Underdog Blog – Fairfax Criminal Defense Lawyer | Virginia DUI Attorney

Concealed carry and handgun rights are extensively protected in Virginia, which is one of the more Second Amendment-protecting states. As a Fairfax criminal defense lawyer, I here address those rights and limits, restoration of handgun rights, and recent newer limits on handguns. By law, Virginia...

Bar and restaurant closings and all other Covid-19 business reductions have crippled too many people’s lives and livelihoods, and the economy. As a Fairfax criminal and DUI lawyer, I know that Phase III of further societal reopening — coupled with July 4 Independence Day weekend...

Succeeding in a criminal trial can take place at several stages. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that those possible stages are moving to dismiss the prosecution for failure to articulate a cognizable crime, for a defect in the charging document, for failure to...

Keeping focus on victory helps make the naysayers, hecklers and vicious folks disappear from sight and sound. One day a rather new Fairfax, Virginia prosecutor motioned me into the courtroom antechamber while we awaited our DUI trial to be called, so I thought he was either...

Hecklers are not the judge nor jury. As a Fairfax criminal defense lawyer, I know that advocating for the accused is no popularity contest, but about saving the life, liberty, reputation, and livelihood of the client. As one of the faculty of the National Criminal...

Daylight so often lacks in police encounters with suspects. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know the power of simply shining the light of day on an opposing witness and on the prosecutor's words. any years ago, I was driving home, alone, down a dark,...

Trespassing may be prosecuted in Virginia both for remaining on property after the owner's authorized agent says to leave, and entering property posted against doing so. Va. Code § 18.2-119. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that such a conviction does not automatically preclude...

Knowing one's true self is vital to anyone's life. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that discovering and reccognizing my true self is essential not only to me as a person, but for everything I do as a criminal defense lawyer, from connecting and...

Masked people abound as Covid-19 continues without a care, moving from host to host, slowing here and surging there. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that coronavirus must not be permitted to water down justice. For Due Process and the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause...

LEO -- law enforcement officers -- home searches can only lawfully take place with a valid search warrant, sufficient consent from an authorized person, or (infrequently) exigent circumstances. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that police search caselaw is not as friendly to criminal...