Top best Criminal Defense Lawyers Near me in ZIP 22314

Thomas C. Carter is a near lifelong northern Virginian. He graduated from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. He was admitted to the Virginia State Bar in 1978 and was appointed to a position as a law clerk to the Circuit Court Judges of Fairfax County.. In 1980, he was sworn in as an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney for the City of Alexandria. During his five years in the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, he tried many criminal and traffic cases, both felonies and misdemeanors, jury and non-jury trials. Since 1985, he has been in private practice concentrating on criminal and traffic matters.. Mr. Carter has lectured extensively on criminal and traffic defense. Recently, he has been a guest speaker at Alexandria and Fairfax Bar Association Continuing Legal Education seminars. He is always willing to help lawyers less familiar with northern Virginia state and federal practice.. Since 1978, attorney Thomas C. Carter has been helping the people of Virginia resolve their criminal and traffic offenses in both state and federal courts. Recently, Mr. Carter was selected to the 2017 List of Virginia SuperLawyers.

Sudeep Bose of the Bose Law Firm is a Former Police Officer and Investigator. The Bose Law Firm is a boutique litigation firm focused on aggressive representation of professional clients involved in all Virginia criminal and traffic cases including DUI.  Bose has handled complex criminal cases involving sexual assault, domestic violence, kidnapping, strangulation, and a wide assortment of drug crime and financial crime cases. Bose is AVVO 10/10 Superb rated and has practiced in Virginia since 1998.. Case results are posted daily on. Bose served on the Arlington Bar Judicial Selection Committee and served on the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Committee for Arlington and Falls Church as Chairman.  He is a father of three children and is married to Dr. Soma Bose.  He has been profiled in the New York Times, Washington Times, WTOP News, WJLA News Channel 7 and News Channel 8 for legal commentary on various occasions.. Attorney Bose offers a free telephone consultation at.

Ryan is an experienced trial lawyer who has defended thousands of individuals in trial courts throughout Northern Virginia and has been recognized for his work by Washingtonian Magazine, Northern Virginia Magazine, and SuperLawyers.. A central tenet to Ryan’s practice is service to others: There is no higher purpose than to serve this community and all of its members. It’s sometimes lost in other areas of legal practice, but serving individuals is central to the practice of criminal defense, family law, and personal injury law. Every person deserves the best advocate to stand up for them and tell their story. No matter what.. Ryan was born and raised in Leesburg, Virginia – a small town at the time when he was growing up – where his parents and family knew most people in town. Every person was a neighbor and a friend. After graduation from Virginia Tech, he returned to the Capitol region and attended The George Washington University Law School. After law school, he clerked in the D.C. Superior Court, and then joined the Public Defender’s Office in Alexandria.. While with the Public Defender’s Office, he represented hundreds of clients through trial and participated in dozens of jury trials. During this time, Ryan spent nearly two years handling a juvenile delinquency docket, representing children accused of crimes, a distinct and particularly challenging area of criminal law.. In the course of his career he’s represented thousands of clients charged with criminal offenses ranging from DUI to Homicide. He’s also served as counsel in many civil matters including Protective Orders, Custody and Visitation matters, contested and uncontested divorces, Guardian ad litem, and various other civil matters. Over this time, Ryan has been privileged enough to represent thousands of deserving human beings that required a competent, experienced, and innovative advocate to tell their story to achieve the best possible result.

Patrick T. O’Brien is a skilled advocate whose compassion for his clients is as important to him as his skills to provide great outcomes in his cases.  Attorney O'Brien is a Partner with Dischley Law, PLLC.  He is a former prosecutor with nearly a decade of experience handling high profile cases and major crimes.  Attorney O'Brien is known in Northern Virginia as a skilled and tenacious litigator who obtains unprecedented results for his clients. He prides himself on taking a holistic approach with all his clients, and believes strongly that such an approach leads to better results in court. Attorney O'Brien's knowledge, experience, and passion provides him with the ability to see any client through even the most difficult situation to achieve a positive outcome.. Attorney O'Brien's legal insight and experience sets him apart from other attorneys. In his career Attorney O'Brien has taken hundreds of cases to trial, including dozens of jury trials, on charges ranging from DUI, Reckless Driving, and possession of controlled substances up to murder, rape and large-scale drug distribution. In his career Attorney O'Brien has provided training to other attorneys, prosecutors, and law enforcement professionals on topics including Driving Under the Influence, Constitutional Law, trial practice, and other areas.. Attorney O'Brien’s clients benefit from his experience representing the Commonwealth in both Northern and Southern Virginia. Attorney O'Brien’s career began serving the citizens of Lynchburg, Virginia. During his time in Lynchburg, Attorney O'Brien prosecuted charges ranging from criminal misdemeanors, traffic offenses and serious felonies. Before leaving Lynchburg, Attorney O'Brien’s was handling major felonies to include narcotics distribution, robbery, embezzlement and homicide.. After five years in Lynchburg, Attorney O'Brien accepted a Senior Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney position in the City of Alexandria. Attorney O'Brien's caseload focused on major felony offenses, primarily focused on the prosecution of narcotics distribution offenses. Beyond drug trafficking, he continued to work robbery, firearm and, homicide crimes hand in hand with the city’s Police Department.. After over nine years spent prosecuting in Southern and Northern Virginia, Attorney O'Brien brings a well-rounded understanding of prosecutorial goals and tactics. This knowledge provides his clients an advocate who can quickly diagnose the strengths and weaknesses of the Government's case. With this information, Attorney O'Brien then determines the client’s best course of action.. Attorney O'Brien’s skills as a litigator were highly respected by his peers in the legal field.  Attorney O'Brien served a lecturer for prosecutors, law enforcement, criminal defense attorneys, and judges. His main focus related to the presentation of visual evidence at trial.  Attorney O'Brien developed multi-day trainings related to the use of cutting-edge technology in the courtroom and best practices to communicate visual evidence to juries. Attorney O'Brien also provided insight into evidence obtained from cellular technology and social media. Attorney O'Brien has been asked to lecture at events hosted the Virginia State Bar, the Criminal Section of the Virginia State Bar, The Office of the Attorney General, The University of Virginia School of Law, Washington and Lee School of Law and the Commonwealth’s Attorneys’ Services Council.

NovaLegalGroup, P.C. t/a the Law Office of O. Keith Hallam, Jr., is a small law firm that handles Criminal, Traffic, and Personal Injury matters.

NovaLegalGroup, P.C. t/a the Law Office of O. Keith Hallam, Jr., is a small law firm that handles Criminal, Traffic, and Personal Injury matters.

Matt is committed to finding creative, holistic solutions for his clients that are tailored to each client’s needs. As a criminal defense attorney, he passionately advocates for clients in misdemeanor and felony matters in Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, Loudoun, and other counties across Virginia. Matt’s privacy law practice focuses on counseling businesses on compliance with state, federal, and international privacy regulations, focusing on the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, CCPA, GDPR, and HIPAA. Matt also assists businesses respond to law enforcement requests for data through federal grand jury subpoenas.

Marina Medvin is a highly sought-after and nationally recognized criminal trial lawyer. She has defended FBI's 10 Most Wanted, Capitol defendants, WikiLeaks and Anonymous hackers, CEOs, politicians, celebrities, professional athletes, lawyers, prosecutors, police officers, senior military officers, and other high-profile cases.. Ms. Medvin is an experienced and vivacious litigator and has represented clients in the full spectrum of Virginia State and Federal prosecutions, including Murder, Cyber Crime, White Collar Crime, and DWI offenses. Attorney Medvin has been described as dauntless, assertive, innovative, and client-dedicated. She is known as a relentless advocate for her clients.. Marina Medvin has been recognized as one of Washington's Best Lawyers by Washingtonian Magazine, Top Lawyer by Northern Virginia Magazine, honored in the Washington Post's annual list of Top Attorneys in Washington DC, recognized by Richmond Magazine as one of the Top Attorneys in Virginia, selected as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America for superior litigation accomplishments, honored by Super Lawyers as a Super Lawyers Rising Star, profiled as a Leading Attorney in Town & Country Magazine, selected to the list of Top 100 Trial lawyers by the The National Trial Lawyers, received a 10.0 Superb Rating from AVVO, and maintains 5/5 star client ratings throughout the various online attorney reviews sites, amongst other distinctions.. Ms. Medvin's legal analysis has been featured by national television and print media, to include Forbes, BBC News, The Washington Post, ABC News, The Huffington Post, Yahoo! News, Vocative, TechWorm, International Business Times, Gizmodo.. Ms. Medvin is also an author and writer. She is a co-author of Defense of Serious Traffic Cases in Virginia, a Virginia practice guide that is taught to Virginia judges and lawyers as continuing legal education. She is a senior columnist at TownHall, a contributor at Forbes, and an op-ed writer for Washington Examiner.

Kimberly Stover is a seasoned trial attorney with over a decade of litigation experience. Having been a public defender at the Alexandria Office of the Public Defender from 2011-2022, she knows what it is like to represent people throughout all stages of the court process when the stakes are the highest. She is known among her colleagues and adversaries for her tireless advocacy, creative arguments and aggressive motions practice on behalf of her clients.. Kim has spent her career fighting on behalf of individuals who often feel overwhelmed, unheard and unfairly treated by the court system. She has represented hundreds of people charged with traffic offenses, juvenile offenses, domestic offenses, misdemeanor offenses, non-violent and violent felony offenses. She is also an experienced appellate lawyer, having argued before the Virginia Court of Appeals and the Virginia Supreme Court on several occasions.. In 2016, she attended the prestigious National Criminal Defense College (NCDC) Trial Practice Institute for its signature two-week trial skills training. She regularly attends defense attorney conferences throughout the United States to increase her knowledge of criminal law and to learn advanced advocacy strategies that improve outcomes for her clients. She also has presented at conferences on Virginia Circuit Court practice and procedure and she was faculty for the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission’s Boot Camp and advanced litigation training programs.

John Kiyonaga has spent the last 30 years successfully defending people accused of all major crimes to include capital murder, espionage and complex fraud. A graduate of Columbia Law School and fluent Spanish speaker, he is rated AV (Preeminent) by Martindale-Hubbell.. Mr. Kiyonaga has conducted over three dozen jury trials, argued numerous federal and state appeals, successfully petitioned the United States Supreme Court for hearing, and successfully challenged long after the fact, convictions in Virginia and the District of Columbia.. Prior to defending the criminally accused, he practiced with the Wall Street law firm of Brown & Wood and served as a military prosecutor.

Joe’s criminal defense portfolio includes defending some of the area’s most significant murder cases (including Commonwealth v. Charles Severance and Commonwealth v. Craig Patterson) as well as defending major federal drug conspiracy charges, federal white collar crimes, and DUI defense.   His work in criminal defense has been recognized by top regional publications The Washingtonian (Best Lawyers – December 2017, 2015, 2013 and 2011 issues)  and Northern Virginia Magazine (Best Lawyers – December 2016 and 2014 issues) as well as Virginia Super Lawyers.. Prior to establishing his private legal practice in 2008, Joe worked as an attorney at the Alexandria Office of the Public Defender (2004-2008), which has a number of alumni recognized among the Washington DC metro area’s top trial lawyers. During his time as a public defender, Joe diligently worked on behalf of his indigent clients and attended the respected Trial Practice Institute at the National Criminal Defense College in Macon, Georgia.. Joe received his juris docturate cum laude from The University of Michigan Law School in 2003.  He earned a Masters Degree in History from George Mason University in 1996 and a bachelor’s degree in Physics from Mary Washington College in 1992.. Joe is a fluent Spanish speaker.

I am a former Senior Trial Attorney  (GS 15) at the Narcotics Section, Criminal Division, US Department of Justice, and retired Army JAG officer (Lieutenant Colonel).  In addition to graduating from Law School at the University of Virginia with a Juris Doctor degree, I have an LL.M. in criminal law from George Washington University.  I have over 47 years of experience litigating criminal cases as both a prosecutor and a defense counsel.  I once won three consecutive murder cases in the Alexandria federal court. I have been in private practice defending individuals since 1986. I lived in Japan and Hawaii for 3 years each, and have visited over 40 foreign countries, so I can easily relate to a wide variety of people.. For detailed information about my experience, please visit my website.

Hickman Law Office’s team of personal injury lawyers in Alexandria, VA are leaders in their field and are committed to the success of your case. Our goal is to provide you the best legal representation possible. The staff at Hickman Law Office is highly trained in cases regarding personal injury, criminal, traffic and immigration, and will guide you through the process from start to finish, so you can rest assured that our personal injury attorneys will treat your case with the utmost care and attention. We take pride in our dedication to our clients and our high referral rate attests to that. You only get one shot at choosing the best legal guidance for your case; let Hickman Law Office of Alexandria, VA be your team of trusted advisors!

Former Army JAG with significant experience in courts-martials, administrative separation boards, officer elimination boards, Article 15s, GOMORs, FLIPLs, OER & NCOER appeals, QMP appeals, and Article 138 complaints.

Farheena received her bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. She received her J.D. from The George Washington University Law School. At the Law Office of Samuel C. Moore, Farheena is focused on the criminal defense practice group. Within that, she represents clients in matters ranging from murder, sexual assault, and violent weapons offenses. She has successfully litigated both felony and misdemeanor charges in various counties and cities across Northern Virginia such as Alexandria, Fairfax, Arlington, Prince William, and Spotsylvania. Farheena has also successfully litigated assault cases and driving offenses in the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA).

Ed is an experienced criminal defense attorney who practices in local and state courts in Washington, DC and Virginia and in federal courts in DC, Maryland, and Virginia, as well as nationwide where needed.

Christopher Jacob grew up right down the road in Richmond Virginia. He attended the University of Virginia where he worked for the student newspaper. After graduating from college, Chris received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Richmond. Before coming to the NovaLegalGroup he served as the Law Clerk for the Hanover Country Circuit Court where he worked on Criminal and Personal Injury cases. In his spare time Christopher coach’s youth lacrosse and enjoys watching University of Virginia athletics.

Christopher Amolsch is a nationally recognized Virginia criminal defense lawyer providing expert, aggressive and innovative representation in all federal and state criminal matters in both federal and state courts and in federal courts throughout the United States.. I graduated magna cum laude from George Mason University and was a scholarship student at Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia, which is consistently ranked as one of the top 25 law programs in the country.  After law school, I worked in Tennessee handling death penalty appeals in both federal and state courts before returning to the Washington, DC area.. I have handled many high profile cases which have been covered by numerous national newspapers.  I also appear regularly as an expert legal commentator on many national television programs, including Larry King, Nancy Grace, Court TV, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News.. I am also a founder and past Vice President of Washington, DC's Innocence Project.  As Vice President for the Innocence Project, I testified before the Virginia General Assembly on the causes of wrongful convictions and was actively involved in crafting Virginia's innocence protection legislation.   I filed the first claim of actual innocence ever considered under Virginia's new DNA statute and continue to represent clients seeking exoneration through Virginia's Writ of Actual Innocence and through federal and state habeas petitions.. In addition to my trial and appellate work, I sit on the Board of Directors of the Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and am active member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the preeminent organizations in Virginia and the United States advancing the mission of the nation's criminal defense lawyers.

Chris graduated from Falls Church High School in 1988, Georgetown University in 1992, and William and Mary law School in 1996. He also attended the George Washington University Master’s Program in Forensic Science from 2001-2003. During law school, Chris concentrated in criminal defense by working as an investigator at the D.C. Public Defender Service. He also clerked at the Public Defender’s Office in Bellingham, Washington in the summer of 1995, where he won his first jury trial under a Washington State Supreme Court rule, which allows law students meeting certain qualifications to try cases.. After passing the bar exam, Chris joined the Alexandria Public Defender’s Office, where he spent two years handling the traffic docket, mostly consisting of Driving While Intoxicated and other serious traffic offenses. He later became a Senior Assistant Public Defender, and for three years defended serious felony cases including murder, rape, child sexual abuse, and all varieties of serious drug offenses.. In 2002, Chris left the Alexandria Public Defender’s Office and formed his own law firm with Andrea L. Moseley (now a partner at Zwerling, Moseley and Sears, P.C.). In 2005, Leibig, Moseley, and Bennett merged with the nationally known Law Offices of John Kenneth Zwerling to form Zwerling, Leibig, and Moseley, P.C. In private practice, Chris has represented hundreds of individuals charged with serious felonies, including murder cases in Washington, D.C., Alexandria City, Fairfax County, Orange County, and Stafford County. He has also represented dozens of clients for serious sex offenses including rape, child sexual abuse, child pornography, and internet solicitation of a minor. Because Zwerling, Leibig, and Moseley, P.C. (now Zwerling, Moseley and Sears, P.C.) is a uniquely situated law firm with a broad client base, Chris’ practice has focused both on serious state court felonies and federal and white collar offenses, including drug conspiracies, money laundering, gambling and racketeering pursuant to the RICO Statute, import/export fraud, and money structuring.. Chris has received various recognition’s and awards, including being named by Washingtonian Magazine as one of the top criminal lawyers in the D.C. area in 2011. He is regularly named as one of the area’s top criminal lawyers by the Super Lawyers edition of Law and Politics Magazine, one of the few attorneys to be so named both in Virginia and Washington, D.C.. Chris has also published legal articles in various local and national magazines, including the Huffington Post, , and . He has appeared regularly as a legal commentator in various media outlets, including the Washington Post, the Washington Examiner, Fox News (local and national), , Inside Edition, CNN, Sports Illustrated, the New York Post, the Atlanta Constitution, and others. See In the Press page.

Attorney Jessica A. Richardson was born in Henrico County, Virginia and raised in Goochland County, Virginia. She attended George Mason University, and in 2012 graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Criminology, with a concentration in Law and Society. During her undergraduate career, Jessica focused on the study of law. She was also involved in several internships. She worked for the Victim Witness Assistance Program, a part of the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office in Manassas, Virginia, where she helped others feel prepared and educated on the criminal justice system, as they were involuntarily swept into it. She also worked for former U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder, at the Department of Justice, where she attended Congressional Hearings, and had exclusive control of confidential documents. In spite of the demands of being a full-time student and a full-time intern, Jessica graduated from her undergraduate institution a full year early.. In 2012, directly after graduating from George Mason University, Jessica moved to Michigan in pursuit of a law degree at Michigan State University, College of Law. While attending law school, Jessica interned at Fenton Legal Services, in Fenton, Michigan. There she attended court and dealt with various family law issues. She then interned at the Rutherford Institute, in Charlottesville, Virginia, a nonprofit civil liberties organization that is deeply committed to protecting the constitutional freedoms of every American. Although she enjoyed her time doing family law work, this internship solidified her belief that she was destined to practice criminal defense law.. Jessica A. Richardson has spent the entirety of her legal career in the practice of criminal law, and as an associate of Patrick N. Anderson & Associates, P.C. She believes wholeheartedly in the U.S. Constitution and works daily to ensure that individual rights are protected, specifically the right to be declared innocent until proven guilty.

An experienced firm fighting for your rights. If you have been charged with a crime in Virginia, you need an experienced criminal defense attorney on your side. For more than 23 years, Frank Salvato has been fighting to defend the rights of our clients. He has built our reputation on getting results. We are intimately familiar with all facets of the Virginia criminal justice system, and have the knowledge and skill to make sure you understand your legal options and to guide you through the legal process.. For more than 23 years, Frank Salvato in Alexandria and Leesburg has represented clients in state and federal courts on charges ranging from minor offenses to serious felonies, including:. When you have charges on your record that you want eliminated, Frank Salvato can help you get those charges sealed or expunged, or represent you in appellate court.