Delegate Stacey Plaskett

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Biographical

Full Name: Stacey Elizabeth Plaskett
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: STAY-see PLASS-keht
Date of Birth: May 13, 1966 (age: 58)
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Religion: Lutheran
Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Place of Residence: Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands
Previous Occupation: Attorney
Alternate Name: -Duffy

Wikipedia

Official biography

Justia lawyer profile

Martindale lawyer profile

Avvo lawyer profile

Lawyers.com

Family:

Married: Jonathan Buckney-Small community advocate

1 child: Taliah

Previous relationship: Andre Duffy Divorced

4 children, including Jeremiah | Christian | Ariel | Israel

Biography:

Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett represents the at large district of the U.S. Virgin Islands in the United States House of Representatives. She is an African-Caribbean attorney who has practiced law in New York, Washington D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Plaskett is best known for her understanding of economic development and public-private partnerships for growing the economy of developing areas. She is an active community advocate in the Virgin Islands.

Plaskett was born, May 13, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents are both natives of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands and migrated to New York during in 1950s. Her father is a retired New York City police officer and her mother worked as clerk in the court system. The Plaskett’s reside nce was often home to students moving from the Virgin Islands to Brooklyn.

Plaskett began her grade school education at Brooklyn Friends and Grace Lutheran elementary schools and continued her education at Choate Rosemary Hall.

At Choate, she was a varsity athlete and served as class president for several years. Plaskett also spent a term in France. She often credits Choate for awakening her commitment to public service and deep sense of responsibility to others.

Plaskett attended Georgetown University under the early decision program and later received a degree in history and diplomacy from the Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service. While at Georgetown, Plaskett ran for student government under the progressive student ticket and was very active in the anti-apartheid movement. As a student, she spoke on behalf of universities in the D.C. area at the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Plaskett attended law school at night while she worked full time during the day with the lobbying arm of the American Medical Association and then with the law firm, Jones Day. At the time of graduation, she had three sons under the age of five.

After graduating law school, Plaskett worked as an assistant district attorney in the Bronx, New York. She prosecuted several hundred cases and was eventually assigned to the Narcotics Bureau. She then worked as a consultant and Legal Counsel focused on internal corporate investigations and strategy for the Mitchel Madison Group.

Plaskett later moved to Washington, D.C., where she worked as counsel on the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (Ethics Committee) in the United States House of Representatives. Plaskett left the Ethics Committee after being asked by mentor and fellow trustee at Choate, Robert McCallum (later Ambassador to Australia), to work at the United States Justice Department.

At the Justice Department, Plaskett served as Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Division, and also as Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Torts Branch in the Civil Division. She later joined the staff of Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson, primarily working on the Justice Honors program and an initiative to increase the number of minority and women attorneys at the Justice Department. She also worked on the Terrorism Litigation Task Force and the September 11th Victims’ Compensation Fund. She was also one of the lead attorneys on US v. Phillip Morris.

Plaskett left government to serve as deputy general counsel at United Health Group, where she worked in the Medicaid/Medicare division. She then relocated full time to her ancestral home of the United States Virgin Islands and worked in the private sector and then with the Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority (VIEDA). At VIEDA, she worked on tax incentive programs and public-private partnerships as a means to bring economic growth to the development of the territory. See more >>

Miscellaneous Links:

Ballotpedia

C-SPAN

GovTrack

Project VoteSmart

Campaign Links:

Website, campaign

Email, campaign: viforplaskett@gmail.com

X (Twitter), campaign

Facebook, campaign

Open Secrets political finance profile

YouTube, campaign

Social Networking:

Facebook

LinkedIn

Facebook, official

Instagram

X (Twitter), official

YouTube, official

Instagram, official

Flickr, official

Linktree

Official Links:

Website, official

Press Releases

Official press releases »

Education

American University Washington College of Law - JD (1990-1994)
Georgetown University Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service - BSFS, history and diplomacy (1984-1988)
Choate Rosemary Hall (Wallingford, Conn.) - High school diploma (1980-1984)

Office History

Congressional Offices:

U.S. House of Representatives (Jan. 6, 2015-) In Office

Delegate, At-Large Congressional District of U.S. Virgin Islands

Election Results

2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

At-Large Congressional District of U.S. Virgin Islands

Stacey Elizabeth Plaskett, 97.51%
Democrat

Employment History

Plaskett Group LLC
U.S. Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority (Dec. 2007-2014)

General Counsel
AmeriChoice Health Services Inc. (Feb. 2004-June 2006)

Deputy General Counsel
U.S. Department of Justice (March 2002-Feb. 2004)

Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General
House Ethics Committee (2000-March 2002)

Counsel
Mitchell Madison Group (1997-1999)

Counsel
Bronx (N.Y.) District Attorney's Office

Prosecutor
Rep. Ron de Lugo (D-VI)

Aide

Associated Organizations

Own leadership PAC:

Grange PAC

Election campaign:

Virgin Islands for Plaskett

Board membership:

Choate Rosemary Hall (Wallingford, Conn.)
Board Member
Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts Inc. (Frederiksted, Virgin Islands)
Board Member
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc. (March 2022-)
Member, Board of Directors

Volunteer service:

Bar membership:

New York State Bar (1996-)

Awards

Trumpet Award (Trumpet Awards Foundation) (2016)

Official Signature

Contact Information

Email, member official contact form

Office Addresses:

Main Office:

Address:	2059 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-5500
Phone:	202-225-1790
Fax:	202-225-5517

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Privately Financed Travel

10 trips taken between 2015 - 2022 costing $14,019

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Trip Destinations:

Trip Sponsors:

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Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Annual: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2017 (Amendment), 2016, 2015
Extension Letter: 2021, 2020
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Congressional Staff

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Staff Turnover:

Turnover Index: 0.06
(House Average: 0.25)
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Staff Salary Rate:

Office Median Annual Salary: $84,666.68
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Staff Salaries Paid:

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Committees

House Judiciary Committee

House Judiciary Committee Select Weaponization of the Federal Government Subcommittee, Ranking Member

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture Subcommittee

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence National Intelligence Enterprise Subcommittee, Ranking Member

Caucuses

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Former Merck lobbyist returns to Congress as Plaskett chief of staff

Posted by Steve Shapiro on Sept. 10, 2015
Rep. Stacey Plaskett (D-U.S. Virgin Islands) has a new prescription for one of her chief ailments: the need for a chief of staff. read more
Staffers for freshmen members jumping ship after 6 months

Posted by Nate Hoffman on June 29, 2015
When nearly 80 new members of Congress took their oaths in January, a swarm of new congressional staffers were ready to begin their Hill careers. read more

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