Our client called 911 to report that our client’s brother was going crazy, and smashing objects with a broom in their home. When the police arrived, our client, our client’s brother, and our client’ mother were interviewed, and our client was alleged to have chased, tackled, and punched the brother earlier that evening. The police observed and photographed the injuries on our client’s brother. Our client also admitted to the police that there had been…

Our client was seen operating a vehicle when the police ran a random license plate check. This check indicated that our client did not have a valid driver’s license. The police pulled our client over and discovered that he was driving with a valid Connecticut License. However his vehicle was registered to a Massachusetts address, and our client told the officers that he was living in Massachusetts. Our client was thus charged with unlicensed …

Our client came to us with a significant number of past misdemeanor and felony charges and convictions that were visible on our client’s Massachusetts Criminal Record (CORI). Our client had charges from the 1970s until 2013, all available on his CORI. These charges were in a number of different courts, including Lynn District Court, Malden District Court, Peabody District Court, Woburn District Court, Waltham District Court, Somerville District Court, and the Charlestown Division of the…

Our client was approached by the police while parked on the street. The police told our client that they received a report that his vehicle had hit another vehicle moments before, in a nearby area. The police noted damages on our client’s vehicle that were consistent with the allegations. Our client was also found to not have a valid drivers license. As a result of this information, our client was charged with leaving the scene …

Our client came to us with a 2010 assault and battery charge, that he wished to be sealed. Even though the case had been dismissed, it still appeared on his Massachusetts criminal record (CORI). The presence of the case on his record had recently caused him problems, and he had been forced to explain it to people. Our client decided that it was time to seal this 2010 record. Attorney Alexander Conley assisted our…

This week the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision on arrests made in retaliation for the exercise of free speech. The decision in Nieves et al. v. Bartlett. Without getting into too much complex legalese, the case basically makes it harder for a person to sue a police after they were arrested in retaliation for exercising their right to free speech. The facts of this case are illustrative of the issue it addresses: During an…