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David Nathanson
Public Trial Amicus Brief

On March 6, 2017, Attorney Wood and a team of attorneys from Ropes & Gray filed a brief in the Supreme Court on behalf of the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Weaver v. Massachusetts, No. 16-240. They argue that the Court should not shy away from vindicating the treasured right to a public trial. The government's argument that vindicating the right to a public trial would "open up the floodgates" is both factually incorrect and diverts attention from the real issue: whether our Constitution entitles everyone to a public trial. Read the brief here.

Eva Jellison

Eva Jellison Named to Lawyer's Weekly Up & Coming 2020

We’re excited to announce that Wood & Nathanson partner Eva Jellison has been named to Massachusetts Lawyer’s Weekly Excellence in the Law Up & Coming Lawyers 2020. Attorney Jellison’s relentless work on behalf of criminal justice-involved juveniles and adults produced results numerous times over the past year alone, including wins retroactively abolishing the offense of disturbing a school, reducing a “habitual offender” client's sentence by ten years, and retroactively abolishing the prosecution of eleven year-old children. We can’t wait to see what she’ll accomplish in 2020!

Attorney Jellison Made Partner

Wood & Nathanson is proud to announce that Eva Jellison has been made a partner in the firm. Attorney Jellison’s work on the cutting edge of juvenile and appellate defense includes advocacy for the adoption of a “reasonable juvenile” standard for evaluation of juveniles’ mental states, retroactive application of juvenile justice reforms, and access to post-conviction DNA testing.