NHDefender Blog

Hat Trick for LG: 5 Days, 3 Victories

Firm Wins NH Supreme Court Appeal. On March 30, 2023, in State v. Tufano, an appeal case handled by Ted Lothstein, the NH Supreme Court reversed a conviction for cruelty to animals arising out of a very unusual fact pattern. The accused was seen by n… Read More
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NH Coalition Against Domestic Violence: Former Senator's Innocence is a "Technicality"

Convictions reversed. On March 23, 2023, the New Hampshire Supreme Court reversed the domestic violence convictions of former state senator Jeffrey Woodburn. The Court held that the trial judge refused to allow the jury to consider Woodburn’s c… Read More
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Firm partners complete three-week jury trial

Firm partners Richard Guerriero and Ted Lothstein spent the last four weeks in the Hillsborough Superior Court-North in Manchester, trying a first degree murder case that took four days of jury selection, 14 days of evidence and argument, and two day… Read More
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Judge and prosecutor in bed together - new trial ordered

“In bed with” – not just a colloquial phrase anymore Sometimes, the cynical among us will say something like, “the judge and and the prosecutor are in bed together,” to express frustration if too many rulings seem to go… Read More
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MA Board recommends disbarment of prosecutor linked to lab scandal

Prosecutor Works to Cover-Up Wrongdoing Disgraced forensic lab chemist Sonja Farak used the seized drug evidence herself, and then fabricated test results that were used in criminal prosecutions to convict and incarcerate scores of people. Thousands… Read More
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Richard Guerriero Honored for Successful Bar Presidency, Passes the Gavel

The NH Bar Association The NH Bar Association is a mandatory Bar that counts all NH attorneys as its members, as well as many attorneys in neighboring States who occasionally practice in NH. It provides many valuable services to NH Bar members, inclu… Read More
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All 3 of our lawyers published in the Bar News last month

Last month, all 3 of the firm’s lawyers co-authored an article in the NH Bar News about defending alleged domestic violence cases. The article is available online, and appeared in the print edition of the Bar News which is mailed to every singl… Read More
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Picking a Lawyer? Choose Wisely...

In the last two weeks, the NH Supreme Court has issued two decisions that remind us of the importance of hiring a competent, skilled, knowledgeable and experienced lawyer in the first place. Why is it important? Because in many instances, if you choo… Read More
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1st Circuit "on a tear"...

Three Sentencing Reversals in One Day Yes, on August 16, 2021, the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston went “on a tear” …. tearing up the sentences imposed by lower court judges in three different cases. These decisions illustrat… Read More
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Another victory for Kaylee!

Attorney Kaylee Doty’s Winning Streak Kaylee Doty has had quite a run in stalking and restraining order hearings. Five such cases in 2021, only one resulted in a final Order, and for very specific reasons, client agreed not to contest that one.… Read More
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