Soraya Diase Coffelt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Soraya Diase Coffelt

American lawyer and judge

Date of Birth: 29-Aug-1958

Place of Birth: Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, United States

Profession: judge, lawyer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Soraya Diase Coffelt (born August 29, 1958) is a lawyer and former judge of the United States Virgin Islands Superior Court.
She was the first woman and first Hispanic from St.
Thomas to serve as a judge.
She served not only as a trial judge, but also as an appellate court judge, hearing and deciding appeals from the Superior Court on St.
Croix.
During her years of judicial service and afterwards, Diase Coffelt promoted the improvement of the local judicial system through the development of an autonomous Virgin Islands court system, which included the establishment of its own supreme court.
Her Master’s thesis, advocating the establishment of a supreme court, was used as a guideline by Virgin Islands lawmakers to create the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands in 2004.
Diase Coffelt also developed the V.I.
High School Moot Court Competition in 1994, which is an annual, interscholastic competition for high school seniors, with winners receiving college scholarships.
The competition has been sponsored by the Virgin Islands Bar Association and the courts.
In May, 2013, the Virgin Islands Bar Association presented Diase Coffelt with an award for her valuable contributions to the people of the Virgin Islands.