Gretchen Shappert

Gretchen C. F. Shappert is an attorney. She has served as the United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina from 2004 to 2009 and the United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands from 2018 to 2022.

Gretchen Shappert
United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands
In office
April 23, 2018 – May 03, 2022
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byRonald W. Sharpe
Succeeded byDelia L. Smith
United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina
In office
2004–2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byRobert J. Conrad
Succeeded byAnne Tompkins
Personal details
BornUnited States
Political partyRepublican
EducationDuke University
Washington and Lee Law School

Shappert passed the North Carolina bar in 1980. She graduated from Duke University in 1977, and from Washington and Lee Law School. She was in private practice and was an assistant district attorney and an assistant public defender in Charlotte before becoming a federal prosecutor.

Shappert stressed tough prosecution of drug offenders while in office.[1] Shappert also served as chair of the Justice Department's subcommittee on Native American issues.[2] Shappert also opposed retroactively lessening prison sentences related to crack-cocaine.[3]

Shappert resigned as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina in March 2009. In addition to prosecuting serious drug offenses, Shappert is also keenly interested in anti-terrorism efforts. Shappert recently published an article about Attorney General Amos Akerman's leadership in prosecuting the Ku Klux Klan immediately after the civil war in what Shappert describes as "the worst outbreak of domestic violence in American history to date."[4] Shappert has also co-authored an article on the Crime Fraud Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege. DOJ Journal of Federal Law and Practice, May 2021

Shappert became the Court-appointed U.S. Attorney for the Virgin Islands on April 23, 2018.[5] On February 8, 2021, she along with 55 other Trump-era attorneys were asked to resign.[6] She has not resigned as of December 31, 2021. On September 28, 2021, Joe Biden nominated Assistant U.S. Attorney Delia Smith to serve as the U.S. Attorney.[7]

References
  1. article on Shappert's plans for full prosecution of drug offenders
  2. Report on Native American affairs
  3. "Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Crack/Powder Cocaine Disparity Issue". Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  4. Shappert, Gretchen C. F., "Fighting Domestic Terrorism and Creating the Department of Justice: The Extraordinary Leadership of Attorney General Amos T. Akerman." DOJ Journal of Federal Law and Practice, January 2020
  5. "United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert takes the Oath as the Court-appointed United States Attorney for the Virgin Islands" (Press release). Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands: U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Virgin Islands. April 23, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  6. Balsamo, Michael (February 9, 2021). "Justice Dept. seeks resignations of Trump-era US attorneys". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on February 9, 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  7. Carlson, Suzanne (December 31, 2021). "New U.S. Attorney's confirmation expected soon". Virgin Islands Daily News.

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