appellate matters

United States v. Gurry. The firm represented the former Vice President of Managed Markets at Insys Therapeutics at trial and on appeal. Mr. Gurry was charged with RICO conspiracy for his role in seeking prior authorizations for an FDA-approved fentanyl spray. After successfully obtaining an acquittal on the top predicates against Mr. Gurry, our team continued to challenge his conviction before the First Circuit.

United States v. Tucker. Our team was brought in to represent Mr. Tucker at sentencing and on appeal after his conviction for human trafficking. Our attorneys successfully advocated for a sentence 19 years lower than the government’s requested sentence. Mr. Tucker’s appeal is pending before the First Circuit.

Commonwealth v. Hayes. Our team was brought in on appeal to challenge Mr. Hayes’s conviction for human trafficking. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently decided to hear a challenge to the jury instructions raised by both Mr. Hayes and his co-defendant.

Commonwealth v. Lucey. Our team was brought in on appeal to challenge our client’s conviction after he was denied his right to confront the critical witness against him at trial when the Commonwealth’s cooperating witness was excused before cross-examination was complete.

Commonwealth v. Ray. Our team was brought in on appeal to challenge our client’s conviction for negligent operation of a motor vehicle. Our appeal addressed multiple issues, including the denial of his motion to dismiss under the Massachusetts no-fix statute.

United States v. Alphas. In a case of first impression, our attorneys won an appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit establishing the method of calculating loss under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines in insurance fraud cases. 

Commonwealth v. John Doe. In a case of first impression, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court agreed that our client, who had a continuance without a finding, could not be compelled to wear a GPS monitoring device under a statute that provides for monitoring after a conviction.