assault defense

Mutual combat (MC) is among the possible defenses against a Virginia assault charge. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that the best defense against an assault charge is to keep one's arms and legs to oneself to avoid an assault prosecution in the first...

Fairfax court victories -- and all court successes -- are sweet for any Virginia criminal defense lawyer. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I recently reached two successes in this county against assault prosecutions. A key component each time was that the prosecutor's key civilian witness...

Protective order violations in Virginia are a criminal offense. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I think initial protective orders ("PO's") -- both emergency and prelminary PO's, which bar such behavior as contacting the respondent and assault  -- are too often a threat to our civil...