Criminal Defense

Fairfax judicial schedules in General District Court (GDC) were posted weekly until a few years ago, while Circuit Court judges' names were not as easy to determine in advance other than for the names of the two Friday criminal motions hearing judges, and Juvenile &...

Contesting Vrginia firearm prosecution sometimes needs to draw on the protections of the Constitution's Second Amendment. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that we Virginia criminal defense lawyers must not rely on Constitutional arguments of statutory invalidity alone in pursuing victory for our clients,...

Lawyer choice is your right under the Constitution's Sixth Amendment, rather than merely allowing you to have an attorney. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that not only; does the Sixth Amendment guarantee that "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right......

Anger can seriously harm a claim of self defense against an assault conviction. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that running one's mouth and not diffusing tension can also work against a self defense claim. A prime example of that came this month with...

Prostitution stings (PSs) used to be common in Fairfax, where I am headquartered, but I have not heard of such stings in Northern Virginia during the terms of the self-styled progressive commonwealth's attorneys who won election nearly four years ago in  court counties in this...

Plastic guns and ghost guns are important areas of the law for you to know about. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I believe in robust protections for Second Amendment / weapons / firearm / handgun rights, not only because doing otherwise expands our already overgrown...

Mental health (MH) issues are no longer the scarlet letter that was able to cause more harm than now to people's careers and reputations decades ago. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I have dealt with hundreds of clients with MH issues running from ADHD to...

Prosecutors acting badly is a more common phenomenon than you might think, and such action can even be the kind that is within legal and ethical guidelines but still reprehensible. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that such prosecutorial trespasses can arise from such...

Virginia courthouse chaos is a common perception that can be reversed, at lease if you have the right attorney. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that the courthouse can seem to be a sea of people and activity to a criminal defendant visiting for...

Harsh child pornography (CP) laws should make everyone think twice before even seeking out adult sexual material online and elsewhere. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that a five year mandatory minimum incarceration sentence is required for a federal conviction for receiving even one...