Virginia Assault Defense

Parental privilege protection (PPP) is important for you to discuss with your attorney if prosecuted in Virginia for allegedly assaulting or committing cruelty to your child. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that the law of the commonwealth provides wide ranging PPP to physically...

Assault dismissal -- or else acquittal -- is the ultimate goal when charged with this alleged Virginia crime. I have gotten Fairfax assault cases and such cases in other jurisdictions acquitted, dismissed on the trial date (whether by agreement with the prosecutor or under the...

Imminent danger [ID] must be present for a person to successfully advance a defense of self defense against an assault prosecutions. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I hear many of my clients and potential clients assert self defense, defense of others and pre-emptive attacks. Even...

Anger can seriously harm a claim of self defense against an assault conviction. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that running one's mouth and not diffusing tension can also work against a self defense claim. A prime example of that came this month with...

Virginia battery law -- also known as assault law -- gives the least anxiety to a criminal defendant by their having avoided physical confrontation in the first place. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that once a person is a Virginia assault defendant, a...

Virginia assault defense has always had available the defense of reasonable child discipline without anger by the person administering the corporal punishment. As a Fairfax assault defense lawyer, I know that the defense of disciplining one's minor children requires a showing of due moderation without...

Pushing a police officer is a Virginia felony offense, says Fairfax criminal lawyer Pushing a police officer — absent legal justification to do so — is a Virginia felony offense. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I read that Juan Luis Lopez was unsuccessful in arguing...