This episode provides an overview of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorney’s work and commitment to the legal community, their work and their priorities. Through this episode you will gain insight to the justice system in Massachusetts.
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Lesly Feldman-Rumpler Appellate-Criminal Defense Attorney
Attorney Feldman describes the Court System in Massachusetts. Learn about District Court, Superior Court and Federal Criminal Court in Massachusetts.
Interview with Carlos G. Obrador Garrido Deputy Consul General of Mexico in Boston
In this interview, Mr. Obrador talks about Immigration and discusses the services that the Mexican consulate in Boston provides. Mr. Obrador also discusses how to obtain a visa to visit Mexico and other important documents.
Interview with Lucy Reyes
Attorney Reyes is the Legal Counsel of the Nation Labor Relations Board. In this interview, she describes the function of the National labor Relations Board. She also talks about the process to form a union and about employee rights regarding concerted protected activity.
Interview with Georgia Katsoulomitis
Executive Director of the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute. In this interview Ms Katsoulomitis describes The Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, a statewide non-profit legal services organization whose mission is to advance economic, racial and social justice through legal action, education and advocacy.
Interview with Iris Gomez
Iris Gomez is an Immigration Specialist. In this interview, she discusses the DREAM Act & “DACA”, the new federal immigration program for immigrant DREAMER youth (“Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals”)
Interview with Judge Jose Albino Sanchez
This interview is a guide for those who have selected for Jury Duty. Judge Albino Sanchez discusses, the importance of this civic duty and explains its process.
Christina Gonzalez, Senior Company Counsel at Staples
Attorney Gonzalez discusses business law and the different manners of incorporation and association of an entity.
Interview with Attorney Roger Witkin
What should a criminal attorney do when representing a person accused of crime. What is prudent to talk about wit a person when they are seeking criminal representation? Fin this out and more in this segment.
Interview with Lisa Goodheart, President of the Boston Bar Association
Lisa Goodheart concentrates in environmental, real estate and general business litigation. Before joining SRBC, she was a partner in the Boston office of DLA Piper US LLP, and before that a partner at Hill & Barlow, P.C. She has extensive experience in cost-recovery cases, permitting appeals, land use disputes, enforcement actions, insurance coverage disputes, design and construction matters, and a broad range of business litigation matters.
Interview with Mark A. Reilly, Chief Legal Counsel to Governor Deval Patrick
Attorney Reilly discusses the functions of the office of the Governor’s Legal Counsel and the function of the Chief Legal Counsel. Attorney Reilly describes the Governor’s Judicial Appointments Process and describes the role that the Governor’s Chief Legal Counsel plays in that process.
Interview with MBA Chief Counsel and Chief Operating Officer Martin H. Healy
Chief Counsel and Chief Operating Officer Martin H. Healy discuses the services and benefits that Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA) provides for its members and for the public.
Interview with Mary Elizabeth Heffernan, Secretary of Public Safety and Security
Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety and Security, Mary Elizabeth Heffernan oversees fourteen agencies and commissions in her capacity as cabinet member. To name some: The Office of the Medical Chief Examiner, The Department of Community Corrections, The State Police, Home Land Security, etc.
Secretary Heffernan discuses the policies her office has identified and worked on, among them the “Safety Successful Youth Initiative” to prevent youth violence.
Interview with Committee for Public Counsel Services, Chief Counsel, Anthony Bennedetti
Chief Counsel Anthony Benedetti describes the functions and the work that the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) performs to protect the rights of those individual with low or no income. Chief Counsel Bennedetti thoroughly explains all the services CPCS provides both in the criminal and civil side to ensure that CPCS clients’ rights under the constitution are properly observed and preserved.
Interview with Boston Juvenile Court Honorable Leslie Harris
Judge Harris talks about the work the Boston Juvenile Court does to impart protection, services and justice to those children accused of crime that he sees in his Court. Judge Harris discusses his ideas about probation, education, and about the Department of Youth Services to children accused of crime.