DWI / DUI

Verbally refusing a Virginia blood search warrant should not be sufficient to convict for obstruction of justice nor any other crime. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I know of two private hospitals in and near Northern Virginia where some or all nurses will not draw...

Fairfax judicial schedules for General District Court (GDC) until earlier 2021 were weekly posted on the bulletin board of the commonwealth's attorney's office. As a Virginia criminal defense lawyer, I know how important it is for a trial lawyer to focus his or her DUI,...

Fairfax police video is essential to pursue as part of the process of defending against Virginia DUI and criminal prosecutions in this county. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I know that the same goes for obtaining law enforcement incident video for all criminal defense. This...

Blood test challenges by the defense need to be thorough in Virginia blood draw DUI prosecutions. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I have defended scores of such cases, and in numerous instances worked with forensic toxicology experts. Knowing and applying the applicable law and science...

Fairfax DUI negotiations for a wet reckless disposition seem to favor blood alcohol content (BAC) testing results of 0.10 or less. If the BAC testing was by blood draw rather than breath test, that BAC level for such negotiations might climb even higher. As a...

Sleeping while allegedly impaired can lead to police charges of violating the Virginia DUI law. As a Fairfax DWI lawyer, I would prefer that my clients not fall asleep behind the wheel. If they do, I prefer that they do so when their car is...

Wet reckless driving is not a term of art, but a description for a plea offer sometimes extended by prosecutors who either are concerned about the strength of their Virginia DUI case (prosecuted under Virginia Code § 18.2-266) or have concluded that the blood alcohol content...

Virginia DWI law does not support assuming that a driver's blood alcohol content was higher at the time of driving than at the time of blood alcohol content (BAC) testing via obtaining a breath or blood sample. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I know from...

Virginia criminal prosecutions resulting in convictions for drug offenses previously brought a mandatory six-month driving suspension, each run consecutively to the other count, and for 251 dispositions as well. As a Fairfax drug and criminal defense lawyer, I know that the commonwealth's law wisely changed...

Empowered DUI defense -- and empowered criminal defense, for that matter -- is the only way to proceed when you are suspected of or prosecuted for alleged violations of the DUI law. Before you get behind the wheel after imbibing beer, wine or alcohol this...