“I had the plan the day after we met. It told me what the petition meant, what the judge could do and what Seta was going to ask for. I stopped lying awake guessing.”
Maureen K.Parent of a high school student
Juvenile cases in Worcester
Your child is charged. Start with a written plan.
I'm Seta Kasparian, and juvenile court is most of what I do. After we meet, I write down what the charge says, what the court can order and what I'll ask for, in words you can read at the kitchen table.
190
Plans drafted for families74
Petitions to seal filed310
School meetings attended620
Records requests sent
Sample figures for this template. The firm replaces them with counts from its own files.
Seta Kasparian
Attorney and sole practitioner
Parents call me at the worst moment and ask one thing: what happens now. I answer that first, in writing.
I defend young people in juvenile court: fights at school, shoplifting, drug and alcohol charges, car cases and online threats. I don't take adult cases, so the forms, the deadlines and the people in juvenile court are the ones I work with every week.
Your child is my client, and I'll say so on the first day. I'll also keep you in the conversation, because you're the one driving to court, answering the school and living with the result.
What I take
- Delinquency petitions
- Fights and threats
- Drug and alcohol charges
- Theft and shoplifting
- School discipline hearings
- Record sealing
Credentials
Admissions, courts and training
Admitted to practice
Massachusetts bar
2002
U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
2004
Courts
Juvenile courts in Worcester County
Delinquency and youthful offender matters
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Education
J.D., Western New England University School of Law
2002
B.A., Clark University
1999
Languages
English
Armenian
Conversational
Memberships
Worcester County Bar Association
The paperwork
What your family gets in writing
These are the four things I count in my own files, and what you can hold in your hand.
The defense plan
Drafted after our first meeting. It says what the charge means, what the judge can order and what I'll ask for.
Plain English
Yours to keep
The records request
School, medical and court records, requested in writing, so I read what the court will read before the hearing.
Asked for early
Copies for you
The school letter
When the school holds its own meeting about the same incident, I go with you and put your child's side on paper.
One account
Handed in at the meeting
The petition to seal
When the case is over and the waiting time has passed, I file to seal the record. Whether your child qualifies depends on the case.
Dates tracked for you
Filed when eligible
Parents, after the case closed
“She came to the school meeting with us and wrote our side down. The vice principal read every line. Nobody had ever done that for my grandson.”
Arlene D.Grandmother and guardian
“At the end she told us the date we could ask to seal the record, and she filed the paperwork when it came. I would have missed it.”
Philomena S.Parent
Sample comments written for this template. Each client's case is different, and how one ended says nothing about how another will.
Start here
Send the court date and a number to call
I read every message myself. Tell me who is charged and where the case stands, and I will call you back.
Phone(508) 555-0143
HoursMonday to Friday, 9 to 5