Michael A. Zawadzkas
Member:
- Barnstable County Bar Association
- Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys - (MATA)
- National College for DUI Defense - (NCDD)
- Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - (MACDL)
- American Bar Association (ABA)
- American Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA)
- Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA)
- Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services (public defender)
Education:
- Columbia University BA - 1973
- Western New England Law School JD - 1977
Licensed to Practice Law:
- Massachusetts (since 1987)
- Connecticut (since 1977)
Elisa B. Zawadzkas
Attorney Elisa Zawadzkas is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross and New England School of law. After passing the bar she was admitted to practice before the Federal and State Courts. She is a Cape Cod native and presently a resident of West Dennis where she serves on the Zoning Board of Appeals. She has been successfully representing persons charged with drunk driving (OUI, DUI, and DWI) on Cape Cod and throughout Massachusetts for over 3 years. To better serve her clients she is active member of many local and national organizations including the National College for DUI Defense (NCDD). She regularly attends the NCDD anual meeting and specialized seminars on the breathalyzer.
Attorney Zawadzkas' areas of practice also includes family law, primarily divorce and child custody. She also represents clients at the Registry of Motor Vehicles and the Board of Appeals for license suspensions due to Refusing to the Breathalyzer, OUI, Immediate Threat/Medical Emergency, and Habitual Traffic Offender. She also represents injured people who were involved in traffic accidents.
Seminars:
2010
- Family Law Trial Advocacy (6/14 - 6/19)
- Tax Aspects of Divorce (6/4 Waltham, MA)
- Divorce Law Basics (5/6-5/7 Boston, MA)
- 13th Annual Family Law Conference (3/19 Boston, MA)
- Zoning Law (1/26 Boston, MA)
- Trend in Alimony (1/14 Boston, MA)
- DataMaster Breath Testing Course (8/12-8/15 Mansfield, OH)
- NCDD Summer Session (7/16-18 Cambridge, MA)
- CPCS Trial Skills Workshop (6/5, 6/15-6/19 Worcester, MA)
- A DUI Extravaganza: Details for the Skilled Practitioner (5/15/09 8:45-4:30)
- Deciphering the new law on Marijuana Law (3/10/09 4-7)
- A Guide to the Guide- An Overview to the MA Guide to Evidence
- Traffic Defense Seminar
- Civil Litigation Bootcamp
- Breath Test Seminar
- National College of DUI Defense Harvard
- Trying OUI Cases in MA
- MCLE- MA Motor Vehicle Torts and Litigation
- National College DUI Defense
- Zealous Advocacy in the District Court)
- Representing the OUI Client
Member:
- Barnstable County Bar Association
- Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys - (MATA)
- National College for DUI Defense - (NCDD)
- Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - (MACDL)
- American Bar Association (ABA)
- American Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA)
- Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA)
- Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services (public defender)