DWI / DUI

Virginia DUI defense battles often embrace the incident video. As a Fairfax DWI lawyer, I know that the most defense unfriendly police dashcam and bodycam video footage might show a defendant who looks drunk, including heavily slurred speech, falling unless holding onto one's car or...

Virginia field sobriety testing (FST) is commonly sought by police in DUI prosecutions. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I know that such testing can be considered in court not only for the probable cause determination stage, but also for deciding whether the defendant is guilty...

Virginia repeat DUI charges bring mandatory jail time if convicted, together with a lengthy suspended driving period. Do not take any DWI or other criminal prosecution lying down. As a Virginia DUI lawyer, I urge you to obtain a qualified attorney work as a strong...

Virginia DUI arrests and prosecutions often, if not usually, are pursued by true believers among police officers and prosecutors. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I am providing you this timely DUI defense information during this holiday weekend when police are all the more on the...

Affirming a Fairfax DUI conviction this week, the Virginia Court of Appeals recognized that htis was a circumstantial trial where the evidence established that the defendant (found sleeping in his car) drove, the hood of the engine was warm on a cold night, the defendant...

Diluted is the Virginia definition of DUI / driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I know that the law of the commonwealth not only criminalizes driving with a 0.08 or higher blood alcohol concentration, but also "while such...

Virginia DWI defending includes being aware of the accused's risks for immigration and traveling abroad. As a Virginia DUI lawyer, I know that the Supreme Court requires a defense lawyer to consider immigration risks from a criminal conviction.  Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356 (2010). On...

Virginia DUI discovery (VDE) evidence provided by Fairfax prosecutors and with some other Northern Virginia commonwealth's attorney's offices tends to be more overinclusive than required by the governing law. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I believe that when prosecutors take that overinclusive approach in disclosing...

Virginia DUI lawyers have much beneficial material to mine from police testimony, their incident reports, and incident video. This includes challenging roadside field sobriety testing performed by law enforcement on those suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs in violation of Virginia...

Holiday Virginia DUI police patrols are as common during Memorial Day weekend as Independence Day weekend. As a Fairfax DWI lawyer, I know fewer people will need me for such accuasations by simply remaining away from the steering wheel at least twenty-four hours after consuming...