Delia L. Smith
{{Short description|American lawyer}}
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| name = Delia L. Smith
| image = Delia L. Smith, U.S. Attorney.jpg
| office = United States Attorney for the District Court of the Virgin Islands
| president = Joe Biden
Donald Trump
| term_start = May 3, 2022
| term_end = April 14, 2025
| predecessor = Gretchen Shappert
| successor = Adam F. Sleeper
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| birth_place = St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
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| education = University of the Virgin Islands (BA)
Texas Southern University (JD)
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Delia L. Smith is an American lawyer who served as the United States attorney for the District Court of the Virgin Islands from May 2022 to April 2025.
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.{{Cite press release |title=President Biden Announces Nine New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys |date=September 28, 2021 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/09/28/president-biden-announces-nine-new-nominees-to-serve-as-u-s-attorneys/ |access-date=September 28, 2021}} {{PD-notice}}
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. From 2005 until her appointment as U.S. Attorney, she has served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands.
= 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.{{Cite press release |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=September 28, 2021 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/09/28/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-36/}} Smith was recommended to the White House by Delegate Stacey Plaskett.{{Cite web |last=Gilbert |first=Ernice |date=September 28, 2021 |title=Plaskett's Pick For U.S. Attorney In USVI Nominated By Biden, Expected To Replace Shappert |url=https://viconsortium.com/caribbean-government/virgin-islands-plasketts-pick-for-u-s-attorney-in-usvi-nominated-by-biden-expected-to-replace-shappert |access-date=June 18, 2022 |website=viconsortium.com |language=en}} Her nomination was supported by Governor Albert Bryan Jr.{{Cite press release |title=Governor Bryan Congratulates U.S. Attorney Nominee Delia Smith |url=https://www.vi.gov/governor-bryan-congratulates-u-s-attorney-nominee-delia-smith/ |access-date=June 18, 2022}} On February 10, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote.{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/EBM%20Results%20-%202022-02-10.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 10, 2022|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|accessdate=February 24, 2022}} On April 27, 2022, her nomination was confirmed in the Senate by voice vote.{{Cite web |date=February 10, 2022 |title=PN1200 - Nomination of Delia L. Smith for Department of Justice, 117th Congress (2021-2022) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/1200 |access-date=April 27, 2022 |website=www.congress.gov}} She assumed office in May 2022.{{Cite press release |title=U.S. ATTORNEY DELIA L. SMITH RECOGNIZES POLICE WEEK IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS |date=May 13, 2022 |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-vi/pr/us-attorney-delia-l-smith-recognizes-police-week-us-virgin-islands |access-date=June 18, 2022}} She resigned on April 14, 2025.{{Cite press release |title=United States Attorney’s Office Announces Departure of Delia L. Smith as U.S. Attorney |date=April 15, 2025 |publisher=United States Attorney's Office for the District of the Virgin Islands |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-vi/pr/united-states-attorneys-office-announces-departure-delia-l-smith-us-attorney |access-date=July 10, 2025}}
References
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