Lown Law Firm

19/10/2023

DIGITAL RE-CREATION EXONERATES LOWN’S CLIENT

Four Boston police officers identified Attorney Lown’s client “Brian” as an armed robber based on surveillance video. One identifying officer claimed to have known Brian for 20 years. ➡️ At the time Brian was 42 years old, had no criminal convictions and worked at a Boston housing development’s community center with at-risk youth. ➡️ Because police officers observed Brian interacting with youth who the police alleged were gang members the police used these “documented associations” to label Brian as a gang member himself and entered him in their permanent “Gang Database.”

Attorney Lown and his investigators not only defended Brian in court, they accumulated enough evidence to prove who the real suspect was. Finally, by subpoenaing the surveillance videos and dressing Brian as the robbery suspect, Lown’s team was able to reenact the robbery, a digital recreation which revealed obvious physical differences between Brian and the robber. ➡️➡️ One year later, the DA’s office agreed to drop the case. 💪👏

19/10/2023

DIGITAL RE-CREATION EXONERATES LOWN’S CLIENT

Four Boston police officers identified Attorney Lown’s client “Brian” as an armed robber based on surveillance video. One identifying officer claimed to have known Brian for 20 years. ➡️ At the time Brian was 42 years old, had no criminal convictions and worked at a Boston housing development’s community center with at-risk youth. ➡️ Because police officers observed Brian interacting with youth who the police alleged were gang members the police used these “documented associations” to label Brian as a gang member himself and entered him in their permanent “Gang Database.”

Attorney Lown and his investigators not only defended Brian in court, they accumulated enough evidence to prove who the real suspect was. Finally, by subpoenaing the surveillance videos and dressing Brian as the robbery suspect, Lown’s team was able to reenact the robbery, a digital recreation which revealed obvious physical differences between Brian and the robber. ➡️➡️ One year later, the DA’s office agreed to drop the case. 💪👏

29/06/2023

➡️Dr. Altaf Saadi’s family escaped the Saddam Hussein government, migrated to Iran, and eventually to the US. ➡️Moved by her personal experience, as a neurologist in Boston she leads Mass General’s asylum clinic. Her work has led to dozens of asylum cases being granted. She later debunked the junk science behind a phony diagnosis called “excited delirium” which police officers had been used to describe the people they arrested in so as to justify deadly force. To name but a few accomplishments….💪💪💪

Said Dr. Saadi: “When I tell people about the work that I do, a common reaction is, ‘Wow, that’s so depressing,’ or ‘Wow, that’s so hard…’ In fact, it is inspiring. It infuses me with purpose. How could I not be inspired by the resiliency of the individuals I serve?”

🎉👏Congratulations to Dr. Altaf Saadi for receiving this year’s Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility, 2023!

15/02/2023

Attorney Lown won a not guilty verdict - his sixth straight - after a trial before a judge on a DUI case in Framingham.

➡️➡️Lown’s client was almost 70 years old and was in his own driveway and walking into his home when a police officer stopped him at his front door. The officer stated that someone had called to complain about his driving. The officer then had this elderly individual do a series of balancing exercises, held him to unfair expectations and arrested him for DUI. On cross examination, the officer was exposed for failing to verify the client’s medical conditions, including the fact that he was wearing a back brace, and for disregarding all of the evidence which showed that an arrest was unjustified. The complete acquittal meant that the client could get his license and his life back. ⚖️

07/12/2022

Attorney Lown argued his client’s case before the full Pardon Board whose members voted unanimously to grant the request. It was then sent to Governor Baker who gave it his approval and soon after it was ratified by the Governor’s Council. ⚖️

➡️ Attorney Lown’s client, now 60, was arrested when he was 21 for stealing a spare tire after the car he was riding in got a flat. He accepted responsibility, pled guilty and paid restitution. He went on to raise two children as a single dad, even selling his motorcycle at a young age to fund his daughter’s private school education, and he later went on to become an electrical engineer for a defense contractor. Yet the conviction from when he was a young man still haunted him. It resulted in the state refusing to renew his gun license after a restrictive law change in 2015, and it blocked him from getting security clearance so as to rise in his company, secure a higher position and better pay. A single youthful mistake should not have this type of impact.  

➡️ Over the past 25 years, Massachusetts governors have pardoned a total of just 5 people. Pressure had built recently to increase the exercise of this “extraordinary power” with the Mass Bar Association issuing a report decrying the Pardon Board’s backlog and delays in hearing petitions. Mass ranks at the bottom of the list of states to utilize this power to forgive. We need more pardons. At least for this client, life can start anew.

02/11/2022

29/06/2022

Dr. Mona blew the whistle on Flint’s lead-water crisis, withstood ridicule and government pressure, and forced the Governor to admit that its residents - and especially its children - were being poisoned. ➡️ As a pediatrician, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha saw elevated blood-lead levels in her young patients. Without access to wider data she used her own patient’s medical records to confirm the danger. ➡️ She forced the State to switch water systems, repair its rusting pipelines, and screen children for learning disabilities, - programs which continue to this day. ➡️➡️➡️ We are still waiting on broader accountability for those responsible. ⚖️ Dr. Mona was rightly selected as the winner of the Dr. Bernard Lown Award For Social Responsibility.🏆🏅🏵

24/06/2022

Time to celebrate. This was from an LLF client and friend.

Zachary Lown went above and beyond any expectations I could have had for legal representation. This having been my first time going through the legal process I was unsure of what to expect, but he made sure to adequately prepare me for what was to come and kept me informed every step of the way. Zach is an incredibly knowledgeable and competent attorney who committed themselves 100% to my case. As a result, all of my charges were dismissed. I could not have been more satisfied with how he handled my case from beginning to end. Zach is a consummate professional who I would recommend to anyone going through a hard time. He is a great attorney and above all a great person.

12/03/2022

Lown wins compassionate release for dying client ➡️ It took six months of litigation and a lawsuit. A few months ago the Commissioner of Correction finally agreed to release Lown’s client on medical parole. This client has stomach cancer and was given less than a year to live. Around 10 percent of these requests have been allowed since the medical parole statute was enacted in 2018. “We are very sad but also extremely relieved that he will be able to die with his family,” Lown said.

24/10/2021

Another one 👉 “Attorney Lown is A Great Lawyer, He Has Helped My Family Through A Case That Seemed Tough But He Was Determined And Never Gave Up and Made Sure to Prove My Family Member’s Innocence And The Case Was Dismissed”🙏

24/10/2021

Another one 👉 “Attorney Lown is A Great Lawyer, He Has Helped My Family Through A Case That Seemed Tough But He Was Determined And Never Gave Up and Made Sure to Prove My Family Member’s Innocence And The Case Was Dismissed”🙏🙌

17/05/2021

Attorney Lown selected to Super Lawyers "Rising Stars." — According to Super Lawyers, this is a recognition awarded to 2.5% of attorneys in Mass.