Attorney Joe Serpa is a criminal and civil trial attorney located in Boston with a winning record in the trial courts of Massachusetts. With an innovative and assertive approach to the law, Attorney Serpa has successfully defended his clients in serious felony prosecutions charging murder to sexual assault to operating under the influence of alcohol (DWI / OUI). He has consistently tried cases to acquittal before juries in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Attorney Serpa's clients have been found not guilty in ninety percent of those trials over nearly two decades.
Attorney Serpa also gets results in civil cases and family cases, such as divorce, child custody and paternity matters. He has consistently won money damages for his clients in injury claims and lawsuits, has successfully defended individual clients and businesses against civil lawsuits, and has both tried and settled the entire range of family cases, from divorce and spousal support cases to child support and custody cases.
Attorney Serpa practices in the Federal, Superior, Family and District Courts of Massachusetts, and represents clients from Greater Boston and the South Shore including Quincy, Cambridge, Somerville, Revere, Chelsea, East Boston and Brockton; Metrowest including Framingham and Newton; the North Shore including Woburn, Peabody, Lawrence, Lynn and Salem; and Southeastern Massachusetts including Taunton, Fall River and New Bedford.
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- DUI & DWI
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, Victims Rights
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Traffic Tickets
- Suspended License
- White Collar Crime
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Massachusetts
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- 1st Circuit
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Portuguese: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
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- Regan Associates, Chartered
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- Legal Aid Society of New York
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- Georgetown University Law Center
- LL.M. (1996) | Criminal Litigation and Constitutional Law
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- University of Massachusetts - Amherst
- B.A. (1990)
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- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
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- Massachusetts Bar Association
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- Boston Bar Association
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