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Judge Kevin Burton highlights statewide rotation to treatment courts, credits coordination for lowering backlogs
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Judge Kevin Burton described his 13 years on the bench, a new single-judge rotation focused on treatment courts across multiple counties and credited coordinated teams and community providers with reducing caseload backlogs and supporting participant recovery
Judge Kevin Burton, appearing for retention, described a 13-year judicial career that has included rotations through Chittenden, Washington and other counties and—most recently—a statewide single-judge rotation focused on treatment courts.
Burton said he has presided in domestic abuse, juvenile, and criminal dockets and that during the COVID-19 pandemic he continued to hold abuse-and-neglect hearings in person because of the gravity of the issues. He told the committee that docket management—matching incoming filings with resolved matters—is “one of the hardest skills a judge can learn” and described efforts in multiple counties to resolve more cases each month than…
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