Marsha Kazarosian

Short Biography

Marsha V. Kazarosian (Armenian: Մարշա Ղազարոսյան) is an American attorney in Haverhill, Massachusetts notable for handling high-profile cases in the New England area. Her handling of a gender discrimination case involving a country club brought her national recognition. She represented one of the teenaged defendants in the 1990 murder of a young husband by his wife Pamela Smart, who conspired with her teenaged lover to murder her husband for insurance money; the story became the basis of the subsequent movie To Die For starring Nicole Kidman, and the television movie Murder in New Hampshire starring Helen Hunt. Her legal skill was the subject of a cover story entitled The Power of Marsha Kazarosian in a publication geared to the legal community. Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly listed her as a top lawyer in New England, and she has been identified as a top Massachusetts attorney in another publication for every year since 2006. Her law practice focuses on civil litigation, family law, discrimination and general litigation. She has litigated cases involving gender discrimination, ethics in government, rape victims, sexual harassment, police misconduct, and other issues. She has appeared on local television regularly to discuss legal matters. In 2014, she is president of the Massachusetts Bar Association.