About Sara J.
Sara J. Trezise educated first as an artist and later as a lawyer. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in images from Indiana State University earlier than turning to law and graduating from Suffolk University Law School in 1987. That aggregate of visual sensibility and legal background has shaped a strategy to evidence and storytelling within the court.
After law program, Trezise qualified to practice in Massachusetts and in federal courts. She is admitted to the bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and to the bar of the U.S. highest court. Those admissions point out work at each trial and appellate levels and the procedural attain to pursue instances throughout state and federal boards.
Her practice through the years has included legal proceedings in state and federal judiciary and work on appeals. Colleagues describe her as a practitioner who spends careful time on briefing and on making ready witnesses. In court she has handled evidentiary questions, oral argument and procedural motions. On appeal she has organized briefs and presented questions of regulation to appellate panels.
Trezise’s background in images informs a particular awareness to the visual elements of a dossier: shows, demonstratives and how a narrative reads when reduced to files and images. That attention permeates how documents are prepared and the way courtroom presentations are staged. It is a practical skill set rather than a classy one; it impacts case preparation, not publicity.
Her admissions to the First Circuit and to the U.S. highest court mirror an appellate dimension to her work. She has controlled matters that travel past state judiciary calendars and that require familiarity with federal process and appellate requirements of review. She additionally handles matters that start in the trial courts, shifting them thru discovery and towards decision or attraction.
Throughout her career she has balanced court work with written advocacy. She expects clarity in motion practice and precision in briefs. She additionally places value on preparing clients for the procedural realities of litigation, from scheduling orders to the demands of discovery.
Trezise keeps an active practice that spans trial and appellate matters in Massachusetts and federal courts, which includes the First Circuit and the U.S. highest court. Her current practice focuses on legal proceedings and appellate advocacy in the ones courts.
