Benjamin Brooks

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Benjamin Brooks is a trial and appellate attorney specializing in criminal defense.  Before joining Good Schneider Cormier & Fried, Mr. Brooks ran his own firm in Washington, D.C., and prior to that, he worked at Newman & Newman, P.C. in Boston, Massachusetts, and as a public defender for the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS).

Mr. Brooks has been lead counsel in hundreds of criminal cases in the district, superior and federal courts Massachusetts as well as the District of Columbia Superior Court. He has successfully defended clients charged with armed robbery, armed assault with intent to kill, drug trafficking, and sex crimes, as well as tax evasion, wire fraud, and other serious felony and misdemeanor charges. Mr. Brooks’s appellate practice is similarly focused on clients convicted of serious felonies, including murder. In addition, Mr. Brooks regularly represents clients in other post-conviction and collateral proceedings, including probation violation hearings, motions to revise and revoke sentences, sentence appeals, and appeals before the Sex Offender Registry Board.  Mr. Brooks also represents professionals under investigation by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office for both criminal and civil violations, and professionals before various licensing boards, including medical registration boards and the Board of Bar Overseers.