Kevin Mahoney
Mahoney Criminal Defense Group
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Kevin J. Mahoney is a Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer recognized nationwide for his high-profile courtroom victories, bestselling book on cross-examination, Relentless Criminal Cross-Examination, novel insights into trial strategy, and numerous television appearances. He is, perhaps, best known for overturning of the 1st-degree murder conviction of Christina Martin, dubbed the “JELL-O Murderer” by the national press and chronicled on Forensic Files (“A Dessert Served Cold”). He has won 47 of his last 50 trials. Since 2007, the prestigious National Trial Lawyers has consistently named him one of “The Top 100 Trial Lawyers.” The national lawyer rating service Avvo rates Attorney Mahoney a 10.0/10.0 for “superb.”
As an associate with Lecomte, Emanuelson, Tick & Doyle, Mahoney he tried a civil case, winning a verdict of almost $400,000.00.
Mahoney served as an assistant district attorney for the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office from 1991 to 1993. As an assistant district attorney, battled seasoned criminal defense lawyers, compiling a trial record of 18 wins and two losses. Additionally, he represented the District Attorney’s Office before the Appeals Court and the Supreme Judicial Court on appeals from murder, drug trafficking, and rape convictions.
Following law school, Mahoney served as a Connecticut Superior Court judicial law clerk, where he learned to analyze legal issues, draft airtight opinions, successfully argue before judges, and, most importantly, persuade juries.
A member in good standing of the Massachusetts, New York, and Federal District Court bars, Mr. Mahoney also is a life member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and a member of the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He is a frequent on-air legal analyst for FOX News Live, FOX & friends, CNN, Nancy Grace, truTV (formerly Court TV) and Greater Boston with Emily Rooney.
As an associate with Lecomte, Emanuelson, Tick & Doyle, Mahoney he tried a civil case, winning a verdict of almost $400,000.00.
Mahoney served as an assistant district attorney for the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office from 1991 to 1993. As an assistant district attorney, battled seasoned criminal defense lawyers, compiling a trial record of 18 wins and two losses. Additionally, he represented the District Attorney’s Office before the Appeals Court and the Supreme Judicial Court on appeals from murder, drug trafficking, and rape convictions.
Following law school, Mahoney served as a Connecticut Superior Court judicial law clerk, where he learned to analyze legal issues, draft airtight opinions, successfully argue before judges, and, most importantly, persuade juries.
A member in good standing of the Massachusetts, New York, and Federal District Court bars, Mr. Mahoney also is a life member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and a member of the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He is a frequent on-air legal analyst for FOX News Live, FOX & friends, CNN, Nancy Grace, truTV (formerly Court TV) and Greater Boston with Emily Rooney.
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