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Rules committee forwards Pedro K. Williams to full Senate for Superior Court nomination
Summary
The Senate Committee on Rules and Judiciary voted to favorably forward attorney Pedro K. Williams to the full Senate for confirmation as a judge in the Superior Court’s St. Thomas–St. John division after a multi‑senator question-and-answer session about docket management, recusals and impartiality. The committee vote was 6 yays, 1 absent.
Carla J. Joseph, chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Judiciary, opened Thursday’s hearing and introduced Pedro K. Williams as the governor’s nominee for judge of the Virgin Islands Superior Court’s St. Thomas–St. John division. After delivering a prepared statement on his nearly 40 years of legal practice and public‑service roles, Williams answered successive four‑minute rounds of questions from senators about impartiality, recusals and ways to reduce the court’s backlog.
Williams described his career in…
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