Underdog Blog – Fairfax Criminal Defense Lawyer | Virginia DUI Attorney

Virginia drug law is overly harsh and too merciless. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know not only the damage done to Virginia criminal defendants by the decades-long drug wars, but also the excessive cost to our tax dollars and government budgets, and how the...

Shooting while others do the same risks a Virginia murder conviction if someone gets killed in the process. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that this concept is called being a principal in the second degree. The Virginia Model Jury Instructions in that regard...

SCRAM alcohol monitoring (SAM) is an option for Virginia DUI defendants, both to assist with negotiations and any sentencing (and s0metimes to obtain pretrial release) if the defendant has prior DWI conviction(s), and for seeking unlimited time and place limitations on restricted driving after a...

Drug prosecutions are widespread in Virginia, and curfews give police easier pickings of criminal suspects. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that various jurisdictions impose curfews, even though curfews seriously harm our civil liberties. The curfews give police a green light to make additional...

Virginia criminal statutes do not always means what their plain words seem to say. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I warn that this is a reason by itself for a Virginia DUI or criminal defendant to at least timely consult with a qualified lawyer about...

Transforming curveballs into victory is an essential part of a successful Virginia criminal defense lawyer's toolkit. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I found myself more than once reminding the prosecutor in my two then-upcoming Virginia DWI trials -- set for the same court date --...

Fairfax continuances are common -- but not assured -- in that county's General District Court on the first-scheduled trial date. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that one of four things will happen in this and any other court on a Virginia criminal or...

Fairfax DUI lawyers have numerous avenues for obtaining great results in court for Virginia DWI defendants Fairfax DUI lawyers have the choice of looking at the defensive glass as half full (or more full than that) or half empty. As a Virginia DWI lawyer, I...

Eyewitness (EW) absence is common in homicide prosecutions and many other prosecutions, leading the Virginia commonwealth's attorney's office to rely heavily on circumstantial evidence and any criminal defendant statements in their effort to pursue a conviction. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that Virginia's...

Courts routinely sign search warrants. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that the execution of search warrants often turns up very sensitive and person material and information that is irrelevant to the related criminal investigation, and that police often leave the searched premises as...