Lauren J. Weitzen

Suffolk University Law School, JD
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Massachusetts (state and federal)

• Commonwealth v. Ramirez, Cambridge District Court – Client, detained by immigration authorities following an arrest for Operating Under the Influence of Alcohol was not transported from detention to the courthouse despite multiple court orders. Lauren collaborated with the Immigration Impact Unit of CPCS and the ACLU of Massachusetts and, upon the ACLUM, with attorneys from Foley Hoag, LLP, filing a federal lawsuit, Lauren’s client was finally properly transported for trial. Once in court, Lauren secured a Not Guilty verdict following a bench trial. As a result of the verdict, the client was able to obtain an order securing his release from immigration custody. https://www.aclum.org/en/cases/ramirez-v-tompkins
  https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2019/01/30/ice-detainees-can-now-answer-state-charges
• Not Guilty jury verdict for client accused of committing an Assault and Battery on a Family/Household Member
• Successful Motion to Dismiss due to lack of evidence for client charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana
• Obtained Pre-trial Probation, pursuant to G.L. c. 276, § 87, for client charged with Disorderly Conduct and Resisting Arrest
• Post-conviction Motion to Withdraw Plea allowed for client facing dire immigration consequences as a result of the prior plea with former counsel; successfully negotiated an agreeable outcome for the offense that would protect the client’s current immigration status
• Successfully vacated an active Restraining Order
• Not Guilty bench trial verdict for client charged with Operating under the Influence of Alcohol
• Petition to Expunge allowed for client with prior record from when she was 19 years old
• Obtained suppression of drug evidence following a Motion to Suppress in case charging client with Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana; case dismissed as a result
• Motion to Suppress client’s statements allowed in case charging Indecent Assault & Battery on a Person over 14
• Petition to Seal allowed after client successfully completed a continuance without a finding for Resisting Arrest and Assault & Battery on a Police Officer
• Obtained a Harassment Prevention Order for a client facing constant unwanted in-person and electronic contact from a former partner

Massachusetts Bar Association
Boston Bar Association
Women’s Bar Association
Middlesex County Bar Association

Scott P. Lopez & Lauren J. Weitzen, Watershed Changes to Eyewitness Identification Law in Massachusetts, 60 Boston Bar J. (January 2016)

Super Lawyers Rising Star 2014-2020

Super Lawyer 2023

Avvo Clients’ Choice Award 2017-2018

• Upcoming Program: The Intersection of Civil & Criminal Legal Issues
• As Long As It Takes: SJC to Consider Virtual Evidentiary Hearings for Motions to Suppress
• Expanding Equal Protection: The Supreme Judicial Court Limits Racially Motivated Traffic Stops
• Lawson & Weitzen recognizes its 2020 Massachusetts Super Lawyers & Rising Stars
• Expungement in Massachusetts: Are you Eligible?
• Lawson & Weitzen recognizes its 2019 Massachusetts Super Lawyers & Rising Stars