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Essex County

Gloucester, Massachusetts Criminal Lawyer

Gloucester, Massachusetts Criminal Lawyer

If you are a resident of Gloucester, you may be looking for an aggressive criminal defense attorney who is familiar with the Gloucester District Court. The District Court, located at 197 Main Street in Gloucester Massachusetts, serves the communities of Gloucester, Essex and Rockport in Essex County. Kristen Bonavita is a criminal defense lawyer with years of experience who practices frequently in the Gloucester District Court.  Attorney Bonavita is a former prosecutor or Assistant District Attorney for the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office and former Assistant Attorney General for the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General.

You can trust her experience and expertise within the legal system to protect your freedom and rights. She has a track record of success in representing clients who have been charged with drunk driving (OUI), also known as DUI, drug charges, assault and battery, restraining orders, clerk’s hearings, domestic assaults (violence), larceny or theft charges and many others. Recently, Attorney Bonavita argued for her Gloucester District Court client charged with OUI based upon the basis for the stop as unconstitutional.  Judge Jennings agreed with Attorney Bonavita, allowed her motion to suppress the stop of the motor vehicle.  Once the stop of the motor vehicle was suppressed, the Essex County District Attorney’s Office moved to the dismiss the client’s Operating Under the Influence – OUI – case.  Gloucester Criminal Defense Lawyer Kristen Bonavita maintains an office in Newburyport, MA for the convenience of her clients. Call Gloucester Criminal Defense Attorney Kristen F. Bonavita at 978-376-6746 or click here to send an email .

The city is located on Cape Ann in Essex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is an important center of the fishing industry and a popular summer destination. The city consists of an urban core on the north side of the harbor and the outlying neighborhoods of Annisquam, Bay View, Lanesville, Folly Cove, Magnolia, Riverdale, and East and West Gloucester.

Gloucester lies between Ipswich Bay to the north and Massachusetts Bay to the south. The city is bordered on the east by Rockport, and on the west by Ipswich, Essex and Manchester-by-the-Sea to the west. The city is accessible by Route 128 and Route 133 entering from Essex, MA. The city is home to the Cape Ann Transportation Authority, which serves the city and surrounding towns. Gloucester is accessible via the Newburyport/Rockport Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail, which extends from Rockport along the North Shore to Boston’s North Station. The nearest airport is the Beverly Municipal Airport, with the nearest national and international air service being at Boston’s Logan International Airport.

Some points of interest in the city are The schooner Adventure, Annisquam, Cape Ann Museum, Dogtown Common, Norman’s Woe, known for several shipwrecks, including the The Wreck of the Hesperus; Ravenswood Park, Rocky Neck Art Colony, America’s oldest working art colony, Blackburn Tavern, Sargent House Museum and White-Ellery House. The most noted landmark is the harborside Man at the Wheel statue (also known as the “Gloucester Fisherman’s Memorial Cenotaph”), dedicated to “They that go down to the sea in ships”, which is a quote from Psalm 107:23-32. The city has a professional theatre company known as the Gloucester Stage Company, which stages five to eight plays each season, primarily in the summer months. The city’s largest annual event is St. Peter’s Fiesta held the last weekend in June and sponsored by the local Italian-American community.

If you are in need of counsel call Criminal Defense Attorney Kristen F. Bonavita for a free consultation at 978-376-6746.

Directions from Gloucester, Massachusetts to Attorney Kristen Bonavita’s Office at 6 Harris Street, Newburyport Massachusetts.

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