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Senate rules committee forwards two Superior Court nominees after hour‑long questioning
Summary
The Senate Committee on Rules and Judiciary voted unanimously to forward two of Governor Albert Bryan Jr.'s nominees — Judge Venetia H. Velasquez (St. Croix Superior Court) and attorney Melanie L. Turnbull (Family Division) — to the full Legislature after hearing testimony on Nov. 13 and extensive questioning about case backlog, pro se litigants and juvenile rehabilitation.
The Senate Committee on Rules and Judiciary on Nov. 13 voted to forward two of Governor Albert Bryan Jr.’s Superior Court nominees to the full 30th Legislature after a public hearing that examined both nominees’ qualifications and plans for the bench.
Judge Venetia H. Velasquez, the governor’s nominee for the St. Croix Division, described a decades‑long legal career that included clerkships, service as a magistrate judge and leadership roles across the justice system. Velasquez told the committee she has prioritized case management in prior roles: in the past year she said she issued 570 civil…
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