Underdog Blog – Fairfax Criminal Defense Lawyer | Virginia DUI Attorney

Support our troops is a common refrain —- urging such support regardless of one’s views of the military’s policies and actions — particularly when soldiers are at war. However, eighteen to twenty year olds are treated as responsble enough to carry and shoot weapons in...

A few times in my high school trigonometry class, I would sit down with my teacher during her office hours to assure that I was understanding one or the other challenging concept. Our meetings were short, because she would distill our discussions to such simplicity...

When a person lights a fire in a dry-wood forest, s/he will not be able to stop the firestorm that follows, burning down multiple trees, spreading far and wide, polluting the air and waterways, and killing and maiming animals and destroying their habitats. Government is...

How much compassion should I show for someone directing a meat cleaver at the throat of me or my client? Even with my over two decades of experience defending over three thousand criminal defendants, I still witness new ways that some opposing prosecutors and witnesses...

Behind the orderly-looking appearance of courtrooms are repeated instances of no-holds-barred trial battle, and holding cells attached to each courtroom or down the hll. The fights can get expensive in terms of time, attorney fees, frustration and sweat expended. Criminal defense is battle and often...

Why do some judges act more civil to some lawyers and litigants than to others, and act downright hostile to others? The short answer is that it is a combination about what is going on with the judge, the lawyer, the litigant, and outside circumstances. In...

Recently, Kimberly Atkins at LegalNews.com interviewed me on the Prado Navarette v. California Supreme Court decision eroding the Fourth Amendment by giving too much credence to 911 callers. The reporter contacted me after reading my blog entry on the case. Here is the article that...

Good criminal defense lawyers talk about judges and prosecutors, because an important part of persuading is knowing the people we are persuading and battling. However, the judge, prosecutor or anyone else we see today is not the same one we see tomorrow nor saw yesterday,...

The trial litigation battlefield is often far from the elegant setting of a Supreme Court oral argument. Here are a few thoughts that I add on the road to trial court victory: When you are at zero you are not an impediment to the people...

NOTE: Police are on high alert during holiday weekends with extra human power on the streets. This Memorial Day/unofficial start of summer will be beautiful and filled with merriment., and the police will be on the lookout for arrests to make. You can have fun...