U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS                      ST. CROIX        ~           ST. THOMAS          ~        ST. JOHN

JOEL H. HOLT, ESQ.
2132 Company Street
Christiansted, USVI 00820
Tel. (340) 773-8709 Fax (340) 773-8677 
holtvi@aol.com / jwf@holtvi.com 




                                                             RESUME


Current Employment
Joel H. Holt, Esq. P.C. - 1979 - Present

Education
• Juris Doctor - University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law - 1977.
• Bachelor of Arts Degree - Washington & Lee University - 1973.

Community Activities
• Member, Committee for Admission to Virgin Islands Bar Association - 1994-present.
• U.S. District Court Committee to Reorganize Local Civil Rules - 2007
• Member, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Lawyers Advisory Committee 2005 - 2006
• Third Circuit Committee to Draft Model Criminal Jury Instructions - 2006 - 2008
• Chairman, District Court Magistrate Selection Committee - 2003-2004
• Chairman, 2004 Legal Services Campaign for Equal Justice
• President, V.I. Bar Association - 1989
• Chairman, Judiciary Committee of V.I. Bar Association - 2002- 2005
• Recipient of Winston A. Hodge, Esq. Memorial Award - 2000
• Chairman, V.I. Law Revision Commission - 1990.
• Founder and President of the Warren H. Young Scholarship Fund - 1980-present.
• Member, V.I. Legislative Tort Reform Committee - 1984-1985.
• Member, Board of Directors of Boys and Girls Club - 1992-1995.
• Member, Advisory Committee to the U.S. District Court - 1992 - 1995.
• Member, District Court Panel Appointed Under the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990.
• Member, V.I. Committee to Select U.S. Magistrate - 1986.
• Member, Third Circuit Task Force on Counsel for Indigent Litigants in Civil Cases - 1998 - 2000
• Member of Gubernatorial Transition Team for both Governor Schneider and Governor Turnbull Administrations (1995 and 1999)

Past Employment
• Associate lawyer in the Firm of O’Brien & Moore - 1978.
• Law Clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Warren H. Young, District Court of the Virgin Islands - 1977.