Vikas Dhar
High-Profile, Award-Winning Boston Criminal Defense Firm
- Biography
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.
- Practice Areas
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Criminal Defense
- White Collar Crime
- DUI & DWI
- Stockbroker & Investment Fraud
- Immigration Law
- Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
- Video Conferencing
- Fees
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Massachusetts
- Since 2003
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- Languages
- Arabic:
Spoken, Written - English:
Spoken, Written - French:
Spoken, Written - Mandarin:
Spoken, Written - Portuguese:
Spoken, Written - Spanish:
Spoken, Written
- Professional Experience
- Partner
- Dhar Law, LLP
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2010 –
Current
- Education
- Southern Illinois University School of Law
- J.D. (2003) | Law
- Full Merit Scholarship; John S. Rendleman Award
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- Washington University in St. Louis
- B.A. (1999) | Political Science
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- Awards
- Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- 2023
- 2014-2023
- Best Criminal Defense Attorneys in Boston
- Expertise.com
- 2023
- Superb Rating
- Avvo
- 2023
- Client’s Choice Award
- Avvo
- 2023
- 2011-2014, 2016-2017, 2022
- Peer Reviewed 5.0/5.0
- Martindale-Hubbell
- 2023
- Top 100 Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney
- The National Trial Lawyers
- 2022
- Top Attorney Award
- Attorney.com
- 2022
- 2019-2022
- Top 40 Under 40 Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney
- The National Trial Lawyers
- 2018
- Rising Star
- Super Lawyers
- 2013
- 2009-2013
- Excellence in the Law: Up & Coming Attorney Award
- Massachusetts Bar Association and Lawyers Weekly
- 2012
- Professional Associations
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Lawyer Well-Being
- Mentor
- Current
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- Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Member
- Current
- Activities: Judicial Advisory Committee
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- Senior Partners for Justice
- Pro Bono Panel Member
- Current
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- South Asian Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- Boston Bar Association
- Member
- Current
- Activities: Criminal Justice Section
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- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- Litigation Counsel of America
- Fellow
- Current
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- American Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Member
- Current
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Massachusetts State Bar
 # 657539
- Member
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2003 –
Current -
- Federal Merit Selection Panel
- Member
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2021 –
2022 -
- Board of Bar Overseers
- Hearing Officer
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2016 –
2021 -
- National Clemency Project – Obama Administration
- Member
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2014 –
2015 -
- Federal Merit Selection Panel
- Member
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2012 –
2013 -
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Member
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2003 –
2010 -
- Governor’s Commission for Revision of the School Code
- Member
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2002 –
2003 -
- Publications
- The Dookhan Fallout: Tainted Drug Lab Samples & Guilty Pleas
- Dhar Law LLP
- 2012
- The Use of Substitute Experts at Trial and the Confrontation Clause
- MCLE
- 2011
- Coordinator, Forensic Psychiatry & Memory: Perspectives in Law
- MCLE Program
- 2008
- The Department of Homeland Security Initiative
- Massachusetts Bar Institute Section Review, Vol. 7, No. 1
- 2005
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