Michael P. Drescher

Michael P. Drescher (born 1965) is an American attorney and judge from Vermont. He served as acting US Attorney for the District of Vermont from 2025 to 2026. In 2026, he was appointed an Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.

Biography Michael Philip Drescher was born in Ventura, California, in 1965, a son of Philip C. Drescher and Marcia Lou (Laughlin) Drescher. He was raised and educated in Ventura and graduated from The Thacher School in Ojai in 1983. Drescher attended Dartmouth College from 1983 to 1987 and graduated with an A.B. in mathematics. From 1987 to 1992, Drescher resided in Chicago and was employed by the Leo Burnett Worldwide advertising firm, where his positions included media buyer-planner, assistant account executive, and account executive. He is married to Christina Stearns with two children.

Drescher attended Northwestern University Law School from 1992 to 1995 and graduated cum laude and Order of the Coif. After law school, Drescher was a law clerk for Judge Fred I. Parker of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

In January 2002, Drescher became an assistant US Attorney in Burlington. Initially assigned to the office's civil division, in 2009 he transferred to the criminal division. In January 2025, he was appointed acting US Attorney for Vermont, and he served in this position until January 2026. The senators who voted against recommending him expressed concern about Drescher's role in defending the federal government's actions during the Deportation in the second Trump administration controversy.