Burlington City Councilor Tim Doherty (D-East District) has resigned his seat after Gov. Phil Scott named him Wednesday as one of four new state judges. Doherty will serve a rotating judgeship on Vermont Superior Court, the state's trial court system, according to the governor's announcement. Later on Wednesday, Doherty announced in a Front Porch Forum post that he would be resigning from the Burlington City Council "effective immediately." "I am humbled and profoundly grateful for this opportunity to serve Vermont and look forward to this new phase of my career," he wrote. Doherty did not respond to an interview request. He has practiced law for more than 20 years, and was working for the prominent Burlington law firm Downs Rachlin Martin. Previously, Doherty worked as an assistant U.S. attorney in the District of Vermont and clerked for two federal judges. Voters elected Doherty in 2023 to represent the East District, which encompasses Wards 1 and 8. His two-year term was set to expire next spring. City officials did not immediately say whether the seat would remain vacant ahead of Town Meeting Day next March. With Doherty's resignation, Democrats still retain a narrow effective majority on the council, with five seats and an ally in North District independent Mark Barlow. Progressives hold the other five seats. Scott announced three other judicial appointments on Wednesday: Bonnie Badgewick, president of the Vermont Bar Foundation Dana DiSano, criminal prosecutor in the Vermont Attorney General's Office Laura Rowntree, civil division chief in the Vermont Attorney General's Office Scott's office touted the governor's effort to improve gender parity in the judiciary. Half of his appointees have been women, who now make up nearly 40 percent of superior court judges in the state, his office said…