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Visibility Rankings  | | #3 out of 176 lawyers in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands | | #4,814 out of 892,553 total lawyers Overall |
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| Practice Areas | Banking(20%); Real Estate(15%); Corporate Law(15%); Lobbying(10%); Legislation(10%); Trade and Professional Associations(10%); Captive Insurance(5%); Administrative Law(5%); Telecommunications Law(5%); Computer Law(5%) | | | Peer Review Rating | BV
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What's this? | | | Education | University of South Carolina, J.D., 1982, Wofford College, B.A., 1978 | | | Admitted | 1986, U.S. Virgin Islands | |
| Memberships | Virgin Islands (President, 2002-2003; Recipient, President's Award, 2000; Board of Governors, 1987-1989, 1990-2003; Chairman, Committee on Legislation and Law Reform, 1987-1992; ABA Delegate, 1989-2000; ABA Delegate-at-Large, 2000-2009) and American (Member: House of Delegates, 1989-2009; State Membership Chair, 1989—; Member, 1992-1996, 2004-2006 and Chair, 2004-2006, House of Delegates Drafting Committee; House of Delegates Committee on State and Local Bar Associations, 1996-1998; House of Delegates Select Committee, 1998-2000; Sections on: Business Law, Banking Law Committee, Subcommittee on Commercial and Real Estate Lending, Subcommittee on Community Bank Matter, Subcommittee on International Banking, Cyberspace Law Committee, Legislation Committee; General Practice, Solo and Small Firms, Quality of Life Committee, Marketing Legal Services Committee, Real Property and Land Use Committee, Sole Practitioners and Small Firms Committee, Urban, State and Local Government Law Committee; Individual Rights & Responsibilities, Individual Rights & Responsibilities, Rights of the Under Represented Committee; Law Practice Management; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, Construction, Improvements, Purchase and Sale of Residential Real Estate Committee, Resorts and Tourism Committee, Retail Leasing Committee) Bar Associations; Virgin Islands Judicial Council (2002-2003); Virgin Islands Law Revision Commission (2002-2004); National Conference of Bar Presidents (Member: Executive Council, 2004-2007; Communications Committee, 2002-2003, 2005-2007; Member, 2001-2004, 2006-2007 and Chair, 2006-2007, Membership Committee); Southern Conference of Bar Presidents. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws Foundation. | | | Born | Anderson, South Carolina, December 1, 1956 | | | Biography | Counsel to the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, 1983-1988. Counsel to the U.S. Virgin Islands Law Revision Commission, 1988-1991. Vice Chair, South Carolina Democratic Party, 1980-1982. Executive Committee, Virgin Islands Democratic Party, 1988-1992. Commissioner, 1988—, Division Chair, 2005-2007, Member, Legislative Council, 2005-2007, Member, Drafting Committee on Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act, 2005-2006, Member, Drafting Committee on Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act, 2005-2007, Member, Drafting Committee on Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act, 2005-2006, Member, Joint Editorial Board on Uniform Family Law, 2005-2007, Member, Study Committee on Environmental Controls and Hazards Notice System, 2005-2007, Member, Study Committee on Health Care Information Interoperability, 2005-2007, Chair, Drafting Committee on Uniform Money Services Act, 1996-2005 and Member, 1989—, Chair, 2003-2005 and Co-Chair, 2005-2007, Committee on Liaison with the American Bar Association, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL). Board of Directors, American Law Network, 1992-1995, 1999-2005. American Bar Association-American Law Institute Committee on Continuing Professional Education (ALI-ABA), 1992-1995, 1999-2005. Board of Directors, Attorneys Liability Protection Society, Inc. (ALPS), 1995-2004. Member, Board of Directors, 2002-2007 and President, 2006-2007, American Counsel Association. Member, Board of Directors, 2004-2007 and President, 2005-2007, Habitat for Humanity of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Inc. Member, Board of Advisors, 2006-2007 and Founding Chair, 2006-2007, Salvation Army Virgin Islands. Member, Board of Trustees, 2005-2006 and Founding Chair, 2006-2007, Children's Trust of the Virgin Islands. Life Sustaining Fellow, National Conference of Bar Presidents. | | | ISLN | 901638685 | |
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