Marsha V. Kazarosian

Attorney Marsha V. Kazarosian is a partner with the Kazarosian Moccia LLP law firm, practicing in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and the Federal Court.s  iA highly accomplished, award-winning attorney, Ms. Kazarosian has earned national recognition as one of the top trial attorneys in the country and she has achieved considerable success advocating on behalf of clients throughout Massachusetts and New Hampshire who have legal needs involving any of the following and more: ·       Personal Injury Litigation ·       Civil Rights/Police Misconduct Litigation ·       Divorce and Family Law Litigation Attorney Kazarosian has significant experience handling matters involving  discrimination, police misconduct and civil rights violations, family law, and general civil litigation.  She also serves as a private mediator in personal injury, civil rights, domestic relations, and general civil litigation matters. Recognized by her peers many times for her outstanding accomplishments, in 2024 she was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the preeminent organization of trial lawyers in North America, dedicated to maintaining and improving the standards of trial practice, professionalism, ethics and the administration of justice. In 2025, she was named by Forbes as Best-In-State (Massachusetts) for Civil Rights. In 2023, Attorney Kazarosian was inducted into the Inaugural Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame in September 2023 for recognition of her career contributions to the development of law and to the bar in Massachusetts, for her career accomplishments, and for her efforts to improve the quality of justice in the Commonwealth. Additional peer recognitions include being named by Best Lawyers in America® as Lawyer of the Year in Personal Injury Plaintiffs Litigation -  Boston Area for 2023. She is consistently recognized by Boston magazine's Best Lawyers editions and has consistently received numerous awards and honors from her peers, including an AV Preeminent peer review rating* from Martindale-Hubbell and recognition by Super Lawyers® as one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Massachusetts as well as Top 100 Lawyers in Massachusetts. In 2006 Massachusetts Super Lawyers featured her on its cover. AVVO rates Attorney Kazarosian as Superb, 10 out of 10. She was inducted into Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly's Circle of Excellence and has received the Women in the Law Award twice. In 2020, Massachusetts Bar Association presented Attorney Kazarosian with its prestigious Gold Medal Award. In 2020, she was appointed by then-Attorney General Maura Healey to serve on the Massachusetts Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) Commission, and was re-appointed by Attorney General Andrea Campbell in 2023, where Attorney Kazarosian continues her service as Secretary of the Commission. Attorney Kazarosian recently finished a four year term on the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers and maintains her role on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's Advisory Committee for Clerks of the Courts. In 2016, Governor Charlie Baker appointed Attorney Kazarosian to the Special Nominating Commission for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Attorney Kazarosian serves on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's Advisory Committee for Clerks of the Courts, and is a Delegate to the American Bar Association. She  served a four year term on the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers and in 2016, was appointed by Governor Charlie Baker to serve on the Special Nominating Commission to facilitate the appointment of five Justices to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.  She has also served as the President of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, the Massachusetts Bar Association, and the Essex County Bar Association. Attorney Kazarosian has contributed written materials and lectured extensively at continuing legal education courses on a variety of topics generally relating to trial and litigation practice.  In February 2023, she participated on a Federal Bar Association Civil Rights Etouffee panel in New Orleans discussing issues surrounding the doctrine of Qualified Immunity and the MA POST Commission, and in March 2023, she rejoined MCLE's annual Trying Civil Cases Panel in Boston. In November 2023, she served on MCLE's Multi-Practice Area & Multi-Court Law Practices panel. she  She has also routinely appeared on local and national news outlets to provide in-depth commentary on various legal subjects. She has served as counsel on a number of high-profile criminal cases that inspired two movies and several television programs and thrust Ms. Kazarosian into the national spotlight. Ms. Kazarosian received her Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School, and she holds her license to practice in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. She is also admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the District of New Hampshire as well as before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. *AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.