felony defense

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...

Yesterday, the Virginia Court of Appeals confirmed that a parent transporting a child while under the influence of alcohol is not automatically in violation of the felony child endangerment statute, Va. Code § 18.2-371.1(B)(1). Instead: "Policing the line between the ever present 'possibility' of serious...