Martin G. Weinberg is a nationally prominent criminal and
white collar defense lawyer based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Martin G. Weinberg is a nationally prominent criminal defense lawyer, considered by many within the legal community to rank among the nation's best litigators and appellate advocates.
A 1971 Harvard Law School graduate, he has been recognized repeatedly for his accomplishments as a trial and appellate attorney, educator, and leader within the legal profession. As a chief trial and appellate counsel in hundreds of cases for more than four decades, Weinberg has been the lawyer of choice for industry leaders, including other prominent trial attorneys charged with crimes or misconduct, corporate executives, medical professionals and internet pioneers.
Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers since 1988, Weinberg was honored as One of the Top 10 Lawyers in Massachusetts in 2011, and selected yearly as a SuperLawyers since 2004.
Weinberg has earned the 2017 Martindale-Hubbell®AV Preeminent™ Judicial Award, the highest rating in both legal ability and ethical standards, based on evaluations by other members of the bar and the judiciary in the United States and Canada.
Weinberg has represented accused defendants in over 20 federal district courts, eight U.S. Courts of Appeal, and in the U.S. Supreme Court, where he successfully argued the landmark Fourth Amendment case of United States v. Chadwick.
In 2010, he successfully challenged the Department of Justice’s reliance on the Stored Communications Act to seize the content of emails in violation of the Fourth Amendment in United States v Warshak. In 2011 alone, Weinberg led defense teams that achieved trial acquittals and pretrial dismissals for business executives charged in two separate high profile political corruption cases.
The former director of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Weinberg regularly works closely with the nation’s premier trial and appellate counsel as both a consultant and a member of case-specific litigation teams and joint defenses involving companies and their executives.
Recognized for his trustworthy, caring, and one-on-one approach, Weinberg's guidance and counsel is designed to minimize the burdens and stress on his clients.
For 40 years, Weinberg has provided his clients with experienced and
dedicated counsel — with a skillful and focused, hands-on, personal approach —
in many of the most challenging criminal law cases of our times.
Experience in the Courts
Argued United States v. Chadwick, 433 U.S. 1, 97 S. Ct. 2476 before United States Supreme Court, April 26, 1977
Argued federal criminal appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth panels and en banc, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits.
Admitted pro hac vice for federal criminal cases in the following district courts:
California (Northern District)
Delaware
Florida (Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts)
Georgia (Middle District,Southern District)
Illinois (Northern District),
Louisiana (Western District)
Maine
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York (Southern, Eastern, and NorthernDistricts)
North Carolina (Eastern District)
Ohio (Southern District)
Oregon
Puerto Rico
Vermont
Admitted pro hac vice for federal criminal cases in the following state courts:
Florida
Ohio
Bar Membership
Admitted to Bar:
Massachusetts (admitted in 1972)
United States District Court
District of Massachusetts
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
United States Supreme Court
United States Tax Court
Professional Memberships
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Life Member
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Director, 1995 - 2000
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Co-Chair
Lawyer Assistance Strike Force Coordinator, 1994 - present
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Co-Chair
Money Laundering Task Force
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Co-Chair
8300 Task Force, 1995 - 1998
Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Co-Chair
Lawyers Assistant Strike Force
Local Rules Committee; District of Massachusetts
2002 - 2008
Employment
1997-present
MARTIN G. WEINBERG, P.C.
20 Park Plaza, Suite 1000, Boston, MA 02116
Specializing in Criminal Trial and Appellate Cases.
1975 - 1997
OTERI, WEINBERG & LAWSON, P.A.
20 Park Plaza, Suite 905, Boston, MA 02116
Partner. Specializing in Criminal Trial and Appellate Cases.
1972 - 1975
CRANE, INKER & OTERI - Boston, MA
Associate. 1972-1973.
Partner. 1973-1975.
Specializing in Criminal Defense.