The Private Counsel Division – Appeals Unit maintains several resources to support panel attorneys.
Post-conviction checklists
The private counsel appeals division has created checklists attorneys should submit along with their request to close a screening or direct appeal.
Prepared by Murray Kohn and edited by Matt Harper-Nixon
Appeals Webinar Verification Form
Please use this form to request CLE credit for viewing pre-recording trainings or webinars.
Other divisions at CPCS can be helpful to panel attorneys in representing their clients.
Resource Attorneys
Resource Attorneys are experienced post-conviction panel members who contract with CPCS to provide oversight and support to post-conviction panel members. Among other duties, Resource Attorneys act as judges for moot arguments, hold weekly drop-in sessions and take advice calls from panel members. A list of Resource Attorneys can be found below.
Click here for a calendar of events hosted by the Resource Attorneys.
FY2022 POST CONVICTION PANEL RESOURCE ATTORNEYS
Suffolk County:
Josh Daniels
617-942-2190
jdaniels@danielsappeals.com
Michael Nam Krane
617-553-2366
Michael@bostonjustice.net
Middlesex and Essex Counties:
Philip Weber
617-202-6651
PhilipWeberLaw@gmail.com
Erin Opperman
857-233-4602
erin@oppermanlaw.com
Worcester, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and Berkshire counties:
Debra Kornbluh
617-755-1578
DKornmatt@aol.com
Murray Kohn
774-239-0732
Murray.kohn@appellate-defender.com
Norfolk, Plymouth, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket counties:
Alison Bancroft
774-215-5240
alison@attorneybancroft.com
Suzanne Renaud
508-399-1060
Suzanne.Renaud.Esq@gmail.com
Special Projects:
James McKenna
774-317-0983
James.P.McKenna.Esquire@aol.com
Edward Crane
617-851-8404
Attyedwardcrane@gmail.com
Murder cases and federal habeas litigation:
David Nathanson
(617) 248-1806
DNathanson@WoodNathanson.com
Cathryn Neaves
(978) 475-0609
Cathryn.Neaves@comcast.net