Christopher S. Gontarz
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Christopher S. Gontarz
Lynch & PineTotal Records: 1Biography
Christopher Gontarz is a former Special Assistant Attorney General in the Rhode Island Department of the Attorney General. He is currently Of-Counsel to Lynch & Pine where he concentrates in criminal trials and appeals throughout Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Attorney Gontarz serves on the Rhode Island Supreme Court Ethics Advisory Panel and the Rhode Island Supreme Court Commission on Judicial Tenure and Discipline.
Attorney Gontarz received the Joseph Houlihan Lifetime Mentoring Award from the Rhode Island Bar Association in 2017 which recognizes an attorney who serves as a role model to other lawyers in Rhode Island and who has significantly contributed to the profession and community, and those who, with their excellent counsel, have excelled as mentors and contributed to the ideals of ethics, civility, professionalism and legal skills.
He is a member of the Rhode Island Bar Association House of Delegates and serves on the Executive Committee for the Bar Association.
Bar Admission
Rhode Island, 1984
U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Massachusetts
U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
U.S. District Court District of Rhode Island
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 2022
Other Affiliations
Rhode Island Bar Association (House of Delegates, Executive Committee, Fellow, Life Fellow, Criminal Law Bench/Bar Committee)
American Bar Association (Life Fellow)
The American Law Institute (Members Consultative Group)
Newport County Bar Association (President (1993-2007))
Rhode Island Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
The Federalist Society
The Saint Thomas More Society of Rhode Island (Board of Directors, Vice President)
Roger Williams University School of Justice Advisory Board
Tides Family Services (Board of Directors, Chairman, Legislative Lobbyist)
Massachusetts Bar Association
Martin de Porres (Board of Directors)
Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers
Rhode Island Bar Association, 2021 - 2022 (Secretary)
Achievements
- Other Sources of Feedback About Christopher S. Gontarz
- Included on the 2016 Rhode Island
Past Lists
- 2015 Rhode Island Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Rhode Island Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Rhode Island Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Rhode Island Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Rhode Island Super Lawyers list
Education
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Salve Regina University, 1972 B.S., A.S., Criminal Justice
Honors: cum laude
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The American University, 1975 M.S., Administration of Justice
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New England Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1984 J.D.
Honers
- Lawyers of Distinction
- Joseph T. Houlihan Lifetime Mentor Award, Rhode Island Bar Association
- Super Lawyers, 2011-2016
- Lawyer of the Year - Criminal Law, Corporate Live Wire
- Lawyers of the Year, Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly
- Law Enforcement Award, Department of Rhode Island V.F.W.
- President's Medallion Club, Gold Award, Roger Williams University
- Dorothy Lohmann Community Service Award, Rhode Island Bar Association
- Ethics Award, Finance Lawyer Monthly