New chief justice sworn in
July 17, 2009
Rhode Island: Justice Paul Suttell was sworn in as the chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court on July 16, 2009. Suttell is filling the post left open by the retirement of Frank Williams at the end of 2008, and is taking the reins from interim acting Chief Justice Maureen McKenna Goldberg.
In 2003, Republican Governor Donald Carcieri appointed Suttell to the Supreme Court,[1] and in 2009, Carcieri nominated Suttell for the post of chief justice. Suttell was approved as chief justice by the Senate 37 - 0.[2][3]
Footnotes
Federal courts:
First Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Rhode Island • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Rhode Island
State courts:
Rhode Island Supreme Court • Rhode Island Superior Court • Rhode Island District Court • Rhode Island Family Court • Rhode Island Workers' Compensation Court • Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal
State resources:
Courts in Rhode Island • Rhode Island judicial elections • Judicial selection in Rhode Island
