James D. Corbo, Attorney at Law
400 Washington Street, Suite LL3, Braintree, MA 02184 | 781-519-9588 | www.corbolaw.com
400 Washington Street, Suite LL3, Braintree, MA 02184 | 781-519-9588 | www.corbolaw.com
About Braintree Attorney James D. Corbo
My legal career has been dedicated to advocating for those in need. I am a 1997 cum laude graduate of Suffolk University Law School in Boston, where I made dean's list every semester for my entire three years. My law school internships included the Legal Services Center in Jamaica Plan in the SSI SSDI unit, the General Counsel's Office at New England Medical Center, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Department of Transitional Assistance, and the Civil Division of the United State's Attorney's Office in Boston. During my third year in law school, I defended indigent persons charged with crimes in the Somerville District Court, as a Rule 3:03 student defender with the Suffolk Voluntary Defenders Program. While a second year student in 1996, I co-founded the Suffolk Public Interest Law Group to provide grant money to Suffolk Law students seeking careers in public service.Upon graduation, I accepted a year-long judicial clerkship with the Massachusetts Juvenile Court. As a law clerk, I assisted Massachusetts Juvenile Court judges around the state with the drafting of court decisions and legal research and writing.
I was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1997 and I was subsequently admitted to the bar of the Massachusetts United States District Court and the bar of the First Circuit Court of Appeals.
I then worked as an associate at Bardouille and Fugate, an African-American owned criminal and civil litigation law firm located in Lynn, Massachusetts. I handled criminal defense and juvenile law matters; auto accident and other personal injury cases; family law matters including divorce, child support, child custody, and guardianship matters; landlord / tenant matters; real estate closings, and general civil litigation, including contract actions.
In 2000, I opened my current law firm, first in Lynn, then at its current location in Braintree.
I also worked for one year as a United States Probation Officer in the Presentence Investigation Unit of the United States Probation Office in Boston, where I conducted and wrote fifty presentence reports for federal judges.
I earned a Bachelor's of Arts in Sociology, cum laude, from Brandeis University in 1993. While at Brandeis, I was active in several school and community activities while working two different jobs, one as a mental health counselor at a residential program, and another as an operations associate in the Intensive Care Units of Massachusetts General Hospital. Prior to that, I served as a City Year corps member from 1990 to 1991, where I implemented a violence prevention program in the Boston Public Schools. I attended Syracuse University from 1988 to 1990, where I was a television, radio, and film production major.
I am a 1988 graduate of Boston College High School in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
Arguing Before the Supreme Judicial Court
In the Media
The Boston Globe, January 10, 2006, page 1: Five Teens Freed After DA Drops Charges
The Boston Globe, February 27, 2006: Municipal Arrest Not Excessive, Police Say
The Patriot Ledger, January 28, 2009: Deportation Saves Accused Rapist From Trial
The Daily Free Press, March 30, 2009: Proposal Investigation Still Underway
I appeared in a two-part short film Mandatory Sentence. It was produced by 4Peace and the United States Probation Office in Boston. The film has been shown to thousands of at-risk young people throughout the country and has been used in numerous state and federal law enforcement trainings.