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(left to right): Atty. Dan Gaudet of the Quincy District Office, Atty. Tina Furey of the Quincy District Office, Atty. Sandra Gant of the Dedham Superior Court Office, Atty. Rosemarie Clinch of the Lowell CAFL Office, Atty. Jesse Bousquet, Jr. Read more
Congratulations to Tania Snow of our YAD Roxbury office, who has been chosen as a Massachusetts Bar Association Academy Fellow. “Fellows are provided the opportunity to network, collaborate and build relationships with bar leaders; develop and enhance leadership skills important Read more
Approval of minutes of the July 19, 2017 meeting Lease Approval(s) Amicus Request(s) – ratification Legal Updates OAT/Breathalyzer Issue Farak/Western Mass Drug Lab Commonwealth v. Brangan/Bail Issue CPCS Monthly Financial Overview Report Commitments $10,000 and Over Report Chief Counsel Report
On June 13, 2017, CPCS Director of the Mental Health Litigation Division Mark Larsen testified before the Joint Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse on behalf of CPCS to support H.2406 – Civil Commitment of Mentally Ill Persons to Read more
On June 19, 2017, before a large audience in Gardner Auditorium at the State House, a panel consisting of Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) Chief Counsel Anthony Benedetti, Deputy Chief Counsel of the CPCS Private Division Nancy Bennett, and Read more
CPCS Staff Attorney Joins Panel in Support of Decriminalizing Nonviolent and Verbal Misconduct of Students On June 6, 2017, Springfield YAD Staff Attorney Charity Kruzel, on behalf of CPCS, participated as a member of a panel testifying before the Joint Read more
On May 1, 2017, CPCS submitted written testimony to the Joint Committee on the Judiciary in support of the following bills: H.751 – Appointment of Public Counsel; H.880 – Regulating Fees for Registration of Attorneys; H.2345 – Commitments and the Read more
CPCS Legislative Advocacy Has Begun for the 2017-2018 Session Prior to the 2017-2018 Legislative Session CPCS reached out to a number of State Senators and Representatives to request their sponsorship of 43 bills that would impact the work of each Read more
Frederick Clay had been in prison for murder since 1979 when, by happenstance, his case came to the attention of CPCS Innocence Program Director Lisa Kavanaugh. A minister who was a friend of Lisa’s family had met Fred through prison Read more
Using the same password everywhere The easiest way to remember a password is to use only one, but that’s also the fastest route to disaster. Once a successful phishing attack captures that password – and studies have found that 25% of the Read more