Brenda Brooks is known as a fighter in her field, understandably why many high caliber leaders, law enforcement officers, and civilians seek her service. She is the person you call when you need results. She is passionate about her work and believes at her core that it’s what she was born to do.
Brenda is a born French Saint Martin citizen who attended Dutch schools all of her life. After completing VWO in St. Maarten/Curacao, she attended the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands where she acquired a Master Degree in Dutch Law with specialization in Criminal and International Criminal Law. During the final stage of her studies, she interned and worked part-time at Jagtenberg & Jansen Attorneys in Hoofddorp and assisted with the preparation of the famous civil inquiry procedure that was initiated by a group of Taxi drivers against TCA in Amsterdam. After obtaining her law degree she was employed at Snijder Gerechtsdeurwaarders in Beverwijk where she started as a Legal advisor to the firm. Within a year she was promoted to Coordinator within the Team Execution and held the position until she resigned to return to her country.
As a daughter of the soil, Brenda believes in her country which she holds dear to her heart. The decision to return to Sint Maarten was quite easy seeing that her initial decision to leave was solely to further tertiary education abroad and to obtain the necessary working experience before coming back to serve her people to the best of her abilities.
Brenda has served on several boards on Sint Maarten, including the Supervisory Board of NAGICO, the Supervisory Board of Bureau Telecommunication & Post Sint Maarten, the Social Economic Council, the Sports Foundation, the AIDS Foundation, the Appeal Advisory Committee of the Social Insurance Bank and she currently serves as substitute member of the Appeal Commission for attorneys.
Brenda is a former law instructor for the University of Sint Martin where she taught Business Law.
Besides the legal and educational aspects of her life, Brenda invests time in empowering the youth by doing presentations at the various primary and secondary schools encouraging students to stay in school and strive for excellence. Brenda also contributes financially to various organizations on Sint Maarten as a form of giving back to people of Sint Maarten.
Brenda speaks the following languages: English, Dutch. French, Spanish and Papiamento
