Criminal Defense

Fairfax bench changes (in the Fairfax County Circuit Court, General District Court, and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court) and  are coming with the arrival of six new judges (filling six upcoming vacancies), with four of them having substantial criminal defense experience, including two former...

Eaten alive must never happen to a Virginia criminal defendant. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that many Virginia assistant commonwealth's attorneys / prosecutors and also police engage in gamesmanship, psychological warfare, and heartlessness. My son one day pointed out on the trail a...

Merciless defense- Fairfax criminal lawyer knows that as the only way to go Merciless defense is essential in Virginia court. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that from experience. It is okay for your Virginia criminal defense lawyer to be cordial with your assistant...

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 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 &...

Contesting Vrginia firearm prosecution sometimes needs to draw on the protections of the Constitution's Second Amendment. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that we Virginia criminal defense lawyers must not rely on Constitutional arguments of statutory invalidity alone in pursuing victory for our clients,...

Lawyer choice is your right under the Constitution's Sixth Amendment, rather than merely allowing you to have an attorney. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that not only; does the Sixth Amendment guarantee that "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right......

Anger can seriously harm a claim of self defense against an assault conviction. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that running one's mouth and not diffusing tension can also work against a self defense claim. A prime example of that came this month with...

Prostitution stings (PSs) used to be common in Fairfax, where I am headquartered, but I have not heard of such stings in Northern Virginia during the terms of the self-styled progressive commonwealth's attorneys who won election nearly four years ago in  court counties in this...

Plastic guns and ghost guns are important areas of the law for you to know about. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I believe in robust protections for Second Amendment / weapons / firearm / handgun rights, not only because doing otherwise expands our already overgrown...