Lissa McKinney graduated Suffolk University and Suffolk University Law School, initially starting as a trial lawyer with the Public Defender's Office/ Committee for Public Counsel Services the Worcester office, serving in CDC and all of the north county courts inluding Fitchburg, and Leominster. She later transferred into the Boston offices and was largely in the Boston Municipal Court "BMC" and Suffolk Superior Court. As a bar advocate, she spent 10+ years in Brighton, Roxbury, and Chelsea and grew her practice throughout all of eastern MA, Suffolk, Norfolk, Middlsesex, and Worcester Counties. If you have been accused or arrested, she has been to your court before, or is regularly there now.
Her courtroom and trial experience spans 40+ years and thousands of prceedings such as bench or jury trials, probable cause hearings, restraining order trials (209A) and harrassment order trials (258E) and evidentiary suppression hearings. Her criminal practice includes extensive experience in Superior Court, District Court, and some Appeals work over most of her career.
Lissa presently focuses her practice on all criminal complaints in the District Court all over the state. Her District Court work also includes clerk magistrate hearings on many issues including shoplifting, fake ID's, minors with alcohol or adults serving to minors, and traffic violations including tickets for speeding, unlicensed or uninsured operation, negligent operation etc. She also handles administrative hearings at the Registry of Motor Vehicles, for license suspensions including immediate threats, tickets, accidents etc; and firearms licensing appeals. On the civil side, she handles all domestic violence restraining and harrassment order cases; wage cases, and personal injuries from accidents or animals.
In addition, Lissa has previously been an Adjunct Clinical Trial Practice Instructor at Suffolk University Law School where she supervised third year law students providing indigent criminal defense. She also served as Staff Attorney for Suffolk Lawyers for Justice (SLJ) the bar advocate program assuring the quality of lawyers representing indigent criminal defendants in Suffolk County. She has been an instructor and lecturer at numerous educational seminars sponsored by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE), the Boston Bar Association, Suffolk County Bar Advocate Program, Suffolk Lawyers for Justice, and the Committee for Public Counsel Services, such as: District Court Bar Advocate Training; Essential Rules of Criminal Procedure; Trying Drug Cases in Massachusetts; Emerging Areas of Criminal Practice; Hot Tips for Trying Criminal Cases, Probation Violation Proceedings; Defending on a Shoestring; Pre-Trial Conference Rules; Evidence-Getting It In and Keeping It Out.
She is highly regarded by her peers and clients, as reflected in the reviews on this site and others. She has been designated a "SuperLawyer" from 2019-2023 as well.
Lissa is a member of the Massachusetts Bar, the U.S. District Court for the First Circuit, the Florida Bar, and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Membership: Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (MACDL); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys (MATA).
Offering concrete and practical information, advice, and direction is what Attorney Lissa McKinney does best. If you want to review some of the questions she has taken time to answer, see : https://www.avvo.com/attorney-answers/01720-ma-lissa-mckinney-1319956/answers.html
