Robert G. Flanders Jr. (born July 9, 1949) is an American attorney who is a partner at Whelan Corrente & Flanders.[1] He is also the founder of Flanders and Medeiros.

Bob Flanders
Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
In office
1996–2004
Succeeded byWilliam P. Robinson III
Personal details
Born
Robert G. Flanders Jr.

(1949-07-09) July 9, 1949 (age 75)
North Massapequa, New York, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseAnn Flanders
Children3
EducationBachelor of Arts
Juris Doctor
Alma materBrown University
Harvard University

Previously, Flanders served as an Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from 1996 to 2004.[2]

Early life and education

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Flanders was born in 1949 in North Massapequa, Long Island, New York and grew up in a middle-class family.[3] His father was a salesman while his mother worked in fast food restaurants.[3] He received his early education from Chaminade High School in Mineola, New York.[4]

For his college education, he went to Brown University and graduated magna cum laude in 1971 with a major in English.[3][5][6] During his college years at Brown, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and received a prize for an essay he wrote on the classicism of Henry Fielding in Tom Jones.[3]

As a law student at Harvard, Flanders played minor league baseball for the Detroit Tigers and served as an editor of the Harvard Law Record.[7] He graduated from law school in 1974.[4]

Career

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In 2004, after eight years of service as a justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, he resigned from the post and joined Hinckley, Allen & Snyder as a partner.[8]

In 2011, Governor Lincoln Chafee appointed Flanders as the Central Falls Receiver, tasked with addressing the city's financial distress.[4]

As an academic, Flanders has taught constitutional law and judicial process courses at the Roger Williams University Law School, as a distinguished visiting professor, and at Brown University, as an adjunct assistant professor of law and public policy.[4][6]

2018 U.S. Senate campaign

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Flanders won the Republican party nomination, defeating the only other candidate on the ballot, Rocky De La Fuente, a businessman who was seeking to get on the Senate ballot in several states in 2018.[9]

As the Republican Party nominee, he participated in the 2018 election for US Senator from Rhode Island. He lost the election to Democratic incumbent, Sheldon Whitehouse.[10]

Personal life

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Flanders grew up in a middle class household and is the oldest of seven children.[3] He is a strong advocate of separation of powers.[3]

He and his wife Ann live in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. They have three children.[11]

Bibliography

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  • Flanders, Jr., Robert G. (2005). Rhode Island Evidence Manual. LexisNexis.
  • Flanders, Jr., Robert G.; Conley, Patrick (2007). The Rhode Island Constitution: A Reference Guide. Praeger.
  • Flanders, Jr., Robert G.; Michaelis, Ron C.; Wulff, Paula H. (2008). A Litigator's Guide to DNA: From the Laboratory to the Courtroom. Academic Press.
  • Flanders, Jr., Robert G. et al. (2017). A Practical Guide to Land Use Law in Rhode Island
  • Flanders, Jr., Robert G. et al. (2022). Rhode Island Civil and Appellate Procedure with Commentaries. Thomson/Reuters.

References

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  1. ^ "Flanders Joins RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity's Board of Directors". GoLocalProv.
  2. ^ "Democrat Raimondo, Republican Fung sail to victory in Rhode Island Gubernatorial primary". ABC News.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Gregg, Katherine. "Robert Flanders readies Senate challenge to Sheldon Whitehouse". The Providence Journal.
  4. ^ a b c d "RI.gov: Rhode Island Government". www.ri.gov.
  5. ^ Gregg, Katherine. "Former Supreme Court Justice Flanders announces run for U.S. Senate | video". The Providence Journal.
  6. ^ a b "Flanders '71: from minor league baseball to a federal bench recommendation". The Brown Daily Herald.
  7. ^ "Bob Flanders Minor Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com.
  8. ^ Alicia Korney (September 11, 2004). "Former Supreme Court judge steps down to join law firm". Providence Business News. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  9. ^ "RI.gov: Election Results". www.ri.gov.
  10. ^ "RI.gov: Election Results". www.ri.gov.
  11. ^ "Document unavailable". ProQuest.
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Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
(Class 1)

2018
Succeeded by