Judicial/Legal Misconduct*
in Rhode Island
*Following are some of the attorneys, law firms, or judges who have been reported
to have been disciplined by the State of Rhode Island for unethical conduct,
who reside in Rhode Island but have been disciplined in other states, sued
for malpractice, arrested, indicted, incarcerated, who for one reason or another is or has been prohibited to practice law in the State of Rhode Island, or have been charged with unethical and/or criminal conduct, who have violated the Supreme Law of the Land,
have engaged in conduct which tends to defeat the administration of justice
or to bring the courts and the legal business into disrepute, etc.
ABILHERIA, LOUIS B.
ADAE, BRIAN F.
ALLEN, W. SLATER
ALMEDIA, LILLIAN M. (Associate Judge)
ALMEIDA, ANTONIO (Justice)
ALMEIDA, ANTONIO S.
ALMONTE, PETER A.
ANGER, GLEN A.
ARRIGAN, ROBERT F. (Chief Judge)
BACCARI, VINCENT J.
BASHAW, MICHAEL
BEDROSIAN, HAIGANUSH R. (Associate Justice)
BEECHER, H. ROBERT
BERBERIAN, ARAM K.
BERTNESS, JANETTE A. (Associate Judge)
BEVILACQUA, JOSEPH (Chief Justice)
BEVILACQUA JR, JOSEPH
BIAFORE, JOHN JR.
BOLLENGIER, ALFRED E.
BORISKIN, RICHARD D.
BOUDEWYNS, TIMOTHY M. (Magistrate Judge)
BOURCIER, JOHNE P. (Associate Justice)
BOYER, EDWARD K.
BOYLE, FRANCIS J. (Senior District Judge)
BRILL, MARVIN A.
BROUSSEAR, ROBERT R.
BROWN, JOHN H.
BUCCI, ANDREW A.
BUCCI, ANTHONY
BUCCI, ELAINE T. (Associate Judge)
BUTLER, RAYMOND G.
CAGEN, ANDREW
CANHAM, JOHN J.
CAPPELLI, JOHN J. (Associate Judge)
CASSIERE, JOSEPH
CATONI, RAYMOND J.
CENERINI, FRANK J. (Associate Judge)
CERILLI, BENEDETTO A. (Associate Judge)
CHACE, N. JAMESON
CHAIKA, WILLIAM Y.
CHAMPAGNE, PHILIP M.
CHAROS, AUGUSTUS JR.
CHOINIERE, EDWARD F.
CIANCI, VINCENT A.
CIULLO, ALBERT R. (Associate Judge)
CLIFTON, EDWARD C. (Associate Justice)
COIA, 2000-244-MP (R.I. Nov. 20, 2000)
COKEN, MORTON
COLE, JONATHEN E.
COMOLLI, GEORGE A.
CONCEMI, SAMUEL J.
COSTELLO, RICHARD S.
COZZOLINO, JOSEPH
CRESTO, DOMINIC F. (Associate Justice)
CURRAN, THOMAS J.
D'ADDARIO, RICHARD P.
D'AMBRA, JOSEPH R.
D'AMBROSIO, DAMON M.
DALEY, RICHARD F.
DARIGAN JR, FRANCIS J. (Associate Justice)
DAY, EDWARD W. JR.
DECESARIS, ROBERT J.
DELGUIDICE, ANTHONY S.
DELSESTO, RICHARD R.
DELUCA, RALPH C.
DEROBBIO, ALBERT E. (Chief Justice)
DEVANE, MICHAEL
DEVINE, WILLIAM V.
DIMITRI JR, WILLIAM A. (Associate Justice)
DIORO, ARMANDO
DIPIPPO, ROBERT F.
DISANDRO, EDMOND A.
DODD, TIMOTHY
DONOVAN, DANIEL J.
ERIKSON, STEPHEN P. (Associate Judge)
FAMIGLIETTI (Associate Justice)
FARRELLY, THOMAS F.
FAY, THOMAS (Chief Justice)
FAY, THOMAS F.
FIORENZANO, FRANK J.
FLANDERS, ROBERT G. (Associate Justice)
FLYNN, JOHN F.
FOLCARELLI, GIOVANNI
FORNARO, JOHN E.
FORTE, MICHAEL B.
FORTE, MICHAEL B. (Associate Justice)
FORTUNATO JR, STEPHEN J. (Associate Justice)
FRANK, AUTHER D.
FUYAT, JOHN (Justice)
FUYAT, JOHN E.
GAGNON, RONALD R. (Associate Justice)
GALLUCCI, JOSEPH E.
GEMMA JR, HENRY (Associate Justice)
GERVASINI, DAVID W.
GIBNEY, ALICE BRIDGET (Associate Justice)
GILROY, WILLIAM G. (Associate Judge)
GLANTZ, RONALD H.
GOING, JOSEPH B.
GOLD, ANDREW R.
GOLDBERG, MAUREEN MCKENNA (Associate Justice)
GONNELLA, RALPH J.
GORDON, STEPHEN A.
GORMAN, WALTER (Associate Judge)
GRAHAM, JOHN E. III
GREGIAN, BERG
GRIMES, PETER O.
GROCHOWSKI, THOMAS M.
GROGAN, EDWARD
HAGOPIAN, JACOB (Retired Magistrate Judge)
HARROP, R. DANIEL
HAZIAN, GREGORY
HEALY, GEORGE E. (Associate Judge)
HICKEY, JOSEPH A. III
HIGGINS, MICHAEL A. (Associate Judge)
HINES, JOHN H. JR.
HODGE, BRUCE
HOLLAND, JEREMIAH E.
HORAN, MICHAEL F.
HULL, MICHAEL T.
HURST, PATRICIA A. (Associate Justice)
HUTTON, THOMAS C.
INDEGLIA, GILBERT V. (Associate Judge)
ISRAEL, RICHARD J. (Associate Justice)
JACKVONY, THOMAS E.
JEREMIAH JR, JEREMIAH S. (Chief Judge)
JONES, DELPHIS R.
KAMARAS, LEONARD A.
KELAGHAN, EDWARD J.
KELLY, JOHN J.
KENNY, JOHN V.
KIRSHENBAUM, SANFORD M.
KRAUSE JR, HAROLD E.
KRAUSE, ROBERT D. (Associate Justice)
KRITZ, JEROME H.
LAGUEUX, RONALD R. (Chief District Judge)
LAING, LYNDA
LALLO, JOHN F.
LALLO, JOHN F. (Associate Judge)
LALLO, JOHN FRANCIS
LANDMAN, OWEN B.
LANNI, JOHN J.
LAWRENCE, FREDERICK A.
LEDERBERG, VICTORIA (Associate Justice)
LENIHAN, FRANCIS T.
LENNON, JOHN S.
LEPORE, ALBERT J.
LEVITT, JAMES D.
LIPSEY, HOWARD I. (Associate Justice)
LISI, MARY M. (District Judge)
LITTLE, FRANCIS E.
LONG, 2000-270-MP (R.I. July 24, 2000)
LOVEGREEN, ROBERT W. (Magistrate Judge)
LYNCH, JOHN D.
MACKEY, FRANCIS X.
MACKTAZ, PAMELA M. (Associate Justice)
MACSOUD, KENNETH J.
MARDEROSIAN, GEORGE A.
MATTERA, FRANK MATTHEW
MATTSON, ROBERT K.
MCCARTHY, KEVIN D.
MCCONNELL, ANDREW E. (Associate Judge)
MCDONALD, GEORGE F.
MCDONALD, THOMAS L.
MCENANEY, EDWARD J.
MCGUIRL, JOHN P.
MCKENNA, DAVID
MCLOUGHLIN, JOHN M. (Associate Judge)
MEDBERRY, DAVID W.
MESSORE, CONSTANCE L. (Associate Judge)
MOORE PATRICIA D. (Associate Judge)
MORIN, BRUCE Q. (Associate Judge)
MOSCA, ANGELO A. III
MUKA, BETTY O.
MULLANEY, THOMAS C.
MULLEN, JAMES J.
MUNSON, ALLEGRA E.
MURRAY JR, FRANCIS J. (Associate Justice)
MURRAY, FLORENCE K. (Retired Justice)
MUTTER, JOHN A. (Associate Justice)
NEEDHAM, THOMAS H. (Associate Justice)
NERO, PAT
NEWMAN, EDWARD H.
NUGENT, J. JOSEPH JR.
O'DONNELL, WILLIAM K.
OLSEN, PETER
OLSSON, DEBRA L. (Associate Judge)
PALLOZZI, VINCENT (Chief Judge)
PALOMBO JR, PETER (Associate Justice)
PARKER, EDWARD C. (Associate Judge)
PEARLMAN, THOMAS W.
PELLIZZARI, JOHN F.
PENNACCHIA, ANTHONY F.
PEOTROWSKI, WILLIAM J. JR.
PETTINE, RAYMOND J. (Senior District Judge)
PEZZULLO, JANET M.
PFEIFFER, MARK A. (Associate Justice)
PICCIRILLI, VINCENT J.
PIRRAGLIA, ROBERT K. (Associate Judge)
PITASSI, ROBERT A.
POULIOT, GERALD J.
PRESS, MARC B.
QUATTROCCHI, JOHN E.
RAGOSTA, VINCENT A. (Associate Justice)
RAHILL, ROBERT J. (Associate Judge)
RAO, CARMINE A. (Associate Judge)
RESMINI, RONALD J.
RICCI, DENNIS H.
ROCHA, GILBERT T. (Associate Justice)
RODGERS JR, JOSEPH F. (Presiding Justice)
ROMANO, JOSEPH, JR.
ROMANO, SALVATORE L. JR.
ROSEN, PHILLIP S.
ROSS, ROGER
ROTONDI JR, JOHN (Associate Judge)
SALK, BURTON
SARAULT, BRIAN J.
SARAULT, STEPHEN A.
SAVAGE, JUDITH COLENBACK (Associate Justice)
SCHIFF, INA P.
SCOLIARD, SHELDON R.
SCUNGIO, 2000-414-MP (R.I. Dec. 12, 2000)
SCUNGIO, JOHN ANTHONY
SELYA, BRUCE M. (Circuit Judge)
SEPLOCHA, JONI
SHAWCROSS, RAYMOND E. (Associate Justice)
SHEA, DONALD F. (Retired Justice)
SHEA, KENNETH J.
SHEEHAN, JOHN F. (Associate Justice)
SHEEHAN, JOHN T. JR.
SHERLOCK, JOHN F. JR.
SILVA, DANIEL J.
SILVA, ROBERT M.
SILVERSTEIN, MICHAEL A. (Associate Justice)
SIMMONS, ROBERT L.
SINESI, DON G.
SMITH, BENJAMIN A.
SMITH, Z. HERSHEL
SOULS, JAMES M.
SPARROW, VICTOR H. III
SPATZER, SAMUEL MARK
SPEARS, IRIC VONN
SPRAGUE, PAUL
SPUNGIN, NATHAN
STEWART, SADIE MOORE
STONE, SUMNER D.
ST.ONGE, EDWARD
SURDUT, RAYMOND J.
SUTTELL, PAUL A. (Associate Justice)
TALLO, RICHARD C.
TESTA, ROBERT
THOMPSON, O. ROGERIEE (Associate Justice)
THUNBERG, MELANIE WILK (Associate Justice)
TORRES, ERNEST C. (District Judge)
TOSCANO, JOHN P.
TRAUDT, TERRENCE P.
VOCCOLA, KATHLEEN A. (Associate Justice)
VOGEL, NETTI C. (Associate Justice)
WALSH, STEPHEN R.
WATT, ALBERT B.
WATT, ROBERT D.
WEBSTER, JOHN B.
WEISBERGER, JOSEPH R. (Chief Justice)
WHEELER, PERRY D.
WILLIAMS, FRANK J. (Associate Justice)
YASHAR, MARJORIE R. (Associate Judge)
ZARLENGA, BENEDETTO L.
ZOGLIO, ARNOLD
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