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Federal
and State
Criminal Practice
Includes representation of
individuals accused of white collar offenses, environmental
and cyber crimes, mail fraud, money laundering offenses, firearm
crimes, homicide, narcotic violations, oui and driving offenses
as well as all major felonies in state and federal courts
in Massachusetts and cities throughout the country. Appeals
and habeas petitions in all federal courts. Cutting
edge legal analysis on all areas including DNA, right to privacy, computer forensics, tax loss analysis, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Fifth Amendment invocations, and Fourth Amendment search & seizure related issues.
Successful
Verdicts
Mr. Budreau's recent successes include acquittals in a complex federal conspiracy and a state homicide case and the reversal of a federal conspiracy conviction in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He is also one of the few lawyers in the country to have won two separate
acquittals for the same defendant charged
with two separate and distinct homicides. See
Selected
Verdicts
In a landmark decision, Mr. Budreau recently convinced a federal judge to quash a grand jury subpoena seeking the password from a client's computer by forcing him to type it in rather than verbally provide it. The Court agreed with the defense and found that even typing it would be testimonial as the password is not a physical key but a mental image which is, therefore, deserved of Fifth Amendment protections.
Appeals
Appellate cases tend to be much more academic oriented than trials. Mr. Budreau's academic background includes teaching at Harvard
University School of Law and Northeastern
University School of Law. He has also clerked for a judge. This experience together with his trial background has led to success as a post-conviction lawyer including recent reversals in the United States Court of Appeals for the First and Eleventh Circuits as well as the granting of new trials in various jurisdictions. See Appeals
Representation
Designed To Your Needs
Mr. Budreau has litigated major fraud cases involving allegations of multi-million dollar corporate tax diversions, mortgage fraud and corporate theft and embezzlement. Mr. Budreau has also litigated dozens of civil and regulatory cases including those alleging patent infringement, environmental regulatory malfeasance, medical negligence, personal injury, improper property seizures, and employment discrimination and unfair terminations.
Mr. Budreau works with a team of lawyers who
are all specialists in the criminal trial and appellate fields.
These lawyers are experienced and successful trial practitioners
who, as a group, have litigated hundreds of criminal cases
and scores of appeals. This group of lawyers is among the
best in the country winning acquittals, obtaining dismissals
and reversing convictions in complex white collar, conspiracy,
major felony and serious misdemeanor cases in both state and federal court. Despite handling large and complex cases, they manage to maintain a small firm approach to client management: attentive and accessible.
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