Maureen McKenna Goldberg is an American jurist who is currently the senior justice of the

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Education

Goldberg attended St. Mary Academy – Bay View, a college preparatory school in

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, where she graduated from in 1969. She went on to receive her undergraduate education from Providence College, graduating in 1973. Goldberg is a 1978 graduate of Suffolk University Law School in

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Career

Goldberg was an Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division from 1978 to 1984. She served as

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Town Solicitor from 1985 to 1987 and as Westerly Town Solicitor from 1987 to 1990. In 1990, Goldberg served as Acting Town Manager of Westerly. From July 1990 to May 1997, Goldberg served as an associate justice of the

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. In 1997, she was appointed by Governor

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to serve on the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

Personal life

Goldberg is married to Robert Goldberg, a lobbyist and former

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leader in the

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References

External links

Supreme Court Justice Profile
Rhode Island Secretary of State
Engendering Equality
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