In Commonwealth v. Taylor, Attorney Wood convinced the SJC that a defendant should not have to choose between his right to a speedy trial and his right to mandatory discovery. In the future, when a defendant files a motion to compel the production of mandatory discovery, the SJC held that this act ordinarily will not stop the speedy trial clock

We are excited to announce that Eva Jellison has joined W & N. Attorney Jellison is a graduate of Stanford and Northeastern University School of Law where she interned with a highly-regarded criminal defense firm, SJC (soon-to-be Chief) Justice Gants and the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ. Upon graduation, she served as a clerk to Chief Justice Dana Fabe of the Alaska Supreme Court.

Colleague and blogger Sejal Patel recently published an article in The Champion, the magazine of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. The article tells the tale of the exoneration of Guy Randolph, with a mention of Attorney Nathanson's small role in the exoneration. Read the article here. While Sejal has left her criminal defense practice, we applaud her continuing commitment to justice - a passion we share deeply.