New Matters: Case
results indicate the types of matters in which attorney Nathan
has provided representation. Jurisdictions and client backgrounds
are changed in order to protect a client anonymity.
April 2008 United States District Court a 43-year-old Massachusetts client receives probation and no jail time for fraud; this despite a criminal history resulting in a high guideline.
March 2008 Cambridge District Court a 31-year-old Massachusetts client wins a clerk magistrate hearing for leaving the scene after causing property damage; there was an extensive police investigation. A private investigator was used by Attorney Nathan to make a settlement with the other party
March 2008 a 55-year-old New Bedford man wins his hardship driver's license appeal after being convicted for 3 drunk driving offenses.
March 2008 West Roxbury District Court a Massachusetts client has his criminal case dismissed; the charge was operating a driver license while suspended.
February 2008 Three clients have their criminal history sealed on petition of Attorney Nathan.
February 2008 attorney Nathan is retained by the family of a soldier seeking early release from prison after pleading guilty to murder of Iraqi insurgents. This is his third such case; Attorney Nathan reaches out to the United States Congress seeking hearings on equality of sentencing of these cases. Representation continues. December 2007, United States Army parole board , Washington, DC A United States soldier faces 18 years jail for war crimes from Iraqi operation freedom. After a hearing, the matter is postponed a year. Representation by attorney Nathan continues.
December 2007 Washington, DC Federal Elections Commission. A consent decree is reached after a 2004 Presidential election violation, saving aide $660,000; settlement for $11,000. Aide used federal matching funds to buy prostitutes and other personal items.
December 2007 United States District Court a 29 year-old Massachusetts man reaches a plea bargain with federal prosecutors avoiding 12 years committed time for gun related statutory violations and enters a negotiated plea bargain for 12 months on an information.
December 2007 Newton District Court a 38-year-old Massachusetts man reaches a plea bargain on the day of trial, avoiding a jail and suspended driver's license for malicious destruction to automobile, assault and battery.
December 2007 United States District Court and Hingham District Court Attorney Nathan negotiates no federal prosecution for local man on 3000+ child pornography charges; case stays in County Court where client faces minimal prosecution. Representation does not continue.
November 2007 United States Army Clemency and Parole Board, Washington DC. A convicted Iraq war soldier pleads out to murdering Iraqi civilians. Attorney Nathan is then retained to get the soldier out of jail. Representation continues.
November 2007 Roxbury District Court. A NY man defaults on a drug distribution charge in 1992 on the day of trial. Attorney Nathan gets the case dismissed without the client appearing in court.
October, 2007 United States Marines, Court of Inquiry. Attorney Nathan is consulted to review US prosecutor investigation of Afghan civilian killings by US marine in the war on terror. Representation continues.
September 2007 Dedham District Court a 40 year-old Massachusetts man receives dismissal of a charge involving a minor.
September 2007 Dedham District Court a 47-year-old Iowa man is in default from a 1991 drunk driving conviction. The default is removed without the client coming back to Massachusetts, and the right to operate is reinstated.
September 2007 Brookline District Court a 20-year-old area university student receives pretrial dismissal of a charge involving theft of a high-end bicycle from an area retail store. He is ordered, however, to undergo random testing for marijuana abuse.
September 2007 United States District Court a Massachusetts man is indicted for possession of child pornography. Representation continues.
September 2007 United States District Court a Massachusetts woman is indicted for fraud. Representation continues.
September 2007 Concord District Court a Massachusetts professional man is criminally complained of for multiple driving related infractions including operating a motor vehicle with suspended registration, uninsured motor vehicle and unregistered motor vehicle. The case tracked on three different dates for clerks hearing; the client twice defaulted then the client was in the wrong room so the complaint issued. At the arraignment, the case is dismissed prior to arraignment.
September 2007, Department of the Army, Washington DC Attorney Nathan makes military court-martial history before a special board. Results ordered impounded, with possible contempt of military court proceedings if disclosed.
July 2007 United States District Court a Massachusetts man is investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. After extensive interviews, the matter is dropped. No prosecution, no jail time.
June 2007 Barnstable Superior Court; District Court. A Florida man returns to face 10 year-old warrant for skipping on state parole and old County warrants. He is bailed pending final disposition.
June 2007 Middlesex Superior Court. A Massachusetts man is indicted on five drug trafficking charges. After extensive negotiations he is offered a reduced charge to possession with intent, but declines. After trial, four trafficking charges: not guilty; one trafficking charge: guilty with statutory minimum mandatory sentence applied.
June 2007 West Roxbury District Court a 36 year-old Massachusetts person is charged with credit card fraud, using a professional position to induce elderly to turn over credit cards for defendant's personal use; representation continues.
May 2007 Suffolk Superior Court a 31 year-old Boston man is sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after a weeklong retrial in the death of a man at a South Boston bar 10 years ago. The defendant was found guilty of second-degree murder for fatally stabbing an enemy after an altercation in 1997; his brother was also previously convicted of second-degree murder at their first trial in 1999 but were granted new trials in 2006 when the state appeals court found their attorneys had on microphones for a British television documentary, which compromised the attorney-client privilege (even though the defendants wanted to be on TV). One brother later pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 10 years in prison with credit for time served. The case is featured in Boston Law, the book on Boston crime stories by Sean Flynn.
May 2007, Nantucket District Court (with co-counsel) a 24 year-old Massachusetts man and repeat client is charged with second offense assault and battery. The case is dismissed upon payment of the thousand dollars restitution to the victim; the client had been facing jail time.
May 2007, United States District Court, Federal Bureau of Investigation. A 37 year-old Massachusetts man and his corporate colleagues are investigated for securities fraud. Representation continues.
May 2007, Brighton District Court a 24 year-old Massachusetts man has a conviction for OUI, leaving the scene and negligent operation overturned on appeal to allow him to gain immediate right to operate motor vehicles.
May 2007 a 24 year-old Massachusetts man classified as a level 3 sex offender has two indictments in separate counties for failure to register as a sex offender. Representation continues while bail is granted.
April 2007 Middlesex Superior Court a 25-year-old Massachusetts
man is indicted for rape of a 22 year old and is found not guilty
by a 12 person jury.
April 2007 Nantucket District Court a 24-year-old New York man
pays his way out of an assault and battery, second offense, and
the case is dismissed.
April 2007 Middlesex County a 41 year-old Massachusetts woman
is detained by a major retail store and investigated for shoplifting,
2nd offense. Although the store was going to prosecute, Attorney
Nathan was able to intervene to present mitigating circumstances
which resulted in a corporate decision not to prosecute; this
case was referred by a major Washington, DC law firm
March 2007 United States District Court/Federal Bureau of Investigation a Massachusetts man is investigated for money laundering and securities fraud with attorney Nathan as lead counsel. Representation continues.
March 2007 Boston Municipal Court 40 year-old Framingham man is charged with suborning perjury, trying to clean up the mess created by an inexperienced defense lawyer. Representation continues
March 2007 United States District Court a 46-year-old high school teacher is indicted for possession of child pornography and receives a downward departure from the guidelines; his sentence was the lightest of 300 handed down from a major FBI sweep despite intense media publicity.
March 2007 Middlesex County Superior Court a 59 year-old California man is indicted for fraud, using a straw to raise revenue. Representation continues
March 2007 United States District Court/United States Homeland Security Attorney Nathan negotiates a deal for a drug trafficker which allows the person to avoid federal prosecution and to stay in the United States.
March 2007 Attorney Nathan is the featured attorney on the Fox news O'Reilly factor, and Court TV following his arguments about a sex offense case in which he is lead counsel.
March 2007 Attorney Nathan appears again on Fox News O'Reilly Factor, creating controversy for millions of regarding his position that viewers of child pornography do not belong in jail.
February 2007 Cambridge District Court. A 36 year-old Massachusetts licensed professional is charged with threats to commit bodily harm and malicious destruction of personal property +$250. The Police Department is persuaded to withdraw the complaint, thus saving the professional his career.
February 2007 West Roxbury District Court a Massachusetts man is released from jail following attorney Nathan's argument that his six-month skipping on probation's mandatory drug testing was not warranted; later, the client is allowed on motion of the court to move to California.
February 2007 Worcester District Court a 49-year-old Massachusetts man skipped on his probation obligations in moved to North Carolina following a court order in 19 any three to attend a domestic abuse class, which he failed to do. At a hearing, the warrant is withdrawn and the charges are dismissed.
February 2007 Clinton District Court, a 39 year-old truck driver from Pennsylvania is charged with negligent operation of a motor vehicle after a truck pile up on Route 495, causing $750,000 property damage. The charges are continued for six months then dismissed.
January 2007 United States District Court a Massachusetts license professional is charged in a scheme to defraud. After extensive litigation in negotiation, no prison time is imposed. Several codefendants who went to trial were incarcerated for periods up to 10 years following a guilty verdict.
January 2007 Taunton District Court a student is charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, and possession of class E with intent to distribute following a police investigation. After extensive negotiations and the preparation of a motion to suppress, so much of the charges alleging distribution is dismissed and the defendant pleads to simple possession without a conviction and the entire record is sealed following a short probationary term.
November 2006 Middlesex Superior Court a 41 year-old Massachusetts man is charged in a complex scheme to defraud his employer. He is sentenced on a plea bargain to County House of Correction instead of State Prison, but due to behind-the-scenes negotiations of Attorney Nathan with the sheriff he is processed out on the electronic bracelet to his home.
November 2006 East Boston District Court a 48 year-old Massachusetts professional is detained by TSA officials at Boston Logan Airport for possession of cocaine and a razor in his wallet. Representation continues.
November 2006 Nantucket District Court a New York man and the son of a household business name is detained by TSA officials for possession of 1/4GM cocaine, and law enforcement processes a criminal complaint application. In court, an agreement is made to withdraw a the application for criminal complaint due to an in-depth psychological report.
November 2006 United States District Court/United States Secret Service. A23 year old Israeli man is interrogated by the United States Secret Service on a complex jewelry larceny investigation. It turns out that there was reason to believe the funds from the scheme were being funneled back to the Middle East. No criminal complaint is processed as a result of the negotiations of Attorney Nathan.
October 2006 Barnstable District Court/United States Military Court of Justice A 32 year old Army Sergeant is investigated by both military authorities and state police for sexual harassment. In both jurisdictions, a complaint is precluded from issuing. In the state matter, the complaint was going to issue but in the morning was stricken from the call of the list.
October 2006 Middlesex County Superior Court A 26 year old discharges prior counsel and and engages attorney Nathan on the eve of trial. Discussions to break down narcotics trafficking indictments continue.
October 2006 Bristol County Superior Court A 24 year-old drug dealer receives a breakdown of state drug trafficking indictments to a county charge, and is sentenced accordingly. This disposition avoided 10 years state prison time.
October 2006 United States District Court Attorney Nathan, acting in the capacity is oversight counsel, engineer's a house-confinement sentence for health care fraud for a licensed professional.
October 2006 United States District Court, Attorney Nathan appears to argue for the release of a high school teacher charged with possession of child pornography. The indictment was featured on Fox News Channel's O'Reilly Factor. Prior to engaging Attorney Nathan, the client had been ripped off by an Internet criminal defense advertising law firm based in California. Representation continues.
October 2006 Martha's Vineyard District Court (Edgartown) A foreign tourist is arrested for drunken driving. The case is administratively disposed of so there is no INS consequence.
September 2006 Nantucket District Court. A 24 year-old automobile mechanic is charged with second offense assault and battery. The client did not take the recommendations of counsel at the clerk's hearing, and lost. He now faces indictment. Representation continues.
September 2006 Nantucket District Court, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) the daughter of an American businessman and icon is charged with possession of cocaine and a dangerous weapon going through a TSA checkpoint. The narcotics are transferred to the custody of the police, and representation continues.
September 2006 United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces a United States Army Sgt. 1st Class, convicted of murder of an Iraqi insurgent, appeals his conviction. Representation continues. This case is featured in FIASCO, the American military adventure in Iraq, p.398 Penguin Press (2006), by Thomas E. Ricks.
August 2006 Federal Bureau of Investigation/United States District Court a 22 year old New York man is investigated for credit card fraud. Representation continues.
August 2006 Somerville District Court a 38 year-old Massachusetts man is arrested for assault with a dangerous weapon, four counts, threats to commit a crime, possession of class b and class d drugs. After a hearing, the client avoids a conviction on the drug charges which would have suspended his drivers license for two years and the case is administratively continued, to be dismissed in one year.
August 2006 New Bedford District Court a 22 year-old New Jersey man is criminally applied for operating to endanger after being stopped in excess of 140 mph. At the clerk magistrate hearing, no probable cause to issue a criminal complaint is found and the case is dismissed without action against the defendant. Reinstatement of his drivers license for immediate threat followed a hearing.
August 2006 Dorchester District Court a 37-year-old Massachusetts man is found responsible after a clerk magistrate hearing for failure to stop at a red light and is then found not responsible after a trial before a Judge.
July 2006 United States Military Court of Justice. A United States sergeant is investigated for sexual-harassment. No charges issue. Case continues in state court.
July 2006 United States Military Court of Justice. A combat duty marine is investigated by military authorities for first-degree murder after detaining and allegedly executing Iraqi detainees.
July 2006 Middlesex Superior Court. A 17-year-old is investigated and arrested for first-degree murder. Representation continues.
June 2006 United States District Court two codefendants in a significant alien smuggling and wire fraud indictment receive credit for time served and a sentence accordingly on another matter with minimum jail time. This was a significant result of a plea bargain.
June 2006 Plymouth District Court a 17-year-old receives dismissal of a felony charge as a result of the investigation by attorney Nathan.
June 2006 Newburyport District Court a corporate executive receives dismissal of a criminal charge as a result of the operation of a motor vehicle. Two lawyers were instrumental in obtaining this result.
May 2006 United States District Court a 32 year old man receives no jail time after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud. This case arose out of an extensive investigation by the FBI.
May 2006 Concord District Court a 40 year-old Massachusetts woman avoids criminal prosecution after clerk's hearing for disorderly conduct and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
May 2006 Worcester County Superior Court a 40 year-old Massachusetts man obtains a not guilty verdict on one count of indecent assault and battery.
May 2006 Middlesex County a 16-year-old avoids prosecution on a sex offense after extensive negotiations and an investigation.
April 2006 United States District Court. A 43 year old man avoids incarceration for credit forgery and stipulates to deportation instead of jail.
April 2006 Roxbury District Court. A 19 year old college student avoids prosecution for possession of marijuana at a clerk's hearing.
March 2006 United States District Court. A man is arrested for alien smuggling, in a case featured in major media for the depth of USA border insecurity. The case is prosecuted by the Department of Homeland Security. The minimum sentence is negotiated.
News Attorney Nathan is selected as the WHDH Ch. 7 commentator in the murder case involving a British man alleged to have killed his child and wife in Massachusetts; simultaneously, Attorney Nathan appeared on Fox News Channel regarding forensic evidence against the defendant.
February 2006 Brighton District Court a 23-year-old California woman is arrested for Sex for Fee after a sting operation by Boston Police. The case is dismissed on motion; litigation against the Boston Police Department continues as a result of the failure to return evidence seized during a raid of a hotel room.
February 2006 Ayer District Court. Larceny charges against a businessman involved in a complex financial scheme are dismissed on motion of Attorney Nathan.
February 2006 Quincy District Court a 50-year-old Massachusetts man is investigated for lying on an application for a Massachusetts license jeopardizing his medical career. The case is administratively continued; no charges are being brought.
February 2006 Bellingham District Court 35-year-old Massachusetts man is charged with false application for motor vehicle license, falsifying a motor vehicle document and operating a motor vehicle on a suspended license. These charges are dismissed upon payment of $500.00
January 2006 Stoughton District Court charges of operating to endanger 140+ miles an hour in a 65 zone, failure to stop for a police officer, leaving the scene of an accident are dismissed upon the client's admission to speeding while operating under the influence of alcohol and a marked lanes violation. The case proceeded administratively.
January 2006 United States District Court A political figure is investigated by federal authorities. After nine months, the matter concludes without prosecution.
December 2005 South Hadley District Court a 20-year-old who was previously on probation for driving to endanger and drugs is arrested for drunken driving, leaving the scene after causing property damage and reckless operation after driving into a home at 80+ miles an hour in a 30 mph zone. After a plea bargain, the matter is administratively continued to allow the client to continue in college and complete a term and condition of probation.
New! Attorney Nathan weighs in on the FOX News Channel arguing on behalf of President Bush that telephone eavesdropping of the enemy probably does not require a search warrant, and that a New York Times reporter could be subject to jail time for revealing national security secrets.
November 2005 Suffolk Superior Court. A 38 year old massachusetts man with a history of theft convictions in three states is indicted for corporate larceny. The arrest was widely reported by the media. Defendant later pled guilty; there was no plea bargain in effect but Attorney Nathan beat the Attorney General sentencing request, and that made by the corporation the client defrauded.
November 2005 Stoughton District Court. An 18 year old is charged with OUI and leaving the scene after causing personal injury and faced a man/min 6 months jail. After negotiations the man/min court is reduced to a lesser included offense, and the college-bound client enters a program for such offenders without jail time or a criminal record.
November 2005 Dedham District Court. A 21 year old area college student is arrested for OUI and leaving the scene after causing property damage and faced a man/min 15 days jail. After negotiations the man/min court is not prosecuted, and the college student enters a program for such offenders without jail time or a criminal record.
November 2005 Roxbury District Court. A 20 year old foreign college student is charged by way of criminal complaint application hearing with threats against a government official. The student is from one of the most powerful allies of the US. The case is later dismissed. This client was referred by a major Washington, DC law firm.
October 2005 Suffolk County Superior Court. Attorney Nathan is retained as co-counsel in a codefendant murder case. Representation continues.
October 2005 Stoughton District Court. An 18-year-old is charged with leaving the scene after causing personal injury and drunk driving, which could land client in jail for six months on a minimum mandatory house of correction sentence. The client is planning on attending college. Representation continues.
October 2005 Hadley District Court. A 20-year-old college student is charged with leaving the scene after causing property damage, drunk driving and negligent operation of motor vehicle second offense which could put the defendant in jail for six months on a minimum mandatory house of correction sentence and have client expelled from college. Representation continues.
October 2005 A Massachusetts high profile business person is investigated by a Police Department for commission of a white collar crime. After negotiation with detectives, no charges issue against this person.
October 2005 A Massachusetts juvenile is investigated for rape. After extensive negotiations over one year period, no criminal charges are filed against the juvenile.
Attorney Nathan is featured on Fox News Channel's The O'Reilly
Factor as a criminal defense commentator regarding the Milton
Academy sex crimes case, and on Studio B with Sheppard Smith
regarding the Michael Jackson case.
September 2005 United States District Court Attorney Nathan is retained as lead counsel in a sweeping federal indictment pursuant to the Homeland Security Act/USA Patriot Act for violations currently under seal.
August 2005, United States District Court, a 42-year-old Massachusetts man enters a plea to an information of violation of title 18, USC, section 1028, transfer of false identification documents, and avoids jail time.
August 2005 Martha's Vinyard County District Court, a 52-year-old Pennsylvania man has a DWI/OUI dismissed on motion alleging a violation of the state recordkeeping statute after a .13 breath test administered by Edgartown police. No government appeal is expected.
August 2005 Boston Municipal Court an area college student receives a noncriminal sentence after allegedly stealing property belonging to his employer.
August 2005 Bristol County a 32-year-old executive of a multi million dollar internet corp is able to avoid jail time on a drunk driving probation violation emanating out of the 1980s. At the same time, charges of operating a motor vehicle while his license was suspended for drunk driving in a North Shore court were also dismissed. However, a trial in another court in Bristol County for drunk driving is pending from 1990.
July 2005 Boston Municipal Court an area college student is charged with possession of marijuana 3lbs. and cocaine 1oz. within a school zone with intent to distribute/trafficking, a loaded firearm and $10,000 cash. After a reduction of $10,000 magistrate bail to a $1500 judge's bail without a government appeal, representation continues with co-counsel.
July 2005 Lynn District Court a 30-year-old MA man with an extensive criminal record is arrested by the Lynn Police Department and charged with 9 major & minor motor vehicle violations including operating a motor vehicle with a suspend the driver license, third offense. After two years of litigation, the matters are continued for further judge'a review to be dispensed in one year. This matter was referred by his union attorney.
July 2005 Roxbury District Court a California man defaulted in 1991 (while an area student) on two minor motor vehicle criminal matters but in 2005 sustained a suspension of his right to operate in California as a result of the default. The matters are brought forward without the appearance of the defendant and dismissed on motion of counsel. The driver's license in California is thereafter reinstated.
July 2005 Hingham District Court. Same fact pattern as above. Case dismissed but in this case there were two civil infractions which the client was found responsible in order to dispose of the criminal cases without his appearance as he lived in Washington D.C., a paralegal for a major political law firm which referred him to Attorney Nathan.
June 2005 United States District Court; a 25-year-old Boston man is indicted for larceny by check. The United States Secret Service vigorously investigated. In the end, a $35,000 case is reduced to $3000 of restitution, and dismissed.
June 2005 Martha's Vineyard District Court. A 23-year-old has charges issue after a clerk's hearing for leaving the scene after causing personal injury. Oak Bluffs Police Department investigation contrasted with testimony of the client.
May 2005 Wareham District Court a 29-year-old MA woman and single parent is found not guilty following a jury-waived drunk driving trial, 2nd offense which involved a motor vehicle accident. She is convicted, however, of operating to endanger, a lesser included offense. No probation; sixty day license loss only versus 2 years if convicted of the drunk driving charge.
May 2005 Middlesex Superior Court A 32-year-old MA man who had previously been acquitted of murder charges is indicted and charged with a $200,000 plus larceny, and allowed to walk out of court without additional bail conditions following argument by Attorney Nathan, which also enable him to leave the state. Representation continues.
April 2005 Middlesex County Superior Court. Commonwealth agrees to dismiss larceny charges upon restitution of $5200. by a date certain, without sentence imposed and no jail time.
April 2005 South Boston District Court An application for a criminal complaint for assault and battery against a husband is denied; no police appeal.
April 2005 Leominster District Court A 25-year-old Massachusetts man is charged with leaving the scene of an accident, drunk driving, assault and battery on a police officer, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, filing a false crime report, all in a single scheme. All charges except DWI dismissed; unsupervised probation only on the D.W. I.
April 2005, Washington DC Transportation Security Administration (TSA) a prominent Massachusetts businessman is placed on the TSA watch list and not allowed to board commercial airplanes following a security episode and arrest at Logan Aiport. Attorney Nathan is successful in purging the client from the list, using his Washington DC political contacts. It is interesting to note that the New York Times, in an article about this list, stated that it was impossible to be so removed.
March 2005 West Roxbury District Court. A 52-year-old
Massachusetts man is charged with larceny and is found not guilty
by jury.
March 2005 Suffolk County grand jury investigation. A
Massachusetts business man escapes indictment as a result of
negotiations by Attorney Nathan.
February 2005 Newton District Court a 23-year-old immigrant arrested for felony shoplifting out of Bloomingdales gets dismissal of charges on motion of Attorney Nathan. No sentence, no record. There were extensive international negotiations in this matter.
February 2005, Baghdad Iraq, United States Military Court. A 32-year-old soldier wins a motion to transfer his premeditated murder of an Iraqi insurgent court martial to Germany, together with a recommendation that the case not go forward on premeditation, thereby sparing the soldier the risk of the death penalty after trial. Representation by Attorney Nathan and esteemed civilian and military co-council continues.
February 2005 Brighton District Court A 34-year-old repeat client obtains a reduction in sentencing on leaving the scene after causing property damage, second offense, to probation. No jail time.
January 2005 Natick District Court A 34-year-old businessman is charged with a mandatory gun violation which could have jailed him for a year. After extensive negotiations including the use of an expert, the charges were decriminalized and then dismissed upon payment of court costs.
January 2005 United States Secret Service Attorney Nathan is retained in a sweeping federal law enforcement investigation involving illegal check cashing for the purchase of guns and drugs in the Boston area. Representation continues.
Fox News Channel Attorney Nathan creates controversy by suggesting on Hannity & Colmes that the Washington D.C. snipers should be entitled to a bail hearing. One-half hour was devoted to the subject, and the other on evidence handling and testing.
December 2004 United States District Court. A Massachusetts man is investigated by the federal government (ATF) for importation and illegal sales of firearms and firearms components (LCAFDs). Representation continues.
December 2004 Baghdad, Iraq. A V-Corps Army 3rd Infantry Division soldier is investigated for taking part in the theft of $900k cash left by Baath Party officials during the war. Attorney Nathan is consulted by worried family members. No arrest or formal military violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice has taken place yet.
November 2004 Boston Municipal Court two brothers from Brazil, one a Boston University honors student and the other a business consultant, are arrested celebrating a Boston Red Sox game. Significant negotiations result in an accord and satisfaction being executed after the charges are reduced to a misdemeanor and the charges are dismissed. No criminal record.
November 2004 Worcester County A 35-year-old businessman is investigated by local police for indecent assault battery upon his niece age 14. After extensive negotiations by Attorney Nathan, and his experts, the investigation is closed without arrest.
November 2004 Suffolk County Several college students are arrested following the Boston Red Sox victory in the World Series, and attorney Nathan is retained. Representation continues.
November 2004 Suffolk County A Boston area student is investigated for a stabbing incident, but after a police lineup the victim cannot identify the defendant/client and the investigation is closed without an arrest.
November 2004 Brookline District Court A a 25-year-old liquor store employee is charged with second offense drunk driving but has the case reduced on motion by Attorney Nathan to first offender disposition, saving the client the cost of a jury trial.
October 2004 Middlesex County A prominent businessman is charged by local police for operating a motor vehicle on a revoked driver license. At a clerks hearing, the matter is dismissed. This case was referred to Attorney Nathan by a major corporate law firm in Washington D.C.
October 2004 Commissioner of Probation A 65-year-old Wisconsin man who wanted to apply for a job has his prior criminal record completely sealed on petition of Attorney Nathan
October 2004 Norfolk County Superior Court An organized motor vehicle theft ring is investigated by the attorney general. Representation continues.
October 2004 Quincy District Court four students are charged with stealing a boat and taking it across the harbor whereupon they are stopped by law enforcement. At a clerks hearing, Attorney Nathan precludes the complaint from issuing against all four students.
October 2004 Essex Superior Court a 29-year-old Massachusetts man is indicted for trafficking drugs in a school zone. After two years of negotiations, a mandatory sentence is reduced to the minimum and the client is sentenced accordingly. His codefendant was one of the most wanted drug dealers in Massachusetts.
October 2004 Essex Superior Court A 24-year-old army staff Sgt. is charged with rape. After negotiations, the case, which mirrored the Kobe Bryant basketball star indictment and facts, is dismissed. An investigator and a polygraph expert were used by Attorney Nathan.
September 2004 Boston Police investigation A Boston man is investigated for a stabbing incident. Representation continues.
September 2004 Dedham District Court A 48-year-old Connecticut man who defaulted in 1998 on 3 criminal charges has all of the cases dismissed on motion and is able to reinstate his driver license prior to relocating to California.
August 2004 Bristol County Superior Court a 24-year-old charged with narcotics trafficking receives a breakdown due to a plea agreement to avoid a minimum mandatory school zone charge, and accepts the plea and is sentence to guidelines which will have him serve in a halfway house.
August 2004 Middlesex County Superior Court A 30-year-old decorated Persian Gulf war veteran is arrested and charged with a one year mandatory unlicensed possession of a firearm. The case continues.
July 2004 United States District Court. A 31-year-old United States Senate campaign manager is investigated for stealing campaign funds, because the campaign collapsed. Attorney Nathan is able to preclude arrest of the suspect, and negotiations with law-enforcement continue. Attorney Nathan was retained because of his ability to work with federal law enforcement in several jurisdictions as well as his ties with major law corporate law firms, some of which represent codefendants.
June 2004 Suffolk County Superior Court, a 39-year-old Boston man is charged with murder in the first degree, after he had an argument with his former girlfriend's boyfriend and allegedly stabbed him some hours later. When homicide investigators asked the client what happened, the defendant made a statement. He is held for trial without bail.
June 2004 Bristol County Superior Court, a 58-year-old unemployed software engineer is indicted for corporate fraud and the case is remanded by Attorney Nathan's agreement to the District Court for sentencing, saving the white-collar criminal a possible ten-year prison sentence.
June 2004 Waltham District Court, a 38-year-old habitual traffic offender with a suspended driver license in other states, and on probation in Massachusetts for driving under the influence, is charged by complaint application for operating to endanger, 2 counts, speeding 130+ mph, failure to stop for a police officer, reckless operation, on diverse dates. The evidence came from subpoenas out of the FAST LANE after the trooper lost the vehicle. After two continuances, the criminal matters are withdrawn and the client paid a total $1000 fine, avoiding a prison sentence.
May 2004 United States District Court A 38-year-old
American household name is charged with tax evasion and receives
a sentence of probation instead of 16 months prison on the grounds
of extraordinary personal circumstances regarding the defendant's
daughter.
May 2004 Framingham District Court A 38-year-old heir
to a global fortune is charged with second offense operating
on a driver license while suspended for drunk driving. The defendant
was not liked in the District Court: she stated to the judge
that the laws of the United States do not apply to her because
of her wealth and power. During a hotly contested sentencing
hearing, defendant was instead sentenced to a psychiatric hospital.
May 2004 United States District Court a career criminal
receives a sentence of 240 months for distribution of cocaine
when the government was seeking 365 months. A "downward
departure" based upon the "unconstitutionality of imposing
sentencing guidelines" was granted on motion but the government
is appealing.
May 2004 United States District Court A career criminal
is sentenced to a lengthy prison term for kidnap/rape/forced
prostitution of a minor across state lines BUT receives a downward
departure from an even greater sentence plus concurrent time
for unrelated state charges as a result of the negotiations of
Attorney Nathan.
April 2004 Martha's Vineyard District Court (Edgartown) A 29 year old swimming pool maintenance man from Paris, France and the Cape is cited by local police for operating to endanger and driving on a revoked license for HTO. After a year of litigation the charges were dismissed.
April 2004 Waltham District Court. A 42-year-old corporate president is charged with operating on a driver license suspended for drunk driving, and contempt of court. The client threatened suicide after being held; sentence was instead hospital for the period of the minimum sentence, not hard jail time as requested by probation.
April 2004 Somerville District Court. A 32-year-old pilot for a fractional jet leasing company is charged by a department store for shoplifting over $250, a felony which could have resulted in a loss of his FAA license. The complaint is withdrawn at the hearing based upon negotiations by Attorney Nathan. A forensic psychiatrist report was used at the hearing.
April, 2004 Gloucester District Court A 34 year old travel agent is represented by a so-called OUI specialist, and is recommended to plead to jail for a 2nd offense DWI plus 2 year license loss. Attorney Nathan took the appeal, the other lawyer was fired, and Nathan reduced the case to 1st offense and got the client license reinstated.
March 2004 Brookline District Court A 21 year old student is arrested for Assault and Battery on a police officer, resisting arrest and disorderly person. A forensic psychologist working with Attorney Nathan evaluated the client, and thus the matter was continued for sentencing in one year without a criminal finding allow the student to finish college.
February 2004 Essex County A 24-year-old army Sgt. is charged with rape by local law enforcement after a woman claimed she went to his apartment, and was sodomized. The facts are very similar to the Kobe Bryant case in Colorado, a case well-known by Attorney Nathan as he continues to serve as a commentator on Fox News. At the bail hearing client was released on $1000 cash bail, after argument by Attorney Nathan. The case continues with intensive defense investigation.
January 2004 United States Secret Service After a protracted investigation, the government drops its investigation of a 39-year-old Connecticut man for credit card fraud. Another lawyer was sued in the process of the case; client had confessed but his confession was tainted by his mental illness.
January 2004 Suffolk Superior Court Attorney Nathan provides testimony at a motion for a new trial in a first-degree murder conviction.
December 2003 Suffolk Superior Court. A 37 year old teacher is indicted for sex crimes and is spared a jail sentence as a result of plea negotiations before trial.
December 2003 Brighton District Court. An 18-year-old college student is arrested by University Police Department for malicious destruction of property, trespassing and resisting arrest. At a court hearing the client receives pretrial probation and no criminal record. He faced disciplinary proceedings at the University.
December 2003 Leominster District Court. A 41-year-old NH man is arrested in 1986 for Assault & Battery and then defaults. He is charged in a separate criminal complaint with failure to appear. He manages in 1999 to be charged in the same jurisdiction and the same court with OUI-4th lifetime offense, and unlicensed operation of motor vehicle. He again defaulted. At court hearing, Attorney Nathan consolidated the cases into a package deal which involved the client staying in a hospital. He did not go to jail and was able to return to his normal life with these cases behind him, even though he was revoked for drunk driving in 1999 in another jurisdiction when he was arrested in Massachusetts.
December 2003 United States District Court, Boston. A 43-year-old Florida woman is about to be indicted for tax fraud; she waives indictment and pleads guilty to an information in order to receive house arrest instead of federal prison time, as a result of the negotiations by Attorney Nathan.
December 2003 Cambridge District Court A 28-year-old doctor receives a sealed record on motion of Attorney Nathan for 1st Offense Shoplifting. This disposition now allows the doctor to apply for residency in Massachusetts, and to work in a federally funded medical research center.
November 2003 Brighton District Court A 19-year-old Boston University student is arrested by the Boston College Police Department for disorderly person and minor in possession of alcohol. He receives pre-trial probation at the pretrial conference and as a result will sustain no criminal record. This unusual result came about as a result of the pretrial negotiations.
November 2003 Falmouth District Court. A 43-year-old RI man is arrested for B&E for Felony,Person in Fear c.266 sec.17 and destruction of property +$250, malicious c. 266 sec 12. while on parole from the state prison for assault with intent to murder. A warrant had issued. The charges are dismissed upon payment of $1000 court costs.
November 2003 Suffolk County A Massachusetts licensed professional receives a reduced charge after being arrested for indecent exposure, after two similar incidents. A forensic expert and investigator were instrumental in securing the plea bargain.
November 2003 Barnstable County Superior Court. A 38-year-old Cape Cod man receives no criminal conviction following indictment for growing marijuana following a raid by DEA and ATF agents of the federal government.
November 2003 Lynn District Court. This case was referred by a major Boston law firm. An 18-year-old college student is charged with negligent operation after a collision, and faced 6 months in jail. The case is remanded for a clerk's hearing after being poorly handled by another lawyer. At the hearing, the case is dismissed.
October 2003. Worcester District Court. An 18 year old's criminal record for marijuana is Sealed after a motions hearing conducted by Attorney Nathan, enabling the man to apply for federal student loans.
October 2003 Marlboro District Court. A court executive with a major computer manufacturer is charged with larceny from his company credit union. The charges are dismissed.
October 2003 New Bedford District Court A 31-year-old man pleads guilty to a sophisticated internet fraud scheme involving $50,000; due to the negotiations of Attorney Nathan his restitution is stipulated by Attorney General at only $20,000.
September 2003 Brookline District Court a 20-year-old international student is charged with drunk driving, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, speeding and lane violation. At a hearing, the charges were decriminalized allowing the student to try emigrate to the United States. The client will attend a national safety council course and classes involving drunk driving. His application for a hardship license was initially denied; at a rehearing a work license was issued.
September 2003 Criminal Systems History Board A 34 year old professional woman has her prior criminal history SEALED on petition of Attorney Nathan.
September 2003 a 35-year-old Newton man is charged with assault battery on another man; the other man was also charged with assault in battery in a cross-complaint on the client. A near deadly knife battle ensued. The Newton Police Department sought criminal complaints against both parties, as it was the detective's opinion that Nathan's client started the fight. During the trial, Nathan utilized a forensic dermatologist report to prove that the wounds his client sustained were the result of a direct assault, and were not defensive in nature. As a result, only the other man was charged and the client was exonerated. The police plan to appeal the court magistrate decision.
September 2003 Worcester County Superior Court. A 32 year old Oregon man is released from jail after serving a sentence for another person, when false identity caused the wrongful incarceration. A forensic expert provided the crucial testimony regarding finger print analysis, and demonstated the the police missed the issue.
September 2003 Clinton District Court A 45-year-old Hudson man is criminally applied for, trash, littering from motor vehicle, when he disposed of a refrigerator out of his expensive SUV into a state forest. Undercover narcotics agents from the federal government, working in conjunction with the local police, prosecuted the case at the criminal hearing, a compromise is reached and the client paid a criminal fee which was converted to a civil punishment and the case was dismissed without prosecution.
September 2003 Westborough District Court. A 24-year-old corporate human resources manager is charged with drunk driving, first offense in Massachusetts under the new, tougher dwi law Attorney Nathan took advantage of provisions of the new law to end the suspension for chemical failure, and enrolled the client and a driver retraining program. Immediately he got the Registry to give the client her license back. The criminal charge will be dismissed in a year, no criminal record.
September 2003 Essex County A 40-year-old and professional man is charged with improper storage of a firearm and assault with a gun, during a road rage incident when he aimed it at the driver next to him. Traffic was ground to a halt; the car was surrounded by other motorists on the highway. The client was arrested. Attorney Nathan was able to persuade the government not to hold the client on a dangerousness hearing and he was released on a cash bail to face charges at a future date with co-counsel.
September 2003 Quincy District Court A 42-year-old career criminal is charged with assault and battery on a public official, when the client attacked her probation officer during a monthly meeting with a pen. A fight ensued. The client was sent to Bridgewater for evaluation. A Motion for Change of Venue was allowed, and the case is pending in another county.
August 2003 Nantucket District Court. Two businessmen are charged with assault & battery on a police officer; they are represented by two different lawyers. Attorney Nathan's client was given a non-criminal sentence and alcohol testing because the event occurred at the famous Nantucket wine festival. The other client was represented by a lawyer who could not negotiate an acceptable, non-criminal plea agreement.
August 2003 Attleboro, Wrentham, Taunton District Courts: A 40-year-old Florida resident defaulted in Massachusetts on two drunk driving charges and a breaking in entering felony. The cases were all resolved due to extensive pretrial negotiations and his right to operate a motor vehicle will be restored.
July 2003 Worcester County. A 35 year old man is arrested for Drunk Driving 3rd offense and is found not guilty by jury trial after three hours of deliberation. There was a .12 breath test and no accident.
July 2003 Boston Municipal Court A Boston real estate executive is charged with assault battery, after he forcibly evicted a former employee and then beat him up in the elevator of a skyscraper. The matter is scheduled for a clerk magistrate hearing, where criminal process did not issue against the client. The victim was present at the hearing.
June 2003 Boston Municipal Court A 21-year-old Harvard business school student is detained for shoplifting $900 from a downtown retail store. Utilizing their contacts, investigator Smith and Atty Nathan, working in unison, persuaded the store not to file criminal charges. The student graduated the next day and moved on to his banking job on Wall Street.
May 2003 Brighton District Court A 38-year-old New York City stockbroker and serious player in the national economic scene petitions the court to seal his felony record. After a hearing, that petition is allowed and the New York Stock Exchange allows the client to keep his license to sell securities.
May 2003 District Court A 38-year-old woman is charged
with criminal harassment. Attorney Nathan was the successor lawyer,
following the firing of another well-known attorney. The client
received in-patient medical treatment. Thereafter, although the
client had served a state prison sentence for stalking in another
case three years ago, this case was decriminalized and the client
was left without a record as a result of the negotiations by
Attorney Nathan.
May 2003 Quincy District Court A 28-year-old South Shore
man stole his deceased father's checkbook and cashed $16,000
of checks to himself. He is arrested at a South Shore bank and
charged with larceny. During the booking process, police found
a bag of cocaine in his jacket, so he is additionally charged
with possession of a narcotic. The larceny charge is dismissed
and the client pled to a noncriminal disposition on the cocaine
charge, after promising not to use drugs.
April 2003 Brighton District Court, Chelsea District Court
and Waltham District Court. A 34-year-old California man with
warrants for drugs and car theft in 1988 obtains a dismissal
of all charges on motion by Attorney Nathan after significant
negotiations. The client was able to return to his profitable
business. Attorney Nathan stressed that the client had reformed
himself and any criminal record would lead to irreparable harm.
April 2003 Commissioner of Probation. A professional convicted
of operating to endanger in 1988 petitions the Office of Commissioner
of Probation to seal a prior criminal conviction for operating
to endanger. The petition is allowed, and as a consequence the
client does not face jail time for second and subsequent offense.
April 2003 North Adams District Court The chief regulatory
compliance attorney for an international bank is charged with
operating a motor vehicle so as to endanger. He fell asleep while
driving and crashed through a house causing $15,000 damage. Attorney
Nathan motioned the court to remand the case for a hearing at
which time the matter was dismissed.
March 2003. Concord District Court A 32-year-old corporate executive is charged with receiving stolen property, uttering a false check, larceny and identity fraud when he stole another paycheck, endorsed it and cashed it representing he was the payee. An ATM transaction photo revealed the close to identity and there was little defense. As a matter of a plea bargain, the felony charges were dismissed and the misdemeanor charges were continued for six months. If the client has no further problems with law enforcement matter will be dismissed -- resulting in no criminal record.
March 2003 United States District Court. A 48 couple from the North Shore is investigated for fraudulent tax returns by the IRS. After substantial negotiations, the matter is concluded without prosecution. Forensic economists assisted the defense.
March 2003 Attleboro District Court A 48-year-old convicted sex offender (male) is charged with failure to register as a sex offender. There was a warrant in Washington State for rape of a minor when the client came to Massachusetts. The case was featured in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly editorial section. The sentence was pretrial probation by agreement of the Commonwealth (so no criminal record) and the client was released without any terms and conditions of probation.
March 2003 Brookline/Dedham District Court. A 20 year old student from Taiwan, who was the son of a prominent government official is acquitted of drunk driving with a .09 BT and car accident.
February 2003 Newburyport District Court. A 32-year-old drug and alcohol counselor is found not responsible by jury verdict for OUI.
January 2003 Dudley District Court. A 32-year-old Washington D.C. resident is arrested for driving to endanger the public and racing at 116 mph. He received an immediate threat driver license revocation from the Massachusetts RMV and his home state. The matter was quickly advanced and then disposed of in a non-criminal session where the right to operate was reinstated. A team of defense lawyers and experts worked the case.
January 2003 United States District Court. US vs. Richard Reid (a/k/a Shoe-bomber) Attorney Nathan files a motion to intervene as counsel on behalf of two victims seated near the Queda terrorist who attempted to blow up American Airlines flight No. 62 Paris-Miami, which plane was diverted to Boston.
January 2003 Westboro District Court. A 31-year-old housewife is charged with operating to endanger. Attorney Nathan obtained pretrial probation and the matter will not appear on the clients criminal activity record information (CARI).
January 2003 Worcester Superior Court. a college student is indicted for selling marijuana. In the end, after a private hospitalization, pretrial probation was obtained allowing the client to continue his education and there will be no criminal activity record (CARI) against the student.
December 2002 Boston Municipal Court. A 32-year-old New Hampshire man is arrested for assault and battery on his girlfriend in the parking garage across the street from the Roxy nightclub at 2 in the morning. He is transported and held without bail. After several court hearings, the matter was decriminalized and the defendant returned to New Hampshire.
November 2002 Bristol County Superior Court. A 24-year-old man is indicted for selling 22 grams of heroin to area high school students. Attorney Nathan is retained for the bail hearing. This was the defendant's second indictment for trafficking; he previously served state prison time. The defendant is admitted to bail and the case continues. The co-defendant was held on a dangerousness hearing.
November 2002 A clerk magistrate of a MA court is charged with a private complaint application of indecent assault and battery, and retains Attorney Nathan. The hiring of Attorney Nathan reflects his standing in the legal community.
October 2002 A 46-year-old Florida man has default warrants in the Plymouth District Court, the Falmouth District Court, the Hingham District Court, and the Barnstable District Court. The criminal cases all involved operating a motor vehicle with a suspended drivers license for drunk driving, using a motor vehicle in the commission of a bank robbery, and other such matters. The warrants stemmed from 1990 through 1993. Over the course of time, the cases were resolved without the client coming back to Massachusetts and the right to operate motor vehicles in FL was reinstated.
October 2002 South Boston District Court. A metropolitan Boston newspaper reporter is charged with forging a Registry document, a felony. The matter reverted to a clerk's hearing, on Motion. At the hearing, Attorney Nathan negotiated a withdrawal of the criminal complaint.
October 2002 Boston Municipal Court. A 27-year-old bank teller is charged with larceny by scheme for stealing $6000 from a bank. The case was dismissed upon payment and there's no criminal record as a result.
September 2002 Boston Municipal Court. A 42-year-old Texas man is charged with larceny by scheme for stealing from his employer over $25,000. Attorney Nathan filed and argued a motion to dismiss on a technicality. The motion was allowed and the case was dismissed over the objection of the Commonwealth.
September 2002, investigation of sex offenses. A 17-year-old Middlesex County man is investigated for raping neighborhood children whom he was babysitting. Attorney Nathan was able to preclude a rape indictment; the department of youth services (DYS) continues with its investigation.
September 2002 Boston Municipal Court a 38-year-old a man is charged with a assault & battery during a Celtics game when he punched out one of the FleetCenter security guards who came into the corporate box. The victim sustained a bad bruise to his jaw. The client was arrested. Attorney Nathan negotiated the case to pretrial probation-- which means the defendant has absolutely no criminal record as a result of the arrest. A defense substance abuse expert provided testimony regarding the incident.
September 2002 Concord District Court. A 19-year-old college freshmen is arrested for assault and battery on a police officer, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, illegal possession of alcohol and illegal possession of a false ID. The defendant punched a police officer when asked for identification (there had been robberies in the neighborhood at night). There was another altercation at the police station during the booking process which resulted in additional charges. Attorney Nathan used a forensic psychiatrist to obtain pretrial probation for the client which means that he has absolutely no record as a result of the arrest.
September 2002 Suffolk County Superior Court A 54-year-old Massachusetts man is indicted for larceny by scheme for stealing $40,000. The charges were dismissed on a technicality following the a motion filed and argued by Attorney Nathan.
August 2002 Norfolk County Superior Court. A 31-year-old man from Cape Cod is indicted in 1999 on various charges and defaulted. In 2002 he is arrested in Cape Cod for indecent assault and battery on a minor and is indicted in Barnstable County. Attorney Nathan argued bail in the Barnstable County and an extremely low bail was granted. The Norfolk County case was resolved via a plea bargain which allowed the defendant to remain free to address the Barnstable County indictments. Attorney Nathan was retained by a law firm because the defendant was also a plaintiff suing the Archdiocese of Boston and Cardinal Law for abuse he sustained in the 1970s by pedophile priests.
August 2002 Waltham District Court and Brookline District Court A chief financial officer for a major corporation currently under investigation by the United States attorney's office for accounting fraud appears on warrants for his arrest for operating on a motor vehicle while his license was suspended. In one court the matter was outright dismissed and in the other court a non-criminal sentence was handed out. The client faced jail time in light of the significant exposure related to his corporate wrongdoing.
July 2002 Chelsea District Court. A 38-year-old professional is charged with larceny by check from his employer. The case could not be resolved and was marked for trial. Attorney Nathan was successor counsel for trial. At the trial, the case was dismissed. The assistant district attorney prosecuting the case was fired.
July 2002 West Roxbury District Court A 32-year-old with two prior operating after license suspension convictions appears on his fifth subsequent case of driving while not properly licensed. A court assessed a $100 fine and the matter was continued without finding after argument by Attorney Nathan. The client drove home. The statute calls for mandatory jail time.
June 2002 Nantucket District Court. A 29 year-old professional football player with a mid-western team is charged with shoplifting, 2nd offense, a $50 glass. The non-resident posted a bail upon his arrest. The case reverted on motion of Attorney Nathan, and pretrial probation was allowed by the judge. The client's criminal record and his professional playing contract were saved.
May 2002 Greenfield District Court. A 31-year-old professional is charged with possession of cocaine following a motor vehicle stop for speeding. The narcotics were in plainview and there was no defense when a chemical analysis revealed cocaine. The client was placed into a ten-day treatment program on outpatient basis and criminal charges were continued for six months to be dismissed. The disposition allows the defendant to keep his MA driver's license.
May 2002 North Adams District Court, Pittsfield District Court and Palmer District Court. In 1998 a 37-year-old man is arrested three times for assault and battery on his wife; in one case, the wife received stitches. Defendant posted bail in all three courts, and then left the state for many years, default thing on his bail obligations resulting in three separate warrants for his arrest. He was re-arrested in Seattle, WA, in 2002 when Attorney Nathan was retained. Interstate rendition was stipulated to. Transportation arrangements persuaded the Massachusetts judges to remove defaults in all three courts. A sentencing package was negotiated which enabled the client to return to Washington state on probation.
May 2002 Quincy District Court. A 19-year-old who was on probation skipped probation and left the Commonwealth. He was indicted in another state, and then return to Quincy to face a probation warrant. The warrant was recalled and defendant was remanded to the foreign jurisdiction.
April 2002 Barnstable Superior Court. A 45-year-old New York man is arrested & charged with Possession of Heroine with Intent to Distribute, three kilos. Attorney Nathan is specially appointed for a Superior Court Bail Review by Hon. Justice Nickerson. At the hearing, despite the large drug quantity, defendant is granted a $5,000 cash bail or $50,000 surety, with a term of release the the defendant seek drug counseling if bail is posted.
April 2002 Nantucket Superior Court. An accountant for a major resort is indicted for stealing almost $200,000, using a bogus company as a front. Sentencing guidelines called for 12 to 24 months in prison; the defendant excepted a plea bargain of 18 months House of correction suspended with a restitution order, amongst other terms and conditions of probation including no longer working as an accountant or managing money.
March 2002. Ipswich District Court. A 48-year-old married man with two children is arrested for open & gross lewdness by exposing himself to a female. He had a prior criminal record for three drunk driving convictions is arrested for opening and gross lewdness. The defendant confessed when he was arrested.The case was continued for six months to allow attorney Nathan's expert to prepare a report to the judge. During a private lobby conference, attorney Nathan persuaded the judge that the statute did not mandate sex offender registration. The matter was continued for a sentencing hearing at which time the prosecution asked for a committed jail sentence. The defendant received probation only.
March 2002 Greenfield District Court Two young Saudi men from New York City are stopped by the Massachusetts State Police, and held for questioning because they fit a terrorist profile. During questioning a detective found marijuana cigarettes. Both men were arrested and charged with possession. The case was initially set up for a clerk magistrate hearing, which due to the overwhelming evidence resulted in a judge being persuaded to impose pretrial probation. The individuals will not sustain a criminal record or driver's license loss. Three lawyers, a clinical investigator and representatives from the Saudi government worked on the case.
March 2002 Suffolk Superior Court A 58 year old Texan is indicted in 1988 for Larceny, and defaults until 2002 and only learns of the criminal charges due to an NDR hold on his Texas driver license. The default is removed in absentia, after Attorney Nathan noticed errors in the address of the indictment in 1988, which was evidence the client may never have known of the charges. It took that many years for Massachusetts to notify Texas of the warrant. The case continues, and the driver license was restored in the meanwhile.
March 2002 United States District Court. A South Shore couple is investigated for illegal equipment to steal television programming in violation of 47 USC sec.605(a) (making it illegal to receive or assist another in receiving an encrypted satellite signal) 18 USC sec.1201(1)(a)(making it illegal to circumvent a technological access system) and other federal crimes. The criminal allegations and civil complaint were packaged together by Attorney Nathan and a settlement agreement was confidential and there were no criminal charges.
February 2002 A 21-year-old African-American area college football star is investigated by campus police for a gang-style rape of a white woman on campus. A chat-room conversation is what led to the investigation. There was also a videotape taken while the woman was passed out drunk. The case continues to be handled by a team of attorneys, investigators and forensic experts.
February 2002 New Bedford District Court. Aggressive defense plea bargaining precludes State Indictment, after Federal authorities declined jurisdiction b/c of Defendants cooperation with US Postal Inspectors. Case involved Internet auctions of Plasma Televisions. Arrest, search + seizure took place in Bristol County, but due to defense counsel negotiations, state jurisdiction was also declined. Case was disposed of at the county level.
February 2002 Brockton District Court a 29-year-old repeat client who was on probation for drunk driving and who works as a driver for FedEx is summonsed to court for a clerks hearing for failure to obey a police officer, which is criminal charge, civil marked lanes violation and refusing to produce a license or registration, which is also a criminal charge. The case was continued for a further hearing at which time Attorney Nathan argued that the Brockton Police Department used unconstitutional means to bring process against the defendant and the charges were dismissed.
January 2002 Peabody District Court. A 20 year old women is charged with making a false report to police. She claimed her boyfriend assaulted & beat her (scratched her arms to cause bleeding). During the trial against him, she confessed that she caused the injuries & there was no assault. Her charges resulted in media attention; the client later received pre-trial probation with mental health counseling a requirement for a year, and no criminal record.
January 2002 Essex County Superior Court. A Lynn 19-year-old
is charged with First Degree Murder in the shooting of a high-school
rival over a gold chain valued at $20.00. It was an execution-style
killing. After two years, and a week before trial, the client
was offered a reduction to a manslaughter indictment, with 18-20
years to serve which he rejected over Attorney Nathan's recommendation.
During trial, the client pled guilty to 2nd Degree Murder, which
is a life sentence, over the objection of Attorney Nathan.
January 2002 Brighton District Court. A 34-year-old man
from Quincy in the delivery business is investigated by Boston
Police Dept. detectives for a $4,000 credit card scam. A magistrate
hearing is set up. Attorney Nathan and his investigator learned
that the complainant suffered from schizophrenia, the detective
withdrew the complaint. Case dismissed.
December 2001 Boston Municipal Court A college student is investigated by the FBI for $14,000 embezzlement by bank employee (stealing from his cash drawer while working as a teller for a major area bank). Federal jurisdiction was declined, sparing the student mandatory U.S.S.G. jail time. The Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, instead, prosecuted the case, which was investigated by Boston Police's Major Crimes unit. At trial, a non-criminal continued without a finding disposition defendant entered and the case will be dismissed. It is important to note the the restitution order factored in the cost of defense at the request of Attorney Nathan and restitution was half that of the criminal complaint.
December 2001, Federal Bureau of Investigation. A United States citizen who emigrated from Pakistan 20 years ago is asked to be interviewed by the FBI's local terrorism flight training school squad. The prospective client was enrolled in flight training school in Bedford MA, at Hanscom Air Field but had done nothing illegal and was not a terrorist. Attorney Nathan did not recommend representation because, after consultation with the client, there was no need for a lawyer. This case represents Mr. Nathan's conservative approach, which in certain cases is the best approach.
December 2001 United States District Court. A professional in the finance business is indicted by the United States Attorney's Office for an offense involving fraud or deceit. Sentencing guidelines called for prison time. Defendant was sentenced, but avoided prison time. Three defense lawyers worked together on the case, each with their own theory of defense.
December 2001 Norfolk Superior Court. A 21 year old is indicted for First Degree Murder (see Boston Globe 6/8/93) and pleads to 15 years. The co-defendant was represented by another lawyer who dragged the client through a trial, and the co-defendant is serving life without parole at MCI Walpole. The crime shocked the community for its vicious assault on a retarded juvenile. The DA on the case became a judge.
December 2001 State of Maine York County Superior Court. A Massachusetts career criminal has a felony Burglary class C dismissed upon payment of a fine. (co-counsel; not admitted in Maine). Defendant faced 10 years in jail.
December, 2001 Stoughton District Court a 45 year old CEO of a company based in Mass. is charged with operating a vehicle without a driver license; lying to a police officer, and speeding at 87 mph in a Jaguar XJR on Rt. 24. He is found not responsible of speeding and the criminal matters were dismissed without costs.
November 2001 Clinton District Court. A 44-year-old bank vice president from Iowa is charged with falure to stop for a police officer, a criminal charge. The case was set up for a clerk magistrate hearing. At the hearing, Attorney Nathan persuaded the magistrate not to issue a criminal complaint against the out-of-state defendant. A prior motion to waive the presence of the defendant was allowed by the court. As a result, the defendant did not have to travel back to Massachusetts to address the criminal matter. Had the defendant been convicted, he would have lost his driver's license and his prestige in the banking community.
October 2001 Quincy District Court. A 54 year old banker is charged with shoplifting. At the application for complaint hearing, Attorney Nathan reached an agreement not to prosecute. It was the defendant's second time in court for shoplifting within 24 months.
October 2001 A 48-year-old Massachusetts man retained Attorney Nathan to remove warrants which existed throughout the Commonwealth. In his late 20s, the now-professional man had default warrants in the Chelsea District Court, East Boston District Court, Charlestown District Court and the Sommerville District Court. All of the offenses involved violence and automobile related crimes. The first step was going to court and removing the warrants which existed (and which warrants made sure the client could not obtain a driver license). At pretrial conference hearings, each case was dismissed and the client bail was returned. In the end of the client was left with no criminal record which was essential in light of the fact that he had turned his life around and was admitted to medical school.
October, 2001 Framingham District Court. A 32 year old systems integrator and former Army Special Forces sergeant is charged with the MANDATORY JAIL offense of driving while his license is suspended for drunk driving. Claiming post-traumatic stress disorder from his service in the Persian Gulf War, Bosnia & Somalia, Attorney Nathan persuaded the court to reduced the charge to driving without a license and the case was dismissed upon payment of $1,000, thereby avoiding jail time and another license suspension.
September 2001 Boston, MA. A 19 year-old MIT student from Saudi Arabia is investigated by Filenes Basement for shoplifting; at the same time, due to the National Emergency, the FBI stepped in to question the student. Attorney Nathan reached a resolution of the matter without charges being filed; the student returned to Saudi Arabia due to the pressures upon him.
September 2001 Boston Municipal Court. A 40-year-old Massachusetts physician is investigated by Boston Police for masturbating in public. The defendant was arrested and charged with open & gross lewdness; the police alleged numerous offenses by which the doctor exposed himself. At his arraignment, Attorney Nathan 1) precluded a reading of the criminal complaint (so that the Globe would not print the story) and 2) defendant was released without being held in custody for a sexually dangerous persons hearing. The expert which Attorney Nathan used assisted in obtaining the defendant's release on a $1,000 cash bail. The case continues.
August 2001 Malden District Court. A 38-year-old Massachusetts man drove up Route 128 North the wrong direction, having previously spun out in the median strip due to a snowstorm, and slammed head-on into an oncoming vehicle. See Boston Globe & Herald 2/11/2001. The victim was airlifted to the hospital and sustained a fractured tibia, femur, crushed elbow, replacement of his iorta valve, spleen removal, numerous steel rods was in a coma for three weeks and then six months in a rehabilitation center. His injuries are obvioulsy permanent. Defendant fractured his femur and hip. Defendant was ambulanced to the hospital where a blood-alcohol level was .17, almost twice at the legal limit. He was charged with OUI causing serious bodily injuries (OUISBI) in one county and leaving the scene of property damage in another county. The matters were consolidated in one county by Attorney Nathan using a rare statuory provision so that the defendant would not face from & after sentencing. The mandatory minimum for the OUISBI was six months to 21/2 years in jail. Defendant received nine months in jail and a two-year license loss. After sentencing the judge commended defense counsel's work in the case which revealed by helicopter photographs, the placement of new median barriers where defendant spun out -- and asserting that defendant was an "inexperienced" drinker.
July 2001 A Metropolitan Boston area graduate of a prestigious preparatory school is internally investigated for 'hazing' another student while in Florida. The prep school threatened to withdraw its recommendation to an Ivy League College, which had accepted the student for the freshman year. After negotiations betweed a major Boston law firm and Attorney Nathan, the threatened withdrawal of recommendation was not acted upon and the matter was dealt with privately (all contrary to the school's policy regarding mandatory reporting of criminal matters to colleges, thus saving the ability to enroll at college).
July 2001 Nantucket District Court. A previously closed case is marked for a hearing to review the RMV 120 suspension of license due to chemical test refusal (ctr). Also a Motion for 15 days license-loss credit is ALLOWED although Supreme Judicial Court decision holds to the contrary.
July 2001 Roxbury District Court. Two New York Yankees fans run onto Fenway Park during a Red Sox game. The game was televised. Defendants are arrested and charged with Tresspass & Disturbing a Public Assembly. They are bailed at $1,000 each. At arraignment, the complaints are dismissed by the court on motion by Attorney Nathan for improper delay in arraignment.
July 2001 Taunton District Court. A 28 year old career-criminal is retained in a probation surrender (vop) hearing. The client faced 2.5 years in prison for violating his probation when he was found guilty of larceny in another case. After a succession of court appearances and a lobby conference, the vop was withdrawn and the client released to a warrant for larceny in Maine.
July 2001. Federal Court. A 42 year old repeat offender for violence (who worked for a prestigious prep-school) is adjudicated after trial as 100% disabled due his condition, and placed on permanent SSI in hopes of thwarting his violent tendencies.
June 2001 Malden District Court. A Texas man is charged with a bogus check-writing spree in 1985. The warrant management system cought up with the man as he tried to renew his driver license in Texas. The criminal complaint was dismissed and the client paid $50 to reinstate his right to operate motor vehicles.
June 2001 Hingham District Court. The Northeast regional director for a Forturne 500 company is arrested for leaving the scene after causing property damage, operating to endanger, speeding and marked lanes violation. A conviction would have resulted in termination of employment. The charges were dismissed; the operator will, however, take a one-day safe driver class. Retaining counsel early led to the successful resolution of the case; an investigator was instrumental as well in bringing to the court's attention to the age of the damage to the victim's car.
June 2001 United States Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit. A Boston Police Officer is indicted by the feds for stealing drugs & drug proceeds from Boston drug dealers and is convicted at a federal trial (another lawyer tried the case). A conservative judiciary failed to give credence to the argument that defendant never used his service revolver in the commission of the crimes, and that the jury instructions were confusing. An appeal to the United States Supreme Court is being drafted.
June 2001 Malden District Court. A physician is charged with operating a motor vehicle with an expired and out-of-state driver license; an expired inspection sticker was the probable cause for the lawful stop. In court it was learned the defendant/physician went 7 years without obtaining a Mass. driver license. The case was dismissed.
June 2001 Nantucket District Court A 38 year old professional man is charged with OUI and marked lanes violation during Fugowi Weekend; he refused the breath test. He admitted to intoxiation and failed all field sobriety tests. The case was continued to allow defendant to take a two day class on safe driving; thereafter, the charges will be dismissed.
May 2001 United States District Court/United States Attorney's Office & the FBI. A 21-year-old college student is investigated for embezzlement by bank employee of $12,000. Attorney Nathan persuaded the FBI not to charge the client in US District Court. Instead, the matter was transferred to the Boston Municipal Court where negotiations are ongoing to decriminalize the case. If the student had been charged in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, there are no provisions to de-criminalize a case according to mandatory federal sentencing guidelines (USGS) and the student would have been a convicted federal felon for the rest of his life.
May 2001 A Nantucket Massachusetts man is investigated by the Massachusetts state police for embezzeling over $100,000 in checks from a Nantucket business for whom he worked. Although this case is ongoing, the result is posted because the defendant was allowed to leave Nantucket without having to post a bail due to the successful negotiations between Attorney Nathan and the Massachusetts state police detective prior to the defendant being formally charged. Normally, in major embezzlement cases such as this one, the defendant is quickly arrested and has to post a bail in order to secure his release.
April 2001 A 20 year old Tufts student is charged with Possession of class D while driving. He could have been expelled from school and sustained a 1 year drivers' license loss. The case was continued to allow the student to take 3 classes on campus over two months on drug use; thereafter, the charges will be dismissed.
April 2001 A 39-year-old laborer is charged with sexual assault and battery on a minor. The defendant had a 9 page adult criminal systems history abstract and almost confessed when arrested. When the police raided the defendant's house they also found ammunition. The charges were suspended in the defendant was ordered into counseling although the family of the victim wanted the defendant to serve two years in jail
April 2001 Boston Municipal Court. A 32-year-old systems engineer is charged with domestic assault & battery. After a Celtics game the couple went back to their Boston hotel room whereupon defendant was arrested for pushing the victim. He was locked up for three days without bail. After many trips to court an angry victim claimed lasting psychological and physical injuries. Only one judge was willing to allow counseling instead of criminal conviction in the case. It took six months to resolve the case and three defense lawyers assisted Attorney Nathan in the matter. The Suffolk County DA's Office devoted an assistant DA, investigator, secretary, victim-witness advocate and para-legal to the prosecution.
March 2001 Hingham Police Department: negotiated resolution by Attorney Nathan of an 8th grade boy investigated for plotting to kill classmates with a firearm at the Jr. High School. Names of potential victims were discovered in a school locker; another boy reported the plot to the DARE officer at the school. The school was evacuated, and the student expelled (by agreement). No charges were sought by way of agreement because no gun was found and the boy went into psychiatric treatment.
March 2001 Quincy District Court. A 38-year-old female computer software engineer is charged with the first offense drunk driving and operating a motor vehicle so as to endanger after her vehicle swerved off Hancock Street and smashed into an automobile dealership; attorney Nathan got the operating to endanger charge dismissed and the operator was enrolled in a first defender drunk driving program.
February 2001 Woburn District Court. A 34 year old
married father of three is charged with open and gross lewdness,
having exposed himself while parked in his car. After a hearing,
the case was decriminalized because Attorney Nathan recommended
appropriate forensic assistance. The defendant will have to provide
a DNA sample to the FBI database; the government sought a guilty
finding and 18 months suspended jail time.
February 2001, Springfield District Court. A 32 year old
man from Weymouth is charged with resisting arrest and disorderly
conduct after seeing his mother die of cancer in a nearby hospital.
He also had a weapon. After a hearing, the case was remanded
to Quincy for pre-trial probation (no criminal record for client).
January 2001 An 18 year old was charged on the day
he turned an adult with larceny, making threats and assault and
battery on a police officer who made the arrest. The Norfolk
County DA's Office argued the case warranted a guilty verdict.
Attorney Nathan pursuaded the court to decriminalize the verdict,
using a forensic psychiatrist as an expert regarding rehabiliation.
January 2001 Newburyport District Court, juvenile session.
A 16 year old was charged with operating a motor vehicle to enganger
the lives of the public when he raced up a crowded street in
a modified Ford Taurus SHO and then spun out onto a lawn nearly
striking several children. The government sought a delinquent
finding and a two year license-loss. The case was decriminalized
by defendant counsel motion and continued without a finding and
there was no license loss; the juvenile will perform 40 hours
of community work service and driver re-training.
January 2001 An 18 year old was charged on the day he
turned an adult with larceny, making threats and assault and
battery on a police officer who made the arrest. The Norfolk
County DA's Office argued the case warranted a guilty verdict.
Attorney Nathan pursuaded the court to decriminalize the verdict,
using a forensic psychiatrist as an expert regarding rehabiliation.
November 2000 A 34 year old male while collar worker falsely applied for four credit cards in his father's name and his brother's name, using their respective social security numbers. The family had a history of hostility. Total false credit charges extracted from Providian Bank and Fleet Bank exceeded $40,000. The banks were persuaded to write off the charges and the federal criminal agency was persuaded by Attorney Nathan to close their file.
October 2000 A 48 year-old home health care worker with no criminal record was held on a $50,000 cash bail for larceny over $250, a felony. Prior counsel did the bail hearing, and was then fired. The facts are complicated: a 92 year old retired lawyer complained that $50,000 of his jewelry was stolen by the defendant. The police took out charges, and the district attorney sought bail. When attorney Nathan was hired, his forensic experts searched the house for a hidden safe, which was located behind a mirror. A forensic locksmith 'picked' the safe, and the jewelry was located. The retired lawyer was senile and forgot that he hid the jewelry. After being held on bail for 90 days for a crime she did not do the defendant was released from custody and the case dismissed.
October 2000 Defendant charged with Assault & Battery, domestic, Quincy District Court. The DA presented pictures of the woman which showed black and blue bruises allegedly the result of abuse. Attorney Nathan discovered that the woman suffered from anemia and was prone to bruising when she fell down. The charges were continued without a finding in one of the nation's toughest domestic violence courts.
August 2000- Defendant charged w/ rape & indecent assault & battery; Attorney Nathan retained after judge ordered Defendant held on $5000 cash bail; bail reduced to $500. Attorney Nathan then prevented indictment for rape and pled to Assault & Battery only which was continued w/o finding for a year.
May 2000-Commonwealth v. D.: Defendant with previous record was arrested in his home with cocaine, marijuana, scales, cutting agent and several thousand in cash. The DA was recommending 18 months house time.The judge continued the case without a finding.
April 2000 -Commonwealth v. C.: Defendant was arrested
for armed robbery with a firearm. Defendant faced 5 years
house time. After evidence was uncovered by Attorney Nathan the
case was Nolle prosequi-- withdrawal by the DA of the
criminal proceedings.
April 2000-United States of America v. J. R. H., 99CR10320,
charged w/ Embezzlement by Bank Employee of $300,000. Government
sentencing guidelines called for minimim federal bureau of prison
committed time of 12-24 months; nathan won a downward-departure
from sentencing guidelines on motion resulting in probation
only and no time.
April 2000 -Commonwealth v. L.: Trucker charged with leaving the scene of an accident after causing $375,000.00 worth of damage to a bridge. Defendant was ordered to pay $35. to the commonwealth and pretrial probation of 6 months. No license loss. No restitution.
March 2000- Commonwealth v. B.: Defendant charged with forgery of a Registry of Motor Vehicle document: a Drivers' License to illegally procure alcohol. Case dismissed upon payment of $200 court costs. No license loss.
January 2000 Defendant was held w/o bail on restraining order violation, Brookline District Court. D was sent to USA as a South African graduate student as a protege of Nelson Mandela in South Africa. After a hearing in which the government sought D held without bail, D released to custody of Attorney Nathan and allowed to leave the USA without a sentence, preserving his right to travel to/from USA in future.
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