Lissa McKinney

I graduated Suffolk University & Suffolk University Law School and started my career as as a trial lawyer with the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) in Worcester and Boston. My courtroom and trial experience spans 41 years and more than 1,500 bench or jury trials, probable cause hearings, restraining order hearings and evidentiary hearings. Despite broad experiences in superior & district court, I'm presently focusing my work on personal injury cases, clerk magistrate hearings, restraining order and harrassment order hearings, ticket and motor vehicle hearings, and ALL matters of criminal defense in the District Court. Outside the courtroom, I represent clients with licensing issues at the Registry of Motor Vehicles including Immediate Threat suspensions. As my schedule permits, I pursue firearms licensing appeals. I previously worked as Adjunct Clinical Instructor at Suffolk University Law School, and supervised 3rd year law students providing indigent criminal defense just as I did in school. Later, I served as Staff Attorney for Suffolk Lawyers for Justice (SLJ), the Suffolk County bar advocate program assuring the quality of lawyers representing indigent criminal defendants in greater Boston courts. I've lectured more than 20x at various educational seminars sponsored by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE), the Boston Bar Association, Suffolk County Bar Advocate Program, SLJ, and CPCS, such as: District Court Bar Advocate Training; Essential Rules of Criminal Procedure; Trying Drug Cases in Massachusetts; Emerging Areas of Criminal Practice; Hot Tips for Trying Criminal Cases, Probation Violation Proceedings; Defending on a Shoestring; Pre-Trial Conference Rules; Evidence-Getting It In and Keeping It Out. I am admitted to the Massachusetts Bar,the U.S. District Court for the 1st Circuit, & the Florida Bar and a member of the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (MACDL);Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys (MATA).