Derrick McKoy

{{Short description|Attorney General of Jamaica}}

{{Use Oxford spelling|date=January 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| name = Derrick McKoy

| nationality = Jamaican

| honorific-suffix = CD KC JP

| image = DerrickMcKoy.jpg

| office = Attorney General of Jamaica

| primeminister = Andrew Holness

| term_start = 11 January 2022

| term_end =

| predecessor = Marlene Malahoo Forte

| successor =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|10|3|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| alma_mater = {{plain list|* University of Leicester
Nova Southeastern University
Barry University
University of the West Indies}}

}}

Derrick Vincent McKoy (born 3 October 1951) is the Attorney General of Jamaica. McKoy was appointed to the post on 11 January 2022 by Prime Minister Andrew Holness.{{Cite web|last=Office of the Prime Minister|date=10 January 2022|title=Dr. Derrick McKoy Appointed As Attorney General|url=https://jis.gov.jm/dr-derrick-mckoy-appointed-as-attorney-general/|url-status=live|access-date=11 January 2022|website=Jamaica Information Service|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111010835/https://jis.gov.jm/dr-derrick-mckoy-appointed-as-attorney-general/ |archive-date=2022-01-11 }}{{cite web |title=Dr Derrick McKoy appointed Attorney General |url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20220110/dr-derrick-mckoy-appointed-attorney-general |website=The Gleaner |access-date=11 January 2022 |language=en |date=10 January 2022}}

McKoy was previously a commissioner of Jamaica's anti-corruption body the Integrity Commission until he resigned in January 2020.{{Cite web|date=11 January 2020|title=Another Integrity Commissioner resigns|url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20200111/another-integrity-commissioner-resigns|url-status=live|access-date=11 January 2022|website=The Gleaner|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111090124/http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20200111/another-integrity-commissioner-resigns |archive-date=2020-01-11 }} He also has served as contractor general for Jamaica. He was a founding member of the Jamaica Chapter of Transparency International (TI), a member of the executive committee and its first secretary.{{Cite web|date=16 October 2016|title=Sixteen inducted into Hall of Fame as Munro College celebrates 160 years|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/sixteen-inducted-into-hall-of-fame-as-munro-college-celebrates-160-years-_77417|url-status=live|access-date=11 January 2022|website=Jamaica Observer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019051401/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Sixteen-inducted-into-Hall-of-Fame-as-Munro-College-celebrates-160-years-_77417 |archive-date=2016-10-19 }}  

He has lectured at the Mona School of Business, the University of International Relations, the Norman Manley Law School, Barry University’s Andreas School of Business, and Nova Southeastern University’s Huizenga School of Business. He has also published in the areas of competition law, constitutional law, corruption, labour law, public management, governance, and the law of computers. He was made Queen's Counsel (QC) in May 2022.{{cite web |title=Dr Derrick McKoy, CD, JP |url=https://moj.gov.jm/administration/dr-derrick-mckoy-cd-jp |website=Ministry of Justice |access-date=26 January 2023 |language=en}}