• District Court, D. Rhode Island

  Judge

  1994 – present · 32 yrsAppointed by William Jefferson Clinton

Career

• Member

  Select Commission to Investigate the Failure of Rhode Island Share and Deposit Indemnity Corporation

  1991 – 1992 · 1 yr

• Chief disciplinary counsel

  Supreme Court of Rhode Island

  1990 – 1994 · 4 yrs

• Deputy disciplinary counsel

  Supreme Court of Rhode Island

  1988 – 1990 · 2 yrs

• Director

  Court Appointed Special Advocate Program, Rhode Island Family Court

  1982 – 1987 · 5 yrs

• Assistant child advocate

  Office of the Child Advocate, State of Rhode Island

  1981 – 1982 · 1 yr

• Private practice

  1981 – 1982 · 1 yr

• Assistant public defender

  Rhode Island Public Defender's Office

  1977 – 1981 · 4 yrs

Education