Delia L. Smith
United States Attorney for the District Court of the Virgin Islands
Assumed office
May 3, 2022
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byRonald W. Sharpe
Gretchen C. F. Shappert
Personal details
EducationUniversity of the Virgin Islands (BA)
Texas Southern University (JD)

Delia L. Smith is an American lawyer who serves as the United States attorney for the District Court of the Virgin Islands since May 2022.

Education

Smith received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of the Virgin Islands in 1993 and her Juris Doctor from the Texas Southern University School of Law in 1997.[1]

Career

Smith served as a law clerk for Judge Ishmael Meyers on the United States Virgin Islands Superior Court from 1997 to 1999. From 1999 to 2005, she served as an assistant attorney general in the Office of the Attorney General for the Virgin Islands. From 2012 to 2014, she was detailed to work as a trial attorney in the United States Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs. Since 2005, she has served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney's office for the District of the Virgin Islands.[1]

U.S. attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands

On September 28, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Smith to be the United States attorney for the District Court of the Virgin Islands.[2] Smith was recommended to the White House by Delegate Stacey Plaskett.[3] Her nomination was supported by Governor Albert Bryan Jr.[4] On February 10, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote.[5] On April 27, 2022, her nomination was confirmed in the Senate by voice vote.[6] She assumed office in May 2022.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "President Biden Announces Nine New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 28, 2021. Retrieved September 28, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ↑ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 28, 2021.
  3. ↑ Gilbert, Ernice (September 28, 2021). "Plaskett's Pick For U.S. Attorney In USVI Nominated By Biden, Expected To Replace Shappert". viconsortium.com. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Governor Bryan Congratulates U.S. Attorney Nominee Delia Smith" (Press release). Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 10, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  6. ↑ "PN1200 - Nomination of Delia L. Smith for Department of Justice, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. February 10, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  7. ↑ "U.S. ATTORNEY DELIA L. SMITH RECOGNIZES POLICE WEEK IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS" (Press release). May 13, 2022. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
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