Fairfax DUI lawyer

Resuming trial dates in Virginia raises the question about why the Virginia Supreme Court continues to suspend all jury trials. As a Fairfax criminal defense lawyer, I know that jury trials are a particular challenge to physical distancing, because jury boxes and jury deliberation rooms...

Resetting court dates has been happening since March 2020, due to Virginia Supreme Court's Covid-19-related judicial emergency orders. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that the most recent and fourth state Supreme Court judicial emergency order (issued May 6) continues jury trials but lets...

Selecting your criminal or DUI defense lawyer is one of the most critical decisions you can make. As a Fairfax criminal defense lawyer and DUI attorney, I know that such a decision heavily balances the lawyer's relevant quality for the particular case and the defendant's...

Opioids are already known to be very risky to one's health. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that people risk a DUI under the influence of drugs prosecution for driving after ingesting dangerous drugs or mixing medications in dangerous combinations. Such a dangerous combination...

DUI arrest risks always are present when a person drives with alcohol in one's bloodstream, even if a small quantity. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that overall DWI arrest numbers will be reduced as people drive less during the pandemic. I also know...

Restricted license availability for refusal removes prosecutorial bargaining chip in DUI cases, says Virginia DUI lawyer Restricted licenses currently are not available for Virginia convictions for refusing to submit to breath or blood testing for measuring blood alcohol content (BAC) after being arrested for violating...

Discovery rules tell prosecutors what information (and when) they must provide defendants -- through their lawyers -- prior to trial. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I know that the Virginia discovery rules remain too narrow.  In Virginia district court, the defense is only entitled to...

Sea changes are happening that benefit criminal defendants with the new Virginia chief prosecutors in Fairfax County, Arlington and Loudoun As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I see numerous personnel changes at these Virginia commonwealth attorneys' offices; more flexibility with numerous case negotiations; and more opportunity...

Legislative reform beneficial to criminal defendants is more in reach than ever in Virginia now that Democrats control both of the commonwealth's House and Senate for the first time in decades. As a Fairfax criminal defense lawyer, I know that Democrats are not automatically better...

Horizontal gaze nystagmus ("HGN") is one of the three so-called DUI standardized field sobriety tests ("SFSTs") approved by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration ("NHTSA") of the United States Transportation Department. The HGN test is of no more use to DUI investigations than to confirm...