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Hon. Rhys S. Hodge
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Chief Justice Rhys S. Hodge
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Chief Justice Rhys S. Hodge
Rhys Shelley Hodge was born on the British island of Anguilla.He attended the East End Elementary School and received his high school education at the Valley Secondary School from which he graduated in 1965.
Following his graduation from high school, he migrated to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, where he attended the College of the Virgin Islands.In 1968, he transferred to Kansas State University from which he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1971.
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Effective July 1, 2006, Judge Hodge became the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court, a position he held until his elevation to the Supreme Court.
On July 19, 2006, Judge Hodge, together with Judges Maria M. Cabret and Ive A. Swan, were nominated by Governor Turnbull as the three initial justices of the new Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands.
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On October 27, 2006, Judge Hodge together with Judges Cabret and Swan were unanimously confirmed by the Twenty-Sixth Legislature as justices of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands for terms of ten years each.