FIREFIGHTER’S LTC WAS SUSPENDED DUE TO ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, BUT ATTORNEY PATRICK J. NOONAN GETS HIS CLIENT’S LTC REINSTATED. Client has been a longtime firefighter and paramedic. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy. The client was embroiled in a bitter, contentious divorce and custody battle with his…

Norfolk Superior Court ATTORNEY PATRICK J. NOONAN CONVINCES SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT’S USE OF A POLE CAMERA AIMED AT THE DEFENDANT’S RESIDENCE WAS AN ILLEGAL SEARCH IN VIOLATION OF THE DEFENDANT’S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. Defendant was under investigation by the Massachusetts State Police for the crimes of Possession of…

Supreme Judicial Court 489 Mass. 155 (2020) IN A VICTORY FOR PRIVACY RIGHTS, ATTORNEY PATRICK J. NOONAN CONVINCES THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT THAT 15 DAYS OF POLE CAMERA SURVEILLANCE TARGETED AT THE DEFENDANT’S HOME WAS AN ILLEGAL SEARCH. Defendant was under investigation by the Massachusetts State Police for the crimes…

IN A RARE DECISION, ATTORNEY PATRICK J. NOONAN OBTAINS A COURT ORDER FOR THE ALLEGED VICTIM OF A SEXUAL ASSAULT TO UNDERGO A PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION. Defendant was charged with Assault to Rape (G.L. c. 265, §24) and Indecent Assault & Battery (G.L. c. 265,§13H). Defendant is facing serious penalties if…

Plymouth Superior Court ATTORNEY PATRICK J. NOONAN WINS DISMISSAL OF SEX-TRAFFICKING INDICTMENT IN THE PLYMOUTH SUPERIOR COURT. THE PROSECUTION HAS APPEALED THE DISMISSAL OF THE INDICTMENT TO THE APPEALS COURT. The Defendant, along with four-other defendants, was indicted in the Plymouth Superior Court on charges of Trafficking a Person for…

Department of Children & Families Fair Hearing THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (DCF) FOUND SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT AN ALLEGATION THAT THE DEFENDANT SEXUALLY ABUSED A CHILD UNDER HIS CARE. ON APPEAL, ATTORNEY PATRICK J. NOONAN CONVINCES DCF TO REVERSE ITS DECISION. A mandated reporter made a report to…

Commissioner of Probation CONVICTION FOR SEXUAL CONDUCT FOR A FEE IS SEALED FROM CLIENT’S RECORD.  In 2009, the client pled guilty to the offense of Sex for a Fee (G.L. c. 272, §53A). The client was placed on probation for one-year. The client contacted the Law Offices of Gerald J….

Plymouth Superior Court CLIENT WAS CONVICTED AFTER A JURY TRIAL OF RAPE AND INDECENT ASSAULT & BATTERY, BUT ATTORNEY PATRICK J. NOONAN WINS NEW TRIAL BASED ON NEWLY DISCOVERED EVIDENCE.  Attorney Patrick J. Noonan represented the Defendant at a trial in the Plymouth Superior Court on indictments charging him with…

Stoughton District Court DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH 41 COUNTS OF SECRETLY VIDEOTAPING MEN USING THE URINAL AND BATHROOM IN THE MEN’S LOCKER OF A FITNESS CENTER. DEFENDANT WALKS AWAY WITH NO CONVICTION, NO JAIL TIME, AND NO SEX-OFFENDER REGISTRATION. Defendant, a 24 year-old with no criminal record, was charged with…

ATTORNEY GERALD J. NOONAN GETS OPEN & GROSS LEWDNESS CHARGE AGAINST MEDICAL DOCTOR DISMISSED PRIOR TO ARRAIGNMENT, SAVING HIS CLIENT FROM HAVING THIS SERIOUS FELONY OFFENSE ON HIS RECORD. Client, a medical doctor, went to a fitness center in Dartmouth to exercise. Another member of the gym reported to the…