, Attorney Pumphrey has handled criminal and civil appellate cases across the state for a quarter century. She has more than 250 appearances in the state and federal appellate courts.
The appellate cases which Attorney Pumphrey has handled span such diverse areas of law as murder, white collar crime, narcotics trafficking, municipal law, business litigation, personal injury, property disputes, alimony and child support. Attorney Pumphrey has handled a number of high profile cases, which have been the subject of extensive television and print media attention, including Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, The Boston Globe and Herald, ABC News, The True Hollywood Story, America’s Most Wanted, and many others.
Attorney Pumphrey has been selected every year for five years, from 2016 to 2020, to Super Lawyers of New England (one of 38 appellate Super Lawyer in New England); in 2018 to The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Massachusetts (one of approximately 40 top criminal defense lawyers in Massachusetts); and in 2018 as Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America.
Attorney Pumphrey teaches continuing legal education seminars often, both for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education and for the Massachusetts Bar Association, as well as several years as an adjunct professor at Western New England College School of Law. She serves as a mentor to new Committee for Public Counsel appellate attorneys.
Tenacious and thorough, Attorney Pumphrey is a committed and dedicated advocate for her clients.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Western New England College School of Law
Springfield, Massachusetts
J.D., magna cum laude, 1990
Law School Awards:
Editor-in-Chief, Western New England Law Review
Henry Downey Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Western New England Law Review
National Association of Women Lawyers' Award to Outstanding Graduate
Goodrich Merit Prize
Western New England Merit Scholarship
Class Rank: Number 4
Newcomb College of Tulane University
New Orleans, Louisiana
B.A., History
University of Warwick
Coventry, England
Exchange Student
History Department
University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
6 (non-credit) courses in Philosophy
Professional
Law Offices of Janet Hetherwick Pumphrey
1992-present
Kopelman and Paige
Of Counsel
Boston, Massachusetts
2005-present
Assistant City Solicitor
City of Pittsfield, Massachusetts
1992-1997
Cain, Hibbard, Myers & Cook
Litigation Associate
Pittsfield, MA
1990-1992
Adjunct Professor
Western New England College School of Law
Springfield, Massachusetts
1992-1997
Honors and Awards
Selected as Super Lawyer in New England six years in a row: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021
Selected as Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America - less than one half of one percent of American lawyers and one of only four lawyers in Massachusetts west of Worcester
2018 Selected as one of Top 100 Lawyers in Massachusetts by the National Trial Lawyers
Bar Memberships
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Professional Activities and Associations
Massachusetts Law Review, published by the Massachusetts Bar Association
Editor-in-Chief, 2000-2003
Articles Editor, 2014-2016, 1997-2000
Special Issue Editor, Access to Justice Issue, June 2010
Comments Editor, 1993-1997
Associate Editor, 1991-1993, 2003-2014, 2016-present
Selected by the Supreme Judicial Court to the Standing Advisory Committee on the Rules of Appellate Procedure, 2019
Office of the Governor, Judicial Nominating Commission, 2003-2005
Lifetime Fellow, Massachusetts Bar Foundation
American Bar Association
Council of Appellate Lawyers, 2004-2011
Massachusetts Bar Association, Sustaining Member
Appellate Bench Bar Committee, 2008-2011, 2017-2019
Criminal Justice Section Council, 2009-2012
Berkshire Bar Association
Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Massachusetts Municipal Association
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Committee for Public Counsel Services, Boston, Massachusetts
Appellate Panel, Murder List
Mentor Panel
Criminal Justice Act Panels
First Circuit Court of Appeals Panel
Federal District Court Habeas Corpus Panel
Community Service
Selectman, Town of Lenox, Massachusetts,
1993-2008
http://townoflenox.com
Shakespeare And Company, Lenox, Massachusetts
2002 - 2011, Board Of Overseers
http://www.shakespeare.org/
Lenox Library Board Of Trustees
2007–2008
http://www.lenoxlib.org
Pittsfield Economic Revitalization Corporation
1997- Present
“Unsung Heroine Award," 2006, by The Massachusetts Commission On The Status Of Women“Woman In Leadership” Award, 2005,
“Woman in Leadership” award, 2005, by Berkshire South Regional Community Center
The appellate cases which Attorney Pumphrey has handled span such diverse areas of law as murder, white collar crime, narcotics trafficking, municipal law, business litigation, personal injury, property disputes, alimony and child support. Attorney Pumphrey has handled a number of high profile cases, which have been the subject of extensive television and print media attention, including Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, The Boston Globe and Herald, ABC News, The True Hollywood Story, America’s Most Wanted, and many others.
Attorney Pumphrey has been selected every year for five years, from 2016 to 2020, to Super Lawyers of New England (one of 38 appellate Super Lawyer in New England); in 2018 to The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Massachusetts (one of approximately 40 top criminal defense lawyers in Massachusetts); and in 2018 as Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America.
Attorney Pumphrey teaches continuing legal education seminars often, both for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education and for the Massachusetts Bar Association, as well as several years as an adjunct professor at Western New England College School of Law. She serves as a mentor to new Committee for Public Counsel appellate attorneys.
Tenacious and thorough, Attorney Pumphrey is a committed and dedicated advocate for her clients.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Western New England College School of Law
Springfield, Massachusetts
J.D., magna cum laude, 1990
Law School Awards:
Editor-in-Chief, Western New England Law Review
Henry Downey Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Western New England Law Review
National Association of Women Lawyers' Award to Outstanding Graduate
Goodrich Merit Prize
Western New England Merit Scholarship
Class Rank: Number 4
Newcomb College of Tulane University
New Orleans, Louisiana
B.A., History
University of Warwick
Coventry, England
Exchange Student
History Department
University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
6 (non-credit) courses in Philosophy
Professional
Law Offices of Janet Hetherwick Pumphrey
1992-present
Kopelman and Paige
Of Counsel
Boston, Massachusetts
2005-present
Assistant City Solicitor
City of Pittsfield, Massachusetts
1992-1997
Cain, Hibbard, Myers & Cook
Litigation Associate
Pittsfield, MA
1990-1992
Adjunct Professor
Western New England College School of Law
Springfield, Massachusetts
1992-1997
Honors and Awards
Selected as Super Lawyer in New England six years in a row: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021
Selected as Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America - less than one half of one percent of American lawyers and one of only four lawyers in Massachusetts west of Worcester
2018 Selected as one of Top 100 Lawyers in Massachusetts by the National Trial Lawyers
Bar Memberships
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Professional Activities and Associations
Massachusetts Law Review, published by the Massachusetts Bar Association
Editor-in-Chief, 2000-2003
Articles Editor, 2014-2016, 1997-2000
Special Issue Editor, Access to Justice Issue, June 2010
Comments Editor, 1993-1997
Associate Editor, 1991-1993, 2003-2014, 2016-present
Selected by the Supreme Judicial Court to the Standing Advisory Committee on the Rules of Appellate Procedure, 2019
Office of the Governor, Judicial Nominating Commission, 2003-2005
Lifetime Fellow, Massachusetts Bar Foundation
American Bar Association
Council of Appellate Lawyers, 2004-2011
Massachusetts Bar Association, Sustaining Member
Appellate Bench Bar Committee, 2008-2011, 2017-2019
Criminal Justice Section Council, 2009-2012
Berkshire Bar Association
Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Massachusetts Municipal Association
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Committee for Public Counsel Services, Boston, Massachusetts
Appellate Panel, Murder List
Mentor Panel
Criminal Justice Act Panels
First Circuit Court of Appeals Panel
Federal District Court Habeas Corpus Panel
Community Service
Selectman, Town of Lenox, Massachusetts,
1993-2008
http://townoflenox.com
Shakespeare And Company, Lenox, Massachusetts
2002 - 2011, Board Of Overseers
http://www.shakespeare.org/
Lenox Library Board Of Trustees
2007–2008
http://www.lenoxlib.org
Pittsfield Economic Revitalization Corporation
1997- Present
“Unsung Heroine Award," 2006, by The Massachusetts Commission On The Status Of Women“Woman In Leadership” Award, 2005,
“Woman in Leadership” award, 2005, by Berkshire South Regional Community Center