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OFFICE ADVOCATE: R.I. Public Defender Collin Geiselman says he’s asking legislators to add $600,000 more in the R.I. Office of the Public Defender’s fiscal 2025 budget to raise the wages of staff attorneys as a recruitment and retention tool. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Understaffed public defenders struggling to cover cases

Focus 02/16/2024

R.I. Public Defender Collin Geiselman is accustomed to attorneys on his staff leaving to take higher-paying positions at private law firms, but now he’s...

RAISING THE BAR: Paul A. Suttell is poised to succeed Frank J. Williams as chief justice of the R.I. Supreme Court. /

Suttell named president of Conference of Chief Justices

Government 07/28/2021

PROVIDENCE – R.I. Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell on Wednesday was named president of the national Conference of Chief Justices. Suttell this week...

State courts plan to resume regular operations by Sept.

Law 07/21/2021

PROVIDENCE (AP) – Rhode Island's courts are preparing to resume regular operations this fall. State Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell issued an executive...

THE RHODE ISLAND Courts have established a steering committee to form a Committee on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts.

Rhode Island courts to form committee on racial justice

Government 09/04/2020

PROVIDENCE (AP) – The Rhode Island courts are creating a racial justice committee to ensure that everyone involved in the system – from defendants,...

R.I. Judiciary temporarily closes 2 county courthouses during COVID-19 pandemic

Coronavirus 04/03/2020

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Judiciary has shut down two county courthouses temporarily due to the coronavirus crisis, according to an executive order signed by...