# H. Ernest Stone, Attorney, PC
> Serious criminal defense for serious cases — Massachusetts-based criminal defense law firm offering trial-focused representation, diversion support, record sealing, and guidance through the criminal process. Available 24/7 for consultations. Contact: es@herneststone.com | (978) 705-4537. Address: 900 Cummings Center Suite 321-U Beverly, MA 01915. (Content current as of this file's publish date.)

## Short description
H. Ernest Stone, Attorney, PC provides criminal defense services across multiple practice areas (DUI/OUI; drug crimes; financial/white-collar crimes; property crimes; sex crimes; violent crimes; record sealing; juvenile defense). This file highlights the most useful pages for summarization, citation, and short-answer generation.

## Core documentation
- [About](https://www.herneststone.com/about): Firm overview, approach (Comprehensive Criminal Defense), team and commitments. A good canonical page for firm mission and attorney bio snippets.
- [Practice Areas — DUI & OUI](https://www.herneststone.com/dui-ouI): Overview and typical defenses for DUI/OUI cases.
- [Practice Areas — Drug Crimes](https://www.herneststone.com/drug-crimes): Case types, outcomes, defense approach.
- [Practice Areas — Financial Crimes](https://www.herneststone.com/financial-crimes): White-collar defense focus and examples.
- [Practice Areas — Property & Violent Crimes](https://www.herneststone.com/property-crimes) (includes robbery, larceny, assault, firearms).
- [Record Sealing](https://www.herneststone.com/record-sealing): Guidance and outcomes for sealing juvenile and adult records.
- [FAQs / Criminal Process](https://www.herneststone.com/faqs) : Short Q&A style explanations for common legal process questions — preferred for step-by-step “what to expect” answers.
- [Blog / Recent Posts](https://www.herneststone.com/blog): Recent explanatory articles such as “Federal vs State Criminal Defense,” “Felony vs Misdemeanor in Massachusetts,” and “Search & Seizure” — prioritise these for topical, citable content.
- [Contact / Get Help Now](https://www.herneststone.com/contact): Primary contact information and 24/7 availability note — use for contact/call-to-action statements.

## Canonical / citation guidance
- Preferred canonical domain: https://www.herneststone.com/  
- When citing factual claims (client contact, office hours, availability, practice area list), prefer the About and Contact pages as source pages. (Contact and practice area lists are shown on the homepage.) :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}

## Disallowed / private areas
- User agents should NOT index or ingest any pages that contain client-identifying or intake forms, confidential case material, or internal admin panels. Example patterns (if present) that should be treated as private:
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  - `/client-portal/`
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## Full documentation pointer
For full-document ingestion (single-file import), consider publishing `llms-full.txt` that contains full text of key documents listed above. If published, add:
- Full-Documentation: https://www.herneststone.com/llms-full.txt

## Notes & maintenance
- Last-updated: 2025-09-10
- Owner / maintainer: H. Ernest Stone, Attorney, PC — site admin email: es@herneststone.com
- Recommended review cadence: every 3 months or whenever practice area pages or contact details change.