Carol Thomas-Jacobs | |
Office: | Attorney General of the United States Virgin Islands |
Governor: | Albert Bryan |
Term Start: | January 1, 2023 |
Term End: | April 14, 2023 |
Predecessor: | Denise George |
Successor: | Ariel K. Smith (acting) |
Education: | University of the West Indies, Jamaica (JD) |
Carol Thomas-Jacobs (1968/1969)[1] is a judge on the United States Virgin Islands Superior Court. She was the acting Attorney General of the United States Virgin Islands in from January to April 2023.
Thomas-Jacobs worked for the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Justice for 20 years, first serving as an Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Division, then as head of the Civil Division.[2] In 2016, she became deputy attorney general. She was promoted to chief deputy attorney general in 2020.[3] She was appointed by governor Albert Bryan to replace Denise George as the acting Attorney General of the United States Virgin Islands on January 1, 2023.[4] In March 2023, Bryan nominated Thomas-Jacobs to the United States Virgin Islands Superior Court. She was confirmed to the superior court by the legislature on April 14, 2023.[5] Thomas-Jacobs was succeeded by Ariel K. Smith.[6]