DWI / DUI

DWI prosecution deadlines -- and all Virginia criminal law deadlines -- are critical for your lawyer to know. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I know that one year from the incident date is the deadline for filing a prosecution for a Virginia misdemeanor DWI charge...

Thanksgiving DWI arrests are bound to be at a higher rate than such detentions for most other weekends for alleged violations of Virginia's law against driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs under Virginia Code § 18.2-266. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I know that the...

Four Northern Virginia commonwealth's attorneys / chief prosecutors started office nearly four years ago on progressive prosecution (PP)  platforms. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I know that claims of progressiveness only help Virginia criminal defendants when put into action, and that we criminal defense lawyers...

Fairfax expungement motions --and all Virginia expungement motions -- are not guaranteed to win, but are ordinarily worth filing if you are eligible for and want such relief. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I know that my colleagues and I were not thrilled with a...

Persistence in Virginia DWI plea negotiations can sometimes yield big payoffs when the persistence comes with a roadmap, and is not about repetition nor (worse) betting.  As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I used such persistence recently in obtaining a spectacular negotiating result of two wet...

Evidentiary rulings in your Virginia DWI or criminal trial can be favorable, unfavorable or both. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I read with glee about a correct judicial ruling to exclude a blood test certificate of analysis (showing the defendant's purported blood alcohol level (BAC))...

Labor Day weekend Virginia DWI arrests tend to be more common than during most weekends, not only because of all the merrymaking before the unofficial end of summer, but also because police are often on the streets and outside the bars in greater force, approaching...

Lawyerless police investigations of Virginia DWI suspects are par for the course. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I know that this state of affairs makes it all the more important for you in advance to know of your Constitutional Fifth Amendment right to remain silent,...

Imprisonment and jailing are a real risk in any Virginia jurisdiction if convicted of exceeding of DWI with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) exceeding 0.30. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I recently avoided even a minute in jail for my client whose Intox EC/IR II...

Passenger (PR) risks for Virginia DWI suspects and defendants charged under Virginia Code § 18.2-266 can include having a non-adult / minor PR (carrying five days mandatory minimum of jail time), reckless disregard of their PR child's life (a Virginia Class 6 felony), PRs who tell the...