Patricia A. DeJuneas
Attorney Profile
Top Rated Civil Litigation Attorney in Boston, MA
Selected to Rising Stars: 2005 - 2008
- Civil Litigation: Plaintiff (0%),
- Appellate (60%),
- Criminal Defense: White Collar (40%)
A highly regarded criminal defense attorney, Patricia A. DeJuneas is a co-founder of Sibbison & Dejuneas. With offices in Boston and Greenfield, she represents at both the trial and appellate level clients throughout Massachusetts who have been charged with state or federal misdemeanors and felonies. The types of offenses that Ms. DeJuneas has defended against have included murder, rape and other violent crimes, armed robbery, arson, extortion, money laundering, drug possession and distribution, charges under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act, sex crimes, and driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs. Ms. DeJuneas has also served as defense co-counsel in a number of high profile trials.
Ms. DeJuneas attended Sacred Heart University as an undergraduate and received a Bachelor of Science in 1993. She then went on to pursue her legal education at the University of Connecticut School of Law and was awarded her Juris Doctor with high honors in 1996. While in law school, she clerked for a judge on the state of Connecticut Appellate Court. After graduation, Ms. DeJuneas was an honors attorney with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, part of the U.S. Department of Justice, and she then clerked for a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut before entering private practice. Admitted to practice in both Massachusetts and Connecticut, she is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit.
Ms. DeJuneas is a member of the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. She donates her time and services to the New England Innocence Project, an organization that provides pro bono legal representation to people who have been wrongfully convicted of crimes.
Civil Litigation (0%)
Appellate (60%): Appeals
Criminal Defense: White Collar (40%): White Collar Crime, Criminal Law - Federal
Appeals, White Collar Crime, Criminal Law - Federal
Selections
Super Lawyers: 2016 - 2018 Rising Stars: 2005 - 2008
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About Patricia DeJuneas
Admitted: 2002, Massachusetts
Professional Webpage: http://sibbisondejuneas.firmsitepreview.com/About/Patricia-A...
Honors/Awards:
- United States Justice Department’s Honors Attorney program
- Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2005 - 2008
- SuperLawyers, 2016 - 2017
- Top Women in Law award, 1996 - Present
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Massachusetts Bar Association, Member
- Connecticut Bar Association, Member
- U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
- U.S. District Court District of Connecticut
- U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
- Connecticut, 1996
- Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Massachusetts Animal Coalition, Board Member, 2015-2016
- Animal Rescue League of Boston, Volunteer, 2015-Present
- Animal Welfare Community
- Board of Directors, Massachusetts Animal Coalition
- American Humanist Association
- New England Innocence Project
- American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- Co-Author, Chapter 9, Interlocutory Appeals, in MCLE’s Massachusetts Superior Court Criminal Practice Manual
- Panelist, 2015 MCLE First Annual Appellate Conference
- Co-Chair, 2016 MCLE Second Annual Appellate Conference
- Co-Chair, 2017 MCLE Third Annual Appellate Conference
- Co-Author, Chapter 15, Special Considerations for Criminal Appeals, in MCLE’s Appellate Practice in Massachusetts
Verdicts/Settlements:
- United States v. Roselli, 366 F.3d 58 (1st Cir. 2004)
- Commonwealth v. Imanivong, 78 Mass.App.Ct. 1121 (2012)
- Commonwealth v. Sasso, 77 Mass.App.Ct. 1115 (2010)
- McEachern v. Budnick, 81 Mass. App. Ct. 511 (2012)
- Commonwealth v. Labadie, 467 Mass. 81 (2014)
- Vedensky v. Vedensky, 86 Mass. App. Ct. 768 (2014)
- Com. v. Ruano, 87 Mass. App. Ct. 98 (2015), review denied, 472 Mass. 1101 (2015)
- Popp v. Popp, 477 Mass. 1022 (2017)
- United States v. Robert Urciuoli
- United States v. Vincent Cianci
- United States v. Bruce Hill
- United States v. Robert Prosperi, et al.
- United States v. Gianelli et. Al.
- Commission on Judicial Conduct v. Superior Court Justice Maria Lopez
- Commonwealth v. David Cohen
- Commonwealth v. Robert Sasso
Educational Background:
- Sacred Heart University Bridge port, CT., B.S. - 1993
Industry Groups
- MACDL
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Last Updated: 8/1/2018