Underdog Blog – Fairfax Criminal Defense Lawyer | Virginia DUI Attorney

Wet reckless driving is not a term of art, but a description for a plea offer sometimes extended by prosecutors who either are concerned about the strength of their Virginia DUI case (prosecuted under Virginia Code § 18.2-266) or have concluded that the blood alcohol content...

Cross exam is a vital part of Virginia criminal trial persuasion. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I have experienced and seen the critical difference between simply participating in trial advocacy law school classes and continuing legal education programs, and actually doing effective cross in the...

Virginia guilty pleas involve criminal defendants waiving their right to plead not guilty and proceed to trial. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that guilty pleas, as well as no contest / nolo contendere and Alford plea agreements, (collectively, Pleas, or Guilty Pleas) are entered out...

Virginia DWI law does not support assuming that a driver's blood alcohol content was higher at the time of driving than at the time of blood alcohol content (BAC) testing via obtaining a breath or blood sample. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I know from...

Criminal defense persuasion is not about long, dry, and boring orations, but to adjusting presentation and arguments to the audience's preference for getting to the point, non-shoddy presentation, not wasting its time, and recognizing that different people veer towards processing information in visual, auditory or...

Criminal defense challenges abound in court, and sometimes include facing an angry judge. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that dealing with judges, prosecutors, opposing witnesses and others showing anger -- whether real, feigned or exaggerated -- is par for the course. When the...

Virginia criminal prosecutions resulting in convictions for drug offenses previously brought a mandatory six-month driving suspension, each run consecutively to the other count, and for 251 dispositions as well. As a Fairfax drug and criminal defense lawyer, I know that the commonwealth's law wisely changed...

Virginia dismissal statutes in criminal cases start in the form of mutually consented-to dismissals, and a prosecutor's nolle prosequi (not prosecuting) motion. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that the consented-to dismissal scenario comes from a recent legislative change, and the nolle prosequi statutory...

Empowered DUI defense -- and empowered criminal defense, for that matter -- is the only way to proceed when you are suspected of or prosecuted for alleged violations of the DUI law. Before you get behind the wheel after imbibing beer, wine or alcohol this...

Trial skills are essential for all criminal defense lawyers, and are only learned and refined best through doing actual trials. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I am fortunate to have taken hundreds of cases to trial, refining my persuasive abilities all the more with each...