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Virginia DUI matters of law are decided by the judge
Virginia DUI matters of law are decided by the judge rather than by a jury. As a Fairfax DWI lawyer, I know this can temper the level of excitement over getting a second bite at the apple by appealing a conviction in a Virginia District...
Virginia jurors detest driving under the influence says Fairfax DUI lawyer
Virginia jurors can be sentencing hammers for driving under the influence cases, if you let them participate in sentencing, says Fairfax DUI lawyer Virginia jurors can be very unfavorable at a jury sentencing proceeding that takes place after a jury convicts for driving under the...
Field tests performed in your Virginia DUI case? How to reverse the fallout
Field tests are voluntary to perform by a Virginia DUI suspect, even though police have no obligation to tell you that. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, most of my DWI clients made the mistake of submitting to one or more field sobriety tests (FSTs), where...
Pursuing breakthrough criminal defense- Fairfax criminal lawyer comments
Pursuing breakthrough criminal defense involves constantly finding and envisioning the possibilities for victory, rather than dwelling on hurdles and drawbacks in the case, and challenging human dynamics from the judge, jury, prosecutor, police and civilian witnesses. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know the privilege...
Empowered DUI defense- Fairfax DWI lawyer addresses do’s and dont’s
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...
DUI Science & Junk Science – Ripe for Virginia DWI Defense Challenges
DUI science is complex and extensive and not learned overnight. As a Fairfax DWI lawyer, I have been blessed with defending hundreds of people charged with DUI (driving under the influence of / driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs), taking over around two hundred...
Lighthearted patter by the lawyer should not mislead a criminal defendant
Lighthearted actions by criminal defense lawyers with police and prosecutors may seem like weakness to those untutored in persuasion. As a Virginia criminal lawyer, I have witnessed time and again that doing the opposite from unnecessarily putting cops and prosecutors and anyone else in fight...
Hecklers are not the judge nor jury says Fairfax criminal defense lawyer
Hecklers are not the judge nor jury. As a Fairfax criminal defense lawyer, I know that advocating for the accused is no popularity contest, but about saving the life, liberty, reputation, and livelihood of the client. As one of the faculty of the National Criminal...
Naysayers May Neigh – A Criminal Lawyer’s View on Winning
Naysayers are many, but the criminal defendant must pursue victory, says Fairfax criminal lawyer Naysayers — those who too quickly insist that risks will fail — can abound in courthouses, even among some otherwise excellent criminal defense lawyers. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I remind...
Judging goes a long way with good judicial temperament, patience, wisdom, humanity, humility, listening & lack of bias
Being a judge is a privilege with awesome responsibility and power. Once a judge stops seeing judging as a privilege, it is time for the judge to hang up the judicial robes. Judging can be exhausting work. The criminal and civil lawsuits do not stop...