Erin Lynch Prata

Erin Lynch Prata
Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 4, 2021
Appointed byGina Raimondo
Preceded byGilbert V. Indeglia
Member of the Rhode Island Senate
from the 31st district
In office
January 2009 – November 2020
Preceded byJohn C. Revens Jr.
Succeeded byKendra Anderson
Personal details
Born
Erin Patricia Lynch

(1975-05-17) May 17, 1975 (age 49)
Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJoseph Prata
EducationBoston College (BA)
Catholic University of America (JD)

Erin Patricia Lynch Prata[1] (born May 17, 1975 in Warwick, Rhode Island) is an American politician and an Associate Justice on the Rhode Island Supreme Court. She previously served in the Rhode Island Senate representing District 31 since January 2009. Lynch Prata served as Chairwoman on the Senate Committee on Judiciary, as well as a member of the Senate Committee on Rules, Government Ethics & Oversight and the Senate Committee on Special Legislation & Veterans' Affairs.[2] She focused on issues including public education, economic development, job growth, health care and environmental protection.[3] She was confirmed to be an Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court in December 2020.

  1. ^ United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (Rhode Island, 1996-2007)
  2. ^ "Senator Erin Lynch Prata". Providence, Rhode Island: Rhode Island General Assembly. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Biography: Senator Erin P. Lynch". Senator Erin P. Lynch, RI District 31 Re-election 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2017.