Fiorentino Legal

09/18/2026

How is AI affecting actual legal practice? Some news sources seems to think the practice will be replaced by LLMs with the power to tell the future, and every day I get emails from vendors trying to sell AI tools to build my website, summarize evidence, draft legal briefs, and handle customer onboarding.

While AI promises to save lawyers' time - one of our most valuable resources - it also risks jeopardizing the best part of the profession: the overwhelming satisfaction that comes with a job well done. There’s nothing like walking out of court a winner after investing the time to get to know a client and his case, investing the time to research how the law applies to his situation, and investing the time to develop a strategy that presents a case in the best way to a judge and jury.

AI may save us time, but it's also causing us to miss out on valuable investments that otherwise would have matured into victory.

AI tools offer to do some of that work for us: to automate the client intake process, to summarize clients’ medical records, to build personal injury demand packages, and to draft court filings.

But that work - talking to clients, reading the law, and reviewing the evidence - is an investment, not a waste. If we've properly invested in our cases, we can call that information to mind as we need it. There are plenty of AI tools being marketed to lawyers - but we stand alone in the courtroom. AI can't help us there, where it matters most.

If we overrely on artificial intelligence, then we’re failing to develop our actual intelligence. AI will never be able to tell us which of our arguments is best in a particular moment – that takes wisdom. AI will never be able to tell us when to shut our mouths – which is one of the most useful tools for victory. Those tools are only developed through experience and reflection.

Those tools require actual intelligence. It’s our actual intelligence that wins cases. It’s our actual intelligence that clients are hiring us to exercise.

It’s the development of our actual intelligence through which we earn our dignity – which any courtroom lawyer knows could be challenged (and humbled) at any moment.

08/19/2026

Why would anyone want to defend people accused of a crime? With a string of controversial prosecutions across Massachusetts, people are asking that question now more than ever.

Here, Attorney Chris Fiorentino offers a response borne from his experience as a Plymouth County prosecutor: it's the only way to make sure regular people get a chance at tailored justice.

08/11/2026

The Lindsay Clancy and Karen Read cases have people asking why prosecutors take such aggressive stances in cases where the evidence of murder is thin.
In this video, Attorney Chris Fiorentino offers an explanation: It's easier to argue the defendant is evil than it is to recognize that the circumstances are complicated and the evidence is ambiguous. It can be better for a prosecutor's office, in the long run (and during election season) to be able to claim that they're the toughest on crime.
Recently, the Plymouth and Norfolk County District Attorney's Offices have shown the folly of that policy by blundering serious cases where innocent people were killed.

Both Plymouth County and Norfolk County have District Attorney's Elections coming up in 2026. Plymouth County DA Tim Cruz is unopposed, but the field is wide open for Norfolk, with 7 candidates running for the Democratic nomination September 1, including some candidates with very thin resumes.

Attorney Chris Fiorentino appears in Norfolk and Plymouth County courts dozens of times a year on behalf of Massachusetts residents, is familiar with these tactics and how they manifest in real life, and takes the time to ensure proper attention is directed toward challenging the quality of police investigations and identifying solutions tailored towards his clients' needs.

08/05/2026

Why is the case against Lindsay Clancy going to trial? Because the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office failed to achieve a reasonable result efficiently.

The evidence plainly shows that Lindsay Clancy had very serious mental health problems - for which she had sought treatment and for which she had been prescribed powerful unpredictable medications intended to alter her mental state - during the time she killed her children and attempted to kill herself.

Here, Massachusetts attorney Chris Fiorentino gives his thoughts on why it didn't.

In short: because the prosecutor's office has lost sight of its duty to achieve justice on behalf of the people. In most cases, including this one, there are a range of reasonable results. Here, negotiated civil commitment rather than criminal prosecution almost certainly could have been achieved without the time, expense, and spectacle of a trial.

07/23/2026

Sometimes clients ask me why I'm being so nice to opposing counsel - whose side am I on?
Just because attorneys are being friendly doesn't mean they are friends.

07/10/2026

I often get contacted by students interested in going to law school... including the student who shot this video.
She was the first to ask: is there a type of person who shouldn't become an attorney?
Yeah. Yeah there is.

06/03/2026

The Whole Truth: What Your Attorney Needs to Know

05/26/2026

Do attorneys work too much? In this video, Attorney Christopher Fiorentino of Fiorentino Legal, P.C. in Quincy, Massachusetts discusses how he balances the needs of his clients with competing interests.

05/18/2026

The Massachusetts RMV's 3.1-star customer service rating on Google is well deserved. Getting your license reinstated after an alcohol-related suspension is far more complicated than it needs to be. We can help.

Driver's License Reinstatement After Alcohol-Related Suspensions

02/10/2026

Another great event at the Milton Art Center.