Jeremiah E. Light · Attorney at Law · Massachusetts

Confidential prospective client intake

Please provide enough information and documentation for Light Law to evaluate the matter, any immediate custody or warrant risk, and what you are trying to accomplish.

Submitting this form does not create an attorney client relationship. Light Law has not agreed to represent you unless Jeremiah E. Light confirms the engagement in writing. Do not miss a court date, surrender instruction, reporting obligation, or deadline while waiting for a response.

Your substantive answers and uploaded files are encrypted in your browser before transmission. Do not provide Social Security numbers, financial account information, passwords, or unrelated private information.

1. About you

Use the name and date of birth that appear in court records.

Full legal name *

Other, prior, or alias names

Date of birth *

Phone

Preferred contact method

Current address

May Light Law leave a voicemail?

Is it safe to text this number?

2. Conflict check

Identify all people and organizations materially involved. Light Law will review this information before reviewing the substance of your matter.

Alleged victims or complaining witnesses, codefendants, witnesses, opposing parties, employers, agencies, or organizations involved *

Who referred you to Light Law?

3. Your objective and urgency

Tell Light Law what you need resolved and what could happen next if nothing is done.

What do you want Light Law to help you accomplish? *

Is any court appearance, surrender, police contact, reporting obligation, or other time sensitive event expected within 72 hours?

If yes or unsure, when?

What are you most concerned may happen next?

4. Current lawyer or public defender

Existing representation affects what Light Law can do and whom it should contact.

Are you currently represented in this matter?

Lawyer or public defender

Counsel contact information, if known

What are you seeking from Light Law?

When did you last speak with current counsel?

5. Court and case information

Provide what you know. Uploaded court papers may answer questions you cannot.

Court

Docket number

Charge or alleged offense

Police or arresting agency

Next court date

Purpose of next court date, if known

Last court appearance

Current case status, if known

6. Possible warrant, default, or missed appearance

The source of the information matters. Describe exactly what you were told or saw.

Do you know whether a warrant or default has actually issued?

Type, if known

Who or what made you believe there is a warrant or default?

Have you missed any court date in this case?

Date missed, if known

If a date was missed, explain why and what happened afterward.

Has police, a probation officer, court officer, or anyone else recently tried to locate, arrest, serve, or direct you to surrender? Describe what happened.

7. Bail, release conditions, and supervision

These issues can change the consequence of a warrant or court appearance.

Are you currently in custody?

Current bail or release status, if known

List any release conditions you know about.

Are you on probation, parole, pretrial supervision, or another form of supervision?

Officer or supervising agency, if known

Is any violation alleged or feared? Explain.

8. Other open matters and prior defaults

Other cases, warrants, and supervision can affect custody and bail decisions.

List any other pending criminal cases, open warrants, probation matters, restraining or abuse prevention orders, or cases in another state or federal court that you know about.

Have you previously defaulted, missed court, or had a warrant issued in any case? If yes, briefly explain.

9. What happened

Give the chronology in your own words. If you are unsure of a date or detail, say so rather than guessing.

What happened most recently in the case?

Briefly describe the events that led to the charge or case, including facts you believe are important to your defense.

Identify any evidence you believe matters.

10. Documents and other materials

Please upload any and all documents, notices, screenshots, photographs, or other files that bear on this matter. Do not decide that something is unimportant merely because you are unsure what it means. Light Law will determine what is relevant after the conflict check.

Examples include court notices, docket sheets, complaints, applications for complaint, charging documents, police reports, bail papers, conditions of release, probation notices, warrants or warrant notices, discovery, correspondence with counsel, letters or emails from the court or prosecutor, screenshots of online records, text messages, photographs, and any document that may explain the procedural history or underlying facts.

Select files

You may select multiple files. Each file may be up to 20 MiB. Files are encrypted in your browser before upload, including the filename and file type. If a file is larger than 20 MiB, submit the intake and tell Light Law that additional material is available.

I have uploaded all documents and materials presently available to me that I believe may bear on this matter, or I have identified below what remains unavailable.

Documents or evidence you know exist but do not currently have

11. Anything else Light Law should know

Additional information

12. Before you submit

I certify that the information I provided is accurate to the best of my knowledge and that I have not intentionally omitted information I believe could materially affect evaluation of the matter.

I understand that submitting this intake does not create an attorney client relationship and that Light Law has not agreed to represent me unless an engagement is confirmed in writing.

I understand that existing court dates, bail conditions, supervision requirements, surrender instructions, and other legal obligations remain in effect unless a court or authorized official changes them.

This form is for prospective client screening and case evaluation. The substantive intake and attached files are encrypted before storage. Do not use this form for an emergency requiring immediate police, medical, or court action.