This is a little dry, but all the defense attorneys I know are freaking out. Rachael Rollins was elected as the District Attorney for Suffolk County Massachusetts in 2018. Many defense attorneys backed her because she was viewed as a progressive DA.

Yesterday she was interviewed on Boston Public Radio (mp3 link) and also answered questions from callers. At 21:40, a defendant named James calls in and complains that his public defender isn't returning his calls. DA Rollins advises that he reach out to the District Attorney's office, which is an ethical violation and also a bad idea (yes, call the prosecutors to get info on your legal defense...).

Later (27:00), a defense attorney calls in and says that was bad advice and gets trashed by the Rollins and the host. This starts up again at 32:40 when defense attorneys start emailing the host about how that was a bad idea. Rollins accuses defense attorneys of being a bunch of privileged crackers who only care about the money (as everyone knows, public defenders make bank 🤑).

Anyway, shit continues. Rollins name dropped Anthony Benedetti, head of the Massachusetts public defender agency, and he wrote a letter basically telling Rollins to go fuck herself. Other lawyers also chime in and Rollins doubles down in the replies.

• https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-public-defenders-neil-colicchio
• https://twitter.com/GoldenbergLaw/status/1256230041152880649