Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2018 
Marsha V. Kazarosian is an attorney with Kazarosian Moccia LLP in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Her practice areas include Civil Rights Law, Employment Law - Individuals, and Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. She represents clients in discrimination, police misconduct, workplace harassment, disability rights, whistleblower retaliation, personal injury, and other complex civil matters.
Attorney Kazarosian is a past president of the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, and the Essex County Bar Association. She continues to serve the legal profession as a delegate to the American Bar Association, a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Executive Management Board, and a member of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s Advisory Committee for Clerks of the Courts.
She is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Her professional service has included appointments to the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers, the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission, the Special Nominating Commission for Justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and the Massachusetts Superior Court Civil Working Group.
Attorney Kazarosian has also served as Secretary of the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission, a trustee of Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, a member of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Campus Council, and a member of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s Access to Justice Commission Committee on the Bar Exam. She was appointed by Governor Deval Patrick to the Commission to Study Compensation of Assistant District Attorneys and Committee for Public Counsel Services staff attorneys.
Her professional honors include recognition by New England Super Lawyers Magazine, Best Lawyers, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, the Middlesex Bar Association, and the Haverhill Bar Association. In 2025, she received the Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year recognition for Massachusetts. In 2023, she was inducted into the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame. She has also received the publication’s Woman in the Law and Circle of Excellence honors, as well as the Haverhill Bar Association’s Moody Award and the Middlesex Bar Association’s Outstanding Service Award.
Attorney Kazarosian has represented clients in significant civil rights and employment matters, including cases involving gender discrimination, disability discrimination, sexual harassment, police excessive force, and whistleblower retaliation. In Borne, et al. v. Haverhill Golf and Country Club, Inc., she and Janet E. Dutcher obtained a multimillion-dollar verdict in a gender discrimination case involving a membership-based club. The litigation and subsequent appeals addressed important issues concerning gender discrimination in club membership.
She has also represented clients in cases involving alleged police misconduct and workplace discrimination. In 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit reversed the dismissal of a federal civil rights case involving allegations against a Lawrence, Massachusetts police officer. In Kuketz v. Petronelli, she defended claims involving disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
In addition to litigation, Attorney Kazarosian serves as a mediator in the Massachusetts trial courts, Probate and Family Court, and District Court. Her mediation work has included medical negligence, contract disputes, personal injury, and lender liability matters.
Her legal career has also included criminal defense representation in a widely publicized New Hampshire murder case involving a juvenile defendant. The case received substantial media coverage and was later portrayed in television and film productions. Attorney Kazarosian has appeared on the Oxygen Network series Snapped in connection with the case.
A frequent legal commentator, Attorney Kazarosian hosted The Power of Attorney with Marsha Kazarosian on the Legal Talk Network. The program featured discussions of legal issues affecting individuals, families, employees, and communities.
She teaches continuing legal education courses for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, the Massachusetts Bar Association, and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys. She has also presented for the American Association for Justice, the National Conference on Women’s Professionalism, the Armenian Bar Association, and other professional and community organizations.
