Criminal Defense

Out of our long-standing commitment to individual rights has grown a broad criminal defense practice in federal and state courts. We represent clients at all phases of the criminal process: investigation, grand jury, trial, sentencing, appeals, and motions for new trials and to vacate guilty pleas. We represent people accused of the entire range of criminal charges, including:

WHITE COLLAR CRIMES

  • Our record includes a multimillion dollar federal tax fraud case that resulted in a judgment of acquittal after four weeks of trial.
  • In a $20 million Medicare fraud case, the government retreated from prosecuting our client, who was given only a six-month probation term.
  • We represented a lawyer who was charged with the theft of more than $1 million and obtained a term of probation on a negotiated plea.

CRIMES OF VIOLENCE

  • Recently we obtained an acquittal in a federal armed robbery case after jury deliberations of less than two hours.
  • We have handled over forty murder cases and many other violent offenses with a high success rate at trial and with negotiated deals.

DRUG AND FIREARMS OFFENSES

  • We negotiated a plea of probation in a major cocaine trafficking case that had a high minimum mandatory sentence.
  • We recently won a motion to suppress all evidence seized in a cocaine trafficking case in state superior court, which resulted in the dismissal of all charges against the client.

SEX OFFENSES

  • We represented a client charged with domestic rape who was acquitted after a jury deliberation that lasted only a few hours.
  • In several hearings before the Sex Offender Registry Board we have successfully obtained the lowest possible classification for our clients.
MILITARY CRIMES

  • We recently represented an Air Force service member in a sexual misconduct case which resulted in the dismissal of all criminal charges.
DEATH PENALTY

  • We represented a defendent charged with murder and racketeering in the federal death penalty authorization process. In 2005 the U.S. Attorney General decided not to seek the death penalty against our client. The case was then tried in Federal Court in Boston and the client was acquitted.

JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

  • We represent juveniles both in Juvenile Court and in serious felonies, including murder, in Superior Court.
  • We recently negotiated a sentence of one year probation for a juvenile defendent on a manslaughter case.

OUI

  • We have won many not guilty verdicts in a variety of OUI cases.