The Law Offices of Keren Goldenberg – Where Super Lawyers and Top Criminal Lawyer Meet Keren Goldenberg is known for her experience as a criminal defense attorney that has defended some of the most critical criminal cases in Massachusetts. During… Read More Kayla Fahey won a Motion to Suppress and was able to get all […]
A client on probation in the Middlesex Superior Court was found to have not violated his terms of probation despite being charged with a crime while on probation. The judge ruled that there was insufficient evidence that the probationer had committed… 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 not appear for the hearing. Attorney Goldenberg filed a motion to reopen the hearing and […]
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
Being accused of a crime is a serious matter, regardless of the specific offense of which you are accused. When a person who has been accused of a crime has not been arrested, charges may be brought against him/her through a written application that is heard at a Clerk-Magistrate’s Hearing (which is also known as […]
Real client cutting off his GPS after Judge removed it as a condition of pre-trial release Up until now the law in Massachusetts has been that anyone convicted of a sex offense was required by statute to wear a GPS ankle monitor. In Commonwealth v. Feliz, the Supreme Judicial Court addressed the question of whether […]
Kayla Fahey won a Motion to Suppress and was able to get all incriminating evidence discovered in her client’s car suppressed for trial. The Chelmsford police represented in their police report that they had permission to search her client’s car through… Read More
Yesterday a judge in the Lowell Superior Court chose not to sentence my client to the 5 years in state prison that he was facing and instead put him on probation. The judge made clear that his decision was based on the motion that we filed asking him to consider my client’s role as a […]
Earlier this week I heard from a parent of a student at a local middle school that there was a “sexting” incident at the school being investigated. It was the parent’s understanding that a female student sent a nude photo of herself to a male student… Read More
When a person who has been accused of a crime has not been arrested, charges may be brought against him/her through a written application that is heard at a Clerk-Magistrate’s Hearing (which is also known as a Show Cause Hearing.) At the hearing, the Clerk-Magistrate hears evidence and decides whether a criminal complaint should issue. […]
After a shocking discovery that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of Alcohol Testing intentionally withheld information about its faulty breath tests, District Attorney’s Offices all over the state have suspended the use of breathalyzer testing… Read More
Facing gun charges and wondering how much jail time for a gun charge? Let’s break it down. While the Second Amendment protects a citizen’s right to bear arms, the law also allows states to regulate gun ownership and use. Massachusetts gun laws are… Read More How to find the domestic violence defense attorney you deserve […]
Yesterday in the middle of trial the judge granted my motion for a mistrial after the key witness for the prosecution violated the court’s order and blurted out accusations against my client unrelated to the case on trial. I convinced the judge that no possible instruction to the jury could cure the prejudice that the […]
In 2011 Massachusetts joined almost every other state in the union by enacting a statute designed to target human trafficking. The law titled “An Act Relative to the Commercial Exploitation of People” criminalized sex trafficking and forced labor. Massachusetts General Laws chapter 265 § 51 allows for criminal prosecution of persons who provide or obtain […]