[2] Pine spent ten years as a criminal prosecutor in the Rhode Island Department of the Attorney General, prosecuting dozens of capital cases and high-profile homicides.
He oversaw the prosecutions of the Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, Thomas Fay, for ethics violations; of Rhode Island's former governor Edward DiPrete for bribery; of four-time serial killer Craig Price; of banking-crisis figure Joseph Mollicone; and of notorious[citation needed] killer Christopher Hightower.
Pine also was a member of the Executive Committee of the National Association of Attorneys General and served as Chair of the Eastern Region for two years.
Following his departure from the Attorney General's office, Pine entered private practice, concentrating in criminal and civil litigation.
He has also appeared on CNN, The Today Show, Dateline, and local news outlets as a commentator on legal cases.