John Lester Hubbard Chafee was an American politician and officer in the United States Marine Corps. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 66th Governor of Rhode Island,as the Secretary of the Navy,and as a United States Senator.
John Orlando Pastore was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as a United States Senator from Rhode Island from 1950 to 1976 and as the 61st governor of Rhode Island from 1945 to 1950. He was the first Italian American elected to the Senate.
Sheldon Whitehouse is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Rhode Island since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as a United States Attorney from 1993 to 1998 and the 71st attorney general of Rhode Island from 1999 to 2003.
The Rhode Island Supreme Court is the court of last resort in the U.S. State of Rhode Island. The Court consists of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices,all selected by the Governor of Rhode Island from candidates vetted by the Judicial Nominating Commission. Each justice enjoys lifetime tenure and no mandatory retirement age,similar to Federal judges. Justices may be removed only if impeached for improper conduct by a vote of the Rhode Island House of Representatives and convicted by trial in the Rhode Island Senate.
Francesco"Frank" Caprio is an American jurist who served as the chief judge of the municipal court of Providence,Rhode Island,and chairman of the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education. His judicial work is televised on the program Caught in Providence. He has also made appearances in the series Parking Wars, adjudicating several cases of traffic violations.
Philip William Noel is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 68th Governor of Rhode Island. He was elected in 1972,and re-elected in 1974.
Frank R. Licht was an American politician and the 67th Governor of Rhode Island from 1969 to 1973,serving as the first Jewish governor in Rhode Island state history. He was also an associate justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court from 1956 to 1968 and member of the Rhode Island Senate from 1949 to 1956.
Paul James Barbadoro is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. In July 2016,he was appointed by Chief Justice Roberts as the chair of the Executive Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States.
Dwight Foster was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He served as Massachusetts Attorney General and was an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
Robert Emmet Quinn was an American attorney and politician from Rhode Island. He served as the 58th Governor of Rhode Island and Judge for the Rhode Island Superior Court.
David Howell was a Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation from Rhode Island,an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island,Attorney General of Rhode Island and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.
Ojetta Rogeriee Thompson,known commonly as O. Rogeriee Thompson,is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and a former Rhode Island Superior Court justice.
Vincent Anthony Ragosta was an American lawyer and jurist from Rhode Island. He was a former Rhode Island Superior Court justice.
Ada Lewis Sawyer (1892–1985) was an American lawyer. She is remembered as the first woman to take and pass the bar exam in the state of Rhode Island.
Gilbert V. Indeglia is a former justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.
Erin Patricia Lynch Prata 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. She focused on issues including public education,economic development,job growth,health care and environmental protection. She was confirmed to be an Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court in December 2020.
Edward Peter Gallogly was an American politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island for four years and as chief judge of the Rhode Island Family Court for 17 years.
Jeremiah S. Jeremiah,Jr. was an American jurist who served as the Chief Judge of the Rhode Island Family Court from March 1987 until June 2010.
Melissa A. Long is an Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court and a former Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court.
Lara Elizabeth Montecalvo is an American lawyer from Rhode Island who is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
