Top criminal defense Lawyers in Petersburg | 2 available

2 criminal defense lawyers are available in Petersburg, Virginia, including Brittany Rawlinson and James F. Andrews. These lawyers are rated between 3.1/5 to 3.5/5 and 56% provide free consultation.

Brittany Rawli

James F. Andre

criminal defense Lawyers Nearby Petersburg (by distance)

Within 25 miles near you

Colonial Heights, Virginia ZIP 23834 11.1 mi away 6 lawyers

Within 50 miles near you

Chesterfield, Virginia ZIP 23235 28.1 mi away 15 lawyers Richmond, Virginia ZIP 23220 29.2 mi away 23 lawyers Mechanicsville, Virginia ZIP 23111 34.3 mi away 3 lawyers Richmond, Virginia ZIP 23233 37.8 mi away 5 lawyers Franklin, Virginia ZIP 23851 40.9 mi away 2 lawyers

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Gloucester, Virginia ZIP 23061 51.0 mi away 4 lawyers Roanoke Rpds, North Carolina ZIP 27870 51.5 mi away 2 lawyers Suffolk, Virginia ZIP 23434 53.4 mi away 5 lawyers

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Brittany Rawlinson

402 S. Sycamore St , Petersburg , Virginia 23803

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

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James F. Andrews

Firm: Shell, Johnson, Andrews and Baskervill, P.C.

43 Rives Road PO Drawer 3090 , Petersburg , Virginia 23805

Practice Areas: Civil ,Corporate ,Criminal Defense ,Family ,Personal Injury,Probate ,Real Estate ,Wills

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Recent Q&As in Virginia (criminal defense)

schizophrenic neighbor repeatedly cutting our internet wires, thinks we are going to kill her, i am scared for my safety, nobody can help us | Aug 22, 2026 | Sourced from Reddit
hi reddit, i need some serious help :( location: virginia we recently bought a townhome and have a neighbor we are afraid of— and we can’t afford to move AGAIN. there is a woman who lives behind us with paranoid schizophrenia— she lives alone with no family. ever since we moved in, we have had issues with her. she has left notes on our door saying people are “hacking into our ring camera and using it when we are not on,”. and somehow knew our exact phone companies. banks, etc (schizophrenic scribble on the bottom of the paper that didn’t make sense but perfectly named this info about us, i don’t know how she would’ve known these things, maybe she went through our trash.) she throws trash in peoples yards and sprays them with lysol. but recently it has escalated. a couple weeks ago she cut our internet cable— she lives beneath us and the wire goes up the back of the house, she went out there with bolt cutters. my girlfriend ran outside and caught her in the act— we have video footage of her doing it. in the video, she says “you never talk to me or ask me how i’m doing, you don’t even know my name. but now you know who i am.” (while gesturing with our cut wires in her hand.) we called the police immediately, they came and spoke with her, she claimed we were hacking her (through our wifi cable) and that’s why…
how likely is it he gets bond. | Aug 3, 2026 | Sourced from Reddit
my sisters finance is on probation for a felony gun charge (possession of a gun as a felon) he just got out two months. on unsupervised probation and has 2 years over his head. he just got charged on 8/1/26 with assault and battery 3rd offense(felony) in va. he has a bond hearing tomorrow @1pm how likely is it he will get a bond? PAID $12,500 for his lawyer. but he has a long criminal history. location: in virginia

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Virginia Statutes — Criminal Defense

Crimes and Offenses Generally, part of the Code of Virginia

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