The Honorable Rhys S. Hodge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court advises the public and the members of the Virgin Islands Bar Association of the appointment of Attorney Dalila Patton as Clerk of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands effective January 1, 2026.
Attorney Patton is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 1999, graduating Magna Cum Laude. She continued her studies by attending Tulane University Law School, where she graduated Cum Laude with a Juris Doctor in 2002. Upon her return to the Virgin Islands, she served as judicial law clerk for the Honorable Judge Edgar D. Ross for 2 years, before joining the Department of Planning and Natural Resources in 2004 as Legal Counsel in its Division of Coastal Zone Management.
In 2010, Attorney Patton was hired as Staff Attorney in the Supreme Court’s Office of the Clerk of Court, where she has diligently and faithfully worked for 15 years.
In August of 2025 she willingly became Acting Clerk of the Supreme Court, and we are pleased to announce her appointment as Clerk of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands.
Attorney Patton succeeds Attorney Veronica Handy, who retired effective December 31, 2025, after 17 years of exemplary service in the Judiciary
