Attorneys

Ghazi D. Al-Marayati

Firm Partner Ghazi D. Al-Marayati graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 1992 with a B.A. in economics and received his law degree from Northeastern University in 1997. After graduation from law school he worked with the New Hampshire Public Defender before entering private practice. He worked for several years at the Law Offices of Paul Moore in Nashua, New Hampshire, and then with Bratton and Springer in Lowell, Massachusetts. Attorney Al-Marayati concentrates his practice in the area of criminal defense. With more than ten years of experience, he has represented thousands of individuals charged with crimes ranging from misdemeanors and motor vehicle offenses to major drug crimes and homicides. Attorney Al-Marayati has extensive courtroom and trial experience, has appeared in over two dozen superior court jury trials as well as countless district court trials, and has argued before the New Hampshire Supreme Court (read the Court's published opinion in the case here). Attorney Al-Marayati is admitted to practice in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire and is a member of the New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Charles A. Bookman

Firm Partner Charles "Chuck" Bookman practices primarily in the areas of criminal defense and personal injury. Attorney Bookman graduated from Northeastern University School of Law in 1995. After graduation from law school, he began his legal career as a Public Defender in Nashua, New Hampshire. Thereafter, he served as arbitration counsel for John Hancock Insurance and then for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts prosecuting cases of professional misconduct in the medical field. More recently, he worked as an associate at Bratton & Springer in Lowell, Massachusetts, where he concentrated his practice in the area of criminal defense. Attorney Bookman has represented thousands of individuals facing criminal charges ranging from drunk driving to homicide. In 2005, Attorney Bookman established his own practice in Melrose, where he was raised. Attorney Bookman is a graduate of Melrose High school and holds a B.A. in Policy Studies from the Maxwell School of Government at Syracuse University. He is a member of the New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys and is admitted to practice in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire.