Lyonel Jean-Pierre Jr.

Managing Attorney, Worcester

Prior to rejoining Community Legal Aid in 2022, Lyonel was the Clinical Instructor/Supervising Attorney of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, where he supervised and instructed second and third year law students certified to represent clients in the Probate and Family Court pursuant to S.J.C. Rule 3:03. After law school, in 2005, Lyonel was a Massachusetts Legal Services Corporation Bart Gordon Fellow with the Prisoner Legal Rights Program (formerly known as the Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services). When the fellowship ended, Lyonel became a full-time Staff Attorney with CLA (formerly known as Legal Assistance Corporation of Central Massachusetts), where he litigated various domestic relation and restraining order matters in the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court and Massachusetts District Court. After 9 years with CLA, Lyonel joined Murphy & Rudolf, LLP, where he expanded his family law practice to include representing parents and children in care and protection proceedings in the Massachusetts Juvenile Court.

Community Involvement: Judicial Nomination Steering Committee, 2022; S.J.C Lawyer Well-Being Steering Committee, 2018-2019; Community Legal Aid Board, 2017 to 2022; Worcester Community Connections Steering Committee, 2012-2015; Department of Children and Families East Area Board, 2012-2014; and Co-Chair of WCBA Family Law Section, 2011 to 2013.