Two attorneys from the U.S. Virgin Islands were appointed by Gov. John de Jongh Jr. Tuesday to the positions of deputy attorney general and solicitor general within the Justice Department.
In a statement, de Jongh said he was appointing Bruce Marshack to the deputy attorney general post. For the past five years, Marshack has run his own mediation and arbitration firm on St. Croix. He spent almost seven years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Virgin Islands, and was acting civil chief in 2002 and 2003. He also has two years of experience as a criminal trial attorney with the V.I. Public Defender’s Office on St. Croix.
Marshack’s experience includes time at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and as an assistant U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Howard University School of Law in 1977 and studied mediation at Harvard University Law School in 2005.
De Jongh also announced Tuesday he was appointing Bernard VanSluytman as solicitor general. VanSluytman has run his own general practice law firm on St. Thomas for the past 25 years and has extensive criminal and civil litigation experience. His appellate work includes cases argued before the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the V.I. Supreme Court.
VanSluytman attended Howard University School of Law after two years in the military. He graduated in 1973 and began his career in the V.I. Attorney General’s Office.
“Bruce Marshack and Bernard VanSluytman are both extremely respected Virgin Islands attorneys who have a wealth of experience practicing law in the public and private sectors throughout their distinguished careers,” de Jongh said in his statement.
