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CurrentCriminal Defense Attorney, Private Practice. Represent indigent defendants in homicide cases on appeal and in post-conviction litigation, as member of Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) Post-Conviction Panel, Homicide Subpanel, 2004-Present. CPCS Post-Conviction Panel Member since 2000. Bar Advocate, CPCS District Court Panel, Middlesex County, MA, from 2000 through 2003, represented indigent defendants in Woburn District Court at the trial level, and in bail review cases in Middlesex Superior Court. Criminal Justice Act Panel Attorney, 1994-2004, U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. Concord, New Hampshire, handling court-appointed U.S. District Court matters including 60-day trial in 1997 in U.S. v. Shea, et al., Cr. No. 96-50-05-M (D.N.H. 1996) (involving allegations of conspiracy, RICO, armored car and bank robbery, firearms violations). Appellate practice in U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1998-Present. Federal habeas corpus practice in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts since 2004. Reported cases include: Commonwealth v. Brown, 477 Mass. 805 (2017); Forish v. Massachusetts, 540 U.S. 1216 (2004) (summary disposition: cert. granted, judgment vacated, remanded for further consideration re Groh v. Ramirez, 540 U.S. 551 (2004), on remand, Commonwealth v. Forish, 61 Mass. App. Ct. 554 (2004)).
