Robert Flanders

Robert G. Flanders Jr. (born July 9, 1949) is an American attorney who is a partner at Whelan Corrente & Flanders. He is also the founder of Flanders and Medeiros.

Previously, Flanders served as an associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from 1996 to 2004.

Early life and education Flanders was born in 1949 in North Massapequa, Long Island, New York and grew up in a middle-class family. His father was a salesman while his mother worked in fast food restaurants.

For his college education, he went to Brown University and graduated magna cum laude in 1971 with a major in English. During his college years at Brown, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and received a prize for an essay he wrote on the classicism of Henry Fielding in Tom Jones. He graduated from law school in 1974.

In 2011, Governor Lincoln Chafee appointed Flanders as the Central Falls Receiver, tasked with addressing the city's financial distress.

As the Republican Party nominee, he participated in the 2018 election for US Senator from Rhode Island. He lost the election to Democratic incumbent, Sheldon Whitehouse.

Personal life Flanders grew up in a middle class household and is the oldest of seven children.