Eric Edward Clingan

I just turned 18 and I was charged with possession of marijuana and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Without a lawyer, I had already pled guilty to the marijuana charge. Then I met Mr. Clingan. He explained everything I needed to know about the court system and he even advised me to app...eal my marijuana case to the Circuit Court, which I did. He listened to the facts on each case and told me that I had some pretty good defenses. When we went to Prince William County for the contributing to delinquency charge the prosecutor wanted 10 days in jail! Eric advised me to go to trial and he was right. The judge threw the case out without us even having to put on any evidence or prove our case. In Fairfax, the prosecutor was only offering me the “251” program. Eric advised me that the judge would likely give me the program even if we lost at trial, so we went to trial again. And we won, again! Eric kept the prosecutor from being able to use the marijuana against me by nailing the officer on the stand. Even the judge said at the end, “We all know it was marijuana, but the Commonwealth couldn’t prove it.” The judge gave compliments to Mr. Clingan in front of the whole courtroom, too.