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  • Howard Sasson

    In January 2021, Howie went “of counsel” to the firm and now limits his practice to wills and estate work. During his career, he was on the Board of Directors of Western Massachusetts Legal Services for many years and served as the president for 8 years. Martindale-Hubbell® in its Peer Review Ratings™, which are generated from evaluations of a lawyer’s ethical standards and professional ability by other members of the bar and the judiciary, has rated him AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5, which is the highest rating available.

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  • Luke Ryan

    Luke is a fifth generation native of Northampton, Massachusetts. He received a bachelor’s degree from Amherst College and a juris doctor degree, magna cum laude, from Western New England College School of Law. While at Western New England, Luke served as editor-in-chief of the Law Review. After law school, he clerked for United States District Judge Michael Ponsor. Luke concentrates his practice in criminal defense at the trial and appellate level and in civil rights litigation. His work has been featured in two documentaries – “How to Fix a Drug Scandal” and “The System” – as well as numerous publications including Rolling Stone, the Washington Post, Reason, and Slate. Along with his sister Molly Ryan Strehorn, he has published articles on the rights of criminal defendants to access internal affairs files in self-defense cases, challenging search warrants in drug cases, and ending the drug war. Luke is active in many community organizations including Arise for Social Justice, Out Now and Springfield No One Leaves. Since 2016, Luke has been recognized as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer in the area of criminal defense. He currently serves on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s Standing Advisory Committee for the Rules of Criminal Procedure, as well as the Board of Directors for the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Luke has been named a Lawyer of the Year by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. He is also the recipient of an Access to Justice Award from the Massachusetts Bar Association and received the Edward J. Dugan Award for Zealous Advocacy and Outstanding Legal Services to the Poor from the Committee for Public Counsel Services. Luke is a regular speaker at continuing legal education events and community organizer trainings and a frequent guest on podcasts and radio programs. He can be found on Twitter @LukeRyanLawMA.

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  • David Hoose

    David was born in Hudson, New York and raised in Columbia County, New York. He received a bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York at Oswego in 1974 and a juris doctor degree, magna cum laude, from Syracuse University in 1979. David concentrates his practice in criminal defense at the trial and appellate level and in civil rights litigation. He has taught advanced criminal procedure at Western New England University School of Law and has lectured on a wide variety of topics to the criminal defense bar. He is listed in the publications, “Best Lawyers in America,” “New England Super Lawyers,” and “Massachusetts Super Lawyers,” in the area of criminal defense. He has twice been named as one of the top 100 lawyers in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by Boston Magazine. In 2008 he was named one of the top 100 trial lawyers in Massachusetts by the American Trial Lawyers Association. In 2009, he was elected a fellow of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers. Membership in the American College is by invitation only and is limited to no more than 1% of the lawyers in each state.  In June of 2014, the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers awarded David its Balliro Award “in recognition of his lifetime dedication and commitment to the rights of the accused.”  For David’s complete curriculum vitae click here.

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