Meet the candidate

A life shaped by law, conscience, and firsthand experience.

Alan Gordon brings rigorous legal study, more than a decade of constitutional advocacy, and a personal understanding of how government power affects ordinary people.

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Candidate for Rhode Island Attorney General · 2026

Why he is running

Justice looks different from the receiving end of state power.

For years, Alan studied public law and constitutional rights. Then he experienced the criminal justice system personally—representing himself through prosecutions that he and Campaign Manager Rev. Dr. Anne Armstrong describe as politically motivated and retaliatory.

Between 2015 and 2026, the criminal cases brought against them during that period ultimately concluded in their favor. The experience convinced Alan that people without legal training, money, or political connections need an Attorney General who will insist upon one standard of justice.

The office should never be a weapon for one party, one institution, or one favored class.

Education and experience

The path to public service

Alan’s preparation combines formal legal study, independent advocacy, ecclesiastical service, and direct experience navigating the courts.

1992

Penn State

Earned a self-designed Bachelor of Arts degree focused on the legal and public-policy questions surrounding cannabis reform.

2012

University of Buckingham

Earned an accelerated Honors LL.B. in England, graduating at the top of his class in Criminology and Criminal Justice.

First attempt

Twelve bar examinations

Passed all twelve England and Wales Bar examinations on his first attempt and earned First Class marks in Legal Ethics.

2014–present

Ecclesiastical counsel

Has provided private legal guidance to historic Christian organizations in matters of ecclesiastical law and governance.

Independent by choice

He chose not to seek admission to the Rhode Island Bar.

Alan’s decision was deliberate. He wanted to preserve his independence to challenge and seek reform of even the powerful institutions that regulate the legal profession.

What Rhode Island requires Membership in the Rhode Island Bar is not required to run for or hold this office.

The Rhode Island Constitution requires a civil officeholder to be a qualified elector. The Secretary of State’s published eligibility requirements for Attorney General list age, residency, and citizenship—and do not add Bar membership as a qualification.

Secretary of State eligibility chart → Rhode Island Constitution, Article III →

He does not represent himself as an attorney admitted to practice in Rhode Island. His candidacy instead rests on his legal education, advocacy, firsthand courtroom experience, and his belief that public authority must remain answerable to the people.

A different kind of legal service

Conscience, counsel, and community

Alan’s work has centered on private ecclesiastical matters rather than conventional commercial legal practice.

2014–2022

Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church

Served as a private ecclesiastical legal advisor to the late Bishop in Atlanta and Jamaica-in-Exile.

2014

Lodge Civil & Military No. 726

Provided private ecclesiastical legal guidance to the Secretary of the historic Bermuda lodge.

2014–present

Hebrew Catholic Church

Serves as a private ecclesiastical legal advisor to the Matriarch.

Experience from both sides

The system is never theoretical to the person caught inside it.

Alan’s experiences include incarceration in Georgia and periods of detention in Pennsylvania and Rhode Island for cannabis-related offenses—conduct that, in many circumstances, is now legal or decriminalized.

Those experiences strengthened his commitment to constitutional rights, transparent government, and equal treatment for people who lack status or influence.

  • Confront public corruption
  • Protect minors from exploitation
  • Enforce environmental laws, including illegal-dumping laws
  • Apply the same standard regardless of party or position

Alan’s commitment

Justice should not depend on who you know.

The Attorney General’s client is the State of Rhode Island. The office’s duty is to the Constitution, the law, and the people—not to a political party or a protected institution.

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