Case Results

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  • Penalty Reduced
    4th DWI, 3rd Driving On Revoked License, Reckless Driving
    Repeat client. Client had a good basis to fight the DWI charge in this matter as he refused all field tests and only blew a.06 which is under the legal limit. However, his license had been revoked previously so we had no defense to that charge. That ...
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  • Order Dismissed
    Civil Protective Order
    Client had a protective order issued against him and appealed it up to the Circuit Court. We spent a month fighting a huge DC law firm that was handling the petitioner’s case pro bono. The firm tried to paper us to death with discovery requests and ...
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  • Case Dismissed
    Domestic Assault and Battery
    Client’s wife charged him with domestic assault and battery because she was mad at him. She admitted there had not really been an assault and there were many other issues in their marriage. Based on my advice to her that it was a conflict of interest ...
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  • Case Dismissed
    DUI
    Client’s car caught fire while driving home from a snow day lunch. He pulled over into American Legion parking lot into a spot right in front of a tree although he could not see due to smoke. Witnesses called 911 and he was pulled out of the car by ...
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  • Penalty Reduced
    DWI
    A police officer in northern Virginia was charged with DWI (.11 BAC). The driving and standardized field tests and interaction with the officer on scene were not in Client’s favor and given his military background and substance abuse issues we tried ...
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  • Case Dismissed
    DWI
    A pro athlete for one of DC sports teams was charged with a DWI. We filed a motion to suppress to challenge reasonable articulable suspicion for the stop. Officer testified it appeared the client “almost went on the wrong side of a median dividing ...
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  • Case Dismissed
    DWI and Reckless Driving
    Client was stopped for speeding. Officer ordered him to get out and do standardized field sobriety tests. When client asked what would happen if he refused the tests the Officer said he would arrest him. This case was on video. During the suppression ...
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  • Not Guilty
    Failing to Provide Veterinarian Care
    Client was hired as a dog walker through a company. She walked the two French bulldogs on a hot summer morning. During the walk she realized it was going to take longer to get back as she could not cut through an area she thought she would be able to ...
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  • All 3 Felonies Dismissed
    Felony 2 Counts of Assault and Battery on Law Enforcement. Felony Eluding & DWI with Elevated BAC
    Client was stopped for a traffic infraction. Officers suspected he was under the influence. Client was arrested for the DWI only that night. Days later the other charges were sought and officers tried to allege that Client had tried to elude them and ...
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  • Not Guilty
    Felony Hit and Run Death
    A client was charged with felony hit and run involving the death of a young man. Client was a cab driver and had customers in back of car when he hit something on the highway. The lights on side of highway were out and when he stopped he did not see ...
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  • Judge Releases Client on the Sentencing Date
    Felony Robbery, Attempted Robbery, Two Counts of Felony Use of Firearm in Commission of a Felony, 2 Counts of Felony Conspiracy
    Juvenile charged with a co-defendant for incidents caught on video at two different places. Juvenile was facing up to life in prison on robbery, up to 10 years on conspiracy and mandatory time on the use of a firearm in commission of a felony. His ...
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  • Case Dismissed
    Felony Robbery, Felony Use of Firearm In Commission of Felony, Felony Conspiracy
    Juvenile was charged in juvenile court and the charges were certified to circuit court for him to be tried as an adult with his first attorney. After taking over the case I was able to review all the evidence and have several discussions with the ...
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  • Penalty Reduced
    Felony Shooting at Occupied Vehicle
    A juvenile was charged with shooting at an occupied vehicle when they took drugs from him and he was still hanging from the vehicle as they drove off. He shot at the car as they dragged him to get them to stop the car and he also suffered road rash ...
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  • Case Dismissed
    Probation Violation
    Client was facing 11 years prison on a probation violation. He was being supervised out of state for Virginia. The allegations were that he missed one meeting which he had documentation to show was incorrect. He also had pending charges in the new ...
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  • Both Cases Dismissed
    Stalking and Civil Protective Order
    Client was charged with stalking his ex-wife. She also extended the emergency protective order against him in an attempt to try for a permanent protective order. Client gave me access to emails, voicemails, texts, and various other documents and ...
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  • Case Dismissed
    Vicious Dog
    A client was charged with having a vicious dog when gate was left open and dog bit mailman. Vicious dog is usually charged when there is a prior incident and injury is serious. If a dog is declared vicious it must be put down. Case did not fall under ...
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