The Hon. Michael Harris is a judge for the Vermont Superior Court. He was appointed to the bench by former Governor Peter Shumlin on January 4, 2016.
Harris has held an assignment in the Criminal Division in Chittenden County.
Prior to his appointment, he was a partner at Collins, McMahon & Harris. Harris entered private practice in Burlington in 1987. He began his legal career as a judicial law clerk to the Hon. Albert W. Coffrin, III with the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont (1986 to 1987).
Harris received a bachelor’s degree in biology from Middlebury College in 1980. He then completed a J.D. at the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1986.