William S. Smith | Holden Criminal Attorney

William S. Smith

William S. Smith

Criminal, Divorce, Employment, Personal Injury, Wrongful Termination, Accident & Injury, Education Law, Business Law, Appeals

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About William

We provide comprehensive legal solutions to individuals, families, and businesses in the Holden, Worcester County and greater Massachusetts area in a range of practice areas. When you have a legal problem or simply need legal advice, you can trust in our skills, experience and down-to-earth approach to effectively protect your rights and interests. Attorneys Smith and O’Sullivan are both proven litigators, having tried cases and argued appeals in the District Courts, Juvenile Courts, Superior Courts, the Massachusetts Appeals Court, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the United States Federal Courts.

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Experience

Managing Lawyer

The Law Office of William S. Smith

1998-present

Holden, Massachusetts

Admission

Verified Massachusetts

1997

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • Attorney Smith's Recent Public Speaking Engagements at Seminars and Conferences for the Legal Profession Include:
  • Challenging Cases Involving the Right to Confront Witnesses
  • Criminal Appeals Conference
    2011
  • Preserving the Record at Trial & Objections
  • Greater Lowell Bar Association
    2010
  • Using Ceative Non-Fiction for More Effective Legal Writing
  • Criminal Appeals Conference, Boston
    2009
Honors / Awards
  • Attorney William S. Smith is the co-author of Warrantless Searches of Persons or Places in the award-winning reference manual used by attorneys, Trying Drug Cases in Massachusetts. He has been an invited lecturer and instructor at many continuing legal education seminars and conferences for attorneys. The founder of the first and only website for appellate criminal defense attorneys in the state, he was also a guest on a major television talk show in Boston. As a bar association leader, Attorney Smith has testified before the Massachusetts Judiciary Committee in the Statehouse multiple times with respect to criminal justice legislation. He has litigated criminal and civil cases extensively throughout both the state and federal trial and appellate courts. In he reed the defendant in a landmark case on automobile stops in Massachusetts before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Attorney Smith has also reed defendants in many other high-profile criminal and civil trials and appeals. He is certified by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to accept first-degree murder appointments.
    2008 / present / present
  • Attorney Pamela M. O’Sullivan is Of Counsel to The Law Office of William S. Smith. She has been practicing since and is certified by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to accept CHINS and Care & Protection appointments. She reed the family in the case before the Bureau of Special Education Appeals awarding an out-of-district placement and reimbursement for private tutoring. Attorney O’Sullivan has extensive experience litigating in the District, Superior and appellate courts of Massachusetts.
    1993 / present

Notable Work

Publications

Warrantless Searches of Persons or Places.

Founded 1998

The Law Office of William S. Smith Highlights

Criminal, Accident & Injury, Employment, DUI-DWI, Divorce & Family Law, Business Law, Educaiton Law, Wrongful Termination

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