J. W. Carney Jr.

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J. W. Carney Jr.
Education College of the Holy Cross (BA)
Boston College (JD)
Occupation
  • lawyer
Known forDefense attorney for
Website www.carneydefense.com

Jay W. Carney Jr. is an American criminal defense attorney. [1] He has defended reproductive health clinic shooter John Salvi, [2] Al-Qaeda associate Tarek Mehanna, [3] and mobster Whitey Bulger. [4]

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Career

Carney began his legal career in 1978 at the Massachusetts Defenders Committee in Boston for five years, and then served as a prosecutor in Middlesex County for the next five years. [5] He has been in private practice since 1989.

References

  1. ↑ Maria Cramer (2011-07-01). "Seasoned, well-known lawyer faces a big challenge". Boston Globe . Retrieved 2018-12-26.
  2. ↑ Christopher B. Daly (1996-03-19). "Salvi Is Convicted of Murder in Abortion Clinic Shootings". Washington Post . Retrieved 2018-12-26.
  3. ↑ Abby Goodnough and Liz Robbins (2009-10-21). "Mass. Man Arrested in Terrorism Case". New York Times . Retrieved 2018-12-26.
  4. ↑ WGBH News (2018-10-30). "A Look Back At James "Whitey" Bulger's Trial". WGBH . Retrieved 2018-12-26.
  5. ↑ "J. W. Carney Bio" (PDF). Boston Bar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-27. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
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