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Governor John P. de Jongh, Jr. has appointed two esteemed Virgin Islands lawyers to key positions within the Virgin Islands Department of Justice. De Jongh named Bruce Marshack as Deputy Attorney General, and Bernard VanSluytman as Solicitor General.
“Bruce Marshack and Bernard VanSluytman are both extremely respected Virgin Islands attorneys who have a wealth of experience practicing law in the public and private sectors throughout their distinguished careers,” de Jongh said.
VanSluytman has run his own general practice law firm on St. Thomas for the past 25 years. As a private attorney, he has extensive criminal and civil litigation experience. His appellate work includes cases argued before the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the Virgin Islands Supreme Court. VanSluytman attended Howard University School of Law after two years in the military. He graduated in 1973 and then started his professional career at the Virgin Islands Attorney General's Office, where he now returns.
For the past five years, Marshack has run his own mediation and arbitration firm on St. Croix. He spent nearly seven years in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Virgin Islands, and was acting civil chief in 2002 and 2003. He also has two years of experience as a criminal trial attorney with the Virgin Islands Public Defender's Office on St. Croix.
Marshack's extensive professional experience includes time at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Washington D.C.
He graduated Howard University School of Law in 1977, and studied mediation at Harvard University Law School in 2005.
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