Arlene Violet

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Who is Arlene Violet?

Arlene Violet was a nun in the Sisters of Mercy religious order. She left the order to run successfully for Rhode Island Attorney General in 1984. This was the first time the position of Attorney General in any state had been held by a woman. She was defeated for re-election in 1986 by Democrat James O'Neill.

She is the author of Convictions: My Journey, published in 1988.

She also had a talk show on radio station WHJJ from about 1990 to 2006. Ms. Violet has a Rhode Island accent

She is currently a practicing attorney. She also appears on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers". She was an attorney in the Von Bülow case.

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Education
  • Boston College Law School
  • Salve Regina University
Lived in
  • Rhode Island

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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