Nesha Christian-Hendrickson Esq.

Assistant Commissioner/Legal Counsel

Nesha R. Christian- Hendrickson was born on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands on September 9, 1982, to Cora L.E. Christian, MD, MPH, and Simon B. Jones-Hendrickson, Ph.D. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a minor in Information Systems and Statistical Analysis from the Pennsylvania State University. She continued her professional studies at Vermont Law School where she completed a Juris Doctorate in 2008. She is barred in both the Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia. She returned home and clerked for the late Honorable Francis D’ Eramo and then the late Honorable Julio A. Brady. At the end of her clerkship, she was hired as an Assistant Public Defender at the Office of the Territorial PublicDefender, where she remained for four anda half years. In 2016 she began to serve asLegal Counsel to the Virgin IslandsDepartment of Labor. Currently, AttorneyChristian-Hendrickson serves as Assistant Commissioner/Legal Counsel. Since 2008, Attorney Christian-Hendrickson has volunteered her time in a variety of capacities for the Virgin Islands Bar Association, including as Past President. Currently, she serves as the Treasurer of the Board of Governors. She is one of the founding members of the Bar Foundation Board of the V.I. Bar Association. Attorney Christian-Hendrickson also serves on the Board of Directors, for the National Association of State Workforce Agencies. She is also a member of the National Conference of Bar Presidents, the American Bar Association, and a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Council. Attorney Christian-Hendrickson is a former member of the Board of the Territorial Public Defenders. She also serves on the Board of Trustees for the Good Hope Country Day School, her high school alma mater. Attorney Christian-Hendrickson is on the advisory councils of the National Legal Mentoring Consortium and the Right to Democracy Organization.

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