Criminal Defense

Virginia criminal trial dates are opportunities to obtain advantage and victory for defendants. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I hear from many clients after we leave the courtroom with success, that they lost sleep while awaiting their court date, despite my reassurances that part of...

Police demanding honesty riddles bodycamera footage produced in discovery by the Fairfax prosecutor's office and beyond. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I repeatedly hear police urge "Be honest" when seeking admissions from criminal suspects. More recently, a Virginia police video that I reviewed showed a...

Police credibility is not guaranteed. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know it is vital to make sure judges and jurors know the same. Yes, it is convenient timewise for a judge to treat police testimony as credible unless clearly shown otherwise. However, judicial oaths...

Fairfax assault defense is not an abstract concept. As a Virginia criminal lawyer, I know the very real aspects of alleged and actual assaults, and about defending them. While I was in the Fairfax courthouse  earlier this week defending a client charged with felony counts,...

Virginia battery law -- also known as assault law -- gives the least anxiety to a criminal defendant by their having avoided physical confrontation in the first place. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that once a person is a Virginia assault defendant, a...

Shooting incidents by juveniles get coupled with questions of motive (if the incident happened), why the child had access to a firearm, and whether the shooter is too young to merit being prosecuted in the first place. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that...

Expungability of one's prosecuted accusations is on the minds of a vast number of my clients. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that acquittals, unconditional dismissals and other victories are great in court, criminal defendants are looking at the larger picture of how their...

Engagement that is effective is essential for a trial lawyer to succeed. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I suggest that all Virginia criminal defendants pay close attention to how their potential lawyers engage with them and anyone else with whom the lawyer interacts. Engagement is...

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...