| 词条 | Frank G. Mahady |
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Frank G. Mahady (March 31, 1939–August 18, 1992) was a Vermont attorney and judge. He was appointed to the Vermont Supreme Court in 1987, but never confirmed by the Senate; he withdrew his confirmation request on April 3, 1988. Early lifeFrank Gordon "Skip" Mahady was born in Taunton, Massachusetts on March 31, 1939, the son of Frank D. and Doris (Potter) Mahady.{{sfn|"Obituary, Frank Gordon Mahady"|page=12}} He was raised in Hartford, Vermont, and graduated from Hartford High School in 1957.{{sfn|"Obituary, Frank Gordon Mahady"|page=12}} As a boy, Mahady crushed a hand between two train cars while playing in the railroad yards of White River Junction.{{sfn|"Civil Libertarian Dies of Cancer at 53 (Continued)"|page=2}} As a teenager, he lost an eye to an accident with a BB gun.{{sfn|"In Memoriam, Frank Gordon Mahady"}} He received his bachelor's degree (with honors) from Dartmouth College in 1961,{{sfn|"Mahady File"|page=2}} and his law degree (second in his class) from Georgetown University Law Center in 1964;{{sfn|"Mahady File"|page=2}} Patrick Leahy was one of Mahady's law school classmates.{{sfn|"In Memoriam, Frank Gordon Mahady"}} Start of careerMahady was admitted to the bar in 1964, and practiced law until 1967.{{sfn|The Vermont Encyclopedia|page=194}} A liberal Republican, he was recognized as a protege of Lieutenant Governor and Vermont Supreme Court Justice Thomas L. Hayes and Vermont Attorney General and federal Judge James L. Oakes.{{sfn|The Vermont Encyclopedia|page=194}} Mahady served as an Assistant Attorney General from 1967 to 1968, and Deputy Attorney General from 1968 to 1969, when Oakes served as Attorney General.{{sfn|The Vermont Encyclopedia|page=194}} In 1967, Mahady was the Vermont coordinator for the George W. Romney presidential campaign; he resigned after joining the Vermont Attorney General's office in order to prevent the appearance of a conflict of interest.{{sfn|"Mahady Will Resign as Co-Cordinator of Romney Committee"|page=5}} From 1969 to 1972, Mahady served as Windsor County's State's Attorney,{{sfn|The Vermont Encyclopedia|page=194}} and he was a delegate to the 1972 Republican National Convention.{{sfn|"In Memoriam, Frank Gordon Mahady"}} He then resumed the practice of law, and continued until he was appointed to the bench in 1982.{{sfn|"Hartford Lawyer to Fill Court Vacancy"|page=3B}} While in private practice, Mahady was contracted to serve as Windsor County's public defender in 1972 and 1973.{{sfn|"Conduct Board Clears Attorney Frank Mahady"|page=2B}} In 1977, testimony at a trial indicated that Mahady had accepted a $5,000 fee from a client in 1973 to work on a private case while he was supposed to work only on cases in his role as a public defender.{{sfn|"Conduct Board Clears Attorney Frank Mahady"|page=2B}} He argued that he had received oral permission from Vermont's Defender General, and was cleared of wrongdoing by Vermont's Professional Conduct Board.{{sfn|"Conduct Board Clears Attorney Frank Mahady"|page=2B}} In 1978, a Vermont Superior Court judge ruled in a civil trial that Mahady had broken the law by accepting the payment, and fined him one dollar, but denied the state attorney general's request to have Mahady forfeit the money.{{sfn|"Judge Rules Ex-Public Defender Broke Law by Accepting Payment"|page=3B}} Judicial careerIn 1982, Mahady was appointed a judge of the Vermont District Court.{{sfn|"Hartford Lawyer to Fill Court Vacancy"|page=3B}} In 1984, Vermont authorities carried out raids against the Northeast Kingdom Community Church, and seized more than 100 children on the grounds of suspected child abuse.{{sfn|"Secrets from Island Pond's Chilling Raid"}} The state attempted to maintain custody of the children, even though there was scant evidence of wrongdoing by their parents.{{sfn|"Secrets from Island Pond's Chilling Raid"}} In response, Hayes, then serving as the state's administrative judge, assigned Mahady to hear motions.{{sfn|"Secrets from Island Pond's Chilling Raid"}} Mahady conducted 40 hearings in one day, determined that there was insufficient evidence of child abuse, and ordered the children returned to the custody of their parents.{{sfn|"Secrets from Island Pond's Chilling Raid"}} Later in 1984, Mahady presided over the trial of protesters—the "Winooski 44"—who had occupied the Winooski office of Senator Robert Stafford to protest U.S. involvement in civil wars and insurgencies in Central America, and refused to leave until Stafford agreed to hold a public meeting to discuss the topic.{{sfn|"Stafford Sit-In Defendants Cleared"|page=1}} Mahady allowed 26 of the defendants to employ the necessity defense.{{sfn|"Stafford Sit-In Defendants Cleared"|page=1}} Necessity enabled the defendants to argue that they broke the law by occupying Stafford's office as a way to draw attention to the larger supposed crimes associated with U.S. activities in El Salvador and Nicaragua.{{sfn|"Stafford Sit-In Defendants Cleared"|page=1}} The trial ended with acquittals of all 26 defendants.{{sfn|"Stafford Sit-In Defendants Cleared"|page=1}} Mahady's support for individual liberties earned him nicknames including "Freedom Frank"—a compliment from his admirers,{{sfn|"Senate Rejection of Mahady Would be Ironic"|page=1B}} and an epithet from his detractors, who argued that he treated defendants too leniently.{{sfn|"Judge Mahady Dies at 53"|page=1}} While serving as a district court judge, Mahady moved to Essex Junction, Vermont, where he resided for the rest of his life.{{sfn|"Obituary, Frank Gordon Mahady"|page=12}} Supreme Court nominationIn August 1987, Governor Madeleine Kunin considered James L. Morse and Mahady for appointment to the Vermont Supreme Court to succeed Hayes, who had died after two years as an Associate Justice.{{sfn|"Mahady Gets High Court Nod"|page=1}} She appointed Mahady, pending confirmation by the Vermont State Senate, which begins its sessions in January and usually meets until April or May.{{sfn|"Mahady Gets High Court Nod"|page=1}} When the State Senate began confirmation hearings in March 1988, Mahady provided financial disclosure forms which indicated that he owed a substantial amount in unpaid income taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, and had worked for several years to pay the accumulated taxes, penalties, and interest.{{sfn|"Mahady Career"|page=8}} His accountant and office manager both testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee that the unpaid taxes from the late 1970s and early 1980s were their fault because they had not filed tax forms and made payments in a timely manner, and Mahady admitted to inattentiveness to his finances during the illness of one of his daughters.{{sfn|"Civil Libertarian Dies of Cancer at 53 (Continued)"|page=2}}{{sfn|"Mahady Inquiry Expanded"|page=1}} Opposition from some conservative Republicans and the controversy over Mahady's finances caused him to withdraw from consideration on March 31.{{sfn|"Mahady Withdraws Name"|page=1}} Kunin then appointed Morse, who was confirmed.{{sfn|"High Court Seat Goes to Morse"|page=1B}} Later careerDespite the controversy over his finances, Mahady's reputation for personal integrity remained largely intact, and he was able to continue his judicial career.{{sfn|"A Few Last Words on the Mahady Nomination"|page=9}} He returned to his seat on the Vermont District Court, and in 1989 he was appointed to a second seven-year term by the Vermont General Assembly.{{sfn|"Cashman, Mahady Retained on Bench"|page=1B}} The vote was 108 to 60, an unusually high number of "no" votes from legislators,{{sfn|"Cashman, Mahady Retained on Bench"|page=1B}} but in response to questionnaires from the legislature's Joint Judicial Retention Committee, more than 95 percent of the attorneys who practiced before Mahady recommended that he be retained, as did nearly 80 percent of police and probation officers who appeared in his court.{{sfn|"Judge Asked About Payment"|page=2B}} Death and burialMahady was diagnosed with intestinal cancer in 1988.{{sfn|"In Memoriam, Frank Gordon Mahady"}} He continued to serve as a judge while he received treatment, but in August 1992 his health precipitously declined.{{sfn|"Judge Mahady Dies at 53"|page=1}} He was admitted to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, where he died on August 19, 1992.{{sfn|"In Memoriam, Frank Gordon Mahady"}}{{sfn|"Judge Mahady Dies at 53"|page=1}} He was buried at Merrill Cemetery in Colchester, Vermont, which is maintained by Saint Michael's College.{{sfn|"Memorial, Frank Gordon "Skip" Mahady"}} LegacyThe courthouse in Middlebury was constructed in 1995-96, and was named for Mahady.{{sfn|"The Village Tour"}} FamilyAfter his first marriage ended in divorce, in 1967, Mahady married Sheryl (Sherry) Symmes in Norwich, Vermont;{{sfn|"Vermont Marriage Records, 1909-2008"}} his best man was Patrick Leahy.{{sfn|"In Memoriam, Frank Gordon Mahady"}} Frank and Sherry Mahady were the parents of two daughters, Shannon and Tara.{{sfn|"In Memoriam, Frank Gordon Mahady"}} ReferencesSourcesInternet
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