Criminal Defense

Stalking prosecutions rear their ugly head all too often. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I slayed not only such a prosecution, but also the parallel protective order trial that followed in the Fairfax courthouse. Acquittals are not a given, and protective order trials are harder...

Impaired driving can be a damning accusation (consider the military members kicked out for a mere driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs prosecution under Virginia Code § 18.2-266) and even more damning if a conviction results. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I urge...

Parental privilege protection (PPP) is important for you to discuss with your attorney if prosecuted in Virginia for allegedly assaulting or committing cruelty to your child. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that the law of the commonwealth provides wide ranging PPP to physically...

Occupying a car containing drugs is risky. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I say that a person's head is in the clouds to think that it is safe to ride in such a car on the basis of figuring that every person is responsible for...

Fairfax GDC (General District Court) dates should absolutely be your opporunity to obtain justice, rather than a time that you feel like a fish out of water, a human treading water, or a deer caught in the headlights. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I here...

Eluding poiice (EP) is taken very seriously by Virginia law enforcement officers and judges. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that regardless of whether you think police have no lawful right to stop you, you will thank yourself for complying, to the point of...

Perserverence can go a long way in advocating for Virginia criminal defendants. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer I recently obtained a conversion to wet reckless and a night in jail from a Virginia driving under the influence of alcohol prosecution with an allegedly elevated blood...

Video evidence VE must be timely obtained for your defense, whether by a discovery order, request to the prosecutor's office, subpoena, or a comtination of the three. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I move quickly on obtaining VE once I am hired. The best way...

Missing link arguments can be made in a drug possession or drug trafficking prosecution to allege that the substance tested by a Virginia state chemist cannot be sufficiently proven to be the same substance that was originally seized by law enforcement. As a Fairfax criminal...

Multiple crimes can be prosecuted against you even if you have only committed one allegedly unlawful act. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that success is not always assured in arguing against the Double Jeopardy prohibition of the Constitution's Bill of Rights. Not only...