Criminal Defense

Virginia speedy trial rights are covered both by the Virginia Code (Va. Code § 19.2-243) and the Speedy Trial clause of the federal Constitution's Sixth Amendment. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer. I underline that Constitutional speedy trial clock starts not from the time of a...

Warzones and court are places of opportunity to win. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that the Virginia criminal defense lawyer and defendant who do not flinch nor recoil at the proverbial bows, bullets, feces and blood flying all over the courtroom, are better...

Wishing Virginia criminal court victory is useless if not coupled with fighting for the best possible outcome in court. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that many arrestees are like deer caught in the headlights, stunned at being caught, and frozen about what to...

Enter the courtroom swinging, because criminal court is proverbial war. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I have benefitted from applying this analogy to boxing, modified by doing so in a calculated, prepared and fearless way. Virginia criminal defendants might feel unease at being in criminal...

Intimidating judges act intimidatingly either out of non-intent or intending to push guilty / no contest pleas, to move things along, or to create lack of confidence by a criminal defendant in his or her lawyer. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I notify my clients...

Patient negotiating is an essential approach and art before rushing to a trial when such results have a high chance of losing. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I have repeatedly experienced this truism, where on the first trial date the prosecutor does not budge or...

Obtaining Virginia criminal court victory is not for the faint of heart, not for wishful thinking, and not for delaying working right now on pursuing your best defense. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer I know that this is not about platitudes, but about the benefit...

Virginia criminal advocacy must be first rate for criminal defendants. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that anything less than that risks their liberty, reputation, and livelihood, nad makes them easy pickings for prosecutors and police, which is unacceptable. It is infrequent for me...

Cross examining (CE) prosecution witnesses must be done skilfully, effectively, in the moment, and, most importantly on the road to obtaiing an acquittal / not guilty verdict to the extent possible. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I recently obtained an acquittal after engaging in CE...

Snapchat is not exclusively the denizen of younger people. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that police follow the trail of criminal activity, including when it happens on Snapchat, other social media, and anywhere else on the Internet. Do not be lulled into any...