North Amherst Domestic Violence Lawyers

I am a former Middlesex County assistant district attorney. My entire practice is dedicated to defending people accused of crimes. I practice in every superior and district court in Eastern Massachusetts. I am an extremely experienced trial attorney. My website is located at www.springandspring.com and will provide you with additional information about my firm.

Areas of practice: Adoption, Divorce, Child Support Modification, Family Law, Civil Litigation, Criminal Law, Estate Litigation, Guardianship of Incapacitated Persons, Guardianship of Minors, Termination of Guardianship, Paternity, Restraining Orders, Debt Collection, Visitation/Custody Dispute, 93A Consumer Protection, and General Litigation Before co-founding Cohen Cleary, P.C., Attorney Cohen worked as associate counsel with Schonland & Associates, P.C. Attorney Cohen concentrates her legal practice in the areas of family law, probate and estates, guardianships of minors and incapacitated persons as well as civil litigation. Attorney Cohen is passionate about her work in representing those who are in need of legal representation, and strives...

Attorney Contant was raised Burlington, a small suburban town north of Boston. He describes his parents as two of the hardest working people he has ever met. At a young age his parents taught him the value of hard work and perseverance. This is something he has taken with him each and every day in his law practice. Over the past 24 years Attorney Contant has developed a reputation as top litigator in courts all over Massachusetts. His practice is dedicated to the defense of adults and juveniles in all aspects of the criminal defense, Title IX...

As a former Assistant District Attorney in Massachusetts, Attorney Kevin Collins has an insider's knowledge of how the Commonwealth and the criminal justice system will handle your case. This gives Attorney Collins an advantage over other attorneys who do not have similar experience. Attorney Collins served as a prosecutor for over seven years. He served as an Assistant District Attorney with the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts, prosecuting cases in both District and Superior Court. Attorney Collins is experienced in all phases of criminal cases including investigation, witness preparation, motion drafting and argument, jury selection, and trial practice. He represents...

Attorney Weberg has nearly a decade of experience as a zealous, no-stone-unturned advocate for people facing the toughest legal challenges. She provides detail-oriented, holistic counsel with a compassionate approach. Attorney Weberg has represented clients in thousands of matters and has tried both felony and misdemeanor cases before juries, including felony sexual assaults and serious bodily injury cases. She has experience handling all manner of charges, including homicide. As a trial lawyer, Attorney Weberg has extensively litigated a variety of legal issues, including eyewitness identification, coerced confessions, repressed memories, and search and seizure. While practicing in New Hampshire, Attorney Weberg provided...

Former Assistant District Attorney Robert Lewin’s practice is limited to the Defense of all Criminal Charges in all Massachusetts Courts (District, Superior, and Juvenile) and in all Federal Courts in Massachusetts. Attorney Lewin was an Assistant District Attorney from 1971 to 1975 (Middlesex County, MA) and since 1975 has limited his practice to Criminal Defense and related matters. He has an enviable record of not guilty verdicts and dismissals over a wide range of criminal charges including Sex Offenses (such as Rape, Child Abuse, Indecent Assault and Battery, Open and Gross Lewdness, Indecent Exposure, Child Enticement, Child Pornography, Internet Sex...

Attorney William Kickham has more than 20 years of legal practice from diverse positions in law and media, providing counsel on a wide range of legal and trial issues, in both the civil and criminal arenas. Mr. Kickham presently practices law in his own firm in Westwood, Massachusetts, and until recently was the Executive Producer and host of his own TV talk show, At The Bar, previously broadcast on the Comcast network in the suburban Boston market, discussing a variety of legal and litigation issues within Massachusetts and nationally. In his diverse legal roles, Mr. Kickham has...

I practice divorce, family law and child welfare law in the greater Boston area. My goal is to assist both men and women in divorce, child custody and support proceedings and paternity, in addition to modifications that arise post judgement. I have extensive experience working with victims in court, particularly women and children who were physically or sexually abused. Most victims want an attorney who "just gets it," and it has been my experience than many do not "get it" nor do they feel comfortable representing or relating to clients with a domestic violence component to their case. Family...

Your Life | Your Lawyer. Attorney Josey Lyne Payne serves families in Southeastern Massachusetts. By having an attorney that associates with other legal professionals, there is no need to hire a multitude of lawyers. Attorney Payne can advocate for your family in many areas of law, providing the expertise needed as well as the personal contact most clients want and need.

Joseph Eisenstadt is a founding partner ofEisenstadt & Krippendorf Group, LLP where he handles all types of criminal charges through the Superior, Municipal, and District Courts of Massachusetts. Prior to private practice, he worked as an Assistant Massachusetts Attorney General and Assistant Suffolk County District Attorney. In these capacities, he prosecuted white collar crimes, narcotics trafficking, fraud, organized conspiracies, environmental crimes, and other misdemeanors and felonies ranging from DUI to assault and battery, and more. He served as prosecutor to the Major Felony and Gang units where he handled serious violent crimes such as shootings and stabbings. He has...

Attorney Joe Serpa is a criminal and civil trial attorney located in Boston with a winning record in the trial courts of Massachusetts. With an innovative and assertive approach to the law, Attorney Serpa has successfully defended his clients in serious felony prosecutions charging murder to sexual assault to operating under the influence of alcohol (DWI / OUI). He has consistently tried cases to acquittal before juries in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Attorney Serpa's clients have been found not guilty in ninety percent of those trials over nearly two decades. ...

By any objective measure, Attorney David R. Yannetti has reached the top of his profession. Attorney Yannetti has achieved an acquittal in a first-degree murder case after first obtaining a new trial for his client, who had served sixteen years in state prison after being wrongfully convicted. Later in the year, Attorney Yannetti was selected to compete in the annual "Battle of the Lawyers," sponsored by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Attorney Yannetti's re-creation of his famous closing argument in the Jeffrey Curley murder case earned him top honors, as he took home the trophy for having presented the...

Attorney Fernandez has been litigating both criminal and personal injury cases in State and Federal Court for over 20 years. Put his vast trial experience to work for you by calling and receiving a free consultation related to your case. Frank Fernandez began practice as a criminal prosecutor in the City of St. Louis where he gained extensive trial experience. Now as a criminal lawyer in Boston attorney he puts that trial experience to work for his private clients. Mr. Fernandez has helped college students from all over Massachusetts who face criminal charges. University students...

A seasoned criminal defense lawyer with more than 30 years of experience, Neil Faigel has represented individuals and corporations in all levels of Massachusetts State Courts as well as Federal Courts in New England. For over a decade Mr. Faigel served as an Adjunct Professor at the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover, teaching criminal trial practice with an emphasis on courtroom methodology. After law school, He was employed at Jack Zalkind & Associates in Boston, MA, where he was part of a criminal defense team that defended some of the most high profile cases in the Commonwealth. In...

Jason is a Partner and Senior Attorney at Lynch & Owens, P.C. whose areas of concentration include divorce, child custody and support, domestic violence, equity and estates litigation, and complex financial probate and family litigation. Originally from Cape Cod, Jason was a journalist, proposal writer and marketing and business development professional in the engineering field before becoming an attorney. Prior to entering private practice, Jason was a Judicial Clerk for the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court, where he worked closely with twelve Probate and Family Court judges in Barnstable, Bristol and Essex counties. His responsibilities included drafting Judgments, Orders,...

I practice criminal defense and immigration law at a high level. I am a seasoned trial attorney who takes pride in taking on challenging cases. I started my career as an Assistant District Attorney and handled thousands of cases. As a criminal defense attorney, I have the experience and confidence to defend anyone of any charge. I have attained acquittals on some of the toughest of cases and have taken over 100 cases to trial. Whether a client has been charged with a misdemeanor or a serious felony, they are all treated equally and receive zealous advocacy. Concerning my immigration practice,...

Kevin W. Gaughen, Jr. joined the firm in August of 2009 from the Norfolk County District Attorneys office. Gaughen served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Wrentham, Quincy, Stoughton and Dedham District Courts and as the Assistant District Attorney in charge of the Brookline District and Juvenile Courts. Attorney Gaughen is known for his zealous trial advocacy. In an appeals court case, opposing counsel characterized him as to have "pummeled into the jury's consciousness"1 important portions of the case. The case was decided in his client's favor.

Attorney Gaughen is a graduate of...

Attorney Lefteris K. Travayiakis is a very experienced criminal defense lawyer handling all misdemeanor and major felony crimes. Over the last 20 years, he has successfully represented hundreds of clients and obtained acquittals in extremely complex and serious cases, including murder.

Attorney Travayiakis' trial litigation practice focuses exclusively on criminal defense, including major felony crimes such as homicide/murder and related crimes of violence; rape and other sex crimes; gun crimes; drugs crimes; and OUI/DUI.

Additionally, Attorney Travayiakis also handles appeals and post-conviction matters before the Massachusetts Appeals Court and Supreme Judicial Court.

Kevin Prendergast began practicing law in 1999 as an associate at the law firm of Palmer & Dodge. Within a year's time he passed the Massachusetts Bar Exam and started a legal career that led to the founding of his own firm 4 years later. As a criminal defense and divorce attorney in Salem, Mr. Prendergast has helped dozens of individuals receive the legal help they need. If you would like his assistance with a criminal or family law matter, call his office immediately, or visit his website for more information.

Attorney David Ellison is a criminal defense lawyer who is licensed to practice law in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and the Federal District Court of Rhode Island. He has experience handling all ranges of criminal defense cases from misdemeanors to serious felonies. He believes that his clients are people who deserve to have their day in court. His top priority is protecting his client's rights. He takes pride in fighting for his clients and treating his clients as human beings rather than another number in the system.

Steven J. Topazio is a Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer who focuses his practice on criminal defense and criminal law issues in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Licensed to practice law since 1986, Attorney Topazio has successfully defended thousands of individuals charged with various criminal offenses. Over the course of his 30 plus year legal career, Attorney Steven J. Topazio has acquired the knowledge, courtroom savvy and legal expertise from countless courtroom battles to become one of Boston's Top Lawyers. Attorney Topazio takes pride in the attention he gives to each of his clients. He knows that it...

Amy Saunders, Esq. is attorney and founder of Legal Solutions in Dedham, Massachusetts (www.legal.solutions). An experienced litigator, she now devotes her practice primarily to family law. Outgoing and down-to-earth, she makes clients and attorneys feel at ease in solving family and divorce disputes. She was legal counsel in what would become the most important decision of the year, by Massachusetts Lawyer Weekly for changing the way bias cases are handled in Massachusetts. She successfully argued 11 out of 11 cases before the Supreme Court, Supreme Judicial Court and Massachusetts Appeals Court. As a full-time, single mother and divorcee, she brings...

Attorney Robert S.C. Meltzer will relentlessly fight for the rights of those charged with a crime, thoroughly pursuing all legal options at each step from clerk's hearings and arraignments through trial. As an experienced criminal trial attorney, he is not afraid to take your case to a jury and fight for a not guilty verdict. He will be dedicated to you, and will always thoroughly discuss court procedures, case strategies, and different outcomes to give you the best criminal defense advice possible. Prior to entering private practice, Attorney Meltzer was an Assistant District Attorney in the Middlesex District Attorney's Office for...

My name is Attorney Marc Roberts and I want to let you know a little about me and what I believe about the law. I am a graduate of the University of Hartford with a Bachelorâs of the Arts Degree obtained from majoring in Psychology. I obtained my law degree at Roger Williams University School of Law in 2004. I passed the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Bar Examinations in 2004 and have been a practicing attorney ever since. My career started off as an Assistant District Attorney for the Bristol County District Attorneyâs Office where I was stationed primarily in the...

Attorney Cappetta is a Juvenile and Criminal Defense Attorney dedicated to fighting for the rights of his clients. Attorney Cappetta is committed to providing high quality defense services to his clients at a price that is fair and reasonable. All fees are charged on a flat fee basis so that clients always know the total cost of representation before making a decision about hiring him. Attorney Cappetta is a graduate of Stonehill College in North Easton, MA. After college he graduated from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, MA. He has spent almost...

Attorney Delaney is licensed to practice law in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Florida. Over the course of nearly 30 years in trial practice, Attorney Delaney has honed unique skills in the courtroom, having successfully defended many clients, particularly those in OUI/DUI cases. Attorney Delaney is highly regarded as one of the top OUI/DUI Defense Attorneys in Massachusetts due to his exceptional courtroom presence and experience. If you are facing OUI/DUI charges, having Attorney Delaney on your side is crucial.

Attorney Edward Molari has over ten years of experience handling criminal cases in Massachusetts. He has spent the vast majority of that time in private practice representing individual clients handling all criminal matters, including OUI, negligent motor vehicle operation cases, and domestic assault and battery. Edward Molari specializes in drug crimes, gun crimes, and crimes alleging violence.

Miriam G. Altman concentrates her legal practice in divorce and family law matters. Following her admission to the Massachusetts Bar in 1985, she represented individuals in matrimonial law cases and civil litigation at the Boston law firm of Sherburne, Powers & Needham, PC, now known as Holland & Knight, LLP. As a partner, she served as chair of the firm’s family law department. In 2002, she established the predecessor firm to Law Offices of Miriam G. Altman, PC, in Lexington, MA.

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Ms. Altman received a BA from Barnard College, magna cum laude, and a JD degree, cum...

Our Immigration, personal injury and criminal lawyers, have successfully litigated in immigration, criminal and civil courts, both at the state and federal levels. We have defended immigrants from deportation / removal; helped them obtain U.S. visas, I-601 waivers (immigration pardons), U.S. residency via cancellation of removal / 10 year law , US residency (green card) through work, U.S. Green Card through family members, Citizenship / Naturalization, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and Asylum in the U.S. Our Boston Firm has also won a significant number of immigration appeals and law suits / writs of mandamus against the immigration service (USCIS); and...

Attorney Stephen M. Forlizzi has been representing the rights of accident victims in Massachusetts for over 30 years. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to every case he handles resulting in the best possible recovery for his clients. Over the last three decades he has successfully handled virtually all types of personal injury cases, from the simple to the complex. His goal is to bring about a swift resolution of your claim in a professional yet personable manner, keeping you, the client, well informed, and at ease throughout. Willing and capable of fighting for your rights, Attorney Forlizzi...

As a former Assistant District Attorney, Attorney Ciraulo has obtained extensive knowledge and the requisite experience to help each client resolve his or her case either through negotiation or litigation. Having handled thousands of criminal matters and having tried to verdict more than four hundred cases, you can trust Attorney Ciraulo to analyze each and every aspect of your case, scrutinize the conduct of the police, protect your legal rights, and fully explain to you all of your options.

Attorney Ciraulo and his team of former prosecutors have earned a reputation for results one victory at a time. ...

Attorney John Sofis Scheft has been associated with Bellotti Law Group, P.C. for many years and has been an invaluable asset to the firm. Attorney Scheft began his legal career in 1986 and served with Attorney Peter Bellotti as a prosecutor in Middlesex County in the late 1980s. While a prosecutor, Attorney Scheft skillfully tried and won numerous cases and was quickly recognized by his peers, judges, and his clients as a top-notch litigator.

Attorney Scheft is the president of Law Enforcement Dimensions, which provides exceptional legal and human relations training to police officers, supervisors, commanders, and law enforcement personnel in...

Julio R. Hernando joined the firm in 1997 from the Norfolk County District Attorney's office where he served as an Assistant District Attorney in Quincy District Court and as the Assistant District Attorney in charge of the Stoughton District Court. Mr. Hernando is a graduate of Saint Anselm College where he was awarded his B.A. and of Suffolk University Law School where he received his Juris Doctorate degree. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States District Court for Massachusetts and all Massachusetts Courts. Mr. Hernando concentrates his practice in the areas of Estate Planning...