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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Joseph A. Montalbano |
| Address | President of the Senate 318 State House
Providence, Rhode Island 02903, United States |
| Email | sen-montalbano@rilin.state.ri.us |
| Website | [Link] |
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November 23, 1954
(70 years)
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| Contributor | User 215 |
| Last Modifed | User 215
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Joseph A. Montalbano was born in Providence, Rhode Island on November 23, 1954. He graduated from Portsmouth Priory School, earned a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975, and a Juris Doctorate Degree from St. John’s School of Law in 1979. President Montalbano is a partner in the law firm of Montalbano & Montalbano, LTD. in North Providence, Rhode Island. He resides in North Providence with his wife, Linda and their son, Stephen.
President Montalbano represents District 17, which includes portions of Pawtucket, North Providence, and Lincoln. He was first elected to the Rhode Island Senate in 1988. President Montalbano served as the Judiciary Committee’s Vice Chairman from 1995-1996 and Secretary from 1993-1994. From January 2001 to November 2002 he served as the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He was Senate Majority Leader from January 2002 to January 2003, when his Democratic and Republican colleagues unanimously elected him President of the Senate.
In addition to his service in the Senate, he is Chief Judge of the North Providence Municipal Court, a post he was appointed to in January 1997. President Montalbano is also Title Counsel and Condominium Specialist for Mortgage Guarantee & Title Company in East Providence, and Legal Counsel for the Housing Authority of the City of Pawtucket.
He taught Constitutional Law and Criminal Law and the Constitution at the Community College of Rhode Island.
He was a Past Grand Knight for the Bouffard Council, Knights of Columbus in North Providence.
President Montalbano has served on the Rhode Island Higher Education Assistance Authority (1990-1994), the Rhode Island Student Loan Authority (1990-1994), and the Narragansett Bay Commission (1993-1998).
President Montalbano has also served as a member of the former Senate Committees on Corporations; Health, Education, and Welfare; and the Senate Committee on Labor. As President of the Senate, Senator Montalbano is an ex officio member of all Senate Committees. He presides over all Sessions of the Senate and Grand Committee, appoints members to all Senate committees and the Senate members of all joint committees, and may create other committees and subcommittees as may be required and appoint members to them in accordance with the law. He also appoints the chairperson, vice-chairperson, and secretary of all Senate committees, majority whip, deputy majority whip, and deputy majority leaders. He oversees a full-time staff of 50 people, and additional part-time employees when the Senate is in session.
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