Background
Mercer Fallon, Ellen was born on September 28, 1950 in Syracuse, New York, United States.
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Ellen Mercer Fallon
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Mary Washington College of University of Virginia. Middlebury College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1972). University of Pennsylvania (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1977).
Career
Worked at Langrock Sperry & Wool (Middlebury, Vermont) specializing in Higher Education, Employment, Commercial, Litigation, Government Regulation. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Vermont and United States. District Court, District of Vermont.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Counsel to Governor of Vermont, 1985-1986. Vermont State Board of Mental Health, 1979-1985. Chair, Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Vermont Rules of Criminal Procedure, 1980-1985.
Chair, Vermont Task Force on Gender Bias in the Legal System, 1988-1991.
Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Judicial Performance Development, 1984-1985, 1993. Board of Trustees, Vermont Legal Aid, 1982-1984.
New England Board of Higher Education Commission on Legal Education and Practice and the Economy of New England, 1986-1990. Board of Trustees, Vermont Law School, 1989.
Federal Judicial Nominating Advisory Commission, 1988-1989, 1992.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit: Committee on Admissions and Grievances, 1993. Second Circuit Task Force on Gender, Racial and Ethnic Fairness, 1993. Member: Vermont (President, 1987-1988) and American (House of Delegates, 1989.
Standing Committee on Professionalism, 1995.
Task Force on Criteria for Evaluation of Judicial Performance, 1984-1985. Council, Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, 1984-1987.
Vice-Chair, Agricultural Law Committee, Section of General Practice, 1980-1983) Bar Associations. National Conference of Women"s Bar Associations (Board of Directors, 1981-1990.
Secretary, 1990-1994).
Achievements
Membership
Member: Vermont (President, 1987-1988) and American (House of Delegates, 1989. Standing Committee on Professionalism, 1995. Task Force on Criteria for Evaluation of Judicial Performance, 1984-1985.
Council, Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, 1984-1987.
Vice-Chair, Agricultural Law Committee, Section of General Practice, 1980-1983) Bar Associations. National Conference of Women"s Bar Associations (Board of Directors, 1981-1990.
Secretary, 1990-1994).
