Caroline Alpert is Of Counsel to Wood & Nathanson. Attorney Alpert is a criminal defense attorney experienced in juvenile and youthful offender trial and appellate representation, as well as school disciplinary proceedings. Prior to joining Wood & Nathanson, she defended juveniles in delinquency and youthful offender proceedings with the Youth Advocacy Division of the Committee for Public Counsel Services. She obtained several not guilty verdicts at trial. She also represented children in school disciplinary proceedings and special education matters. Attorney Alpert also holds a M.Ed. from Harvard University and, prior to becoming an attorney, was a high school special education teacher in New Orleans, LA.
In addition to substantial litigation in the juvenile trial courts, Attorney Alpert has briefed and argued cases in the Massachusetts appellate courts. She helped author the amicus brief for the Committee for Public Counsel Services in Commonwealth v. Samuel S., in which the Supreme Judicial Court held that youthful offenders may not be subjected to GPS monitoring. She also briefed and argued Leopold L., in which the Massachusetts Appeals Court vacated the juvenile's illegal sentence.
Attorney Alpert is admitted to practice in both Massachusetts and New York. She is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, where she served as a legislative liaison regarding proposed juvenile justice legislation.
A graduate of The George Washington University Law School where she was a Writing Fellow, Attorney Alpert also interned at the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, The EdLaw Project, Advocates for Children of New York, and was an Education Policy Fellow at National Appleseed. She received a received a B.A. from Brown University.