New Trial Granted on Grounds of Prosecutorial Misconduct
After reviewing the brief submitted to the Massachusetts Appeals Court that we submitted on behalf of our client appealing convictions for assault and battery, the
May 16, 2018
After reviewing the brief submitted to the Massachusetts Appeals Court that we submitted on behalf of our client appealing convictions for assault and battery, the
Our client was accused of violating a university No Contact Order. Following our submission of documentary materials, the university decided not to issue formal disciplinary
We persuaded the SORB to grant our client a reinstated hearing, vacating his prior Level Three on grounds of ineffective assistance of prior counsel. Following
We successfully defended an order of the Brockton District Court suppressing the firearm seized by Massachusetts State Police from our client’s vehicle after a traffic
Our client, a registered nurse, was accused of sexually assaulting a patient. We filed a motion to dismiss the complaint based upon insufficient evidence presented
Our client, who was previously convicted of posing a child in a state of nudity and possession of child pornography, was before the SORB for
The Supreme Judicial Court reversed the first degree murder conviction of our client and ordered a new trial.
Our client was charged with open and gross lewdness. We filed a motion to dismiss due to lack of probable cause to support the issuance
We represented a college student who was accused in a Title IX Massachusetts university discipline proceeding with non-consensual sexual contact, sexual harassment, and sexual misconduct.
Over the Commonwealth’s objection, the Court agreed to release our client charged with first degree murder on bail pending trial.
Our client, who was previously convicted in federal court of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and possession of
Our client, a law student, was accused in a university disciplinary proceeding with plagiarism. Based on a detailed submission to the disciplinary panel, the charge
We represented a client on appeal from his federal conviction for conspiring to distribute cocaine. We persuaded the United States Court of Appeals for the
We persuaded the SORB to relieve our client of the obligation to register because his out-of-state offenses (involving sending nude photos of himself to an
Our client had been forced by the Sex Offender Registry Board to register as a Level One despite the fact that the SORB itself had
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