• About
  • Photo Contest: AAPI Heritage Month
  • Community Calendar
  • Advertise
  • Subscriptions
  • Contact
  • Seattle Chinese Post

Northwest Asian Weekly


  • Community
    • Names in the News
    • Local
    • Business
    • Pictorials
    • Obituaries
  • Nation
  • World
  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Columns
    • On the Shelf
    • At the Movies
    • A-POP!
    • Publisher Ng’s blog
    • The Layup Drill
    • Travel
    • Wayne’s Worlds
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Commentary
    • Publisher Ng’s blog
    • Letters to the Editor
  • Astrology
  • Classifieds
  • Community Calendar
You are here: Home / News / Community News / Names in the News / Waples appointed to VT Supreme Court

Waples appointed to VT Supreme Court

March 3, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Judge Nancy Waples

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott announced on Feb. 25 his appointment of Superior Court Judge Nancy Waples to the Vermont Supreme Court.

“Character, competence, commitment, and chemistry are the qualities I seek when deciding on an appointment,” Scott wrote in a statement. “There is no doubt Judge Waples possesses these attributes and will excel on the Court.”

Waples’ parents fled the communist revolution in China and because of ethnic quotas, only her father could immigrate to the United States at first, and the family was separated for four years. Later, the family earned a living working in their small Chinese restaurant outside of New York City.

“My parents traveled halfway around the world with literally nothing more than the clothes on their backs to live in a place that didn’t speak their language, where they didn’t have any friends or family,” Waples said in a statement.

“They came here seeking greater opportunities and longed for a life of dignity and decency. They share my pride in receiving this historic appointment.”

After graduating from the St. John’s University School of Law, Waples worked as a prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in New York City. In Vermont, she has served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the federal prosecutor’s office and worked in private firms before being appointed a superior court judge.

Share:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)

Related

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 10 | MARCH 5 - MARCH 11

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Find us on Issuu!

Subscribe to our e-news

© 2022 NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY
412 MAYNARD AVE. S., SEATTLE, WA 98104
206-223-5559 | INFO@NWASIANWEEKLY.COM
 

Loading Comments...