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Honorable Armand Fernandes, Jr., retired Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Trial court docket, Probate and Family Court Department, lately joined as “Of Counsel” to the Keches Law Group. Prior to his appointment to the bench, Lawyer Fernandes maintained a a hit private law exercise undertaking many jury and non-jury trials within the Federal and State Courts. He has attempted private harm, workers’ repayment, social protection, eminent area, murder, products legal responsibility, probate, and domestic members of the family matters. Many were high-profile instances, which includes In Re: Papas (journalist privilege); In Re: Kopechne; (inquest); Commonwealth v. Costa (serial murder); Commonwealth v. Reed (excessive college stabbing); Gonsalves v. City of New Bedford (cell death); and Andrade v. Correia (motor vehicle tort in which the usage of chiropractic proof became supported by means of Supreme Judicial Court).
While in private practice, he served as an Associate District Lawyer for the Southern District, Assistant City Solicitor and City Solicitor for the City of New Bedford; criminal consultant to the New Bedford Police Department, and on the Massachusetts Superior Court licensed lists for the appointment of Masters and courtroom-appointed defense lawyers (murder).
Lawyer Fernandes lectured on the New Bedford Police Academy, at Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE), Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA) and Suffolk University Law School continuing training guides. He is a member of the American Bar Association (ABA), Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA), and Massachusetts Law Foundation. He has served as President of the New Bedford Bar Association, and as a member of the MBA’s own family regulation city affairs and judicial administration committees. During these years, he additionally was a member of and served on the Board of Directors of many civic, educational and charitable companies and a recipient of civic and social honors.
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The Keches Law Group, P.C. - Retired Associate Justice
Massachusetts Trial Court, Probate and Family Court Department
1998
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Graduation year: 1964
