Gordon C. Rhea sworn in as Virgin Islands attorney general

Gordon C. Rhea was sworn in as Virgin Islands attorney general on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, at Government House on St. Croix. Virgin Islands Supreme Court Justice Harold W.L. Willocks administered the oath of office.

Rhea had served as a federal prosecutor, a local prosecutor in the Virgin Islands, a defense attorney, a civil practitioner and an appellate lawyer, according to Government House. He had been a member of the Virgin Islands Bar Association for more than 40 years and received the association’s Winston Hodge Award in 2023.

After taking the oath, Rhea said he wanted to bring the Department of Justice to full staffing, recruit more attorneys from the Virgin Islands and modernize the office with a case-management system.

Rhea was appointed U.S. attorney in the Virgin Islands in 1981. In 1982, he and attorney Thomas Alkin founded Alkin and Rhea on St. Croix.

Official source: https://www.vi.gov/gordon-c-rhea-esq-sworn-in-as-virgin-islands-attorney-general/