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Martin R. Rosenthal

ISLN: 910016924
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Practice Areas: Attorney Discipline 40%; Criminal Defense 36%; Civil Litigation 5%; Appellate Practice 13%; Personal Injury 3%; Civil Rights 3%

Admitted: ’73 MA; ’78 US Distr Ct, ’03 1st Cir; Stanford Law, ’71 J.D. (Oehlmann Legal Writing Prize; M.A., Poli. Sci.); Harvard ’68 (cum laude, Harv. Natn’l Scholar)

Member: Bar Associations: Boston (Council 1983-86; Criminal Law Co-Chair 1986-88), MA (Ethics Comm’ee 1996-; Drug Taskforce 2009) & American (Defense Services 1987-00) ; MA Association Crim. Defense Lawyers (Director 1979-‘85; Legislation Chair 1996-’13); MA Citizens Against Death Penalty (director 1980-, Co-Chair 1996-’02).

Biography: Martindale ‘AV’ rating ~’95-; Best Lawyers ’97-; Super Lawyers 6-; MA Sentencing Comm’n ’14-18; Thurgood Marshall Awards: ’00 BBA & ’09 CPCS; MACDL’s Balliro Award ’03; Managing Atty, Crim. Just. Inst., Harvard Law Sch ’90-‘92; Public Counsel Services, ’73-’90 (Training Director ’84-’90). Author, Training Manual for Crim Defense (MCLE 1990); Bd/Eds MA Lawyers Weekly ’90-; Director, ACLU-MA ’85-’99; Gov.’s Corrections Comm’n ’03-’04; BROOKL:  PAX, Co-Chair ’90-’26; Selectman ’85-’88 (Chair ’87-88); Comm’ee on Town Organization ’88-’20; Select Board Comm’ees, Diversity ’13-‘14, Police Reforms ’20-21; MBA Access to Justice Probono Publico Award ’22; SJC Advisory Comm’ee on Professionalism 2023-4

Born: Boston, May 10, 1947

Some Appellate Cases: Alston v Spiegel,988 F.3d 564 & In re Ames,993 F.3d 27 (1st Cir.’21); Bar Counsel v Jane Jones, C1-10-0064, 29 MADR __ (2013); In re Brogna, SJC BD-2011-014; In re Angwafo 453 Mass 28 (’09);  In re Att’y 442 Mass 660 (’04); Jenkins v Justices 416 Mass 221 (’93); Comm v Hogue 6 Mass.App.Ct 901 (’78); Comm v Orlando 371 Mass 732 (’77).