[1] Shappert also served as chair of the Justice Department's subcommittee on Native American issues.

In addition to prosecuting serious drug offenses, Shappert is also keenly interested in anti-terrorism efforts.

Shappert recently published an article about Attorney General Amos Akerman's leadership in prosecuting the Ku Klux Klan immediately after the civil war in what Shappert describes as "the worst outbreak of domestic violence in American history to date.

DOJ Journal of Federal Law and Practice, May 2021 [1] Shappert became the Court-appointed U.S. Attorney for the Virgin Islands on April 23, 2018.

On September 28, 2021, Joe Biden nominated Assistant U.S. Attorney Delia Smith to serve as the U.S.