Criminal Defense
Assault Trial Lawyer in Fairfax & Nova- VA Protective Order Defense Lawyer
Assault trial court dates require full preparation for litigation battle. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that an assault conviction is a scarlet letter on one's criminal record and reputation, and that any parallel protective order proceeding needs to be fully defended as well....
Toking pot as a civil offense- Fairfax criminal defense lawyer weighs in
Toking pot is popular with millions of people. As a Fairfax criminal defense lawyer, I know that Virginia's governor has approved legislation decriminalizing marijuana, with a few minor recommended amendments. Virginia SB 2. July 1, 2020 is the default date for new Virginia legislation to...
Selecting Your Virginia Criminal or DUI Defense Lawyer – How to Choose?
Selecting your criminal or DUI defense lawyer is one of the most critical decisions you can make. As a Fairfax criminal defense lawyer and DUI attorney, I know that such a decision heavily balances the lawyer's relevant quality for the particular case and the defendant's...
Online Self-Improvement Options from Fairfax Criminal Defense Lawyer
Online options for self-improvement / self-rehabilitation are numerous while people practice physical distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic. As a Fairfax criminal defense lawyer, I previously listed numerous self improvement options on my website, and here modify that list to only include, and to add, online...
Opioids with Xanax risk driving safety says Fairfax criminal defense lawyer
Opioids are already known to be very risky to one's health. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that people risk a DUI under the influence of drugs prosecution for driving after ingesting dangerous drugs or mixing medications in dangerous combinations. Such a dangerous combination...
Rejecting police talks & searches is vital says Fairfax criminal lawyer
Rejecting police inquiries by remaining silent under the Fifth Amendment, vocally objecting to police searches, and refusing field sobriety testing in DUI cases, can make the difference between arrest or not, conviction or not, and a more favorable or less favorable sentence. As a Fairfax criminal...
Cops May Stop If Car Owner License is Revoked
Cops have extraordinary power in our overly-policed state, that stands in sharp contract to the ideal of our living in a free society in the United States. Instead, as a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that have too much of a police state, and this...
Profanity to be cut from public intoxication law says Fairfax criminal lawyer
Profanity is prohibited by Virginia law in the following context: "If any person profanely curses or swears or is intoxicated in public, whether such intoxication results from alcohol, narcotic drug or other intoxicant or drug of whatever nature, he shall be deemed guilty of a...
Protective order defense addressed by Fairfax criminal defense lawyer
Protective orders (POs) are a harsh tool used to bar all or some contact with the alleged victim by the presumed-innocent accused before a criminal assault trial ever has been held. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that being cooped up under the same...
Covid19 arrests & prosecutions addressed by Fairfax criminal lawyer
Covid-19 has for the time being changed the criminal justice landscape. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know this means that the courts are delaying trial dates, some prosecutors are working more than others to consent to defense lawyer demands to reduce jail populations, and...