Justice Flaherty (other)
Justice Flaherty may refer to: * Francis Flaherty (judge) (born 1947), associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court * John P. Flaherty Jr. John Paul Flaherty Jr. (November 19, 1931 – February 20, 2019) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from 1978 to 2001 and chief justice of the Court from 1996 to 2001. He retired at the end of 2001. His seat as Justice was fille ...

Francis Flaherty (judge)
Francis X. Flaherty (born January 8, 1947) is a former Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. Flaherty was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor Donald Carcieri in 2003. Prior to his service on the Supreme Court, his career included service as a member of the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education, the mayor of the city of Warwick, and the private practice of law. Flaherty is a graduate of Suffolk University Law School and Providence College. Between college and law school, he served in the United States Army from 1968 to 1970. His service included deployment to Vietnam where he earned the Bronze Star for Valor as a platoon leader. After graduating from law school, Flaherty was an Assistant City Solicitor in Warwick from 1975 until 1978. His political career then began with election to the City Council in 1978 and eventual election to three terms as mayor of Warwick serving from 1985 to 1990. He ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic Party Primary ...
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