Carmen L. Durso - a Boston, Massachusetts (MA) Sexual Abuse Litigation Lawyer

Boston Sexual Abuse Litigation Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Areas of Practice

Sexual Abuse Litigation

Attorney Information

Overview

Carmen Durso is a member of the Massachusetts Bar, also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, MA, the U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He has been an Assistant Attorney General, a Town Counsel in Boxborough, Tisbury and Medway, an Instructor at New England School of Law, a lecturer for the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys and Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, a member of the Advisory Board of the National Crime Victim Bar Association, and a board member of Massachusetts Citizens for Children, a child advocacy organization, since 2005. In 2003, he was the recipient of the NCVBA's Frank Carrington Champion of Civil Justice Award.

Mr. Durso has represented clients in all phases of sexual abuse litigation over many years, and for the past 30 years has made that area of the law the main focus of his law practice, during which time he:

was one of the attorneys in 2002-2003 who managed the Boston Archdiocese Clergy Abuse litigation, on behalf of 552 survivors of abuse
represented hundreds of other victims of clergy abuse in churches of all religious denominations
sued numerous parents, relatives, and boyfriends who abused children in their care
brought suit against doctors and hospitals on behalf of hundreds of patients who were sexually abused during medical examinations
made claims against camp counselors, boy scout leaders, and youth group leaders
litigated Title IX claims against several private and public schools because of sexual discrimination, abuse, and assault of students by both male and female teachers, and by other students
sued several mental health professionals who sexually assaulted patients during therapy

Awards and Honors

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Honors

Frank Carrington Champion of Civil Justice Award, 2003

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Included on the 2026 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list

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2012 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
2011 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
2010 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
2009 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
2008 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education
- New England Law, Boston, Massachusetts
  J.D.
Non Legal Education
- Holy Cross, College of the Worcester, MA
  A.B.

Past Positions

Former Assistant Attorney General, MA

Classes and Seminars

Instructor at New England School of Law
Lecturer for the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys and Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education

Ancillary Businesses

Of Counsel to Heinlein Beeler Mingace & Heineman, P.C.

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Of Counsel to Alekman DiTusa, LLC
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Bar Admissions

Massachusetts, 1965
U.S. Federal Courts, 1965
U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court

Other Affiliations

Massachusetts Bar Association (Member)
Norfolk Bar Association (Member)
Boston Bar Association (Member)
Advisory Board of the National Crime Victim Bar Association (Member)
Massachusetts Citizens for Children, 2005 - Present (Board Member)

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Contact

Boston, MA

101 Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110

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Fax: 617-517-3822

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Website: https://www.dursolaw.com

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