Attorney Profiles
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MEMBERS OF THE FIRM:
STEPHEN BAYLIS HRONES
Born Boston, Massachusetts 1/20/1942; Admitted to bar, 1969, Iowa; 1972, Massachusetts; 1973, United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1979, United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1991, United States Supreme Court; 2005, United States Court of Federal Claims.
Education/Credentials: Harvard University (B.A., cum laude, 1964); Sorbonne, Paris (1964-65); University of Michigan (J.D. 1968); Fulbright Fellowship (Paris 1969); Published "Criminal Practice Handbook," Michie Co. 1995, 2nd edition, Lexis Publishing Co., 1999, "How to Try a Criminal Case," Prentice Hall, 1982; Co-author of "Massachusetts Jury Instructions-Criminal," Lexis Publishing Co., 2d Edition 2000; Teaching Assistant, Suffolk Law School, 1980-1982, Harvard Law School, 1988-1997; Adjunct Professor, Northeastern University School of Law, 1997-1999; Visiting Professor, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia, 2007; Visiting Professor, Palacky University Law School, Olomouc, Czech Republic, 2007; Lecturer, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Programs; Trustee, Organization for Preservation of the Assabet River; Listed in Who's Who in America, 2004 Edition; Who's Who in American Law 1990-present; Who's Who in the World, 2004 Edition; Voted a "Super Lawyer" by members of the Massachusetts Bar, 2004.
Member: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; National Lawyers Guild; American Civil Liberties Union; Police Accountability Project; Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Languages spoken: German and French.
Reported Cases: Commonwealth v. Harmond, 382 N.E.2d 203 (1978); Commonwealth v. Walden, 405 N.E.2d 939 (1980); Aldoupolis v. Commonwealth, 435 N.E.2d 330 (1982); Commonwealth v. Aldoupolis, 457 N.E.2d 268 (1983); Commonwealth v. Gregory, 461 N.E.2d 831 (1984); Commonwealth v. Fetzer, 476 N.E.2d 981 (1985); Gonsales v. Jillson, 642 F. Supp. 908 (Mass. 1986); Anderson v. Butler, 850 F. 2d 16 (1st Cir. 1988); Commonwealth v. Hawksworth, 543 N.E.2d 691 (1989); Jones v. City of Boston, 738 F. Supp. 604 (D. Mass 1990); Glenn v. Aitken, 569 N.E.2d 783 (1991); Commonwealth v. Auguste, 605 N.E.2d 819 (1992); Commonwealth v. McLean, 592 N.E.2d 1357 (1992); Commonwealth v. Wayne W.(juvenile), 606 N.E. 2d 1323 (1993); United States v. Rowe, 144 F.3d 15 (1st Cir. 1998); Commonwealth v. Kent K. (juvenile), 407 Mass. 754 (1998); United States v. Barnes, 159 F.3d 4 (1st Cir. 1998); Commonwealth v. Dranka, 46 Mass. App. Ct. 38 (1998); United States v Rowe, 202 F.3d 37 (1st Cir. 2000); Commonwealth v. DeCicco, 51 Mass. App. Ct. 159 (2001); Commonwealth v. Smith, 57 Mass. App. Ct. 907 (2003); Commonwealth v. Tower-Coch, 69 Mass. App. Ct. 735 (2007).
Practice Areas: Criminal Law, Police Misconduct, Personal Injury and Military Law.
PAUL J. GARRITY
Partner, born Boston, MA 1/15/61; Admitted to bar, 1986, New Hampshire; 1988, United States District Court, District of New Hampshire and United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1990, Massachusetts.
Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., Magna Cum Laude, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Beta Kappa, 1983); Boston University (J.D. 1986).
Member: New Hampshire Bar Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Practice Areas: Criminal Law, Personal Injury.