Nancy Jear Waples (born October 7, 1960)[1] is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court since 2022.

[3] She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the College of William & Mary in 1982, and she earned a Juris Doctor from St. John's University School of Law in 1987.

[4] Prior to her appointment as a judge she worked as a lawyer with the law firm Hoff Curtis where she focused on criminal defense.

[3] On February 25, 2022, Governor Phil Scott announced the appointment of Waples as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, filling the seat vacated by the resignation of Justice Beth Robinson on November 5, 2021, after Robinson was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

[11] They are the parents of two sons, one of whom practices as an attorney in New York City, while the other serves as a law clerk to the Court of International Trade.