Patrick Lynch (Rhode Island attorney general)
| Patrick Lynch | |
|---|---|
| 72nd Attorney General of Rhode Island | |
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In office January 7, 2003 – January 4, 2011 |
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| Governor | Donald Carcieri |
| Preceded by | Sheldon Whitehouse |
| Succeeded by | Peter Kilmartin |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 4, 1965 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
Brown University Queen's University, Belfast Suffolk University |
Patrick C. Lynch (born February 4, 1965, Providence, Rhode Island) is an American lawyer who served as Rhode Island's Attorney General. He has overseen the investigation and prosecution of the second-deadliest fire in Rhode Island history and also successfully sued former lead paint manufacturers for cleanup costs associated with their old products. He easily won reelection in 2006.
He has two children, Kelsey and Graham.
His brother is William J. Lynch, former Chairman of the Democratic Party of Rhode Island.
While attending St. Raphael Academy in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Lynch excelled at basketball and baseball. He went on to attend Brown University, where he led the basketball team to its first Ivy League Championship and its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
He graduated from Brown University with a B.S. in Economics and Political Science in 1987 and took graduate courses at Queen's University of Belfast while playing professional basketball in Northern Ireland and taking part in a program called Sports Corps, modeled after the Peace Corps.
After returning to the United States, Lynch earned a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in 1992. He then worked for two years as a clerk for Presiding Superior Court Joseph Rodgers, Jr., and then joined the R.I. attorney general's office in 1994. Lynch was eventually named lead prosecutor of the state's Organized Crime Unit. In 1999, Lynch joined Rhode Island law firm Tillinghast Licht Perkins Smith & Cohen, where he worked until being elected attorney general.
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