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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING RHODE ISLAND SUPREME COURT JUSTICE GILBERT V. INDEGLIA ON

THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT

     Introduced By: Senator V. Susan Sosnowski

     Date Introduced: June 17, 2020

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, The Honorable Gilbert V. Indeglia has served the State of Rhode Island and

its citizens with honor and integrity as a Justice for the last thirty-one years, first as an Associate

Judge of the District Court, then as a Superior Court Justice, and ultimately as a Rhode Island

Supreme Court Justice; and

     WHEREAS, Gilbert Indeglia was born in Providence, in 1941. He graduated from

Classical High School in 1959, cum laude from Boston College in 1963, and with distinction

from the University of Michigan Law School in 1966. He also served our nation with honor and

distinction as a member of the Rhode Island Air National Guard for six years; and

     WHEREAS, After graduation and admission to the Rhode Island and Federal Bars, he

began his distinguished legal career as a staff attorney in the Office of Economic Opportunity at

Neighborhood Legal Services in Providence. He later practiced law with the firm Abedon &

Abedon, partnered for seven years in a firm with his uncle, Angelo Cianciarulo, and subsequently

established a solo practice for ten years until he was appointed to the District Court; and

     WHEREAS, The Honorable Gilbert Indeglia had a distinguished record of service at the

local level, serving first as a Probate Judge and Assistant Town Solicitor in South Kingstown

from 1971 to 1973, and later as a member of the Town Council from 1977 to 1984, where he

served as Vice President for two years and President for four years; and

     WHEREAS, In 1984, the Honorable Gilbert Indeglia was elected to the Rhode Island

House of Representatives, where he served three terms from 1984 to 1989. He was a member of

the House Judiciary Committee and was elected to the position of Deputy Minority Leader.

Representative Indeglia was a highly respected member of the House known for his thoughtful

and insightful commentary during legislative debates; and

     WHEREAS, Justice Indeglia was appointed to serve on the Rhode Island District Court

by Governor Edward DiPrete, and served from 1989 to 2000, when he was appointed to the

Rhode Island Superior Court by Governor Lincoln Almond, serving ten years. In 2010, he

became one of the few justices to have served on all three state judicial branches in Rhode Island

when he was appointed to the Rhode Island Supreme Court by Governor Carcieri, a position he

held until 2020. He has always been highly regarded for his legal acumen and for having a superb

judicial temperament; and

     WHEREAS, Justice Indeglia is a former member of the Supreme Court’s Advisory

Committee on the Code of Judicial Ethics and the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education

Commission. He has also served as an Instructor at the Roger Williams University School of

Law, and is a co-founder and former member of the Board of Directors of the Courthouse Center

for the Arts, and co-founder and member of the South Kingstown Land Trust. He is married to

Elizabeth Indeglia and together they have two children and three grandchildren; now, therefore be

it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby congratulates Rhode Island Supreme Court Justice Gilbert Indeglia on his forthcoming

retirement in June of 2020. We thank him for his forty-nine years of exemplary service to the

State of Rhode Island, and we wish him a most happy, healthy, and joyous retirement; and be it

further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Honorable Justice Gilbert Indeglia.

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