Claire Hepburn | |
|---|---|
| Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs | |
| In office 2007 –7 July 2008 | |
| Member of the Bahamian Senate | |
| In office 4 May 2007 –7 July 2008 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nassau,The Bahamas |
| Political party | Free National Movement |
| Alma mater | University of the West Indies University of Miami |
Claire Hepburn is a Bahamian judge.
Hepburn was born in Nassau. [1]
She was educated at the Government High School,Nassau and graduated from the University of the West Indies,Jamaica and the University of Miami,USA. [1] On 27 September 1985,Hepburn was admitted as Counsel and Attorney of the Supreme Court of The Bahamas. [1]
Following the 2007 Bahamian general election,Hepburn was appointed to the Bahamian Senate and was made justice minister. [2]
In 2008,she was appointed as a Supreme Court Justice. [3] In 2020,she received an honour from Governor General Sir Cornelius A. Smith. [4] [5]
Claire Hepburn is an Anglican. [6] She is married to Livingston Hepburn and they are parents of two children,a son Ian Andre Hepburn and a daughter Tara Xavier Hepburn. A law student,she died at the age of 30. [7]
In her daughters memory,she is a director of The Tara Xavier Hepburn Foundation and one of the co-ordinators of the T.A.R.A. Project. [8]