About Randy
Licenses
Licensed in Massachusetts for 39 years
State: Massachusetts
Acquired: 1986
No misconduct found
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Experience
Honors
2015
Top Criminal Defense Lawyer, SuperLawyers
2014
Top Criminal Defense Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2013
Top Criminal Defense Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2012
Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers, Top Criminal Defense Lawyer
2011
Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers, Top Criminal Defense Lawyer
2010
Super Lawyers, Top Criminal Defense Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2009
Super Lawyer, Top Criminal Defense Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2008
Super Lawyer Top Criminal Defense Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2006
Life fellow, Massachusetts Bar Foundation
Work Experience
1992 - Present
President, Chapman and Chapman, PC
1986 - 1991
Assistant District Attorney, Essex County District Attorneys Office
Associations
2004 - Present
Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense LawyersBoard of Directors
2003 - Present
Massachusetts Lawyers WeeklyBoard of Editors
2012 - 2013
Supreme Judicial Court Working Group on Jury WaiversMember
2012 - 2015
Massachusetts Bar AssociationDelegate, Board of Delegates
2011 - 2012
Supreme Judicial Court Task Force on Hiring in the Judicial BranchMember
2007 - 2009
Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense LawyersPresident
2007 - 2010
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., Criminal Law Cirriculum Advisory CommitteeMember
2005 - 2012
Supreme Judicial Court Standing Advisory Committee on the Rules of Criminal ProcedureMember
1997 - 1998
Massachusetts Bar Association, Judicial Administration SectionChair
1995 - 1996
Massachusetts Bar Association, Criminal Justice SectionChair
Sample of Legal Cases
Judgment for the defendant
Education
1986
Juris Doctor, cum laude
1983
Bachelor of Business Administration, cum laude
Speaking Engagements
2012
Sentencing, Probation, and Parole
2009
Sentencing Advocacy
2008
Sentencing advocacy, probation, and parole
2008
Recent developments
2008
Sentencing advocacy
2008
Defending those accused of impaired driving
2007
Effective trial advocacy
2007
Recent developments in criminal defense
2006
Challenging searches with and without warrants
1998
Motor vehicle homicide and impaired driving cases
Publications
2014
2013
2008
2005
1998
1992
Activity
Legal Answers