Keren Goldenberg, Author at The Law Offices of Keren GoldenbergThe Law Offices of Keren Goldenberg

A judge in the federal court in Boston suppressed $40,000 in cash seized from Attorney Goldenberg’s client’s van. Her client was the subject of a drug investigation by the DEA, which was still in its infancy. Agents procured a location-monitoring… Read More A judge in the Boston Municipal Court recently allowed Attorney Goldenberg’s motion to dismiss the charges against her client because the clerk issued a criminal complaint without holding a show cause hearing. Her client was legally entitled to this… Read More A judge in the Dorchester Division of the Boston Municipal Court vacated a restraining order issued against Attorney Goldenberg’s client. The client had not received notice of the hearing and the restraining order was issued in error when he did… Read More Another one of my clients benefited from Amendment 821 to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines which permits a sentencing reduction for qualifying individuals with no criminal record before their federal conviction. Not everyone without a prior record qualifies,… Read More Families of people serving sentences in the Bureau of Prisons are getting calls from “Jason Williams,” who claims to work for the BOP. He tells them that their family member is eligible for compassionate release and they need to provide a… Read More   A client who was indicted in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute contraband smokeless tobacco avoided a prison sentence and instead was placed on probation for 2 years. The sentencing guidelines for his case suggested that… Read More I have been representing a student at a university in a neighboring state who was accused of a Title IX violation by his ex-girlfriend. We just learned that the university has dismissed the complaint against him. Many students who face Title IX allegations… Read More One of the big, recent developments in federal criminal law is an amendment to the United States Sentencing Guidelines that allows for a decrease of two levels from the offense level for defendants who had no prior criminal history points at the time… Read More Earlier this year, the Supreme Judicial Court held in Commonwealth v. J.F. that criminal charges that resulted in “not guilty” verdicts or findings of no probable cause can be sealed without consideration of the statutory waiting period set in G.L…. Read More The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a landmark decision yesterday in Commonwealth v. Mattis. The Court ruled that the imposition of life without parole for criminal defendants who committed their offenses between the ages of 18 to 20 is unconstitutional…. Read More