Underdog Blog – Fairfax Criminal Defense Lawyer | Virginia DUI Attorney

Fairfax criminal blue sheets (FCBS) (formally known as Trial Advisement And Plea forms) are a staple of negotiating many criminal cases in the Fairfax County General District Court (with variations on those forms being common in the remaining Northern courts). As a Fairfax criminal lawyer,...

Fairfax Circuit Court (FCC) judges sometimes decide to issue and publish written opinions to explain their rulings. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that not all other Virginia circuit courts make their judges' opinion letters available online, which often are nonetheless available on such...

Civil liberties (CL) / Bill of Rights defenses are an essential part of defending the criminally accused. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, in all my cases I file motions to suppress evidence that include challenging the detention and arrest of my client under the Constitution's...

Hidden defenses (HD) need to be among your Virginia criminal defense lawyer's arsenal. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, by HD I mean defensive opportunities that may not be readily apparent to laypeople. Those opportunities might include Constitutional challenges seeking to suppress your statements to law...

Drug proximity can be risky, unless possessed lawfully by prescription or as over the counter products. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that police do not hesitate to arrest everyone near contolled substances, and to let the criminal defendants aregue why they are not...

Clam up about your criminal activities or criminal intent, or be ready for possible prosecutorial backlash. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know people will sometimes speak hyperbolically about threats of violence or other crimes, but doing so can be like lighting a forest fire,...

Responsible persons RP need to recognize their responsibilities with vulnerable adults. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I emphasize that the cold hearted person who simply ignores a person in medical distress can ignore the criminal liability that s/he otherwise would incur if an RP. The...

Search arguments are needed when your Virginia prosecution is based on the alleged discovery of controlled substances or other alleged contraband. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, i know it is important that if you lose your evidence suppression motion under the foregoing circumstances, to talk...

Fairfax sentence commutation is in this week's news, with the Virginia governor's having swiftly commuted last Friday's sentence of former county police officer Wesley Shifflett for reckless handling of a firearm that led to the death of a shoplifting suspect he was chasing. As a...

Complete disclosure by Virginia assistant commonwealth attorneys -- and all prosecutors -- is essential under federal Supreme Court jurisprudence. The Supreme Court in 2025 made that clear in the starkest terms. Glossip v. Oklahoma, ___ U.S. ___, 2025 WL 594736 (2025). Glossip was issued shortly after a...