Practice Areas - Litigation
- Criminal Defense
- Civil Rights
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- Appellate Practice
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 617-859-9999 ext. 14
Fax: 617-859-9998
http://www.pahlawfirm.com
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| University | Boston University, B.A., 1987 |
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| Law School | Suffolk University, J.D., 1990 |
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| Admitted | 1990, Massachusetts; 1991, New York, District of Columbia, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1993, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1994, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court |
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| Memberships | Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys (Treasurer). |
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| Born | 1965 |
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| Biography | Peter Charles Horstmann is a partner in the law firm of Partridge, Ankner & Horstmann, LLP, where his practice includes criminal defense, civil rights and general litigation including appeals. He is a graduate of Suffolk University Law School (1990) and has served as the Treasurer of the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys (MACDL) since 2002. From 1990-1997 he worked for F. Lee Bailey's Boston Office, Bailey, Fishman & Leonard and from 1998 to 2002 was a law partner of Superior Court Justice Kenneth J. Fishman in the law firm of Fishman, Ankner & Horstmann. His bar memberships include the United States Supreme Court, State of New York, District of Columbia, United States District Court for the District of Vermont, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Since 1998, he has served on the District of Massachusetts CJA Panel. He has represented clients in both state and federal courts in Massachusetts and in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Tennessee, Arkansas, Florida, New Hampshire, Vermont, Illinois and Indiana.
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| Reported Cases | Comm. v. Joseph Murphy, SCJ 2011-545 (12/23/11)(reversal of bail revocation); U.S. v. Lyons, 10-10159PBS (D.Mass 12/5/11)(not guilty verdicts as to 26 counts of money laundering and 293 counts of money laundering and Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act charges dismissed after 5 week trial); U.S. v. Cuevas, 10-10374RGS (D.Mass. 8/12/11)(jury refused to find mandatory ten year drug weight); U.S. v. Cameron, 11-1275 (1st Cir. 8/9/11)(granting bail pending appeal in 1st Circuit); U.S. v. Soto, 09-10253RGS (D.Mass. 7/7/11)(case dismissed without prejudice on Speedy Trial Act grounds); U.S. v. Duggins; 11-10216JLT (D.Mass. 6/20/11)(voluntary dismissal of case based upon false police report); Starski v. Kirzhnev, 06-10157DPW (D.Mass. 5/27/10)(defense verdict in $90,000,000 breach of contract claim); Comm. v. Montiero, Malden No. 08CR745 (2008)(motion to dismiss weapons charge allowed based upon weapon's nonconformity to statute); Arkansas v. Sweeney, Carrol County No. CR2007-36 (2/23/08)(motion to suppress evidence allowed); Comm. v. Tambone, Woburn No. 07CR1357 (2008)(motion to suppress evidence allowed); U.S. v. Boidi, 05-10025GAO(D.Mass. 10/13/06)(not guilty verdict as to five year mandatory minimum gun charge and bribery charges, drug conviction reversed on appeal due to error in jury instructions. 568 F.3d 24); Commonwealth v. Joseph Constantino, 443 Mass. 52 (2005)(reversing duplicitous convictions for leaving the scene of an accident involving a death); U.S. v. Cates, 02-102410PBS (2/1/05)(not guilty verdicts in 14 count mail & wire fraud conspiracy); U.S. v. Kushner. 256 F.Supp.2d 109 (2003)(105 counts of structuring dismissed as multiplicitous); U.S. v. Lubell, Cr. No. 01-10122EFH (3/3/04)(not guilty verdicts for 5 count armed robbery/extortion conspiracy); Comm. v. DaSilva, Suffolk No. 99-10920 (3/03)(not guilty verdict for ABDW joint venture); Comm. v. Mejia, Suffolk No. 99-10920 (12/13/02)(not guilty verdicts for armed kidnapping with intent to extort and ABDW); Comm. v. Augustin, Cambridge No. 00CR3472 (1/02)(required finding of not guilty of distribution and school zone); Comm. v. Howell, Suffolk No. 00-11104 (8/3/01)(motion to suppress evidence of firearm allowed); People v. Gomez, N.Y. Supreme Court, Part 93, Indictment No. 4030-99 (2/9/00)(not guilty verdict for insurance fraud, 3rd degree); U.S. v. Restrepo, 59 F.Supp. 2d 133 (D.Mass. 1999)(unlawful re-entry case dismissed with prejudice on Speedy Trial Act grounds); Comm. v. Themelis, Ayer No. 97CR0137 (1/29/98)(not guilty verdicts for distribution and school zone charges); Commonwealth v. Tanso, 411 Mass. 640 (1992)(reversal of defendant's double homicide convictions and acquittal at retrial as assistant trial counsel in 1994). |
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| ISLN | 906368600 |
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