Underdog Blog – Fairfax Criminal Defense Lawyer | Virginia DUI Attorney

Fairfax DUI presumptions -- and DWI presumptions  (both real and claimed) in all Virginia courts -- must be fully rebutted by the defense. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I regularly present rebutting arguments against statutes, caselaw and arguments addressing such items as the validity of...

Fairfax DUI trials can take awhile between your court-posted start time and the time your proceeding actually concludes. As a Fairfax DWI lawyer, I proceed to your Virginia driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs adjudication date (prosecuted under Virginia Code § 18.2-266) ready with...

Intrusive warrantless searches of one's body are ripe for challenges. As a Fairfax drug lawyer, I am delighted that the Virginia Court of Appeals overturned a grossly bodily-invasive streetside search of a suspect, even pulling on his underwear to see his bare skin underneath, followed...

Counterattacking Fairfax DUI and Virginia DWI prosecutions under Virginia Code § 18.2-266 is essential, rather than merely being in a defensive mode. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, the latter approach serves me well in serving those accused of driving under the influence of alcohol in violation...

Possibilities abound in your Fairfax DUI defense and Virginia criminal defense. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I have many times heard my clients tell me about other attorneys who have told them how tough are their cases, only for me to achieve great results for...

Attenuation can trump earlier Fourth Amendment violations. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I read with interest chief Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Penny Azcarate's application of such law to deny a Virginia criminal defendant's challenge to a child pornography-yielding search of a computer and cellphone....

Fairfax DUI prosecution defense calls for a full court press. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, recently I obtained two great results against such prosecutions, those being converting a DWI prosecution to the lowest category of infraction with a high fine, and converting a DWI 0.24...

False confessions (FC) happen too often, because even one false confession is one too many. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I share with you that the Virginia Supreme Court recently okayed a trial court's refusal to let defendant Joseph Eugene Smith (ultimately convicted of statutory...

When should you hire your Virginia DWI lawyer or any criminal defense attorney? As a Fairfax DUI lawyer  (FD lawyer), I know that the better question is how soon should you start looking for a lawyer. Once you get arrested for a Virginia DUI charge,...

Trial lawyers -- good ones -- are essential for Virginia criminal and DUI defendants, not only in the event that settlement negotiations do not go your way, but also as the needed threat to persuade prosecutors to come as close as possible to your preferred...