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Ronald W. Sharpe (Tulane University, Stanford Law School) is nominated to be the U.S. Attorney for the Virgin Islands. He would replace Paul A. Murphy. Sharpe is the district’s current interim U.S. Attorney.

Ronald W. Sharpe (DOJ)

His vitals:

• Born in Washington, D.C., in 1965.
• Attended but did not graduate from Howard University.
• Has worked in the Virgin Islands U.S. Attorney’s office since September 2009.
• Worked in the U.S. Attorney’s office in the District of Columbia from September 1995 to September 2009. He served as First Assistant U.S. Attorney from November 2008 to September 2009.
• Was an associate at Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue (now Jones Day) in Washington, D.C., from September 1991 to May 1995. Was a summer associate at the firm in 1990.
• Interned at the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund in Washington, D.C., during the summer of 1989.
• Worked as an accounting technician for the Federal National Mortgage Association in Washington, D.C., from September 1987 to August 1988.
• Served in the U.S. Air Force from September 1983 to March 1984. Held the rank of Airman Basic.
• Has been a member of the BMW Car Club of America since October 1999.
• Has tried approximately 35 cases, serving as  sole counsel in the vast majority.

Click here for his full Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire.

UPDATE: On his Senate Judiciary Committee financial disclosure, Sharpe reported assets valued at $945,800, mostly from real estate and cash on hand and in banks, and a $115,400 mortgage for a net worth of $830,400.