Track Record of Success
Martin G. Weinberg, a nationally prominent criminal defense lawyer based in Boston, is ranked among the nation's best litigators and appellate advocates by many within the legal community. A 1971 Harvard Law School graduate, he has been recognized repeatedly for his accomplishments as a trial and appellate attorney, educator and legal expert. Selected by his peers as one of the best criminal and white collar defense lawyers in the country for over 25 consecutive years, Weinberg was named One of the Top 10 Lawyers in Massachusetts in 2011. He has represented accused defendants in over 20 federal district courts, eight U.S. Courts of Appeal, and in the U.S. Supreme Court, where he successfully argued the landmark Fourth Amendment case of United States v. Chadwick. He is the former director of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Read Lawyer of the Year interview with Weinberg.
Skillful Defense for Diverse Cases
Martin G. Weinberg has been chief trial and appellate counsel in hundreds of cases for more than four decades. He's been the lawyer of choice for industry leaders, including prominent trial attorneys, corporate executives, medical professionals and internet pioneers. He has defended his clients on charges ranging from money laundering, tax evasion, political corruption, securities fraud, mail, wire and bank fraud, to racketeering, drug smuggling, internet sex offenses, computer theft, and murder. He successfully challenged the Department of Justice’s reliance on the Stored Communications Act to seize the content of emails in violation of the Fourth Amendment (United States v Warshak). His experience includes organizing and directing case-specific teams of nationally selected attorneys, skilled forensic and traditional investigators, and specialized experts. Read interview about DiMasi-Vitale Trial.
“The No. 1 lawyer in the City.”
Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 6-16-11
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Accomplishments
Weinberg's expertise encompasses a broad spectrum of complex legal issues.
- Principal lawyer in successful, ground-breaking challenge to the Department of Justice’s 20-year history of seizing the content of emails through secret subpoenas to Internet Service Providers in circumvention of the Warrant Clause of the Fourth Amendment, United States v Warshak
- Trial acquittals in recent political corruption case where the advisor for the Massachusetts Speaker of the House was charged and found not guilty by a jury in the DiMasi-Vitale trial
- Trial acquittals in recent federal white collar racketeering conspiracy, tax evasion conspiracy, and money laundering trials for business executives and practicing attorneys
- Successfully argued landmark Fourth Amendment case, United States v Chadwick, in United States Supreme Court
- Recent dismissal of 73 count indictment charging public corruption in State of Ohio
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- Successful defenses of doctors, trial lawyers, hospital executives, CEOs of companies, and alleged organized crime leaders in a myriad of challenging cases over the past 40 years in eight federal courts of appeals and over 20 federal district courts from California and Florida to New England and New York
- Appellate reversals in recent federal honest services case involving a hospital CEO accused of bribing a state politician and a business executive charged with money laundering
- Representation of over 100 attorneys in matters including disqualification challenges, motions to quash grand jury subpoenas, contempt proceedings, and federal criminal prosecution for money laundering and obstruction of justice
Honors & Recognition
- Top 10 Attorneys in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: selected by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly for 2011
- Best Lawyers in America: selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for more than 25 consecutive years.
- One of 100 Top Lawyers in State: named in Massachusetts Super Lawyers, a guide widely used by other lawyers to select counsel
- Guest lecturer at Harvard Law School on criminal law and ethics issues
- Selected to be a panelist and speaker at four Judicial Conferences of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
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Defender of The Constitution
“Marty Weinberg…[part of a] Fourth Amendment dream team [who] understands the Constitution and the Bill of Rights still reign as the supreme law of the land.”
— NACDL President Jim Lavine, 12-15-10
Upon 6th Circuit Court ruling that protected emails
from warrantless government surveillance
Groundbreaking Opinion
“The extension of the Fourth Amendment to emails is a groundbreaking opinion that is of pivotal importance in terms of protecting privacy in the Internet Age.”
—Weinberg quoted by AP following Warshak decision
"[Warshak] … may someday be seen as a watershed moment in the extension of our Constitutional rights to the Internet."
— Law Professor Paul Ohm