Erin Lynch Prata | |
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Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court | |
Assumed office January 4, 2021 | |
Appointed by | Gina Raimondo |
Preceded by | Gilbert V. Indeglia |
Member of the Rhode Island Senate from the 31st district | |
In office January 2009 –November 2020 | |
Preceded by | John C. Revens Jr. |
Succeeded by | Kendra Anderson |
Personal details | |
Born | Erin Patricia Lynch May 17,1975 Warwick,Rhode Island,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Joseph Prata |
Education | Boston College (BA) Catholic University of America (JD) |
Erin Patricia Lynch Prata [1] (born May 17,1975 in Warwick,Rhode Island) is an American politician and an Associate Justice on the Rhode Island Supreme Court. She previously served in the Rhode Island Senate representing District 31 since January 2009. Lynch Prata served as Chairwoman on the Senate Committee on Judiciary,as well as a member of the Senate Committee on Rules,Government Ethics &Oversight and the Senate Committee on Special Legislation &Veterans' Affairs. [2] She focused on issues including public education,economic development,job growth,health care and environmental protection. [3] She was confirmed to be an Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court in December 2020.
She is the ninth of ten children of John and Pat Lynch,all of whom were born and raised in Warwick,Rhode Island. [4]
She attended Cedar Hill School and Winman Junior High School before graduating from Toll Gate High School in 1993. [4] She earned her Bachelor of Arts in history from Boston College in 1997 and her Juris Doctor from Columbus School of Law in 2000. [3] [4] [5]
After graduating from law school,she was a law clerk for Justice Maureen McKenna Goldberg of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. [5] [4] She has practiced law with her own law firm in Warwick and is an attorney with Lynch,Bernard &Lynch (now Lynch,Lynch and Friel). [4] [5]
On December 8,2020,Governor Gina Raimondo nominated Lynch Prata to be an associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. [13] The Rhode Island Senate confirmed her nomination on December 18,2020. [14] She was sworn in on January 4,2021. [15]
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