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DUDLEY, TOPPER and FEUERZEIG, LLP, a Virgin Islands limited liability partnership, is a general civil practice law firm whose members have diverse backgrounds and are drawn from various regions of the United States. Established in 1978, the firm has grown to be the largest in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The firm is divided into two practice groups - transactional law and litigation. Attorneys within the firm's transactional law section concentrate in specific areas of commercial law, which include banking and finance; taxation; estate planning; corporate planning and management; real estate development and management; and labor and employment law for management. Attorneys within the firm's litigation section concentrate in specific areas of commercial litigation primarily associated with the firm's bank and business clients, including commercial and contract disputes; environmental law; personal injury; insurance defense litigation; admiralty; bankruptcy; labor and employment litigation; and other specialized areas of litigation in which the firm has expertise. By virtue of each attorney's concentration in a specific area, the firm's clients benefit by having any given matter handled by an attorney with a higher level of experience than is customarily found in the typical firm of general practitioners.

The firm's primary clients include local branches or subsidiaries of national and international corporations; limited liability companies; banks; insurance companies; real estate developers; medium-sized businesses engaged in a variety of retail, commercial, light industrial or service endeavors; and a diversity of institutional organizations. The firm's practice extends throughout the U.S. Virgin Islands and its clients present the firm with a wide range of professional challenges - offering the firm's attorneys a varied and rewarding practice within his or her area of concentration.

Statement of Practice

General Civil Practice. Corporate, Commercial, Real Estate, Banking, Tax, Probate, Administrative Law, Admiralty, Labor and Employment Law (for management), Insurance Defense, Aviation Law, Bankruptcy and Litigation.

Firm Affiliations

WORLD SERVICES GROUP (WSG) : (a global network of large local, national and international providers of professional business services)

Representative Clients:

ACE USA
AIG Aviation, Inc.
American Airlines
Antilles Gas Corporation
AT&T of the Virgin Islands, Inc.
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
Caneel Bay Hotel
JPMorgan Chase
Commercial Union Insurance Companies
Crowley Towing and Transportation Company
DaimlerChrysler
Delta Air Lines
Fairfield Resorts, Inc.
FirstBank Puerto Rico
Ford Motor Credit Corporation
GMAC
General Motors Corp.
HOVENSA L.L.C.
International Business Machines Corporation
International Marine Underwriters
JP MorganChase Bank
Island Heritage Insurance Company
Lockhart Companies Incorporated
Philip Morris USA Inc.
The Procter & Gamble Company
Reliance Insurance Company
Trailer Marine Transport Corporation
Underwriters at Lloyds, London.

Rate Information

Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available

Address

Law House
1000 Frederiksberg Gade
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas 00802, (St. Thomas Co.)
U.S. Virgin Islands

Phone

Phone: 340-715-4432
Facsimile: 340-715-4400

Website

http://www.DTFLaw.com

Office Hours

Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM

MEMBERS OF FIRM

George H. T. Dudley (Member) born St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; admitted to bar, 1973, Pennsylvania; 1975, Virgin Islands. Education: George Washington University (B.A., 1970); Villanova University (J.D., 1973). Editor, Villanova Law Review, 1971-1973; Villanova Law School Board of Consultors (1983—; Vice Chairman 1990-1992; Chairman, 1992-1994); American Law Institute (Elected, 1981; Member of the Council, 1991—; Member of the Executive Committee, 1994-1998; Member of the Membership Committee, 1998—); University of the Virgin Islands Board of Trustees, 1992-1998; Adviser to the American Law Institute's Restatement of the Law, Third, Property (Mortgages). Chancellor, the Episcopal Diocese of the Virgin Islands, 2002-2004. Member, American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL). Member: Virgin Islands (Member, Board of Governors, 1982-1983) and American (Member, Sections on: Business Law and Real Property; Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Banking and Finance; Business Law; Real Property Law; Management Labor Law.Email: George H. T. Dudley

Henry L. Feuerzeig (Member) born Chicago, Illinois; admitted to bar, 1970, District of Columbia and Maryland; 1973, Virgin Islands; 1974, Florida. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.Sc., 1962); George Washington University (J.D., 1970). Order of the Coif. Member, George Washington University Law Review, 1968-1970. Judge, Superior Court of the Virgin Islands, 1976-1987. Delegate, Fourth Constitutional Convention (Chairman, Judicial Powers Committee, 1981). Member: Virgin Islands (President, 1976; President-Elect, 1975; Secretary, 1974) and American Bar Association; (Member, sections on: Litigation); American Judicature Society; American Law Institute (elected, 1977; appointed Life Member, 2002); American Association for Justice; International Society of Barristers. Fellow: American Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Insurance; Complex Litigation.Email: Henry L. Feuerzeig

Gregory H. Hodges (Member) born Fort Belvoir, Virginia; admitted to bar, 1980, Tennessee; 1984, Virgin Islands. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1977); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1980). Member: Tennessee, Virgin Islands (Member, Board of Governors, 1992-1996; Committee on Ethics and Grievances, 1992-2000) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy; Admiralty.Email: Gregory H. Hodges

Thomas C. O'Keefe (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts; admitted to bar, 1974, New York; 1993, Virgin Islands. Education: Fordham University (A.B., cum laude, 1968); Cornell University (J.D., 1973). Winner, American Trial Lawyers Association Environmental Law Essay Contest, 1973. Articles Editor, Cornell Law Review, 1972-1973. Author: "Time Controls on Land Use: Prophylactic Law for Planners," 57 Cornell L. Rev. 827, 1972. General Counsel to the Comptroller of the City of New York, 1979-1989. Member: New York State, Virgin Islands and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Law.Email: Thomas C. O'Keefe

Chad C. Messier (Member) born New Bedford, Massachusetts,; admitted to bar, 1994, Virgin Islands and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1996, Massachusetts. Education: Allegheny College (B.A., cum laude, 1990); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1993). Managing Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1992-1993. Member: Virgin Islands and American Bar Associations. (Managing Partner). Practice Areas: Litigation; Aviation Law.Email: Chad C. Messier

OF COUNSEL

Michael C. Quinn (Of Counsel) born Mt. Kisco, New York, 1961; admitted to bar, 1992, New York; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2001, U.S. Supreme Court. (Not admitted in U.S. Virgin Islands). Education: State University of New York College at Purchase (B.A., 1987); St. John's University School of Law (J.D., 1991). Executive Publications Editor: St. John's Law Review; The Catholic Lawyer, 1990-1991. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; White Collar Crime.

Stefan B. Herpel (Of Counsel) born Ann Arbor, Michigan; admitted to bar, 1982, Michigan; 1991, California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 2006, Virgin Islands. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1978; J.D., 1982). Associate Editor, 1980-1981 and Contributing Editor, 1981-1982, Michigan Law Review. Author: "Toward a Constitutional Kleptocracy: Civil Forfeiture in America," 96 Michigan Law Review 1910, 1998; Note, "Applying Antidumping Laws to Perishable Agricultural Goods," 80 Michigan Law Review 524, 1982; Book Notice, "Vicious Circles," 79 Michigan Law Review 925, 1981. Member: Michigan, California, Virgin Islands and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Bennis v. Michigan, 516 U.S. 442 (1996). Languages: German. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Federal and State Appellate Practice; Publishing Law; Civil Forfeiture Law; Eminent Domain.Email: Stefan B. Herpel

Lisa N. Sweet (Of Counsel) born Stoughton, Wisconsin; admitted to bar, 1994, Illinois and Wisconsin; 1996, Virgin Islands. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., with honors, 1991; J.D., cum laude, 1993); St. Thomas University School of Law (LL.M., U.S. Taxation, 2005). Editor, Wisconsin International Law Journal, 1992-1993. Member: Virgin Islands and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banking; Finance; Taxation; Business Law; Real Property; Estate Planning.Email: Lisa N. Sweet

Ruth Miller (Of Counsel) born Highland Park, Illinois; admitted to bar, 1983, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1991, Federal Trial Bar, Illinois; 1994, Virgin Islands. Education: University of Michigan (B.S., with distinction, 1979); The John Marshall Law School (J.D., with high distinction, 1983). President-Elect, Virgin Islands Bar Association, 2009. Board of Governors, 2007-2008. Chair, Ethics and Grievance Committee, St. Thomas-St. John Subcommittee, 2006—. Board of Trustees, Legal Services of the Virgin islands, Inc., 2004—. President, Rotary Club of St. Thomas - East, 2000-2002. Member: Chicago, Virgin Islands and American Bar Associations.Email: Ruth Miller

William McConnell (Of Counsel) born Caracas, Venezuela, 1966; admitted to bar, 1996, Virgin Islands and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Bowdoin College (B.A., 1989); Yale University Law School (J.D., 1995). Member: Virgin Islands and American Bar Associations. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Real Property; Commercial Banking; Financial Law.Email: William McConnell

Erik E. Woodbury (Of Counsel) born Waukegan, Illinois, March 21, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Florida; 1998, Virgin Islands; 1999, U.S. District Court, District of Virgin Islands; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2003, Georgia; 2005, California; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Central, Southern and Northern Districts of California. Education: Boston College (B.A., English and Pre-Law, 1994); Tulane University (J.D., Certificate in Admiralty, 1997). Member: Admiralty Law Society; Business Law Society. Author: "A Guide to Pre-Suit Procedure Under the Florida Medical Malpractice Act," Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, 2003. Contributing Editor: "Medical Malpractice, A 50 State Survey," Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, LLC, 2002; "Contractual Indemnity," Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, LLC, 2004. Member, Ambassadors Committee, Orangewood Children's Foundation. Member: Atlanta, Virgin Islands, California, Orange County (CA), and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; State Bar of Georgia; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. (Also Associate, Davis & Rayburn, A Professional Corporation, Laguna Beach, California). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Construction Litigation; Complex Litigation; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Civil Litigation.Email: Erik E. Woodbury

ASSOCIATES

Justin K. Holcombe (Associate) born Knoxville, Tennessee; admitted to bar, 2005, Georgia, Tennessee, Virgin Islands and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2007, District of Columbia. Education: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (B.S., magna cum laude, 2001); Florida State University College of Law (J.D., with high honors, 2003; Certificate in International Law, with high honors, 2003) Order of the Coif; The George Washington University Law School (LL.M., International and Comparative Law, with high honors, 2005). Author: "Protecting Ecosystems and Natural Resources by Revising Conceptions of Ownership, Rights and Valuation," Journal of Land, Resources and Environmental Law (Fall 2005); "Solutions for Regulating Offshore Outsourcing in the Service Sector: Using the Law, Market, International Mechanisms, and Collective Organization as Buildings Blocks," University of Pennsylvania Journal of Labor and Employment Law (Spring 2005). Member, The Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law and Policy, 2002-2004. Member, LCIA Young International Arbitration Group. Member: State Bar of Georgia; Tennessee, Virgin Islands and American Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Litigation.

Rebecca E. Weiss (Associate) born Vienna, Austria; admitted to bar, 2002, California; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 2006, Virgin Islands. Education: University of California at Irvine (B.A., 1994); Chapman University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Member, Notes and Comments Editor, Chapman Law Review, 1997-1998. Law Clerk to Honorable Raymond L. Finch, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, U.S. Virgin Islands, 1999-2001 and 2005. Member: Virgin Islands, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Banks and Banking.

Ashlee Gray (Associate) born Bowling Green, Kentucky; admitted to bar, 2007, Virgin Islands. Education: Duke University (B.A., 2004; B.S., 2004); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 2007) Best Oral Advocate. Regional Final (Region 7), American College of Trial Lawyers and New York Bar National Moot Court Competition, 2006. Practice Areas: Litigation.

Kurt Petri (Associate) born Erie, Pennsylvania, 1968; admitted to bar, 2008, Virgin Islands. Education: Allegheny College (B.A., 1990); Gannon University (M.B.A., 1994); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2008). Auditor/Manager, RG Barber Consultants, 1995-2005. Member: Virgin Islands and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Financial Law; Taxation; Business Law; Estate Planning.Email: Kurt Petri