Underdog Blog – Fairfax Criminal Defense Lawyer | Virginia DUI Attorney

Virginia drug prosecutions are big business for police, prosecutors and state drug lab workers in the commonwealth. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I have successfully defended hundreds of defendants in the nation's decades-long failure of a drug war that threatens alleged drug traffickers and manufacturers...

Virginia aggravated DWI prosecutions bring additional challenges for a criminal defense lawyer to overcome. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I repeatedly and successfully deal with these challenges. These aggravating allegations include collisions, high speed, blood alcohol levels requiring mandatory minimum jail, injury, and death. All...

Virginia conspiracy prosecutions enable prosecutors to pursue convictions for both allegedly completed and uncompleted crimes, and therefore to expose criminal defendants to higher overall incarceration terms. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I dissent that the criminal conspiracy definition is not set at a higher threshold,...

Virginia holiday DUI arrests often account for more such investigations and arrests than during non-holiday times. As a Fairfax DWI lawyer, I know that police expect more alcohol-included alcohol-infused merrymaking during the winter holidays followed by driving. Seeing that more of such activity happens during...

Drug possession has for decades been a Virginia felony for Schedule I and II drugs. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer and civil libertarian, I support efforts -- which I expect will ultimately come to fruition -- to change the Virginia drug law for personal use...

Reminding Fairfax and other Northern Virginia prosecutors of their chief commonwealth's attorneys' criminal defense-friendly policies is very important when addressing case settlement negotiations and other critical aspects of defending the accused. As a Fairfax criminal defense lawyer, I know that the influx of Northern Virginia...

Virginia jurors can be sentencing hammers for driving under the influence cases, if you let them participate in sentencing, says Fairfax DUI lawyer Virginia jurors can be very unfavorable at a jury sentencing proceeding that takes place after a jury convicts for driving under the...

Drug dealing convictions in Virginia can result from matching packaging and so-called expert testimony about intent to distribute. As a Fairfax drug lawyer, I know the risk of the presence near drugs risking a prosecution and conviction for possessing or trafficking in those drugs. Consequently,...

Courthouse neutrality in imagery is critical to a fair trial for Virginia DUI and criminal defendants. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I am delighted that the one Northern Virginia courthouse finally removed a decades-long confederate soldier statue on its grounds, a rural courthouse finally removed...

Privacy protection of our home property is limited for all police movements that do not have them enter our houses. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that appellate court decisions for decades have chipped away at our Fourth Amendment rights regarding searches and seizures...