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Attorney Dagoberto J. Rodriguez is the founder and owner of Rodriguez Law Firm, PLLC. He is licensed to practice law in the state courts of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Eastern District Court of Virginia and the District of Columbia. Mr. Rodriguez is a member of the Virginia State Bar, the District of Columbia Bar and the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. Furthermore, Attorney Rodriguez has been selected by the National Trial Lawyers Association as a Top 100 Lawyer in Virginia and has been awarded the prize of Top 40 under 40.. Mr. Rodriguez, was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He attended Universidad Santa Maria, Escuela de Derecho in Caracas Venezuela where he graduated with a Lawyer’s degree. He moved to the United States in October of 2001. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Kansas School of Law and his Master of Laws in International Business from American University.. Following his graduation from law school, Mr. Rodriguez worked with immigrants.  After effectively serving his clients, he decided to open his own firm serving clients all over Northern Virginia and DC.

Attorney Catherine Carré came to Foster McCollam Wright, PLLC after spending most of her legal career as a public defender. She worked for six years in the Fairfax Public Defender’s Office and almost two years in the Public Defender’s Office for Fauquier and Rappahannock Counties. During her time in those offices, she tried dozens of jury trials on charges ranging from traffic offenses to murder. She also helped train all of the new public defenders throughout the Commonwealth in 2018, teaching them the law and practice tips for sentencing and probation revocation hearings. She worked extensively with clients who had mental health issues and successfully represented clients who had been found not guilty by reason of insanity in conditional and unconditional release hearings. Attorney Carré drafted and argued multiple novel evidentiary motions, including a motion to quash search warrants and a motion to quash a subpoena duces tecum issued by a special Grand Jury.. Her real interest, though, was in juvenile and domestic relations. She spent several years focusing on cases originating in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court (JDR). She learned the intricacies and nuances of juvenile law and the many different programs, services, and outcomes available to juveniles. In Fauquier County, she assisted in implementing the Standardized Dispositional Matrix, with the goal of ensuring that juveniles charged with crimes are treated similarly throughout the Commonwealth.. Attorney Carré also has experience in civil litigation. For two years, she worked at Bancroft, McGavin, Horvath & Judkins, specializing in insurance defense and in defending government employees and agencies in civil lawsuits. She handled federal cases throughout the Commonwealth and in the Eastern District of Virginia. She is also barred in New York State.. She currently lives here in Prince William County but is a Philadelphia native. She attended the prestigious J.R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School, followed by Penn State University, where she was a member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. Catherine was also a member of the University Park Allocation Committee, overseeing the distribution of $2.4 million to various university groups.. Attorney Carré went to law school at Temple University, which consistently ranks as one of the best law schools in the nation in trial advocacy. While there, she was named Outstanding Oral Advocate in her Advanced Trial Advocacy program and was a fellow in the Rubin Public Interest Law Honor Society. She coached a high school mock trial team, which went to state championships. She took advantage of numerous internship and clinical opportunities while in law school, and interned or participated in clinicals with the Delaware Department of Justice, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, and the Public Defender’s Office in Camden, New Jersey. Her experiences in law school helped solidify her love of criminal defense, but also provided her with valuable insight into the workings of prosecutors’ offices and governmental agencies, which has been useful for her clients countless times throughout her career.. This firm provides Catherine the opportunity to be more involved in her own community while utilizing the skills she has built through her years as a criminal and civil attorney.

Attorney Casey J. Bach enjoys diligently representing clients charged with DUI/DWI, criminal charges, and traffic offenses in jurisdictions throughout Virginia. Mr. Bach studied Law and Society at American University before graduating from George Mason University School of Law.. Mr. Bach previously practiced both criminal defense and immigration law and has litigated dozens of hours-long asylum hearings at the Arlington Immigration Court. This experience not only sharpened Mr. Bach’s trial skills but also helped him learn to connect with clients personally to best represent the most intimate and complex details of their cases. Mr. Bach’s time representing Immigration Court clients also enabled him to become conversational in Spanish, and he is still happy to assist Spanish-speaking clients in their native language.. Mr. Bach has applied those skills to represent a wide variety of clients charged with crimes in jurisdictions all over Virginia and obtain positive results. Mr. Bach has represented both adults and juveniles charged with both misdemeanors and felony offenses. Mr. Bach has had DUIs dismissed both by the Court finding his clients “Not Guilty” at trial and by motion of the Prosecution to “nolle prosequi” or voluntarily dismiss the charges without trial. Mr. Bach has also helped clients get charges ranging from violent felonies to petty larceny to reckless driving, etc., dismissed by the court or reduced to lesser infractions.. To better represent his clients, Mr. Bach completed a 24-hour course on administering Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFST) conducted by police officers investigating DUI/DWI. This SFST course is the same training administered to police officers. Mr. Bach’s knowledge of the correct procedure to investigate DUIs helps him identify positive arguments for his clients’ performance on field sobriety tests, as well as potential mistakes by arresting officers.. Mr. Bach understands that his clients hire him not just to obtain a good result but to benefit from his knowledge and guidance throughout the entire legal process. If you hire Mr. Bach to represent you, he will be devoted to answering your questions and making sure you understand the best path forward to resolving your case.

As the Owner and Managing Attorney of Lionheart Law, Shameeka brings a powerful combination of criminal and family law experience to every client she serves. A proud graduate of North Carolina Central University School of Law, Shameeka passed the Virginia Bar and returned to her home state with a clear mission: to serve and advocate for the communities that shaped her.. Shameeka began her legal career as an Assistant Public Defender, where she gained valuable courtroom experience and secured favorable outcomes for clients facing serious criminal charges. Her time in this role sharpened her trial skills and deepened her commitment to zealous, client-centered representation.. She later joined two respected boutique law firms in Northern Virginia, where she expanded her practice into family law. There, she guided clients through some of life’s most difficult moments—handling complex custody disputes, child support issues, and divorce proceedings with both compassion and precision.. Over the years, Shameeka has become a fierce advocate with a deep understanding of both criminal defense and family law. She approaches every case with care, knowing that today’s legal challenges can shape her clients’ futures. Whether in the courtroom or at the negotiating table, Shameeka is the fighter you want in your corner.

As a Trial Attorney with over 12 years of experience Shannon Johnson, she served as an Assistant Prosecutor in two counties in Virginia. During her time as a prosecutor she handled many criminal matters. She has handled over 100 bench trails as a prosecutor.. After transitioning into Criminal Defense, Shannon’s reputation as one of the best trial attorneys in the area have caused other attorneys to seek to hire her specifically to handle difficult and challenging jury trials. In her time as a Criminal Defense Attorney she would consistently receive significant wins.. Some of the types of cases she specializes in include:. DUI. Reckless Driving. Assault and Battery. Domestic Assualt. Strangulation. Abduction. Assualt and Battery of a Police Officer. Trespass. Shoplifting. Grand Larceny

Andrew Lindsey is a valued member of the Price Benowitz Northern Virginia legal team, but has litigated criminal cases from border to border of the Commonwealth. Andrew graduated cum laude from William & Mary Law School in 2014, where he specialized in civil rights & criminal law. As a law student, Andrew received top grades in relevant coursework, participated in criminal law moot court competitions, and wrote multiple scholarly articles published in William & Mary's legal internet blogs as well as its nationally-renowned Bill of Rights Journal. Andrew also acquired valuable experience working for defense attorneys, prosecutors, and judges alike at the state and federal levels in Virginia and Washington, D.C., including: Virginia's Central Capital Defender Office, the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice, and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. After law school, Andrew spent four years defending Virginians from criminal prosecutions as an attorney in the Alexandria and Suffolk Public Defender offices, as well as a private criminal defense attorney in Fairfax and Prince William Counties. In that time Andrew worked on cases ranging from the lowest of traffic infractions to the highest of felonies covered by the news media, and consistently satisfied clients of all different financial and cultural backgrounds. Not only was Andrew awarded ’s exclusive Client’s Choice Award, he has never received less than a 5-out-of-5-star rating from a reviewing client. Andrew has further won the trust, praise, and respect of prosecutors and judges in multiple jurisdictions, as well as from the leadership of the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission. In addition to trials, Andrew has experienced much success in resolving cases before trial, and reducing clients’ sentences who hired him after losing their trials. Andrew has also handled multiple appeals to the Virginia Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Virginia, and has even overturned sentences imposed by the Virginia Parole Board long after criminal cases have ended. Andrew prides himself in providing unrelenting and creative legal advocacy for every single client charged with any kind of offense. If you are looking to hire a lawyer who is as serious about your case as you are, email Andrew directly at , or call his law firm at.

A shareholder at Vanderpool, Frostick & Nishanian, Kristina has been practicing law for over twenty five years, and has a perceptive understanding of her client’s legal needs. Using her extensive experience and knowledge, Kristina provides innovative solutions that are specific to each of her clients. Her experience includes Employment Law, Civil Litigation, and Municipal Law. Kristina Spitler has been nominated Virginia’s “Legal Elite” by Virginia Business Magazine for four years, named one of Virginia’s most “Influential Women” by Virginia Lawyers Weekly, and awarded the title of one of 2016’s “Leaders in the Law”.. Kristina is a highly ranked speaker and trainer on the topic of Employment Law issues. As an Employment Law subject matter expert, she has most recently played a large role in hosting one of the largest annual Employment Law Summits in Virginia for the past several years. Kristina uses her experience in leading organizations to help to build up the legal and local community, and strives to provide her client’s with excellent service, handling their legal situations with professionalism and expertise.

A native of Northern Virginia, Steve Duckett graduated from the University of Richmond with a Political Science and Economics degree in 1994, and graduated with a Juris Doctor from Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana. Steve has been practicing criminal defense law in Northern Virginia since 1997. Admitted to all courts in Virginia, Steve has experience in the Virginia Court of Appeals, US District Court, and Circuit/General District courts all over Virginia. Clients have included CEO's, professional athletes, White House staff, and many other clients with a lot to lose. Steve is widely regarded among peers -- including members of prosecution and the bench -- for professional discretion and aggressive, creative trial techniques. Steve has tried numerous unusual and complex cases throughout his career. He has produced lecture outlines for CLE courses, and is frequently consulted by other attorneys for assistance on cases.