Ronald Rene Lagueux

Ronald Rene Lagueux
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
Incumbent
Assumed office November 30, 2001
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
In office 1992–1999
Preceded by	Francis Joseph Boyle
Succeeded by	Ernest C. Torres
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
In office March 4, 1986 – November 30, 2001
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Seat established by 98 Stat. 333
Succeeded by	William E. Smith
Personal details
Born	Ronald Rene Lagueux (1931-06-30) June 30, 1931 Lewiston, Maine
Education	Bowdoin College (A.B.) Harvard Law School (LL.B.)

Ronald Rene Lagueux (born June 30, 1931) is an inactive Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.

Education and career

Born in Lewiston, Maine, Lagueux received a Artium Baccalaureus degree from Bowdoin College in 1953 and a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1956. He was in private practice in Providence, Rhode Island from 1956 until 1968. He was an Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from 1968 to 1986.

Federal judicial service

On January 21, 1986, Lagueux was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a new seat on the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island created by 98 Stat. 333. Lagueux was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 3, 1986, and received his commission on March 4, 1986. He served as Chief Judge from 1992 to 1999. He assumed senior status on November 30, 2001.

Sources

• Ronald Rene Lagueux at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.