Fairfax Defense Lawyer

Case Results

2011 - The client was charged with assault, rape, and abduction.  Prior to retaining me a judge found him guilty of the assault charge and certified the rape and abduction charges for trial in circuit court.  The judge ordered that the client begin serving a 12-month jail sentence while he awaited trial on the two serious felony charges.  Unhappy with his legal representation, the client appealed, terminated his previous attorney, and retained me.  I immediately took a different approach to the case.  I contacted the complaining witness and discussed her version of the events.  It became apparent that the police officers involved in the case overcharged my client.  After negotiation with the Commonwealth's Attorney, the prosecutor agreed to dismiss all felony charges against my client.  My client never spent a day in jail.   

2011 - In December 2010, a private citizen called police and said that he woke up after midnight and saw an intruder in his bedroom.  The citizen told police that as he got out of bed he saw that the burglar was a bald, black male, 5'11'' tall, wearing a black shirt.  Twenty minutes later, the police observed my client in the area of the break-in.  After a foot chase, police arrested my client.  My client was a convicted felon and looked similar to the description given to the police.  However, at a preliminary hearing, I vigorously challenged the victim.  Ultimately during cross-examination, the victim admitted that although he was certain of the burglar's race, height, and hairstyle, he could not positively identify my client as the one who had entered his home.  The judge dismissed all charges against my client.

2010 - My client was a 22 year old college student accused of harassing and stalking his ex-girlfriend.  Prior to retaining me, a district court judge found him guilty and sentenced him to serve 6 months in jail.  He appealed and hired me.  I suggested he request trial by jury.  At trial, I successfully impeached the accusing witness by highlighting phone records that exposed contradictions in her testimony.  The jury acquitted my client of all charges.

2010 - Outlaw Motorcycle Trial.  In June 2010, federal agents in four states stormed the clubhouses of the American Outlaw Motorcycle Club.  27 Club members were charged with offenses ranging from racketeering to conspiracy.  Agents raided my client's home and arrested him in front of his wife and children.  Under severe pressure from the government, 19 of the club members plead guilty and many of them agreed to testify against my client, the president, and others who had chosen not to take plea deals.  After months of trial preparation and research my client and I decided to resist all plea offers from the government.  As trial approached for my client and the national club president, my client became certain that the government could not overcome our defense.  Five days before trial, I described key details of my defense to the prosecutor and told him in that my client would not accept any plea.  Two days later, the government dismissed all charges against my client.

2009 - Three police officers approached my client in, "an area of high drug activity" and initiated a search of his person and clothes. The search revealed a significant amount of illegal narcotics. At a motions hearing, the police asserted that their search was based upon a need for officer safety. In a written memorandum, I brought the judge's attention to a series of recent supreme court decisions which require an officer to have reasonable articulable suspicion in prior to initiating a search like the one in my case. The Judge ruled that the search of my client violated his Fourth Amendment right against illegal searches and seizures. The Judge threw out the evidence and the Commonwealth was unable to try the case against my client.

2009 - My client was a 28 year old father of three young children charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and brandishing a firearm. As a new parent, he was not willing to accept the Commonwealth's proposed plea agreement of 3 years of incarceration. At a preliminary hearing, I successfully argued that his offense did not meet the technical elements of the felony as charged. The judge dismissed all charges and the client returned home to his family.

2009 - The client was a high school senior who had been offered a scholarship to play division one college basketball. He had been charged with a class one misdemeanor and a conviction would have jeopardized his scholarship. The prosecutor refused to offer any plea that would allow him to play basketball. After a lengthy trial, the court found the client not guilty. He will attend school and begin basketball practice this fall.

2008 - The client, a 25 year old with an extensive criminal record was charged with murder, car-jacking and use of a firearm. News reports after the shooting claimed that police heard the victim identify the shooter before he died. A second witness testified that my client took her keys and robbed her at gunpoint. Cross-examination revealed discrepancies in the eye-witness testimony. The jury found the client guilty of a lesser gun offense but acquitted the client of homicide and carjacking.

2007 - My client was charged with murder, drug possession and use of a firearm. Several witnesses claimed to have seen my client in the area following the victim. In a moment later described by a newspaper article as a "Perry mason moment" I elicited testimony from a witness that denied that my client was the shooter. The client was acquitted of all charges.

2007 - My client was facing 70 years of incarceration for drug distribution and theft charges. Police had used hidden recording devices and a confidential informant to set him up. The prosecutor claimed that he had my client's confession and admissions on tape. Using legal research and effective trial advocacy, I convinced the judge to dismiss all charges.

2006 -Robbery conviction reversed - Virginia Supreme Court.

2005 - Injury forced my client to retire from professional football. I negotiated a six figure settlement from the league

THE FOLLOWING CASE RESULTS DEPEND UPON A VARIETY OF FACTORS UNIQUE TO EACH CASE. CASE RESULTS DO NOT GUARANTEE OR PREDICT A SIMILAR RESULT IN ANY FUTURE CASES UNDERTAKEN.