CRIMINAL DEFENSE
With over 35 years of experience, Thompson & Thompson, PC is uniquely qualified to advocate on your behalf.
Our firm provides zealous representation at an affordable rate.
If you are facing criminal charges in State or Federal court, we will discuss your case with you and your loved ones in order to determine the best course of action.
If you are being held in detention pending trial, every effort will be made to secure bail in order to allow you and your family to participate in the defense of your case.
We handle all types of criminal cases: misdemeanors, felonies, drug crimes, murder, fraud, probation violation and Federal crimes.
Our attorneys are experienced trial lawyers and will work diligently to ensure justice and due process prevails.
Call us today. It’s your right.
CRIMINAL APPEALS &
POST CONVICTION MOTIONS
If you or a loved one feels that your conviction is invalid due to misapplication of the law, biased evidence or ineffective assistance of counsel, call us.
Our criminal defense attorneys will conduct an evaluation of the record to determine the best course of action. There are a number of avenues of relief upon challenging a conviction.
Grounds may include insufficient evidence, improper jury instructions, and ineffective assistance of counsel. Criminal appeals may also involve a motion for new trial and a motion to challenge the sentence. Massachusetts law places strict time limitations for criminal appeals.
Call us today. It’s your right.
HABEAS CORPUS
Sometimes the last opportunity for justice for a convicted person is through a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The Great Writ is available to individuals who have been convicted in either state or federal court.
However, under the Clinton Administration, Congress imposed a one-year statute of limitations for the first time on this fundamental remedy. This means that, with only a few exceptions, a person convicted in either state or federal court must start his or her habeas corpus litigation within a year after the conviction becomes final.
Our expertise in this very difficult field of practice offers the defendant who wants to pursue this remedy the best opportunity for success. Our appellate practice is designed to maximize the client’s habeas corpus opportunities in case that avenue becomes necessary.