2020 -- S 2935 | |
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LC005653 | |
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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 | |
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Introduced By: Senators McCaffrey, Ruggerio, Goodwin, Coyne, and Archambault | |
Date Introduced: December 17, 2020 | |
Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar | |
1 | WHEREAS, The Honorable Gilbert V. Indeglia has served the State of Rhode Island and |
2 | its citizens with honor and integrity as a Justice for the last thirty-one years, first as an Associate |
3 | Judge of the District Court, then as a Superior Court Justice, and ultimately as a Rhode Island |
4 | Supreme Court Justice; and |
5 | WHEREAS, Gilbert Indeglia was born in Providence, in 1941. He graduated from |
6 | Classical High School in 1959, cum laude from Boston College in 1963, and with distinction |
7 | from the University of Michigan Law School in 1966. He also served our nation with honor and |
8 | distinction as a member of the Rhode Island Air National Guard for six years; and |
9 | WHEREAS, After graduation and admission to the Rhode Island and Federal Bars, he |
10 | began his distinguished legal career as a staff attorney in the Office of Economic Opportunity at |
11 | Neighborhood Legal Services in Providence. He later practiced law with the firm Abedon & |
12 | Abedon, partnered for seven years in a firm with his uncle, Angelo Cianciarulo, and subsequently |
13 | established a solo practice for ten years until he was appointed to the District Court; and |
14 | WHEREAS, The Honorable Gilbert Indeglia had a distinguished record of service at the |
15 | local level, serving first as a Probate Judge and Assistant Town Solicitor in South Kingstown |
16 | from 1971 to 1973, and later as a member of the Town Council from 1977 to 1984, where he |
17 | served as Vice President for two years and President for four years; and |
18 | WHEREAS, In 1984, the Honorable Gilbert Indeglia was elected to the Rhode Island |
19 | House of Representatives, where he served three terms from 1984 to 1989. He was a member of |
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1 | the House Judiciary Committee and was elected to the position of Deputy Minority Leader. |
2 | Representative Indeglia was a highly respected member of the House known for his thoughtful |
3 | and insightful commentary during legislative debates; and |
4 | WHEREAS, Justice Indeglia was appointed to serve on the Rhode Island District Court |
5 | by Governor Edward DiPrete, and served from 1989 to 2000, when he was appointed to the |
6 | Rhode Island Superior Court by Governor Lincoln Almond, serving ten years. In 2010, he |
7 | became one of the few justices to have served on all three state judicial branches in Rhode Island |
8 | when he was appointed to the Rhode Island Supreme Court by Governor Carcieri, a position he |
9 | held until 2020. He has always been highly regarded for his legal acumen and for having a superb |
10 | judicial temperament; and |
11 | WHEREAS, Justice Indeglia is a former member of the Supreme Court’s Advisory |
12 | Committee on the Code of Judicial Ethics and the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education |
13 | Commission. He has also served as an Instructor at the Roger Williams University School of |
14 | Law, and is a co-founder and former member of the Board of Directors of the Courthouse Center |
15 | for the Arts, and co-founder and member of the South Kingstown Land Trust. He is married to |
16 | Elizabeth Indeglia and together they have two children and three grandchildren; now, therefore be |
17 | it |
18 | RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby congratulates Rhode |
19 | Island Supreme Court Justice Gilbert Indeglia on his retirement in June of 2020. We thank him |
20 | for his forty-nine years of exemplary service to the State of Rhode Island, and we wish him a |
21 | most happy, healthy, and joyous retirement; and be it further |
22 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
23 | transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Honorable Justice Gilbert Indeglia. |
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