Criminal Defense

Consent searches not only do not serve Virginia criminal suspects' interests, but invite huge headaches that could have been avoided or minimized by simply having declined a police search. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I remind you that you have a Fourth Amendment Constitutional right...

Drug stings are common with Fairfax police and beyond. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that a common offer by Fairfax police and other Virginia law enforcement officers (LEOs) is for the Virginia drug crime arrestee to be offered to endeavor to snitch /...

Rogue police (RP) exist. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that it is a fairy tale to think otherwise. Police are drawn from the general population, and the general population includes people who will seriously break the rules, lie, cheat, steal and cut corners....

Fairfax preliminary hearings (PHs) for decades have been scheduled to start at 2:00 p.m. and end 4:00 p.m. on Mondays through Wednesdays. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I believe there must be a better way than to pack in scores of cases into such a...

Probation violation (PV) hearings often feel like having hot needles stuck in a Virginia criminal defendant's eyes. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I have successfully defended hundreds of people accused of PVs, including successes in arguing failure to prove the alleged violation, narrowing down the...

Codefendants and their lawyers can make your life a living hell. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that once your alleged coconspirator or codefendant is arrested, the situation by then becomes every person for himself, through possible snitching, sometimes lying, and often not having...

Fairfax bench changes (in the Fairfax County Circuit Court, General District Court, and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court) and  are coming with the arrival of six new judges (filling six upcoming vacancies), with four of them having substantial criminal defense experience, including two former...

Eaten alive must never happen to a Virginia criminal defendant. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that many Virginia assistant commonwealth's attorneys / prosecutors and also police engage in gamesmanship, psychological warfare, and heartlessness. My son one day pointed out on the trail a...

Merciless defense- Fairfax criminal lawyer knows that as the only way to go Merciless defense is essential in Virginia court. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that from experience. It is okay for your Virginia criminal defense lawyer to be cordial with your assistant...

Fight any Virginia protective order / no contact / stay away petition notice you receive. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that even when protective order proceedings are technically civil without a prosecutor, that the violation of an issued protective order -- whether filed...