East Providence Appoints Assistant Municipal Court Judge

EAST PROVIDENCE, RI —Judge William C. Maaia has been appointed as the new East Providence Associate Municipal Court judge.

East Providence Mayor Bob DaSilva announced that Maaia will oversee minimum housing violations, violation of city ordinances and state traffic code violations. He will also oversee cases when Municipal Court Judge Lizette Gomes is unavailable.

"Associate Judge Maaia has been an integral part of this community both as bail commissioner for the city of East Providence and chair of the East Providence School Committee," Mayor DaSilva said. "We are pleased to welcome Mr. Maaia, who has decades of legal expertise and knowledge of our community to our team."

The East Providence resident, who has served on the Rhode Island Board of Education, is the founder of the Law Offices of William C. Maaia & Associates where he provides legal services in business, family, health, labor, contract, probate, real estate and criminal law. He has also served as a bail commissioner.

He has been a special counsel to the Rhode Island Ethics Commission, legal counsel to the Massachusetts Chauffers and Teams Health Fund Local, as well as legal counsel to the Municipal Water Supply Board and Full Channel TV.

He was Special Assistant Attorney general with the Rhode Island Department of Attorney General's Public Protection Division and served as Consumer Advocate and Litigator under Rhode Island Attorney General Dennis J. Roberts.

He is a graduate of Providence College and Suffolk University.