Biography

ATTORNEY JOSEPH F. HENNESSEY

Joe is a trial lawyer who represents clients in the areas of criminal defense, civil rights cases and catastrophic injury litigation. He has been recognized by Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Boston Magazine as a Rising Star and a Top 100 Defense Attorney by the National Trial Lawyers Organization and has served as a panel member at statewide MCLE seminars. He is a bar advocate for the Worcester Bar Advocates and takes court appointments in District Court, Superior Court, Murder list cases, SDP, SORB and Appeals.

Joe has tremendous white-collar investigative experience as a former Senior Global Investigator for a Fortune 500 company, where he oversaw internal investigations and worldwide corporate compliance programs. His areas of focus included high-value cybercrime, industrial espionage, and theft of trade secrets along with policy writing. One of his spotlight investigations was a multi-million-dollar platinum theft for a Fortune 500 Company aiding the FBI and Irish Garda.

Before his legal career, Joe was a police officer for 23 years. Joe was trained by the Criminal Justice Training Council, FBI, and Massachusetts State Police in homicide investigations, crime scene and narcotics investigations, and fingerprint recovery and analysis, and served as a certified sexual assault investigator. He attended numerous training classes in OUI enforcement techniques and field sobriety testing by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and was a certified breath test operator. Joe was assigned to 3 regional drug task forces during his career working undercover for seven years and assisting in investigations with DEA, ATF, FBI, AGs Office and CPAC units.

Joe is a supervisor for the Worcester Bar Advocates, supervising approximately 125 attorneys in Worcester County. He is also a mentor to many of the court appointed attorneys along with volunteering his time to instruct new attorneys. He is appointed to the CPCS Strategic Planning Committee looking to improve the bar advocate programs throughout the state.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• 80% Criminal Defense

• 20% Civil Litigation

LITIGATION PERCENTAGE

• 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Massachusetts, 2007

• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 2008

EDUCATION

J.D., Massachusetts School of Law, Andover, Massachusetts concentration in Criminal Law
M.S., Western New England College School of Law, Springfield, Massachusetts
B.S., M.S., Western New England College School of Law, Springfield, Massachusetts

Major: Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice Administration

RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Super Lawyers: Criminal Defense
Super Lawyers Rising Star: 2013-2017
National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Lawyers
America Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys Top 10

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

• National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys

• Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys

PAST EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS

• Dhar Law, LLP, Senior Counsel, 2012- 2017

• Law Office of Joseph Hennessey, Attorney, 2007 – 2012

• Boston Scientific 2007-2008

• Defilippis, Kaldis and Hennessey, PC, Partner, 2007 – 2009

• Town of Sherborn, Police Officer, 1992 – 2007

• City of Waltham, Police Officer, 1991 – 1992

• Town of Ashland, Police Officer, 1984 – 1991

Court Admissions

Massachusetts
Federal Court
United States Court of Appeals 1st Circuit

Court Appointments:

Murder List
Superior and District Court
Appellate List
SORB and SDP

REPRESENTING A WIDE SPECTRUM OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE CASES IN THE WORCESTER AREA

There’s no denying how stressful it can be when you’re facing any degree of criminal charges, which is why it’s so critical to obtain legal advice from a criminal lawyer as soon as you possibly can in these situations. Your freedom and long-term future will many times be in jeopardy when you’ve been arrested for any criminal charges, but having an experienced defense team that knows the criminal justice system in Worcester will ultimately provide you with your best opportunity for a favorable outcome.

As you can most likely imagine, obtaining a favorable outcome when you’re accused of any criminal charge is a lot easier said than done. Joseph Hennessey and his team know just how convoluted the criminal justice system is in the Worcester and Boston areas, and you can count on our team to provide you with the legal advice that formulates your very best course for legal action within the Worcester County courts.

Attorney Joseph Hennessey and his team has helped countless clients in Worcester and Boston areas to achieve victories when they’ve faced all sorts of criminal charges, including cases that involve the following:

Violent crimes

White collar crimes

Domestic violence

Drug crimes

Sex crimes

Property crimes

Theft crimes

Battery

Robbery

Burglary

Computer crimes

Felony cases

Misdemeanor cases

Assault

DUI & DWI

Marijuana law

Probation violation

Cases that involve federal courts

“You know what my father said about innocent clients? ... He said the scariest client a lawyer will ever have is an innocent client. Because if you fuck up and he goes to prison, it'll scar you for life ... He said there is no in-between with an innocent client. No negotiation, no plea bargain, no middle ground. There's only one verdict. You have to put an NG up on the scoreboard. There's no other verdict but not guilty."

Michael Connolly, The Lincoln Lawyer

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“There is no client as scary as an innocent man."

J. Michael Haller, Criminal Defense Attorney, Los Angeles, 1962

To be an effective criminal defense counsel, an attorney must be prepared to be demanding, outrageous, irreverent, blasphemous, a rogue, a renegade, and a hated, isolated, and lonely person - few love a spokesman for the despised and the damned.

Clarence Darrow

Biography

ATTORNEY JOSEPH F. HENNESSEY

REPRESENTING A WIDE SPECTRUM OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE CASES IN THE WORCESTER AREA

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