Criminal Defense

My public elementary school teachers taught us about "Honest Abe" Lincoln. None of my teachers ever taught me about Lincoln's approval for a mass hanging of thirty-eight Dakota Indians in 1862. Arising from the Dakota War, United States military commission trials of 392 American Indians...

Essential to a successful criminal defense is a strong attorney-client relationship. This maxim is at once basic and essential to repeat again and again. Great criminal defense lawyers live this maxim as naturally and essentially as the air they breathe. Sadly, I have had some...

Many prosecutors talk tough in the courtroom hallway or on the phone, but deliver seemingly lackluster, cookbook, tepid or even timid performance at trial or at hearings. The strength or weakness of an opponent' performance is a distraction

Our days are filled with opportunities to react negatively or less than positively, when cars cut us off, restaurant servers disappear after delivering the wrong pricey order, people spout bigotry. some police officers act suitably for a fascist regime, some prosecutors take delight in their...

In Virginia, as but a for instance, it is common for many police officers to hesitate to talk with defense lawyers about the evidence rather than referring them to the designated prosecutor to obtain information.

Police do not only focus on identifying and stopping criminal activity, but also on encouraging people to commit criminal activity and then arresting them. We see the latter activity happen with undercover police who ask people to arrange drug deals, rob non-existent drug stash houses,...

When my client and I leave the courtroom with delight over a criminal case acquittal or unconditional dismissal, the conversation ultimately turns to my client's option to file for filing an application to expunge the case record.

When police obtain your cellphone number or cellphone in your role as an arrestee or suspect, call a lawyer.

On September 22, 2016, the Virginia Supreme Court recounted a horror story of Minh Duy Du's committing statutory rape against his 13 year old half sister, and then using a baseball bat to bash the heads of his father and stepmother -- who tried to...

Unnecessary sweat and worse can be caused by waiting until the last date to meet a court's filing deadline, whether that be for filing a motion, a reply to an opponent's filing, an appeal notice, an appellate brief, or any other court document.