Our clients come from all backgrounds and demographics and need a criminal defense attorney for various reasons. We have helped fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, wives, husbands and minor children.
We have helped professionals whose jobs were at stake and high school students who were trying to get into college.
Our clients and their reasons for hiring us are all unique, but they do have one thing common — all our clients’ matter to us and so does their future.
Attorney Gerald J. Noonan founded The Noonan Defense Firm after serving the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for many years as an Assistant District Attorney. Throughout his prosecutorial career, Attorney Noonan argued and tried hundreds of criminal cases including homicide, attempted murder, arson, rape, armed robbery, drug crimes, driving under the influence and cases involving many other serious criminal offenses.
As a criminal defense attorney, Gerald J. Noonan has over 340 successful criminal trials. Attorney Noonan knows the legal strategies and tactics both law enforcement and district attorneys use when trying to get criminal convictions. He has criminal trial experience on both sides of a criminal case, which is invaluable when you are looking for an attorney to represent you.
Our law firm represents and defends individuals arrested and charged with felonies and misdemeanors, federal crimes, juvenile crimes, and can assist with expungement of criminal records (record sealing.) To learn more about how we have helped others, we invite you to browse or case results below, and read our CLIENT REVIEWS.
The following are case results for some of the many clients we have helped throughout our criminal defense career.
Commonwealth v. T.B. – Boston Municipal Court
DISORDERLY CONDUCT: DISMISSED PRIOR TO ARRAIGNMENT
Client, 25-year-old computer technician, was charged with Disorderly Conduct stemming from an incident at the Harpoon Brewery in which he was ejected from the brewery for allegedly being drunk, unruly and disorderly. Client contacted Attorney Patrick J. Noonan the day before the scheduled arraignment.
Result: Attorney Patrick J. Noonan dismisses charge prior to arraignment and the Disorderly Conduct charge is not entered on client’s record.
Commonwealth v. J.L. – Brookline District Court
LARCENY: DISMISSED
Client, 21-year-old college student, was charged with Larceny over $250 (felony) stemming from an incident in which she was alleged to have stolen $375 in merchandise from CVS Pharmacy.
Result: Attorney Patrick J. Noonan gets felony charge reduced to misdemeanor charge and dismissed outright upon the payment of court costs.
Commonwealth v. C.S. – Brockton District Court
ASSAULT & BATTERY: DISMISSED at TRIAL
Client, 50 year-old mechanic, was charged with Assault and Battery stemming from a domestic argument with his girlfriend of 16 years in which he allegedly struck her on the left side of the face and knocked her to the ground.
Result: Attorney Patrick J. Noonan persuades Commonwealth to dismiss domestic violence charge based on a change in the alleged victim’s position.
Commonwealth v. M.L. – Brockton District Court
ASSAULT & BATTERY: DISMISSED at TRIAL
Client, truck driver with no criminal record, was charged with Assault and Battery stemming from a domestic argument where he allegedly shoved his wife. At trial, the wife asserted her marital privilege not to testify against her husband, the Defendant. Without the wife’s testimony, the Commonwealth lacked evidence to prosecute the case.
Result: Attorney Patrick J. Noonan gets domestic violence charge dismissed at trial.
Commonwealth v. J.H. – Quincy District Court
MALICIOUS DESTRUCTION: DISMISSED at CLERK’S HEARING
Client, 39 year-old machine operator, charged with Malicious Destruction of Property over $250 (felony) stemming from an altercation in which he punched and damaged the hood of the alleged victim’s Honda SUV. Prior to the hearing, Attorney Patrick J. Noonan obtained documentation from the insurance company because the alleged victim filed a property damage claim for the damage sustained to the hood of his car. At the hearing, Attorney Patrick J. Noonan argued that the damage to the hood was non-existent and not visible based on the photographs taken by the insurance company. Attorney Noonan argued that the alleged victim had a motive to paint the Defendant in a negative light for purposes of a child custody battle.
Result: Attorney Patrick J. Noonan convinces Clerk-Magistrate not to issue a criminal complaint on the felony property damage charge.
Commonwealth v. T.S. – Plymouth District Court
PROBATION VIOLATION: NO TIME SERVED
Client was charged with Breaking and Entering and pled guilty without an attorney in the Plymouth District Court. He was placed on probation for one year out of the Plymouth District Court. During his probationary sentence, client was arrested in Bridgewater and charged with Breaking and Entering in the Brockton District Court. The Probation Department in Plymouth sought to have the Defendant imprisoned for one-year as punishment for violating his probation. Client hired Attorney Patrick J. Noonan, who successfully argued at the Probation Violation Hearing that the original Breaking and Entering charge (for which he was on probation) was flawed because the Defendant’s only intent in entering the building was to retrieve some of his personal belongings. Therefore, Defendant did not have the specific intent to commit a felony when he entered the building, which is a required element of the offense. The court agreed that the original Breaking and Entering charge was flawed and did not impose any jail time.
Result: Attorney Patrick J. Noonan saves his client from serving one-year in jail.
Commonwealth v. K.B. – Lynn District Court
LARCENY: DISMISSED
Client, 22 year-old college student with no criminal record, was arraigned on charges of Larceny over $250 (felony) stemming from a shoplifting incident in which she was alleged to have stolen $1,379.86 in merchandise from Kohl’s Department Store.
Result: Attorney Patrick J. Noonan got the felony charge reduced to a misdemeanor and dismissed outright.
Commonwealth v. B.C. – New Bedford District Court
UTTERING FALSE PRESCRIPTION: DISMISSED PRIOR TO ARRAIGNMENT
Client, 31-year-old accountant, charged with Uttering a False Prescription (felony) stemming from an incident in which she doctored several counterfeit prescriptions of Adderall and attempted to pass them at pharmacies.
Result: Attorney Patrick J. Noonan got the criminal complaint dismissed prior to the arraignment saving his client from having a felony on her record.
Commonwealth v. C.B. – Wrentham District Court
Dedham District Court
OUI (4th Offense): REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR 2ND OFFENSE /
NO JAIL TIME
Client, 42-year-old photographer, was charged with Operating under the Influence (third offense) and Operating under the Influence (fourth offense). Defendant had two prior convictions for OUI in South Carolina and Georgia. Attorney Patrick J. Noonan was successful in attacking the validity of the prior out-of-state convictions thereby reducing both Massachusetts cases to misdemeanor second offenses. Both misdemeanor second offense cases were consolidated into one probationary sentence and the Defendant did not have to serve any jail time. Because the offenses were reduced to misdemeanors, Defendant was able to return home to California.
Result: Attorney Patrick J. Noonan reduces fourth offense OUI to second offense OUI, saving his client a minimum mandatory jail sentence of one-year.
Commonwealth v. W.M. and J.P. – Attleboro District Court
LARCENY: DISMISSED
LARCENY: DISMISSED
North Attleboro Police were dispatched to Walmart for a report of shoplifting. A loss prevention officer (who filled out a written statement) stated that he observed two males (identified as the defendants) concealing merchandise under their coats. The loss prevention officer continued to follow the males and observed them conceal more merchandise on their persons. The suspects passed all points of final sale and did not pay for the items. The loss prevention officer apprehended them outside. The defendants were charged with Larceny over $250 (a felony offense) because the merchandise was valued at $469.68. Client #1 was a freshman at Bryant College and a Finance majoring planning to pursue a career in accounting. Client #2 was a senior in college who was eventually accepted to Rhode Island College where he planned to major in education.
Result: Attorney Patrick J. Noonan gets felony charges reduced to simple misdemeanor Shoplifting and dismissed upon community service.
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Massachusetts Criminal Defense Trial Lawyers
The Law Offices of Gerald J. Noonan has been representing defendants against criminal charges throughout southeastern Massachusetts for more than three decades.
