Criminal Defense

Female toplessness is prosecutable in Virginia, but can be defended at the very least on claims that the display is non-obscene. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I was interviewed on this topic by Newsy Television, which broadcast this segment on August 23, 2022, which can...

Fairfax cop calls to suspects are common. Many of my Virginia criminal defendant clients for drug and other cases tell me that they gave the police their phone number and that the law enforcement officer followed up with them by phone. Savvy police know that...

Virginia object sexual penetration and other felony sex crime convictions risk prison sentences so long as to theoretically be a deterrent to many people. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that even consensual sexual activity risks claims of rape and other sexual assault, with that...

Timely hiring  your Fairfax criminal lawyer is a critical part of your defense. The prosecutor's office will be active in your case not long after you are arrested, if even that late, and you do not want to be going alone against a prosecutor. Even...

Fairfax ruling this month from the Circuit Court allows the presence of a comfort / facility dog with a testifying sexual assault complainant, after reviewing Virginia's very liberal law allowing such dogs for both sides' witnesses, and reviewing the state of the law in several...

Virginia probation supervision invites more risks of probation violation charges and convictions therefor, than when on unsupervised probation. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I talk to my clients about how seriously probation conditions must be taken when probation is a part of their sentencing. Probation...

Snitches abound in Virginia who will sell their own grandparents down the river, so they will have no trouble attempting the same with you. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that even plenty of Virginia criminal defendants who swear up and down that they...

Virginia arrest warrants need to be acted on timely and with a solid approach, lest you get arrested at the worst moment, and even when the next available bond hearing date is not for several days. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that the...

Virginia suspended sentences -- and their related probation lengths and conditions -- need to be taken seriously by criminal defendants, because sentencing judges take seriously every aspect of the sentences they impose, and not merely any active jail and prison time they order. As a...

Mischaracterization of evidence from Virginia police is so common as to be beyond exasperating to those who do not know that such evidence distortion may well be coming from around the corner. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know to expect, address and remedy such...