Underdog Blog – Fairfax Criminal Defense Lawyer | Virginia DUI Attorney

Confidentiality of your Virginia DUI and criminal case unfortunately is a concern, beyond the already vital task of defending yourself in court. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I have repeatedly seen this very reasonable concern arise with my clients, in terms of having to disclose...

Tough as nails is the way to defend against Virginia DUI and criminal prosecutions. As a Fairfax DUI and criminal lawyer, I know that by not expecting any leeway from a prosecutor, a criminal defense lawyer overcovers risk, which is as it should be. Today's...

Fairfax County judge names for years were posted in advance for the week for General District Court DUI and misdemeanor cases. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I relied on that list to know my judge's name for each day of that week, while also knowing...

Virginia high crime are presence at nighttime are two factors that might increase your risk of being police-frisked for weapons, now that the Virginia Court of Appeals this week okayed such factors to be considered in evaluating the legality of such a patdown. As a...

Three keys are at your fingertips to make a potentially huge difference between success and a nightmare in Virginia criminal court. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I have time and time again witnessed the key difference that exercising these three steps can make. These steps...

Virginia cannabis prosecutions are many fewer now that personal possession of  an ounce or less of marijuana is no longer a crime in the commonwealth. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer and Virginia drug attorney, I know that marijuana selling of any quantity of marijuana --...

Negotiating Virginia DUI and criminal case settlements for the defense is not only a fine art that is ideally developed through years of relevant experience, but requires  humanizing the client with a prosecutor who undoubtedly has a very large number of cases to handle both...

Virginia criminal evidence law will not save a defendant from the jury's from knowing the racism he has spewed, when relevant to the intent element of his prosecution. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know how badly criminal defendants' injudiciously-uttered words can come back to...

Expert testimony is involved in many of my Virginia DUI and criminal trials. As a Fairfax DWI lawyer, I further address here some of the key aspects of the law governing expert testimony in Virginia criminal trials, including when the defense calls a forensic toxicologist...

Fairfax opinion letters from Circuit Court judges -- as with such opinion letters throughout the state -- bond no judges, but can still act as persuasive authority, and certainly provide further insight into the Virginai judge writing the opinion. As a Fairfax Criminal lawyer, I...