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Shane Goudas
A practicing defense lawyer barred in NH, MA, and Texas
Bowser Law
2 Courthouse Lane Unit 4
Chelmsford, MA 01824
Phone: 978-256-2700
Website: bowserlaw.com

About Shane Goudas
Attorney Shane Goudas is a skilled trial attorney, having obtained experience trying cases in the courtroom as a former prosecutor. A member of the prosecutors clinical program, upon graduating from Suffolk University Law School, Shane was appointed as an Assistant District Attorney in Middlesex County, Massachusetts’ largest County. Shane represented the Commonwealth in the courtroom on a daily basis, arguing bail hearings, evidentiary motions, and litigating complex criminal litigation matters through to bench and jury trials regularly. A New Hampshire native, Shane returned to Concord, New Hampshire to work in the Criminal Bureau of the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. There, Shane began by working in tandem with the New Hampshire Department of Employment Security to prosecute cases of unemployment Fraud in the New Hampshire Superior Courts. Shane was eventually promoted into the Drug Prosecution Unit of the Criminal Bureau of the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, and was commissioned as an Assistant Attorney General. In addition to being on-call to respond to active homicide investigations and Law Enforcement Officer Involved uses of lethal force investigations, as an Assistant Attorney General he worked to prosecute crimes including drug felonies, and civil asset forfeiture resulting from narcotics investigations. During his time at the Attorney General’s Office, Shane successfully drafted appellate briefs and orally argued in front of the New Hampshire Court, securing favorable judgements for the State of New Hampshire. As a Defense Attorney Shane has represented clients from their initial consultation through a not guilty verdict at trial. Shane has successfully vacated prior DUI/OUI convictions for multiple clients, and successfully navigated the vacated convictions to dismissals. He has managed to exclude multiple breath samples from being used as evidence at trial, including samples in excess of triple the "Per Se" .08 limit, bringing to light errors in the collection procedures and processes.
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