Adam Lally

Adam Lally served as lead trial prosecutor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in both the first and second Karen Read trials, partnering with ADA Laura McLaughlin. He delivered the prosecution's opening statement in Trial 1 and examined the majority of the Commonwealth's witnesses — a roster spanning Canton firefighters and paramedics who found O'Keefe, the responding police officers, family members of the victim, and key defense witnesses he cross-examined. His approach was methodical and chronological: he built scenes from the ground up, established witness credibility through detailed qualification, and relied on physical evidence, dashcam video, and Ring camera footage to anchor his narrative. On redirect, he was efficient and targeted, using leading questions to rehabilitate specific vulnerabilities opened by defense cross-examination.