Name: Ruth Mary Lorraine Bowe-Darville

Date of Birth: 3rd June, 1954 

Place of Birth: Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas

Nationality: Bahamian

Marital Status: Married (one child)

Religion: Roman Catholic

Education: 

1966 – 1973 

Government High School – Nassau, Bahamas

1973 – 1975 

University of Waterloo – Ontario, Canada Bachelor of Arts Degree in History

1975 – 1976 

York University – Downsview, Ontario, Canada Special Year Latin American and Caribbean Studies/History

Employment:

June 1976 – Sept. 1976

Department of Public Personnel

Sept. 1976 – 1981

Department of Archives, Ministry of Education and Culture – Assistant Archivist/Research and Records Management Supervisor/Coordinator of Annual Archives Exhibitions

1981 – 1985 

Bostwick & Bostwick, Attorneys-at-Law – Articled Clerk to J. Henry Bostwick

1982 – 1985 

College of The Bahamas – Part-time Lecturer, Social Science Division Bahamian Social Studies, Bahamian History (at Associate Degree Level)

College of The Bahamas – Part-time Lecturer, Adult Evening classes Bahamian History (B.J.C. Level)

1985

Called to The Bahamas Bar (May 1985)

1985 – 1990

Bostwick & Bostwick – Associate

1990 – 1994 

Graham, Thompson & Co. – Associate

1994 – 1998 

Office of the Prime Minister – Senior Executive Assistant to the Prime Minister of The Bahamas

1998 – Present 

Commonwealth Law Advocates formerly known as The Law Partnership/Bannister & Co. – Managing Partner

Professional Interests: 

Civil Litigation; Family Law (divorces, child protection and child abduction, adoptions and probates) Commercial – Transactional and Banking; Real Estate; Immigration and general civil matters and limited criminal matters.