Underdog Blog – Fairfax Criminal Defense Lawyer | Virginia DUI Attorney

Virginia arraignment and attorney review dates are critical to correctly calendar and follow. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that Northern Virginia courts ordinarily excuse a criminal and DUI defendant's appearance at such court dates so long as a lawyer timely files his or...

Nystagmus testing for alcohol impairment -- also known as horizontal gaze nystagmus (HGN) -- is junk field sobriety testing (SFST) science. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I know that no published Virginia appellate opinion approves of such testing, and this year's appellate opinions on HGN...

Broker criminal case settlements that minimize harm to the criminal defendant. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that needs to be a criminal defense lawyer's watchword. A case in point is Evans & Conway v. Commonwealth of Virginia, ___ Va. ___ (Dec. 3, 2020), where...

Counter and know who the dangerous prosecutors are. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that all prosecutors are potentially dangerous, even those who have for years acted otherwise. Even the best meaning Virginia prosecutor has an agenda that is first and foremost to serve...

Weaponizing Virginia breath testing results for the defense – Fairfax DUI lawyer shows how Weaponizing Virginia breathalyzer test results is essential for Virginia DUI lawyers. This is all part of my approach as a Fairfax criminal lawyer of obtaining the essential evidence in my clients’...

Virginia DUI defense lawyers not only can incorporate preparation and persuasion approaches that apply to most criminal defense work, but also must add addressing, analyzing, and disintegrating scientific evidence. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that the latter approach is a variation on the...

In Francis, the Virginia Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that the evidence was sufficient to convict in two separate neighboring county circuit courts for felony eluding police from the same police officer during the same chase. Rejecting that the two separate convictions protected Francis under...

Multiple criminal actions mean that the perpetrator might receive a separate Virginia criminal charge for each such action, rather than having them all rolled into one criminal accusation. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that the concept of a harsher sentence for more criminal...

Virginia DUI defense calls for full preparation and excellent execution. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that that best DWI defense starts before the defendant is ever stopped by the police, through knowing and exercising the suspect's essential rights with the police. Recently, I...

Miranda applicablity depends on whether the criminal defendant is in police custody. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I hear many arrestees underline that the police did not read them their rights. However, without police custody, the Miranda rule from the United States Supreme Court does not...