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Immigration issues receive much attention today. And legal turmoil is around very corner. Any event can cause fear and intimidation. Jobs, marriages, and mortgages may be lost when someone is arrested and jailed for felonies or serious misdemeanors. Dilday & Associates, LLC is an expert in handling your criminal or immigration matter. >> Learn more
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Team.
James S. Dilday
james@JamesDilday.com
Attorney James S. Dilday, most recently designated one of Boston's Best Lawyers as published in the Boston Globe Magazine, 2008 edition, specializes in the area of criminal defense. Attorney Dilday is a veteran litigator in the federal and state trial courts with over thirty-five years experience. Attorney Dilday has successfully defended clients against complex criminal felony indictments involving homicide; drug trafficking; multi-million dollar money laundering; wire and mail fraud; obstruction of justice; gun trafficking; bank robbery; and interstate prostitution rings. Attorney Dilday also practices Personal Injury and Immigration Law.
Professional Experience
Attorney Dilday began his legal career working for the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development before he opened his own practice in 1983. Attorney Dilday has lectured at Continuing Legal Education Seminars sponsored by the American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, and Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education.
Attorney Dilday is also a tenured Professor of Criminal Justice and Paralegal Studies at Bunker Hill Community College.
- Civic and Community Activities
- Community Development Corporation of Boston, Chairman
- Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts
- ROOT New England
- Boston Teacher's Union
- NAACP, Volunteer Attorney
- Bar Related Activities
- Black American Law Student Association Chapter, Former President, 1970-1972
- Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association, Former President, 1988-1989
- Massachusetts Bar Association, Former President, 1995-1996
- New England Bar Association, Former President, 1998-1999
- Massachusetts Association Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member, Board of Directors
- American Bar Association, Member, House of Delegates
- Bar and Court Admissions
- Attorney Dilday is admitted to the Massachusetts Bar, 1973
- Attorney Dilday is admitted to the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1973
- Attorney Dilday is admitted to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 1973
- Education
- J.D., Boston University Law School, 1972
- B.A., Howard University, 1968
- United States Army, 1966-1968
Richard W. Boulware, Of Counsel
richard@JamesDilday.com
Attorney Richard W. Boulware is Of Counsel to the firm's clients and focuses his practice on probate and family law matters. Attorney Boulware represents both mothers and fathers in divorce and child custody matters. Attorney Boulware also represents clients in complex estate administration. Attorney Boulware also has experience in Criminal Law and Real Estate.
Professional Experience
Attorney Boulware is Former Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Boston. He established the Law Office of Richard W. Boulware in Roxbury, MA in 1983, which was the first minority owned law firm in Boston in approximately 15 years. During his time, he served as General counsel for Roxbury Action Program and represented small business enterprises.
Attorney Boulware is also a Professor of Criminal Justice and Paralegal Studies at Bunker Hill Community College.
- Bar and Court Admissions
- Attorney Boulware is admitted to the Massachusetts Bar, 1983
- Attorney Boulware is admitted to the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1984
- Education
- J.D., Suffolk University Law School, 1982
- B.A., Boston University, 1977
Harold L. Adams, Paralegal
harold@JamesDilday.com
Harold L. Adams specializes in the areas of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services applications. Specifically, Paralegal Adams specializes in petitions for employment and family based immigrant and non-immigrant visas and benefits, including naturalization and registration of permanent residence status. Paralegal Adams also handles the firm's torts, using case theory based on application of the mathematical laws of logical inference and implication to case fact patterns.
Mr. Adams, is also an accomplished lecturer in criminal and social justice matters having spoken at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Club, Harvard Divinity School, Boston University School of Law, Boston University Criminal Justice Program, Boston University School of Management, New England School of Law, Bunker Hill Community College, Framingham State College, Bancroft School, and numerous other churches and schools in the greater Boston area.
Community Involvement
Harold is the Operations Manger of an all-volunteer private membership mutual benefit association called the Committee of Friends and Relatives of Prisoners. This organization addresses the social and economic burdens that families of incarcerated prisoners face.
- Education
- B.A., Boston University, 2002 (summa cum laude)
- NATO Advanced Studies Institute Apprentice Mathematician (2003 NATO ASI Conference on Non-Commutative Algebra in Tuscany, Italy)
