Background
Weisberger, Joseph Robert was born on August 3, 1920 in Providence. Son of Samuel Joseph and Ann Elizabeth (Meighan) Weisberger.
state supreme court chief justice
Weisberger, Joseph Robert was born on August 3, 1920 in Providence. Son of Samuel Joseph and Ann Elizabeth (Meighan) Weisberger.
AB, Brown University, Providence, 1942. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Brown University, Providence, 1992. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1949.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Rhode Island College, Providence. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Suffolk University, Boston. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Mount St. Joseph College.
Data Control Language (honorary), Providence College. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Bryant College, Smithfield, Rhode Island. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Roger Williams College, 1992.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Constantine University, 1997. Doctor of Laws, Southern New England School Law, 1998. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, 2001.
With, Quinn & Quinn, Providence, 1951-1956;
solicitor, Glocester, Rhode Island, 1953-1956;
judge, Superior Court Rhode Island, Providence, 1956-1972;
presiding justice, Rhode Island Superior Court, Providence, 1972-1978;
justice, Rhode Island Supreme Court, Providence, since 1978;
chief justice, Rhode Island Supreme Court, Providence, since 1993. Adjunct Professor U. Nevada, since 1986. Member of faculty National Judicial College.
Visiting lecturer Providence College, Suffolk Law School, Roger Williams College. Chairman New England Regional Conference Trial Judges, 1962, 63, 65. Chairman New England Regional Commission Disordered Offender, 1968-1971, Rhode Island Committee Adoption on Rules Criminal Procedure, 1968-1972, chairman of Rhode Island Advisory Committee Corrections, 1973,National Conference State Trial Judges American Bar Association, 1977-1978.
Executive Committee Appelate Judges Conference American Bar Association, since 1979, vice chairman, 1983-1985, chairman, 1985-1986. Board directors National Center for State Court Justices, 1975-1981.
President Rhode Island Health Facilities Planning Council, 1967-1970. Chairman Governor Rhode Island Council Mental Health, 1968-1973. Moderator Town of East Providence, 1954-1956.
Member Rhode Island Senate, 1953-1956, minority leader, 1955-1956. Vice chairman board trustee Rhode Island Hospital, honorary trustee, since 2006, 1968-1992, St. Joseph's Hospital, trustee, since 1962. Lieutenant Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1946.
Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (house of deals, task force on criminal justice standards 1977-1979, executive committee appellate judges' conference 1979-1995, national conference state trial judges 1977-1978, executive committee appelate judges conference since 1979, vice chairman, 1983-1985, chairman, 1985-1986), Knights of Columbus, Rhode Island Bar Association (Judicial Excellence award 2007), American Judges Association (governor), Institute Judicial Administration, American Judicature Society (Herbert Harley award 1990), American Law Institute, Order of St. Gregory (knight Commander with star 1989, Goodrich award for Service 1995), Phi Beta Kappa (past president Alpha chapter Brown University).
Married Sylvia Blanche Pigeon, June 9, 1951. Children: Joseph Robert, Paula Ann, Judith Marie.