Background
BORNN, EDITH was born on August 30, 1922 in North, bom Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.
BORNN, EDITH was born on August 30, 1922 in North, bom Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.
Barnard College (Bachelor of Arts, 1945). Columbia Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1948). Librarian and Legal Research Secretary, Caribbean Commission, Trinidad, 1948-1951.
Law Clerk to Judge Herman East. Moore, U South. District Court (Virgin Islands), 1951-1955.
Partner in law Firm of Cox & Bomn, 1955-1965. Law Office of Edith L. Bornn, 19651969.
Bomn, McLaughlin & Finucan, 1970-1977. Bornn, Finucan & Bruno, 1979.
Law Offices of Edith L. Bornn, since 1979.
United States. Representative to United Nations Seminar on Administrative Law, Buenos Aires, September 1959. Associate Member, National Council of Juvenile Court Judges, 1966-1970.
Worked at Bornn Bornn Handy (Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, VI) specializing in General Practice. Family, Business, Real Estate, General Civil, Commercial and Employment Litigation, Probate, Corporate, Employment Law, Bankruptcy, Land Use and Zoning and Taxation. Admitted to the bar, 1948, New New York
1952, Virgin Islands and United States.
Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Librarian and Legal Research Secretary, Caribbean Commission, Trinidad, 1948-1951.
Goodwill Ambassador to Caribbean nations and territories on behalf of Caribbean Commission, 1951. Law Clerk to Judge Herman East. Moore, United States.
District Court (Virgin Islands), 1951-1955.
Consultant to Virgin Islands Delegations to West Indies Conferences, Caribbean Organization (successor to Caribbean Commission), 1960-1964). Partner in law firm of Cox & Bornn, 1955-1965. Law Office of Edith L. Bornn, 1965-1970.
Bornn, McLaughlin & Finucan, 1970-1977.
Bornn, Finucan & Bruno, 1977-1979. Law Offices of Edith L. Bornn, 1979-1991.
United States. Representative to United Nations Seminar on Administrative Law, Buenos Aires, September 1959.
Associate Member, National Council of Juvenile Court Judges, 1966-1970. Chairman: Citizens Fire Protection Committee, 1953-1976.
Citizens Committee on Youth, 1958-1962. President, 1956-1958.
1969-1973; Treasurer, 1973-1993, Women"s League of Saint Thomas, Incorporated.
Member: Virgin Islands Government Economic Stabilization Committee, 1961-1963. Attorney General"s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency, 1963-1965. Citizens Advisory Committee to the Governor on Community Improvement, 1963-1969.
Founding Member, 1969 and Director, 1972-1974, Virgin Islands Legal Services.
Director, 1963-1967; President, 1969, Bluebeard"s Housing Corporation. Chancellor to Episcopal Bishop of the United States and British Virgin Islands Diocese, 1964.
Member: Vestry, All Saints Episcopal Church, 1958-1960. National Executive Council of Episcopal Church, 1966-1969.
Committee on Constitution and Canons of Province IX of the Episcopal Church (Latin America and Caribbean Area), 1967-1969.
Member, Executive Council of Province II of the Episcopal Church, 1987-1990. President, All Saints Parent Teacher Association, 1965-1967. Secretary, Board of Education, All Saints Parish School, 1966-1970.
Trustee, Caribbean Episcopal Seminary, Puerto Rico, 1970-1972.
Member, Board of Directors, 1968 and President, 1976-1979, League of Women Voters of Virgin Islands. Vice President, 1979.
Chairman: Virgin Islands Law Enforcement Planning Commission, 1976-1986. Virgin Islands Land Use Committee, 1979-1980.
Trustee, College of the Virgin Islands, 1978-1984.
Director: League of Women Voters of the United States, 1980-1982. Chairman, International Relations Department of United States. League of Women Voters, Education Fund, 1980-1982.
Founder and Director, Girl"s Center, Saint Thomas, 1979-1985.
League of Women Voters, United States. Delegate to Women"s Conference in Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics on Representative Government, December, 1988.
Founder, President, 1987-1989, Director, Women"s Resources Center, Incorporated. 1981-1991; Director, Caribbean Communications Corporation, 1981-1985.
Chairman, Virgin Islands International Women"s Year and Decade of the United Nations, 1977-1985.
Member: National Women"s Conference Committee, 1977-1987. Chairman, Virgin Islands Commission on Status of Women, 1979-1987. Member: Task Force on Virgin Islands Children"s Code, 1980-1982.
Member: Virgin Islands Status Commission on Political and Economic Relationship between the Government of the Virgin Islands and the United States Government, 1980-1983.
Governors Committee on Caribbean Basin Initiative, 1981-1982. Advisory Member: Committee on Political Status, Virgin Islands, 1986-1988, Citizens" Task Force on Development and Growth Management, 1988.
Citizens Committee on Land and Water Use Plan, 1990, Member, Saint Thomas-Street John Chamber of Commerce since 1952. Participant, North American Symposium on International Child Abduction, October 1 and 2, 1993.
Member, American Planning Association, 1986-1993.
Member: Virgin Islands (Member: Bar Advisory Committee to the Virgin Islands Code Commission, 1954-1956. Board of Governors, 1956-1958. Secretary, 1961-1962.
Member, 1960-1965, Chairman, Bar Examiners Committee, 1965-1974.
Legislation and Law Reform Committee, 1985-1989), Federal Bar and American Bar (Director, 1993, Family Law Section. Member, Sections on: Family Law (Founding Member).
General Practice) Bar Associations. International Federation of Women Lawyers (Vice President for the Virgin Islands, 1958-1974).
World Peace Through Law Center (Charter Member).
Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Third Circuit Court Historic Society (Member, Board of Directors). The current structure of the law firm of BORNN BORNN HANDY is continuation of the growth of one of the oldest law firms in the Virgin Islands.
The firm"s roots date back to Cox & Bornn, established in 1955.
BORNN BORNN HANDY is one of the few firms within the Virgin Islands listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.
Member: Virgin Islands Government Economic Stabilization Committee, 1961-1963. Attorney General"s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency, 1963-1965. Citizens Advisory Committee to the Governor on Community Improvement, 1963-1969.
Founding Member, 1969 and Director, 1972-1974, Virgin Islands Legal Services.
Director, 1963-1967; President, 1969, Bluebeard"s Housing Corporation. Chancellor to Episcopal Bishop of the United States and British Virgin Islands Diocese, 1964.
Member: Vestry, All Saints Episcopal Church, 1958-1960. National Executive Council of Episcopal Church, 1966-1969.
Committee on Constitution and Canons of Province IX of the Episcopal Church (Latin America and Caribbean Area), 1967-1969.
Member, Executive Council of Province II of the Episcopal Church, 1987-1990. President, All Saints Parent Teacher Association, 1965-1967. Secretary, Board of Education, All Saints Parish School, 1966-1970.
Trustee, Caribbean Episcopal Seminary, Puerto Rico, 1970-1972.
Member, Board of Directors, 1968 and President, 1976-1979, League of Women Voters of Virgin Islands. Vice President, 1979.