An 18-Step Strategy:
Our Complete Legal Defense Plan

If you have been arrested and charged with a Massachusetts criminal offense, the attorney you select to defend you in court is a critical decision.  If you're like most, you'll quickly find that some lawyers are general practitioners and take on criminal cases as a side business to help him or her pay the bills.  They do not have the experience or background required to launch a strong criminal defense. 

That is not what you'll find at The Massachusetts Criminal Defense Group.

We focus strictly on criminal defense.  Our defense attorneys have developed powerful resources to build a powerful defense for our clients.

Take DUI/OUI cases as an example.  Our resources include top expert witnesses, doctors, investigators, and former law enforcement officers.  Each of our lawyers understands the science behind the breath test, blood test, and other aspects of the science behind DUI arrests. 

Our fee for criminal defense includes top-notch representation and includes each of the following 18 services in one reasonable flat-fee package.  Here's what we'll do to fight for your case:

1. Provide you with a free initial consultation and evaluation.  We listen to what did and didn't happen, ask the pertinent questions, and assess the strengths and weaknesses of the case against you.


2. Match clients with criminal defense specialists who concentrate on their types of cases.


3. Assemble a complete team for every case.  Even a small case that can be handled by a single attorney is backed by 24 hours a day case management, a network of support staff and a brain trust of expertise that your attorney can tap into for assistance.


4. Obtain and review the police report, witness statements, and all the pertinent evidence.


5. Immediate jail release assistance in all criminal defense cases.  As soon as we are retained, if needed, we will immediately start on working to have your friend, significant other or relative released from jail.


6. Review every fact of your case.  Your fee also includes a full review of all the factual defenses in your matter. 


7. Scrutinize every possible legal defense in your case.  Your fee also includes a full review, line-by-line, of your legal defenses, including police actions and misconduct.  We will review your case for lack of probable cause, invalid or unsupported search or arrest warrants, improper arrest procedures, uncalibrated breath testing devices, charges filed that are unsupported by evidence, and advise you on all options available to you.


8. Evaluate the chain of events leading up to and resulting in your arrest and detention.  We're looking for improper adherence to procedure, handling of evidence, lack of probable case, and other criteria that may strengthen your defense.


9. Visit the scene of the arrest or alleged crime, combing for evidence and disproving factors while notating irregularities and any contradicting or conflicting statements cited in the police report.


10. Help you feel informed, empowered, and educated.  We make it a priority to keep you informed and educated about your case.  We educate you at each step of the process as to your choices, your risks, and the potential benefits of each strategy, as they develop.  You will never feel as though you don't know what's going on, what is coming next, or that you are not in control of what happens in your case.


11. Retain private investigators or independent laboratories to test, and testify as to the reliability of the evidence presented by the prosecutor.


12. Research, writing, and arguing motions are included.  Your fee also includes all necessary motions for your case, for example, motions to quash a search warrant, motions to suppress evidence, motions to compel the prosecution to turn over crucial discovery, motions to recover personal property, and more. 


13. Meet with the prosecutor to determine if the case can be resolved via a favorable plea bargain.


14. Diligently prepare for trial - even if we believe the case won't go to trial or isn't worthy of one.  Does that mean we litigate every case?  No. However, we do prepare each case as if it is going to trial. We believe our preparation and willingness to go to court leads to more favorable settlement offers.  This approach also helps to ensure that each issue is examined from different perspectives, so no stone remains unturned. 


15. Prepare an opening statement to the Judge or jury, inviting them to scrutinize every element of the Commonwealth's case, even if we don't end-up going to trial.


16. Aggressively cross-examine the prosecutor's witnesses at trial.  Our attorneys will take every opportunity to emphasize their bias, lack of credibility, or inconsistent statements.  Quite often, the Assistant District Attorney may argue that the police officer is not the one on trial, but that the defendant is.  Our response is that anyone who testifies against one of our clients is on trial, because we put them on trial.  The law allows us to do that, and we take advantage of this opportunity.


17. Present a carefully thought-out closing argument to the fact-finder summarizing the evidence in the case or the lack thereof, urging them to return a verdict of not guilty.


18. When we say we are available 24/7/365, it is not just an empty promise.  If you call us over the weekend or at three o'clock in the morning, you'll often times receive a call back within a half-hour from our Founder, Attorney Irwin M. Pollack himself.  If you choose to contact us online, we're just as responsive to your immediate needs.

How Do We Get Started?

When you decide to retain our attorneys for your case, call (800) 461-6900 or contact us online.

Please take the following steps to establish a Client-Lawyer relationship with us:

• Sign our Legal Representation Agreement
• Return your signed copy of the Agreement with the initial payment [1]
• Receive an executed copy of the Agreement which established our relationship.