Gilbert Indeglia | |
Office: | Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court |
Appointer: | Donald Carcieri |
Term Start: | April 28, 2010 |
Term End: | June 30, 2020 |
Predecessor: | Paul Suttell |
Successor: | Erin Lynch Prata |
Office1: | Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court |
Appointer1: | Lincoln Almond |
Term Start1: | 2000 |
Term End1: | April 28, 2010 |
Successor1: | Brian Van Couyghen |
State House2: | Rhode Island |
District2: | 48th |
Term Start2: | January 1, 1985 |
Term End2: | January 3, 1989 |
Predecessor2: | Roger L. Pearson |
Successor2: | Donald Lally |
Birth Date: | 31 August 1941 |
Birth Place: | Providence, Rhode Island |
Spouse: | Elizabeth L. (Wescott) Indeglia |
Party: | Republican |
Residence: | Kingston, Rhode Island |
Alma Mater: | Boston College University of Michigan Law School |
Gilbert V. Indeglia (born August 31, 1941)[1] is a former justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.
Gilbert Indeglia was born into a family of attorneys and is a grandson of Rhode Island's first official public defender. Indeglia is a 1959 graduate of Providence's Classical High School, a 1963 graduate of Boston College, and a 1966 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School. After graduation Indeglia worked in private practice for 20 years and served in the RI Air National Guard from 1967 to 1972. He also served as a South Kingstown probate judge and town solicitor and in the Rhode Island House of Representatives in the 48th District from 1985 to 1989 as a Republican. Indeglia was a member of the House Judiciary Committee that presided over impeachment proceedings for the late Supreme Court Chief Justice Joseph A. Bevilacqua. Indeglia also served as a member of the South Kingstown Town Council from 1977 to 1984. Indeglia was appointed to the Rhode Island District Court in 1989 and the Rhode Island Superior Court in 2000. In 2010 Governor Donald Carcieri appointed him to the Rhode Island Supreme Court.
On January 10, 2020, Indeglia announced his intent to retire at the end of June 2020.[2]
Indeglia is married to the former Elizabeth L. Westcott and as of 2010 has two children and three grandchildren.[3]