The Attorneys
Experienced & Trusted
Our entire practice is criminal defense. That allows us draw on our wide range of experience with issues that arise in a criminal case, both common issues and unique ones. More importantly, we have earned the trust of our clients and colleagues through years of staunch and sophisticated advocacy.
Attorney Nathanson has specialized in post-conviction criminal defense since 1997. He has also provided representation in trial-level cases as minor as trespassing and as serious as double-murder. He was a solo practitioner from 1997 until 2001, when he joined the Committee for Public Counsel Services as a staff attorney in the Criminal Appeals Unit of the Private Counsel Division. In 2005, he became the only public defender in the history of the Massachusetts public defender's office to win a case in the United States Supreme Court.
Eva Jellison (she, her, hers) is a criminal defense attorney and partner at Wood & Nathanson, LLP. She represents adults and juveniles in post-conviction and post-adjudication matters, and in related Title IX and other school disciplinary matters. She has particular experience in criminal and juvenile appeals, motions for new trial, and motions for post-conviction forensic testing.
Matthew Malm has been involved in criminal defense since 2008 when he worked as an intern for the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS). While interning at CPCS, he developed an interest in post-conviction litigation and pursued this interest throughout law school—working, among other places, at the Massachusetts Superior Court, the Ohio Supreme Court, and the Appeals Unit at CPCS. This path eventually led him to Wood & Nathanson, LLP, where he started working soon after graduating from law school in 2011.
Melissa Ramos is a senior associate at Wood & Nathanson, LLP. She brings a deep commitment to defense in her representation of clients in criminal trials, appeals, and university discipline (Title IX) proceedings
Caroline Alpert is of Of Counsel to Wood & Nathanson, LLP. Attorney Alpert is a criminal defense attorney experienced in juvenile and youthful offender trial and appellate representation, as well as school disciplinary proceedings.
Danya Fullerton is a senior associate at Wood & Nathanson. Attorney Fullerton has experience in matters ranging from assault and battery and operating under the influence to assisting in high-profile cases such as the defense of James “Whitey” Bulger and Tarek Mehanna. She also helped win the leading Massachusetts case of Commonwealth v. White, in which the Supreme Judicial Court limited the search of cell phones and text messages.
Myles Manlapaz (he/him) is an associate at Wood & Nathanson, LLP. He represents clients in post-conviction and appellate proceedings following criminal convictions in Massachusetts District Courts. Myles graduated with honors from New England Law | Boston where he completed judicial internships with justices at the Boston Municipal Court, the Massachusetts Appeals Court, and the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
Rachel Chunnha is an associate at Wood & Nathanson, LLP. She represents clients in post-conviction and appellate proceedings following criminal convictions and sexually dangerous person commitments. Rachel also represents people with disabilities before the Parole Board.
Chauncey Wood is a criminal defense attorney with over 25 years' experience. He is a partner in the Boston law firm of Wood & Nathanson, LLP, and a Board member of the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (MACDL). Mr. Wood was selected for the 2015 Massachusetts Super Lawyers List in the area of criminal defense.