Underdog Blog – Fairfax Criminal Defense Lawyer | Virginia DUI Attorney

Dropping your Fairfax assault prosecution is not guaranteed, particularly if the complainant / alleged victim does not seek dismissal. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that even when the complainant seeks a dismissal, that is not a foregone conclusion. Calling the police to report...

Anxious jurors are a reality in criminal defense. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that such anxiety can be situational to the jury trial and deliberations themselves, and generalized to a juror's overall life experience. Your Virginia criminal lawyer can make inquiries during voir dire...

Recklessly driving is a superior conviction to a conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs under Virginia Code § 18.2-266.  As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I here relate two successes in Fairfax City General District Court in converting two high BAC DUI convictions...

Advocacy with power and tirelessenss is essential for your Virginia defense. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, again and again the proof is in the pudding with my ability to turn around the prosecutor / assistant commonwealth's attorney and judge in my client's favor. None of...

Stalking prosecutions rear their ugly head all too often. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I slayed not only such a prosecution, but also the parallel protective order trial that followed in the Fairfax courthouse. Acquittals are not a given, and protective order trials are harder...

Impaired driving can be a damning accusation (consider the military members kicked out for a mere driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs prosecution under Virginia Code § 18.2-266) and even more damning if a conviction results. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I urge...

Parental privilege protection (PPP) is important for you to discuss with your attorney if prosecuted in Virginia for allegedly assaulting or committing cruelty to your child. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that the law of the commonwealth provides wide ranging PPP to physically...

Occupying a car containing drugs is risky. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I say that a person's head is in the clouds to think that it is safe to ride in such a car on the basis of figuring that every person is responsible for...

Converting high BAC Virginia DUI prosecutions under Virginia Code § 18.2-266 to wet reckless dispositions can be accomplished, with the right defense. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I recount one instance in Fairfax County General District Court of obtaining a wet reckless where my client's...

Fairfax GDC (General District Court) dates should absolutely be your opporunity to obtain justice, rather than a time that you feel like a fish out of water, a human treading water, or a deer caught in the headlights. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I here...