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March 26, 2008

Carcieri nominates three for judgeships

Governor Carcieri today nominated three judges for state Superior, District and Family Courts.

Bennett R. Gallo was nominated to fill the Superior Court seat vacated after the recent retirement of Associate Justice Stephen Fortunato, Jr. Gallo of West Greenwich is a lawyer at Gunning, LaFazia & Gnys of Providence. He served as assistant attorney general from 1973 to 1975 and as special attorney general from 1971 to 1973. He received a bachelor's degree in 1966 from Providence College and his law degree from Suffolk University in 1969.

Supreme Court Clerk Pamela W. Pfeiffer was nominated to succeed District Court Associate Judge John McLoughlin, who retired. Pfeiffer has served as state Supreme Court clerk since 2003. She was a special assistant attorney general from 1997 to 2003 and an associate at two Massachusetts law firms. She got her bachelor's from Hofstra University in 1983 and a law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1988.

Family Court Magistrate Debra E. DiSegna was nominated to take the position formerly held by Family Court Associate Judge Pamela M. Macktaz. DiSegna has been a Family Court Magistrate since 1989. She was a special assistant attorney general from 1983 to 1987. DiSegna also taught law classes part-time in the 1980s at Bryant College and Johnson and Wales University. She has a bachelor's from Rhode Island College in 1977 and her got her law degree from Suffolk University in 1982.

The nominations are subject to "advice and consent" of the state Senate, the governor's office said in a news release.

“I’m very pleased to nominate Bennett Gallo, Pamela Pfeiffer and Debra DiSegna to serve as judges in Rhode Island’s court system,” Carcieri said in the statement. “I believe they all possess the experience, ability and temperament to serve the people of Rhode Island well for years to come.”

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 12:08 PM | Permalink

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