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Fairfax DUI suspects- VA DWI lawyer on planning your next move
Fairfax DUI suspects -- and all DWI suspects -- can have impaired judgment if they have in fact consumed significant quantities of beer, wine or alcohol (and remember that cough and cold medicine can contain alcohol). As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I know that many...
DWI prosecution deadline obtains win- Fairfax DUI lawyer weighs in
DWI prosecution deadlines -- and all Virginia criminal law deadlines -- are critical for your lawyer to know. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I know that one year from the incident date is the deadline for filing a prosecution for a Virginia misdemeanor DWI charge...
Thanksgiving DWI arrests- Fairfax DUI lawyer on reducing risk
Thanksgiving DWI arrests are bound to be at a higher rate than such detentions for most other weekends for alleged violations of Virginia's law against driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs under Virginia Code § 18.2-266. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I know that the...
Progressive prosecution- Fairfax DUI lawyer on NoVa retrenchment
Four Northern Virginia commonwealth's attorneys / chief prosecutors started office nearly four years ago on progressive prosecution (PP) platforms. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I know that claims of progressiveness only help Virginia criminal defendants when put into action, and that we criminal defense lawyers...
Fight Virginia protective order hearings tooth and nail
Fight any Virginia protective order / no contact / stay away petition notice you receive. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that even when protective order proceedings are technically civil without a prosecutor, that the violation of an issued protective order -- whether filed...
Fairfax expungement motions get new hope for wet reckless cases
Fairfax expungement motions --and all Virginia expungement motions -- are not guaranteed to win, but are ordinarily worth filing if you are eligible for and want such relief. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I know that my colleagues and I were not thrilled with a...
Fairfax judicial schedules- Who will be my criminal judge?
Fairfax judicial schedules in General District Court (GDC) were posted weekly until a few years ago, while Circuit Court judges' names were not as easy to determine in advance other than for the names of the two Friday criminal motions hearing judges, and Juvenile &...
Persistence leads to avoiding a Virginia DUI conviction
Persistence in Virginia DWI plea negotiations can sometimes yield big payoffs when the persistence comes with a roadmap, and is not about repetition nor (worse) betting. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I used such persistence recently in obtaining a spectacular negotiating result of two wet...
Evidentiary rulings in your Virginia DUI trial
Evidentiary rulings in your Virginia DWI or criminal trial can be favorable, unfavorable or both. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I read with glee about a correct judicial ruling to exclude a blood test certificate of analysis (showing the defendant's purported blood alcohol level (BAC))...
Labor Day weekend DUI arrests- Fully defend
Labor Day weekend Virginia DWI arrests tend to be more common than during most weekends, not only because of all the merrymaking before the unofficial end of summer, but also because police are often on the streets and outside the bars in greater force, approaching...