Facing criminal charges in Boston can put your freedom, reputation, career, and future at risk.
Retired Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Shannon Frison provides strategic criminal defense representation for individuals facing serious state and federal criminal matters in Boston and throughout Massachusetts.

Whether you have been arrested after an operating under the influence stop, accused of a drug offense, charged with a firearm or weapons offense, or are under investigation for a serious felony, obtaining experienced legal guidance early can be important to protecting your rights and understanding your options.
Shannon Frison provides strategic criminal defense representation for individuals facing serious and complex criminal matters.
Drawing on her experience as a retired Massachusetts Superior Court Judge and trial attorney, Shannon approaches each case with careful preparation, discretion, and close attention to the facts, evidence, legal issues, and circumstances involved.
When your freedom and future are at stake, experience, preparation, and judgment matter.
Shannon's experience as a retired Massachusetts Superior Court Judge provides a distinctive perspective on criminal procedure, evidence, legal arguments, courtroom advocacy, and the strategic decisions involved in serious criminal matters.
As an experienced trial attorney, Shannon understands the importance of careful preparation, focused advocacy, and presenting complex facts and legal issues clearly.
Shannon carefully examines the evidence, witness statements, circumstances surrounding an arrest, law enforcement conduct, and applicable law to identify potential legal and factual issues.
Each defense is developed around the facts, evidence, legal issues, risks, and circumstances of the individual case.
Shannon Frison represents clients in select serious criminal matters involving state and federal allegations. Each matter is evaluated individually based on its facts, evidence, applicable law, procedural circumstances, and potential consequences.
Representation involving larceny, burglary, shoplifting, trespassing, vandalism, and related property offenses, with careful attention to evidence, intent, identification, and other legal issues.
Representation involving drug possession, distribution, trafficking, manufacturing, and related state or federal allegations, including matters involving search, seizure, possession, knowledge, and intent.
Representation involving firearm possession, weapons allegations, licensing issues, and other gun related criminal charges under Massachusetts and federal law.
Representation involving assault, battery, aggravated assault, manslaughter, murder, homicide, and other serious violent crime allegations.
Representation involving operating under the influence, impaired driving, and other serious motor vehicle offenses that may carry license consequences, fines, probation, or incarceration.
Representation involving serious sexual offense investigations and allegations, including rape, rape of a child, indecent assault and battery, open and gross lewdness, and failing to register as a sex offender.
Representation involving serious fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, securities related allegations, and other financial crime matters that may involve complex financial records, digital communications, business documents, and transactions.
Representation in select federal criminal investigations and prosecutions involving serious allegations, complex evidence, grand jury proceedings, indictments, and other federal criminal matters.
Representation in serious murder, homicide, manslaughter, and related allegations requiring careful examination of the evidence, legal issues, and circumstances of the matter.
Representation in select serious felony matters involving significant potential criminal, personal, and professional consequences.
Appellate representation involving careful analysis of the trial record, preserved legal issues, rulings, applicable standards of review, and potential grounds for appellate relief.
When you are facing serious criminal charges or an investigation, early legal guidance can matter.
If you or someone you care about is facing a serious criminal matter in Boston or elsewhere in Massachusetts, obtaining experienced legal guidance can help you understand the allegations, protect your rights, and evaluate the options available to you.
Shannon Frison provides strategic criminal defense representation in serious state and federal matters, with an approach grounded in careful preparation, courtroom experience, strategic judgment, and close attention to each client's circumstances.
Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Each matter is different and depends on its specific facts, evidence, procedural circumstances, and applicable law.
If you are facing a serious criminal matter, a confidential consultation can help you better understand the issues involved and the options that may be available.
Contact Shannon Frison to discuss your situation.
617-706-0724
Available for select state and federal matters. Representation outside Massachusetts is evaluated based on the matter and applicable jurisdictional requirements.