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Ariel Smith
Ariel K. Smith is a U.S. Virgin Islands lawyer who served as the 19th attorney general of the United States Virgin Islands from 2023 to 2024. Early life and education Smith was born on Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. She graduated from Charlotte Amalie High School. She completed a J.D. from Rutgers Law School. Career For over ten years, Smith worked in private practice as an associate attorney with Smock and Moorhead on Saint Thomas. From 2006 to 2011, Smith was an assistant territorial public defender. In this role, she worked in the criminal defense of misdemeanors and felony offenses such as domestic violence and white collar crimes. In 2011, Smith joined the civil division of the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Justice as an assistant attorney general, serving role for seven years. In 2016, she was promoted to chief of the civil division where she oversaw five attorneys and two support staff. Attorney General of the Virgin Islands On March 20, 2023, governor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attorney General Of The United States Virgin Islands
The Attorney General of the United States Virgin Islands supervises and directs the Department of Justice. In 1962, the Virgin Islands Department of Law was established as an executive department in the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands pursuant to the Virgin Islands Code (Title 3, Chapter 8). With the passage of Act No. 5265 in 1987, the department was now referred to as the Virgin Islands Department of Justice. Additionally, the passage of Act No. 5265 placed the Bureau of Corrections under the jurisdiction and administration of the Department of Justice—remaining there until October 1, 2009. The department has the following divisions: * Solicitor General Division * Civil Division * Criminal Division * Domestic Violence Unit * Family/Special Victims United * Bureau of Investigations * White Collar Crime and Public Corruption Section * The Division of Gaming Enforcement * Virgin Islands Civil Rights Commission * Paternity & Child Support Division * Victim Services Unit * Sexu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Minority Attorneys General In The United States
This is a list of minority attorneys general in the United States. In the United States, an ethnic minority is anyone who has at least one parent who is not of non-Hispanic white descent (such as African Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islands Americans, Hispanic and Latino Americans, or Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans). Ethnic minorities currently constitute around 41% of the total population. List of ethnic-minority federal attorneys general *''Italics'' denotes acting (law), acting Attorney-General List of ethnic-minority state attorneys general *''Italics'' denotes acting (law), acting Attorney-General Territorial attorneys general Several attorneys general of territories of the United States, U.S. territories have been ethnic minorities. Many of these officials were appointed before elections were instituted in these jurisdictions. In each of the five current U.S. territories, Hispanic or non-white ethnic groups make up large majorities: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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