Beyond the Bio Speaker Series - Justice Maureen McKenna Goldberg

Real People. Real Stories. Real Connections.

Gather with us for Beyond the Bio on Thursday, May 14, co-sponsored by the Rhode Island Women’s Bar Association.

We're sending Justice Maureen McKenna Goldberg, who has been a Judge for 36 years and a Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court for 29 years, off into retirement as a community celebrating her remarkable career!

Justice Goldberg was born in Pawtucket, R.I., and grew up in a family of seven children in East Providence. Following her graduation from St. Mary Academy Bay View, she attended Salve Regina University, then transferred to Providence College when it began accepting women as undergraduates in 1971, graduating cum laude in 1973. She then taught reading and social studies to third and fourth graders at an inner-city elementary school in Providence.

Justice Goldberg attended Suffolk University Law School, earning her Doctor of Law degree with honors in 1978. She worked as a prosecutor for R.I. Attorney General Dennis Roberts. She was one of two women appointed assistant attorney general, a first for the state. She later became administrator in the criminal division. After her service in state government, she worked in private practice with a concentration in representing the State and its municipalities. Gov. Edward D. DiPrete appointed her a Justice in the Rhode Island Superior Court in 1990. In 1997, she was appointed to the Supreme Court by Gov. Lincoln C. Almond, the third woman to serve on that Court and the only woman to serve as Chief Justice (acting). She is the second longest serving Justice of the RI Supreme Court (28 years) and has issued approximately 800 opinions (797 to be exact). She holds five honorary degrees and is the recipient of numerous awards recognizing her service to the Judiciary.

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