Underdog Blog – Fairfax Criminal Defense Lawyer | Virginia DUI Attorney

Running from police can give them among the basket of reasons that amount to permitting them to at least temporarily detain you. Devon Lamar Washington v. Commonwealth of Virginia, ___ Va. App. ___ (April 14, 2026) As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that if...

Patience power is among the most essential aspects of obtaining as much justice as possible against your prosecution. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I have repeatedly heard my clients say "I just want to get it over with." However, pleading guilty does not "get it...

Policy (guidelines) sometimes gets trotted out by prosecutors when explaining why they draw a certain line on negotiations, including amorphous or more defined limits on reducing a DUI charge under Virginia Code § 18.2-266, to reckless in negotiations. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that...

Instructing the jury to your benefit must be front and center to your Virginia attorney, and not an afterthought, nor a slapdash exercise. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that attorneys may feel relief and/or exhaustion at finishing the evidentiary part of your trial...

Trial ability (TA), experience, and killer instincts are essential for your Virginia criminal defense lawyer. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that many criminal defendants want (or think they want) an attorney who is a masterful negotiator. I say that ideal is to have...

Pointing a gun at another person risks getting you convicted of assault in Virginia. Duane Eugene Sholl learned that the hard way by being convicted of assaulting a law enforcement officer (a Virginia Class 6 felony) and sentenced to one year of active incarceration. Sholl...

Testimony preparation (TP) is a vital part of your work with your criminal defense attorney. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that TP starts with my very first meeting with a potential client who may testify for his or her assault, drug, DUI or...

Excessively long police stops may (or may not) be your ticket to a better result in your Virginia criminal prosecution. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that "Traffic stops are analogous to investigatory Terry stops. Rodriguez v. United States, 575 U.S. 348, 354 (2015)....

Switching the occupant of a car's driver seat is sometimes practiced to help the actual driver avoid a Virginia DUI prosecution. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know the downsides of doing so include: (1) It is a crime to cover up another person's criminal...

Plain sight is the delight of police and the bane of a criminal suspect. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I was not surprised to read that Joseph Blake Widgeon's lost his challenge to his car search that followed a law enforcement officer's (LEO's) seeing an...