Top Criminal Defense Lawyers in South Boston | 2 available

2 Criminal Defense lawyers are available in South Boston, Massachusetts, including James Rudser and Karen Dever. These lawyers are rated between 4.8/5 to 5.0/5 and 57% provide free consultation.

James Rudser

Karen Dever

Criminal Defense Lawyers Nearby South Boston (by distance)

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Boston, Massachusetts ZIP 02111 1.6 mi away 7 lawyers Boston, Massachusetts ZIP 02108 2.0 mi away 35 lawyers Roxbury, Massachusetts ZIP 02119 2.5 mi away 2 lawyers Cambridge, Massachusetts ZIP 02141 3.3 mi away 4 lawyers Cambridge, Massachusetts ZIP 02139 3.8 mi away 11 lawyers

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Malden, Massachusetts ZIP 02148 6.7 mi away 7 lawyers Braintree, Massachusetts ZIP 02184 9.2 mi away 6 lawyers Dedham, Massachusetts ZIP 02026 9.3 mi away 7 lawyers Weymouth, Massachusetts ZIP 02188 9.7 mi away 4 lawyers

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James Rudser

Firm: Law Offices of James C. Rudser

546 E Broadway Ste 1 R , South Boston , Massachusetts 02127

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

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“easy knowing that the result would be optimal. And optimal it was.”

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Karen Dever

Firm: Massachusetts Trial Court

535 E Broadway , South Boston , Massachusetts 02127

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

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“Karen Dever represented me on two different cases, and both times I was impressed by her performance”

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“I highly endorse this lawyer's work. Very diligent and well prepared. Karen has an excellent reputation among her peers.”

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Recent Q&As in Massachusetts (Criminal Defense)

Recruiters say my mother is trying to get me arrested so I don’t ship out. | Aug 19, 2026 | Sourced from Reddit
Location: Massachusetts So I am an 18-year-old Future Sailor currently in DEP for the Nuclear Field. My original ship date to RTC is October 5th. Recently, my recruiter informed me that my mother has been contacting my recruiting station directly. She is Belarusian and intensely opposed to the American military, panicking about me leaving, and has a plan to move to Belarus, and thinks I’m a traitor (I’ve lived here in Massachusetts my whole life and literally have no ties to Belarus or Russia). Not only is she panicking or worrying, but she seems to genuinely believe that this decision will ruin my life, make my younger 10 year old brother want to join, and will ruin any chances of her living a normal life back in Belarus due to having a son in the US Military. According to my recruiters, she has been secretly collecting audio recordings of me inside her house during heated verbal family arguments (me getting angry/yelling) in an attempt to build a legal case to have me arrested or deemed unstable so the Navy will cancel my contract. Or at least that what my PO was told by the CPO who she had contacted. What I’m really torn about is that this seems legit, I see no reason for the recruiters to make up bullshit like this. I’m leaving anyways in less than 50 days, and I’ve been in DEP like 6 months so why would I leave now. And why would they just make…
I’m worried that my partner might have violated his probation again | Aug 2, 2026 | Sourced from Reddit
location: Massachusetts My boyfriend has a history of charges involving domestic violence, and was imprisoned last year on two felony counts of possession of CSAM. He got out in March and violated his probation soon after by driving without a license. The courts found him in violation and reprobated him. I was relieved, and now I’m worried he might have caught another violation. Before we were together, right before he got out of jail, he gave an “overly friendly” correctional officer his information then met up with her on the outside. He was talking about it on a video visit with his incarcerated friend, and since calls are monitored, they took his friend in to be interviewed. Then, as of a few days ago, they interviewed my partner. They told him she already told them everything and not to lie to them, that he won’t get in trouble. He confessed to everything, and we found out yesterday that she lost her job. I don’t know the exact details of his probation, but I cannot imagine his probation officer will look at this situation and be happy. He also knows that his sister has warrants and lied to the police last week that were looking for her, saying she doesn’t live with him, and he doesn’t know who she is. I don’t know. I’m very in my head right now. How likely is it that they’ll count either of these two situations as violations?

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