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Biographies: George H.T. Dudley, Esq. Co-Chairman and Co-CEO No. 44 Estate Thomas P.O. Box 7020 St. Thomas, VI 00802 Phone: 340-776-1900 Fax: 340-776-1940 E mail: ghtdudley@lockhart.com No. 1A Frederiksberg Gade Estate Thomas P.O. Box 756 St. Thomas, VI 00804 Phone: 340-774-4422 Fax: 340-776-3860 E mail: ghtdudley@lockhart.com EMPLOYMENT DUDLEY, TOPPER AND FEUERZEIG St. Thomas, VI Founder and Managing Partner, 1978 - Present General civil practice law firm Established in 1978 under the name Dudley & Martin. Dudley, Topper and Feuerzeig is the largest law firm in the U.S. Virgin Islands and is the U.S Virgin Islands member of Lex Mundi, the international network of leading autonomous law firms of the world. Personal practice focuses on the areas of commercial finance and banking, real estate development and management, and business law. ZEBEDEE & DUDLEY St. Thomas, VI Partner, January 1977 - December 1977 General civil practice law firm. BORNN, McLAUGHLIN & FINUCAN St. Thomas , V I Associate, May 1975 - December 1976 General civil practice law firm. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Washington, DC Attorney Advisor to the Honorable Howard Jenkins, Jr., Member, National Labor Relations Board, August 1973 - April 1975 Responsible for the analysis of assigned cases on appeal to the National Labor Relations Board, including review of trial/hearing record and briefs and drafting of decisions and Orders for review and adoption by the appeals panels of the Board on which Member Jenkins participated. Also assigned to study difficult or novel questions of labor law, policy and procedure, in order to formulate recommendations thereon for consideration by the Board. Recipient in 1974 of a National Labor Relations Board Merit Award for "sustained superior performance" by an NLRB employee. DECHERT PRICE & RHOADS Philadelphia, PA Summer Associate, Summer, 1972 MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS St. Thomas , V I Law Clerk to the Honorable Louis Hoffman, Judge, Summer 1971 PROFESSIONAL ADMISSIONS: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1973 District Court of the Virgin Islands, 1975 United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1975 Supreme Court of the United States, 1998 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: Virgin Islands Bar Association Member, Board of Governors, 1976-1977, 1982-1983 Secretary, 1977 Pennsylvania Bar Association American Bar Association Member, Section on Business Law Member, Section on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law The American Law Institute Member of the Council (the governing body of The Institute), 1991 - Present Member, Special Committee on Institute Size, 1992 - 1998 Member, Executive Committee of the Council, 1993 - 1998 Member, Committee on Conflicts, 1996 - Present Member, Committee on Membership, 1998-Present PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Committee of Bar Examiners District Court of the Virgin Islands Member, 1980-1989 Secretary, 1981-1989 Committee of the court established to administer the process for the admission of attorneys to practice law in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drafted and graded examination questions on corporate law, partnerships, the Uniform Commercial Code and other areas. Lawyers Advisory Committee to the Judicial Council of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Member, 1981-1986 Committee established by the Court of Appeals to advise the Court with respect to the better administration of the work of the Court. Villanova Law School Board of Consultors Member, 1983 - Present Secretary, 1988-1990 Vice Chairman, 1990-1992 Chairmen, 1992-1994 Restatement of the Law, Third - Property (Mortgages) Adviser, 1992-1996 Restatement approved by the American Law Institute at its Annual Meeting in May, 1996. Restatement of the Law, Third - Property (Joint Ownership) Adviser, 1997 - Present BUSINESS AFFILIATIONS: Lockhart Companies Incorporated St. Thomas, V I Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors and Co-CEO of the Company LCC and its related subsidiary companies are the successors to a business established 100 years ago by Alferd Harris Lockhart, which today have an aggregate value approaching $90 million and are engaged primarily in the ownership, management and development of commercial real estate located in the U.S. Virgin Islands and in insurance premium finance lending throughout the Eastern Caribbean. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS: Virgin Islands Industrial Development Commission Member, 1976-1981 Vice Chairman, 1978-1981 Commission established by the Government of the Virgin Islands to promote economic development in the Territory through the granting of tax relief and other incentives. Humane Society of St. Thomas Member, Board of Directors, 1977-1981 Virgin Islands Taxicab Commission Member, 1978-1983 Government of the Virgin Islands Select Commission for the Negotiation of Tax Exemption Renewals for Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corporation Member, 1980-1981 Board of Trustees of the University of the Virgin Islands Member, 1992 - 1998 Chairman, Finance Committee, 1993 - 1998 Member, Executive Committee, 1995 - 1998 APPOINTMENTS: Honorary Consul of Belgium for the U.S. Virgin Islands 1979-1994 Responsible for all consular affairs of the Kingdom of Belgium in the territory By royal decree of His Majesty King Albert II made a Chevalier (Knight) of the Order of the Crown (October, 1994) Delegate, the U.S./China Joint Session on Trade, Investment and Economic Law Beijing, People's Republic of China 1987 Member of a delegation of U.S lawyers-headed by the Honorable Edwin M. Meese, Attorney General of the United States--invited to China to examine investment opportunities and related commercial law reform in the People's Republic of China. EDUCATION: VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW Villanova, PA Juris Doctor, 1973 Editor, Villanova Law Review Semifinalist, Reimel Moot Court Competition THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Washington, DC Bachelor of Arts, International Affairs, 1970 Member, Alpha Epsilon Pi Men’s Fraternity Elected to the Gate & Key Fraternity Men’s Honorary ST. JOHN’S PREPARATORY SCHOOL San Juan, Puerto Rico High School Diploma, 1966 PERSONAL: Born November 8, 1949, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Married to Susan Laura Lugo, a Certified Legal Assistant with the law firm of Dudley, Topper and Feuerzeig. Ms. Lugo received her B.A. in Business Administration (finance concentration) (magna cum laude) from the University of the Virgin Islands and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the United Way of St. Thomas-St. John, Inc., among others Father of two children of a previous marriage, Beryl B. and Benjamin J., twins, born March 18, 1982 Conversant in Spanish. |
