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Sutter is a former Bristol County prosecutor and a
past recipient of the Prosecutor of the Year award
from Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Originally from
Connecticut, Sam went to college at nearby Brown University,
graduating in 1976. After college, he spent several
years coaching and playing tennis professionally in
different parts of the world. |
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He
returned to the United States to go to law school
at Vanderbilt University where he graduated in 1983.
He then practiced law for seven years on Cape Cod
before joining the Bristol County District Attorney’s
Office in 1991.
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The
following year, he was recognized by the local chapter
of MADD as Prosecutor of the Year for his outstanding
work prosecuting drunk driving cases. He was also
featured that same year in MADDVOCATE, the national
magazine of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, as one
of America’s outstanding prosecutors. In 1994, he
was named supervisor of the prosecutors at Attleboro
District Court and, in 1995, was promoted to Superior
Court. There he successfully prosecuted approximately
one hundred major felony cases. He also won guilty
verdicts in eighty-five (85) percent of his trials.
And, during his four years in Superior Court, he regularly
represented the District Attorney’s Office at local
school programs, senior citizen centers, police training
sessions and continuing legal education seminars.
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In
1999, he left the District Attorney’s Office and
reentered private practice. Over the past seven
years, he has directed his own law practice and
was recently described in the Fall River Herald
as one of this area’s prominent attorneys. From
2000 to 2002, he hosted the popular radio program
“Let’s Talk Law” on WBSM in New Bedford. His office
is located at 203 Plymouth Avenue in Fall River,
in the same building as the Registry of Motor Vehicles. |
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is the former Chairman of the Board of Project COACH,
an organization which provided community service and
treatment opportunities for individuals placed on
probation by the Juvenile and District Courts. He
has also served on the Board of Directors of the Bristol
County chapter of MADD, and the Healthy Neighborhoods
Initiative, a division of the New Bedford chapter
of the United Way. He is presently on the Planning
Committee for “Journey Through Our Village”, an annual
event which raises money to send local inner city
children to summer camp. He has been a volunteer for
both literacy training and reading to school children.
He has also volunteered as a coach and referee for youth basketball. |
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For the past seven summers, he has spent his Saturday
mornings giving free tennis clinics to Fall River
youths between the ages of six and sixteen. Last
year, the Durfee High School tennis team enjoyed
one of its best seasons ever and two of the top
three players learned how to play in Sam’s free
clinics. At Bishop Connolly High School, in Fall
River, three of the top four tennis players also
learned how to play in Sam’s free clinics. In recognition
of his efforts, the Fall River Herald named him
one of its “Coaches who Make a Difference” for 2005.
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Sam
is married and has three children: Cliff, 15; Alex,
15; and, Ava 2 ½. His wife is the former Dorothy Feliz,
who was born in St. Michael, Portugal and grew up
in Fall River and Westport. The Sutters reside in
Fall River.
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