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Dana A Curhan Law Offices

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Phone: (617) 261-3800

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Divorce
Child Custody and Visitation
E.N.O. v. L.M.M., 429 Mass. 824, 711 N.E.2d 886 (1999). In this landmark case, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ordered visitation rights between a child and the child's nonbiological "de facto" parent, one of two women coparents in a nontraditional family relationship. The court recognized that "notions of modern family" can include same gender couples and that in such relationships, the children form parental relationships with both parents. In assessing custody, visitation, and adoption rights, the court held that the best interests of the child are of paramount importance. In this case, I wrote the briefs on behalf of the child before the single justice and the full bench.
Adoption

Criminal Defense
A criminal appeal is not a trial and is not like a trial. An appellant cannot, for example, introduce new evidence. An appeal is a proceeding to determine whether the trial was fair and/or whether the evidence was legally sufficient.
Sex Crimes
Commonwealth v. Molina, 439 Mass. 206, 786 N.E.2d 1191 (2003). In this case, the police obtained a detailed statement from the victim of an alleged rape. Although they had probable cause to arrest the defendant, they neglected to obtain an arrest warrant and instead spent several hours preparing reports. They arrested the defendant on the front steps of his house. They then brought him inside the house and “march[ed him] from room to room”, observing various items that the victim had described The Supreme Judicial Court rejected the officers' claim that exigent circumstances justified the entry into the house, noting that the claimed exigency did not arise until the police arrived at the scene to arrest the defendant. Nothing in the circumstances prevented the police from obtaining a warrant before going to the defendant's house, and the observations made therein should have been suppressed.
Fraud
My typical criminal client has been convicted of a serious felony. I have handled more than 50 murder cases. I also represent clients convicted of drug offenses, sex offenses, robberies, and other so-called blue-collar crimes. In addition, I handle white-collar offenses, such as tax fraud, bank fraud, money laundering, and other financial crimes.
Robbery
Commonwealth v. Tejeda, 473 Mass. 269, 41 N.E.3d 721 (2015). The Supreme Judicial Court ruled as a matter of law that the defendant did not commit felony-murder when an accomplice was killed by someone resisting armed robbery.
Drug Crimes
Commonwealth v. Kirschner, 67 Mass. App. Ct. 836, 859 N.E.2d 433 (2006). Six defendants moved to suppress evidence after they were charged with making, procuring, or assisting another to make a counterfeit driver's license and with conspiracy to make or procure a counterfeit driver's license. One defendant was also charged with possession of marijuana and procuring alcohol for a minor. The District Court denied the motions. On interlocutory appeal, the Appeals Court held that entry onto the curtilage of one defendant's residence by police officers was not justified under emergency exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement or the exigent-circumstances doctrine. The court further held that entry of the residence itself was not justified under emergency exception. The motion to suppress therefore should have been allowed.
Assault
Murder
Commonwealth v. Sullivan, 469 Mass. 340, 14 N.E.3d 205 (2014). In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the allowance of a motion for a new trial based on the results of blood and DNA testing that knocked out the only piece of physical evidence tying him to a 1986 murder for which he was convicted
Money Laundering
Manslaughter
Commonwealth v. Daniels, 445 Mass. 392, 837 N.E.2d 683 (2005). Following his conviction for first-degree murder, the defendant filed motions for postconviction discovery of exculpatory evidence and for a new trial. The Superior Court denied the motions without a hearing. On the defendant’s appeal, the Supreme Judicial Court held that the trial court's denial of the defendant's pretrial discovery request did not absolve the Commonwealth of its obligation to disclose the specific materials requested, the defendant's discovery request was sufficiently specific to place the prosecution on notice as to what the defense desired, and the defendant established a prima facie case for postconviction discovery. Once discovery was provided, a Superior Court judge ultimately allowed the defendant’s motion for a new trial and accepted a plea to manslaughter.

Workers Compensation
I handle a wide variety of civil matters, including divorce and child custody, real estate issues, business litigation, wills and trusts, employment litigation, worker's compensation, environmental litigation, and tax issues. I represent both appellants and appellees.
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