Belchertown, MA

Michael R. Labrie

Michael R. Labrie graduated from Chicopee Comprehensive in 1975, received his B.A. from Assumption College in 1979 and his J.D. from Western New England College School of Law in 1982. He has been in practice at Labrie and Pouliot since then. He is a member of the Chicopee Bar Association, Hampden County Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association and Massachusetts Basketball Coaches Association. He has coached basketball and baseball for over 40 years and served on numerous community boards. He has received several community honors and awards. His primary areas of expertise include personal injury, real estate, and small business.

Sabino Bilotti

Sabino Bilotti, known as 'Sam', graduated Magna Cum Laude from Seton Hall University in 1994 and received his Juris Doctor from Western New England College School of Law in 1997. He joined Labrie, Pouliot, LaRocque & Guiel, P.C. in 2018 after 15 years of practice with another Chicopee law firm. He represents clients through the main office in Chicopee and manages the Belchertown and Monson offices. Sam handles residential and commercial real estate, personal injury, corporations, collections, and wills and probate matters. He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and Connecticut and has served on various boards, including the Chicopee Rotary and Monson Home for Aged People, Inc.

Joseph D. Bernard

Joseph D. Bernard is an attorney with over 20 years of experience in Massachusetts, specializing in OUI defense. He is known for his deep understanding of impairment science, forensic standards for breath and blood testing, and laboratory accuracy. He was lead defense counsel in a statewide litigation challenging breath test reliability, which led to an eight-year exclusion of breath test results due to misconduct by the Massachusetts Crime Laboratory. Bernard is the only lawyer in Massachusetts to complete the Robert F. Borkenstein courses in alcohol and drugs and has extensive training in gas chromatography and standardized field sobriety testing. He has received national recognition for Trial Advocacy in 2018, was named Lawyer of the Year in 2017 by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, and received the Kent B. Smith Award in 2018 from the Hampden County Bar Association. His work has been featured in the New York Times and the Boston Globe. He is also the author of the Massachusetts practice series volume 50 on Drunk Driving Defense and a co-author of multiple MCLE impaired driving manuals, and regularly lectures on OUI issues.

Ronald R. Larocque

Ronald R. Larocque graduated from Western New England College with a Bachelor’s degree in Government in 1980 and from Western New England College School of Law in 1983. He joined Labrie and Pouliot in 1995. He has served as an Alderman in Chicopee, an associate solicitor in the Chicopee Law Department, Chairman of the Ludlow Conservation Commission, and a longtime coach and director of Ludlow baseball. He is also an adjunct instructor at Elms College in their paralegal program. His focus areas include real estate, estate planning, probate of estates, and elder law.

Dean M. Whalen is an attorney with a long career in criminal, civil, and corporate law, finding criminal litigation the most rewarding. He focuses on providing the best possible defense for his clients. Before joining the firm, he worked as a litigation and corporate attorney, including a role as Chief Legal Officer. His career began in 1985 as a prosecuting attorney in the Northwestern District Attorney’s office, handling numerous criminal matters and OUIs, before specializing in criminal defense in private practice.

Richard H. Maynard is a former Assistant District Attorney with over 30 years of experience practicing in Massachusetts and the United States District Court.

Richard H. Maynard is a former Assistant District Attorney with over 30 years of experience practicing in Massachusetts and the United States District Court.