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For over 30 years, Attorney Marsha V. Kazarosian has represented plaintiffs in the areas of civil rights, discrimination, and personal injury, as well as family law litigation and criminal defense. Attorney Kazarosian is also an experienced mediator, resolving cases involving professional negligence, contracts, personal injury, and business disputes.. Attorney Kazarosian vigorously advocates for her clients to reach the best results. She has a consistent and proven record of success as demonstrated by her 10.0 Superb rating from and her Martindale Peer Review Rating of AV Preeminent. Boston magazine again recognized her as a Top Boston Lawyer in 2024,.. She has been listed as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers publication every year since 2006 in areas including Civil Rights, Personal Injury Litigation and Family Law and is recognized by the publication as one of the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in MA and one of the Top 100 Super Lawyers in Massachusetts. In 2006, Attorney Kazarosian was featured in Massachusetts Super Lawyers Magazine’s cover story, showcasing her career biography and her climb to national recognition.. In 2024, Attorney Kazarosian was inducted as a fellow of the American College of Trial Attorneys, and currently sits on the state Committee.. Best Lawyers©, the oldest and most respected attorney ranking service in the world, which publishes its attorney listings in partnership with U.S. News & World Report and other media partners, has also recognized Attorney Kazarosian in the fields of Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Litigation, Civil Rights, and Employment Law, nad named her Lawyer of the Year in Plaintiffs Personal Injury Litigation - Boston in 2023.. Attorney Kazarosian has been involved in ground-breaking legal cases, including a multimillion-dollar verdict in a gender discrimination suit against the Haverhill Golf and Country Club, the first case of its kind to go to trial in the country. As a result of extensive post-trial litigation and appeals, the victory in Borne, et al. v. Haverhill Golf and Country Club, Inc. became a landmark case in the nation for gender discrimination in a country club/membership-based club setting. Attorney Kazarosian continues to fight against gender discrimination and has affirmed her stature as a leading litigator in discrimination cases.. Attorney Kazarosian continues to fight discrimination, police excessive force, and sexual harassment in the workplace. In 2016, she succeeded in the First Circuit Court of Appeals by overturning the dismissal of a case filed by her client in the US District Court in Boston when a Lawrence, MA police officer raped her client while on duty. In 2001, she defeated claims of disability discrimination in a landmark case against the manager of a racquetball club who was sued under the Americans with Disabilities Act in the case of Kuketz v. Petronelli.. Among Attorney Kazarosian’s high-profile criminal cases is her representation of one of the then-juvenile defendants accused of the murder of Gregory Smart in New Hampshire. The national attention of that murder case inspired tremendous media coverage including two movies: one with Helen Hunt entitled “Murder in New Hampshire, the Pamela Smart Case,” and one with Nicole Kidman entitled “To Die For.” Attorney Kazarosian has twice appeared on the Oxygen Network series Snapped related to the Pamela Smart murder case, which has also been the subject of an episode of American Justice.

Ms. Anderson represents individuals, businesses and governmental entities in the areas of civil rights, personal injury, general tort liability and employment matters.  Ms. Anderson has excellent trial skills and has served as lead or co-counsel in numerous trails.  She has also successfully briefed and argued appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.  Ms. Anderson has more than fifteen years experience and is well respected in the legal community.  Ms. Anderson has received an AV Martindale-Hubbell rating, the highest rating possible for legal experience and professionalism, from her peers.  She also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law teaching evidence and trial practice skills.

Marcel Benavides, founder of The Marcel Benavides Law Office, is a criminal defense and civil rights attorney located in Royal Oak. Mr. Benavides has over 20 years of legal experience and has been involved in thousands of cases. He has tried numerous successful state and federal cases to verdict. He has achieved numerous not guilty verdicts in criminal cases and has collected millions of dollars on behalf of those that have been victims of police misconduct.  Before establishing his own practice, Mr. Benavides was a prosecutor and also served as in-house defense trial counsel for individual officers of the Chicago Police Department. He truly is one of the best litigators in his fields of practice.

Meaghan Driscoll’s practice focuses on a broad range of civil litigation, including cases involving employment discrimination, wrongful death, civil rights, and complex personal injuries. Meaghan holds her B.A. from Seattle University, and received her J.D. from Gonzaga University School of Law, graduating magna cum laude. While in law school, Meaghan served as a judicial extern to Washington State Supreme Court Justice Mary E. Fairhurst and Chief Judge Rosanna M. Peterson of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. In addition, she worked as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office and a civil rights and personal injury attorney in Spokane. As a law student, Meaghan received the prominent Thomas More Scholarship for her commitment to public interest law. She also served as the Vesting Editor of the Gonzaga Law Review and competed as a national finalist in National Moot Court, an appellate advocacy competition. Prior to law school, Meaghan served for two years as an AmeriCorps and Jesuit Volunteer with a civil legal aid organization and as a social worker for homeless women and children.. While away from work, Meaghan enjoys backpacking the beautiful Pacific Northwest, photography, and spending time with family and friends.

Skilled litigator dedicated to zealous representation. Smart. Ethical. Easy to like.

My practice is focused on consumer law yet our firm maintains a broad range of services as listed below. I primarily represent consumers in collection actions, wrongful foreclosures and bankruptcy related matters.

A former federal prosecutor, large-city law director, and large-firm litigator, Subodh Chandra is The Chandra Law Firm LLC's founding and managing partner. His practice focuses on high-profile civil-rights litigation, along with white-collar-criminal defense and internal investigations.. Chandra is engaged for high-stakes litigation when reputations are on the line. His matters often have a public-interest, crisis-communications, and public-policy dimension.. Examples include. Before founding the firm, Chandra served as director of law for the city of Cleveland, a billion-dollar corporation. Chandra led the work of an 82-lawyer department with both criminal and civil divisions. He also sometimes served as Cleveland's acting mayor.As Cleveland's general counsel, Chandra handled legal work in-house and slashed by nearly 90% spending on outside counsel, saving millions; moved vigorously through in-house investigations to clean up internal corruption; restored the department's reputation; and attracted top performers who helped make it Ohio's most diverse law firm. And his tough-minded, preventive approach reduced Cleveland's liability exposure and payments significantly.Previously, as federal prosecutor, Chandra successfully prosecuted healthcare fraud and corruption—winning a commendation from FBI director Robert Mueller for "demonstrated excellence" as well as from the special agent in charge of the FBI's Cleveland office. Chandra also prosecuted tax fraud, bank fraud, and other economic crimes.. Before that, Chandra served as a litigator in large law firms in both Cleveland and Los Angeles. Chandra defended the cities of Los Angeles and Beverly Hills against high-profile allegations of police misconduct, and represented large media companies and motion-picture studios. Some of his more memorable work included helping defend the television show "Hard Copy" against libel charges by the singer Michael Jackson.. Chandra began his legal career as special presidential counsel at the American Bar Association.Chandra is a graduate of the Yale Law School, where he was executive editor of the Yale Law & Policy Review. He also graduated with honors and dual-departmental distinction from Stanford University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa his junior year, and which awarded him the John Gardner Fellowship to work as a protégé of Ohio Governor Richard F. Celeste.Chandra has served as Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, teaching appellate practice and legal ethics. He has also served as a legal-ethics and attorneys' fees expert in litigation.Long active in assisting people who aspire to public service, Chandra was also a 2006 candidate for Ohio Attorney General, winning most newspaper endorsements. The Cincinnati Enquirer called Chandra "the best candidate Ohio Democrats have produced in years." Chandra was also one of the earliest supporters of President Barack H. Obama, serving on his National Finance Committee, on the national Asian-American advisory committee, and as an Obama delegate to and deputy whip of the Ohio delegation at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.Civically active, Chandra in 2021 was the principal author—on behalf of police-misconduct victims' families—of the city of Cleveland charter amendment that effects greater civilian disciplinary and policy oversight over Cleveland police, and requires that a civilian oversight body maintain Brady evidence records of police officers who have been dishonest. Voters adopted the reform initiative, a model for the nation, overwhelmingly.. Chandra is a longtime member, and serves as co-vice chair, of the Special Ohio Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights.Chandra is admitted to practice law in California, Ohio, and New Mexico (inactive), and in federal courts around the country.. Based on the review of his peers, Chandra has been included in Best Lawyers® in America for civil rights and Super Lawyers®. He's been included in America's Top 50 Lawyers. Under his leadership, Chandra Law has been peer-review included in U.S. News and World Reports's Best Law Firms in America for Civil Rights. And he was named 2022 Lawyer of the Year in Civil Rights by Best Lawyers® in America.. Chandra's legal work is featured in the documentaries Free for All! (2008), PAY 2 PLAY: Democracy's High Stakes (2014), and 137 Shots (Netflix 2021).. Chandra and his wife are the proud parents of triplet sons.

I litigate civil rights cases because I believe in them.  I believe in the right to free speech, the right of citizens' to be secure in their own homes, and the right to be free from false prosecutions and excessive force at the hands of the police.  This is why I went to law school, and why I have spent the last 13 years fighting for my clients as hard as I possible can. If we do not protect our rights, no one will protect them for us.