Internationally Recognized Federal & State Criminal Defense Attorney
Vikas is widely recognized as a leader in the New England legal community. He specializes in white-collar criminal defense, international extradition matters and state criminal defense. He is a past recipient of the “Excellence in the Law” award by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and has been recognized by Boston Magazine annually for the past 15 years as a “Super Lawyer” in white-collar criminal defense.
He has twice been invited by the Federal judiciary to serve on Merit Selection Panels to appoint new Federal magistrate judges in Boston, served a 5-year term as a Hearing Officer for the Board of Bar Overseers and is a panel member of Senior Partners for Justice. Vikas is a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America and his firm’s pro bono work and community contributions have been profiled by Forbes Magazine and Harvard Business Review.
Regarded as powerful in the courtroom and unflappable at the negotiating table, clients rave about his calming demeanor, friendliness, and never-ending energy reserves.
Areas of Practice
- 80% Criminal Defense
- 20% Civil Rights/Civil Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
- U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
Education
- J.D., Honors: John S. Rendleman Award, Southern Illinois University School of Law, Carbondale, Illinois
- A.B., Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
Published Work
- Coordinator, Forensic Psychiatry & Memory: Perspectives in Law, MCLE Program, 2008
- The DHS Initiative, Massachusetts Bar Institute Section Review, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2005
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
- Senior Partners for Justice, Pro Bono Panel Member
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Boston Bar Association
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- South Asian Bar Association
PAST EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS
- Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs
- Governor’s Commission for Revision of the Illinois School Code, 2001 – Present
PRO BONO ACTIVITIES
- CourtWatch Massachusetts, Member
- Boston Bar Association, Pro Bono Panel Member
- Senior Partners for Justice, Pro Bono Panel Member
- Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Pro Bono Panel Member
- Pro Bono Immigration Advisor, School of Leadership-Afghanistan
- Pro Bono Immigration Advisor, International Healthcare NGOs
