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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...

Prostitution stings (PSs) used to be common in Fairfax, where I am headquartered, but I have not heard of such stings in Northern Virginia during the terms of the self-styled progressive commonwealth's attorneys who won election nearly four years ago in  court counties in this...

Overcoming any plea negotiation impasse requires being constantly trial ready and persevering with settlement talks. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I experienced a settlement breakthrough to a reckless driving disposition -- under Virginia Code § 46.2-852 -- by following that approach and by making clear to my...

Mental health (MH) issues are no longer the scarlet letter that was able to cause more harm than now to people's careers and reputations decades ago. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I have dealt with hundreds of clients with MH issues running from ADHD to...

Virginia DWI dealing is not a science but an art, that needs to be backed up by full trial readiness. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I proceed to every settlement / plea negotiation with that approach. This trial readiness is necessary in and of itself,...

Alcohol dependency is a substantial focus of substance abuse professionals involved in drinking and driving prosecutions under Virginia Code § 18.2-266. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, When I look to my own past consumption of beer, wine and alcohol, I see that a non-alcoholic is capable...

Harsh child pornography (CP) laws should make everyone think twice before even seeking out adult sexual material online and elsewhere. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that a five year mandatory minimum incarceration sentence is required for a federal conviction for receiving even one...

Fairfax sexual assault prosecutions and all such prosecutions anywhere in Virginia risk substantial sentences if convicted. Recently, a Fairfax County Circuit Court judge denied a defense motion to set aside a jury verdict of attempted sodomy (as to anal intercourse) and completed sodomy (as to...

Insufficient field sobriety test (FST) conditions can make more unreliable the field testing (also known as FSTs and SFSTs) that is already unreliable and is regularly used by Virginia police investigating a possible violation of the DWI law under Virginia Code § 18.2-266 for allegedly driving...