CLIENT ACCUSED OF DOMESTIC ABUSE FOUND NOT GUILTY

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: May 25Categories: Recent Win

Kayla Fahey won a very tough domestic abuse trial in the Lowell District Court. Because of her client’s criminal record, the prosecutor’s office was very eager to see her client convicted and harshly sentenced but they never got the chance. After...

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Sealing Your Criminal Record

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: May 17Categories: Criminal Defense, Knowledge Sharing

I regularly get asked about sealing criminal records. In fact, I get asked so often that I decided to write a page about it so that you can try to determine on your own whether you are eligible to have a record sealed. For more information please see...

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Client Found NOT GUILTY of Rape

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Apr 06Categories: Sex Crimes, Criminal Defense, Recent Win

Over four years ago my client was accused of rape. I never doubted his innocence. Today he was found not guilty by a jury in the Middlesex Superior Court.

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Charges Dismissed Against Client Who Has Never Been Competent

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Mar 27Categories: Recent Win, Mental Health

Following years of litigation, the charges against a client who has never been competent to stand trial since the case began were finally dismissed. Courtroom hugs all around.

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Client charged in shooting found NOT GUILTY!

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Mar 03Categories: Gun Charges, Violent Crimes, Criminal Defense, Recent Win

Yesterday a jury in the Middlesex Superior Court in Lowell found my client not guilty on all indictments. He was accused of shooting another person and charged with Armed Assault with Intent to Murder, Assault and Battery by Discharging a Firearm, and...

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Client Found Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity Not Involuntarily Committed to Hospital

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Jan 02Categories: Recent Win, Mental Health

I represented a client at trial and he had been found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI). While involuntary psychiatric commitments often occur following a finding of NGRI, he was released after I convinced a superior court judge to deny the Department...

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Recreational Marijuana Use in MA: Rules of Engagement

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Dec 15Categories: Drug Crimes

Earlier this year Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly voted to pass Question 4, “The Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act.” Non-medical possession and use is now legal for adults 21 years and older with some limitations. The Act takes effect today,...

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Motion to Dismiss Allowed

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Oct 19Categories: Recent Win

A judge in the Quincy District Court allowed a motion to dismiss that I had argued today. My client had been charged with Breaking and Entering and the judge agreed with my argument that there was insufficient evidence to have ever charged him with the...

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The Law of Consent

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Oct 16Categories: Sex Crimes

This morning I read an opinion piece in the New York Times titled How to Be a Man in the Age of Trump by Peggy Ornstein. In the piece Ms. Ornstein advocates the importance of teaching young people about consent. Talking to young people about consent...

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Client Found Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity (NGRI)

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Oct 16Categories: Violent Crimes, Criminal Defense, Recent Win, Mental Health

Attorney Keren Goldenberg’s client was found not guilty by reason of insanity yesterday. A year ago while Ms. Goldenberg was representing the same client on a separate case, she convinced a judge to suppress his confession to a life felony because...

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