WESTBOROUGH DISTRICT COURT


The Westborough District Court serves the eastern edge of Worcester County, a corridor of technology and biotechnology employers and affluent commuter towns, where the typical defendant is a professional, a commuter, or a student with a clean record and a great deal to protect. The Worcester County District Attorney’s Office prosecutes here, and for this population the charge itself, not just a conviction, is what a licensing board, an employer, or a graduate program asks about. Attorney Joe Serpa prepares each case as a matter to be ended at the earliest stage, with no record at all where that outcome is reachable.

Location and Access. The Westborough District Court, 186 Oak St., Westborough, MA 01581, sits near I-495 and the Massachusetts Turnpike with parking at the courthouse. The court’s phone is (508) 366-8266.

Communities Served. Westborough, Grafton, Northborough, Shrewsbury, and Southborough.

Professional and Student Defendants. For the licensed professionals and students who fill this docket, the objective is to end the matter at the clerk-magistrate hearing with no complaint issued, so that a board inquiry or a background check finds nothing to report.

OUI and the Turnpike Corridor. The Turnpike and Route 9 supply the OUI docket, defended on the stop, the tests, and the device records, with the four-day citation rule in play on the cases that begin without an arrest.

Domestic Violence, Drug, and Theft Calendars. The court runs the domestic violence and 209A sessions, drug matters litigated at the suppression stage, and the retail theft calendar of a suburban court, each defended with the professional and immigration consequences mapped first.

The Clerk-Magistrate Session. The court’s summons docket is screened at the show cause hearing under G.L. c. 218, § 35A, the stage at which most of these professional and student cases are best resolved.

Prepared for Trial From Day One. See Massachusetts Criminal Defense Results. Call 617.936.0201 for a free and confidential consultation before your Westborough date.

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