LEWIS A. ARMISTEAD, JR.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2015-present Law Office of Lewis A. Armistead, Jr.
New Bedford, Massachusetts
General Practice of Law
2007-2014 Assistant District Attorney for Plymouth District
Brockton, Massachusetts
Trial Attorney in Superior Court
1993 – 2007 Assistant District Attorney for Bristol District
New Bedford, Massachusetts
Chief of Drug Unit (2005 – 2007)
Chief of Grand Jury Unit (1998-2005)
Chief District Court Prosecutor (1993 -1998)
Trial Attorney in Superior Court (1993 – 2007)
1990 - 1993 Law Office of F. J. McDonald
Malden, Massachusetts
Trial Attorney (In-house counsel for insured of Continental Insurance Company)
(Litigation ranged from automobile personal injury torts to complex questions of third party liability in construction cases.)
1985 - 1990 General Practice of Law
Boston, Massachusetts
Concentrated in areas of criminal defense, civil litigation and probate and family law
1983 - 1985 Assistant District Attorney for Suffolk District
Boston, Massachusetts
Supervisor of Roxbury District Court (Spring, 1985)
Assigned to district courts of Suffolk County
1976 - 1983 Assistant to Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.
Boston, Massachusetts
Assistant Counsel to Speaker (1982-1983)
Provided constituent services in Speaker O’Neill’s District Offie
Represented Speaker O’Neill at local events, including speaking before local meetings regarding congressional issues
EDUCATION:
Suffolk University Law School
Boston, Massachusetts
J.D. 1981
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
B.S., Economics 1973
Also attended and successfully completed the following courses:
National College of District Attorneys
Columbia, South Carolina
DNA Conference 2001
Experienced Prosecutors Course 1999
Executive Program 1998
Career Prosecutors Course 1996
BAR ADMISSIONS:
United States Supreme Court 1990
United States District Court - Rhode Island 1990
State of Rhode Island 1989
United States Court of Appeals - First Circuit 1982
United States District Court - Massachusetts 1982
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1981
MEMBERSHIPS:
Massachusetts Bar Foundation
Massachusetts Bar Association
Rhode Island Bar Association
Bristol County Bar Association