The Honorable Francis X. Flaherty is an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of Rhode Island.  He was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2003 by Governor Donald Carcieri.  Prior to his appointment to the bench, Justice Flaherty served as Mayor of Warwick from 1985 until 1990, as a member of the Warwick City Council from 1979 through 1985, and as an assistant city solicitor for Warwick from 1975 through 1978.