He began his legal career in Pawtucket with the firm of Crowe, Chester & Adams, and then as an associate with Beals & DiFiore in Providence from 1978 to 1990. He served as legal counsel to the House Minority Leader in the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1979 to 1982.
Suttell served in the Rhode Island House of Representatives between 1982 and 1990 as a member of the Republican Party, representing a district that encompassed Little Compton and portions of Tiverton and Portsmouth. In his second term, he was elected by his colleagues as Deputy Minority Leader and served in that capacity until 1990. During his tenure in the Rhode Island General Assembly, he served on the House Committees on the Judiciary, Corporations, and Special Legislation, the Joint Committees on the Environment and the Arts, and the Agricultural Land Preservation Commission, the Newport County Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Lottery Commission. In 1988, he was elected as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in New Orleans.
On July 9, 1990, Suttell was appointed by Governor Edward D. DiPrete as an associate justice of the Rhode Island Family Court. During his time on the trial bench, he presided over the juvenile wayward and delinquency, child abuse and neglect, termination of parental rights, and domestic calendars.
After serving for thirteen years on the Rhode Island Family Court, Suttell was appointed by Governor Donald L. Carcieri as an associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court on July 9, 2003. Governor Carcieri also appointed him as the chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court effective July 16, 2009.
Suttell is a Little Compton, Rhode Island resident and serves on numerous community and nonprofit organizations. He was the moderator and former chairman of the Trustees of the Little Compton United Congregational Church and a past president of both the Little Compton Historical Society and Sakonnet Preservation Association. Currently, he is a director of the Historical Society.
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