Jerome L. Benson - Lunenburg, MA
Law Office of Jerome L. Benson
1990 Massachusetts AvenueLunenburg, MA 01462-1822 www.jeromebensonlaw.com
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Jerome L. Benson Overview
The law Office of Jerome L. Benson has been providing quality and comprehensive legal services to Northern Worcester County and Northwest Middlesex County since 1986. My location on the Worcester/Middlesex County line allows me easy access to all the courts of both counties while at the same time making it easy for my clients in Lunenburg, Shirley, Ayer, Townsend, Harvard, Fitchburg, Pepperell, Groton, Littleton, Leominster and the surrounding towns to see me.
After graduating law school in 1981, I was an active duty Judge Advocate General (JAG) in the Army for four years. I have since retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserves. My last duty assignment was as Director of Legal Services and Chief of Legal Assistance for the Army Reserves in New England.
My practice is a general practice with an emphasis on criminal law (I am a former Assistant District Attorney in Middlesex County), family law (divorce, child support), bankruptcy, consumer law, personal injury, probate law and wills, military law, and general litigation. I represent only individuals and will never have a conflict of interest with your case because I do not represent insurance companies or banks.
My military experience (since serving our country in the active duty Army I have remained in the reserves where I am a Lieutenant Colonel) gives me the toughness to represent any client in the most difficult case. It also gives me the experience to help those clients with legal problems such as divorce, criminal charges and civil lawsuits, which are complicated by military service.
My office is small. If you call on the phone I may very well pick it up if my secretary is on another line or otherwise busy. You will always get personal attention and your case will never be transferred to an associate because I am too busy or your case is not important enough.
Practice Areas
- Bankruptcy Law
- Criminal Law
- DUI/DWI
- Family Law
- Divorce
- Litigation & Appeals
- Military Law
- Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
- Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
- Probate & Estate Administration
- Trusts
- Wills
Litigation
- 50% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Current Employment Position(s)
- Sole Practitioner, since 1986
Year Joined Firm
1986
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts, 1984
- New York, 1981
- U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 1985
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1983
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1992
Other Affiliations
- Northern Middlesex Bar Association, 1985 - Present (Member)
- Northern Middlesex Bar Association, 1987 - 1990 (Secretary Treasurer)
- Massachusetts Bar Association (Member)
- Judge Advocate Association
- Reserve Offices Association
- U.S. Army Reserve, 1985 - Present (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Northern Middlesex Bar Association, 1994 - 1998 (President)
- National Associate of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (Member)
Education
- St. John's University School of Law, Jamaica, New York,
1981
J.D. - State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York,
1972
B.A.
Past Positions
- Middlesex County District Attorney's Office, Prosecutor, 1984 - 1985
- United States Army, Judge Advocate, 1982 - 1984, Active Duty, 1985-2010 (Reserves)
Pro Bono Activities
- Secretary Treasurer Northern Middlesex Bar Association, 1986 - 1988
- Town of Lunenburg Planning Board - Elected Member, 1991 - 2005
- Montachusett Regional Planning Commission, 1996 - 2005
- Town of Lunenburg School Building Committee, 1996 - 2006
- Town of Lunenburg Affordable Housing Study Committee
- President, Northern Middlesex Bar Association, 1994 - 1998
Classes and Seminars
- Family Law, Fisher College
- Criminal Law, Fisher College
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