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Criminal Attorney Bonavita is a skilled litigator with extensive courtroom experience. As a former Criminal Prosecutor for both the Office of the
Attorney General and the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, she successfully argued her perspective to either a judge or jury on hundreds of occasions.

Criminal Attorney Bonavita

Criminal Attorney Bonavita

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Criminal Defense Attorney Kristen Bonavita

 

Criminal Attorney Kristen BonavitaCriminal Defense Attorney Bonavita is a graduate of Boston College Undergraduate and Suffolk University Law School (Cum Laude).

Prior to establishing her own practice, Attorney Bonavita worked within the Tax and Legal Division of Ernst and Young LLP, and as a Criminal Prosecutor for both the Office of the Attorney General and the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.

Attorney Bonavita is a skilled litigator with extensive courtroom experience. Throughout her career as a Prosecutor, she successfully argued her perspective to either a judge or jury on hundreds of occasions. During her tenure as an Assistant Attorney General, Attorney Bonavita was assigned to the Safe Neighborhood Initiative (SNI) under which she was tasked with handling cases from some of the toughest neighborhoods in Boston. While working for the Office of the Attorney General, Attorney Bonavita was asked to join the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, Superior Court Division where she investigated hundreds of cases involving violent crimes, operating under the influence, counterfeiting, fraud, motor vehicle offenses, and trafficking level drug cases. Attorney Bonavita ended her career in the Suffolk County DA’s office in the Superior Court, Narcotics Division.

Since leaving public service practice, Attorney Kristen Bonavita has advocated for her clients throughout Massachusetts. She has successfully argued for the dismissal of charges including Attempted Murder and other Domestic Violence charges; prevailed at trial for various cases including Operating under the Influence, Civil Defamation, Uttering and Assault and Battery and successfully litigated motions to suppress on various cases including Larceny, Operating Under the Influence and Property related crimes. Attorney Bonavita has both an understanding of the law and vast experience on both sides of the aisle. Based upon that experience, she can appropriately evaluate your case, identify any areas of exposure and pinpoint opportunities for a successful defense.

Criminal Attorney Bonavita maintains an office in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Attorney Bonavita handles criminal cases throughout Essex, Suffolk, and Middlesex Counties including, but not limited to the greater Boston area, Salem, Lawrence, Newburyport, IpswichLynn, Beverly, Amesbury, and Peabody.

Awards & Recognitions

Attorney Bonavita has been acknowledged by both the Judiciary and Criminal Defense Bar for her outstanding courtroom practice…

  • In 2007, Attorney Bonavita received “Prosecutor of the Year.”
  • In 2009 and 2010, Attorney Bonavita was asked to serve as presenter /co-chair for the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (“MCLE”) for “Trying Drug Cases.”
  • In 2016, the National Trial Lawyers recognized Attorney Bonavita as being one of the “Top 40 under 40” trial attorneys in Massachusetts.
  • In 2017, Greater Newburyport Bar Association criminal law presenter at “What Every Lawyer Needs to Know about Immigration Law”
  • In 2017, Recognized as one of the “Top 100 Criminal Defense Lawyers in the State of Massachusetts” by the American Society of Legal Advocates”
  • In 2018, Recognized as one of the “Top 100 Criminal Defense Lawyers in the State of Massachusetts” by the American Society of Legal Advocates”
  • In 2019, Recognized by The National Trial Lawyers as one of the “Top 100 Attorneys” in Massachusetts.
Communities Served By Criminal Attorney Bonavita
Essex CountySuffolk CountyMiddlesex County

SUFFOLK COUNTY

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Boston
Dorchester
Hyde Park
Jamaica Plain
Roxbury
South Boston
West Roxbury
Charlestown
Chelsea
Revere
Winthrop

MIDDLESEX COUNTY

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Acton
Arlington
Ashby
Ashland
Ayer
Bedford
Belmont
Billerica
Boxborough
Burlington
Cambridge
Carlisle
Chelmsford
Concord
Dracut
Dunstable
Everett
Framingham
Groton
Holliston
Hopkinton
Hudson
Lexington
Lincoln
Littleton
Lowell
Malden
Marlborough
Maynard
Medord
Melrose 

Natick 
Newton 
North Reading
Marlborough
Maynard
Medord
Melrose
Natick
Newton
North Reading
Pepperell
Reading
Sherborn
Shirley
Somerville
Stoneham
Stow
Sudbury
Tewksbury
Townsend
Tyngsborough
Wakefield
Waltham
Watertown
Wayland
Westford
Weston
Wilmington
Winchester
Woburn

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    Massachusetts Criminal Lawyer Kristen Bonavita serves the following communities: Andover, Amesbury, Beverly, Boxford, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Lawrence, Lynn, Lynnfield, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Marblehead, Merrimac, Methuen, Middleton, Nahant, Newbury, Newburyport, North Andover, Peabody, Rockport, Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham, West Newbury, Boston Dorchester, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury, Charlestown, Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop, Acton, Arlington, Ashby, Ashland, Ayer, Bedford, Belmont, Billerica, Boxborough, Burlington, Cambridge, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Dracut, Dunstable, Everett, Framingham, Groton, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Lowell, Malden, Marlborough, Maynard, Medord, Melrose, Natick, Newton, North Reading, Marlborough, Maynard, Medord, Melrose, Natick, Newton, North Reading, Pepperell, Reading, Sherborn, Shirley, Somerville, Stow, Sudbury, Tewksbury, Townsend, Tyngsborough, Wakefield, Waltham, Watertown, Wayland, Westford, Weston, Wilmington, Winchester, Woburn.
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