George H.T. Dudley, Esq.
Co-Chairman and Co-CEO

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