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* this is an ongoing project and we will be adding things as we learn about them Professional Development Training Planning Group Chair: Melissa Dineen – Training Chief, Training Dept. Members: Emily Cardy – Criminal Defense Training Attorney, Training Dept. Read more
February 1, 2024 Dear Committee, Colleagues and Friends: We are excited to announce the opening of nominations for the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) 2024 Awards. These awards aim to recognize outstanding individuals who have made significant contributions to Read more
On Sunday evening, Governor Baker directed that all non-emergency state employees working in Executive Branch agencies should not report to their workplace on Monday, March 16 and Tuesday, March 17. The Court, following the lead of the Governor, announced late Read more
Please see below the Amicus Letter that was submitted by CPCS in the Boston Municipal Court – Webber case on the issue of District Discretion to Nol Pros a case. The decision by SJC Single Justice Frank Gaziano can also Read more
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Lisa Hewitt 617-512-1248 │[email protected] CPCS Decries Actions by BMC Judge Richard Sinnott as Abuse of Judicial Power Anthony Benedetti, Chief Counsel of the Committee for Public Counsel Services (the Statewide Public Defender’s office) commented on Read more
Ransomware attacks: Not if, but when, agencies say By Hiawatha Bray Globe Staff,July 15, 2019, 7:41 p.m. When he learned about a ransomware attack in March, Daniel Saroff didn’t sweat it. The chief information officer of Massachusetts’ public defender office Read more
Pictured from left to right: Lisa Lambert, E.D. of PPAL, then Jamie Bennett, AIC of YAD- Worcester, Marlies Spanjaard, Director of Education Advocacy, and Taryn Niesz, Social Worker YAD-Worcester. Parent/Professional Advocacy League (PPAL) presented the Community Partner in Leadership Award to Read more
It is extremely sad to report to you that former Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) Committee member, and long-time Chair, Willie Davis, passed away earlier this week. Willie had a storied career as a top criminal defense attorney in Read more
Today we mark the last day of Kathy Burns’s career as a public defender. Kathy’s extensive work with CPCS was actually her second career. Before going to law school and becoming a bar advocate, Kathy worked for a dozen years Read more
The Boston Globe on May 28th editorialized in favor of Governor Baker’s recently filed legislation to revamp Massachusetts “Sexually Dangerous Persons” statute. The legislation was filed, in part, in response to the Supreme Judicial Court’s decision in the case of Read more