock •Harvey •Marshall •Miller •Nangle •Owen •Reed •Schatz •Sharp •Skinner •Sneed •Snyder •Stern •Webster •Weis •Wood
1974	Alsop •Duncan •Firth •Gurfein •Hill •Matsch •McGlynn •Meanor •Miles •Morris •Orrick •Platt •Porter •Schwartz •Stagg •Tone •Voorhees •Warren •Warriner •Werker