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Virginia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 24 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Federal Crime

Bio: Retired Navy Judge Advocate and former DOJ Immigration Judge onto the next adventure. Defending Virginians in state and federal courts with 23 years of litigation experience as a defense attorney, prosecutor, trial judge, and appellate law clerk.

Rating: 7.2

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Virginia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 12 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Employment & Labor, Personal Injury

Bio: Ms. Ali graduated from the David A. Clarke School of Law at the University of the District of Columbia. She has been awarded the Dr. Medger Evers Political Action Award by the NAACP presented to an individual who has exhibited outstanding commitme...

Rating: 6.7

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Criminal defense lawyers represent clients at every stage of a criminal case: investigation, arrest, arraignment, plea bargaining, trial, and appeal. They assess evidence, protect constitutional rights, negotiate reduced charges or sentences, cross-examine witnesses, raise defenses, file motions, and advocate to minimize penalties or obtain acquittals.

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Virginia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 12 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Workers Compensation, Social Security and more

Bio: J. Aaron Thomas is an injury lawyer working in Lynchburg and Roanoke practicing as an associate at the firm Agnew & Rosenberger, PLLC. Mr. Thomas has spent his entire legal career at his current firm. Before entering the legal field, Mr. Thomas sp...

Rating: 6.6

Call for a consultation(540) 302-5473

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Virginia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 20 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family, Estate Planning

Review: "Kristen consultation gave came to fruition in the courtroom. Money well spent. She's a hard worker."

Rating: 7.6

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Virginia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 26 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Speeding & Traffic Ticket, Personal Injury and more

Bio: I do a wide variety of legal matters including, but not limited to, criminal and traffic defense, personal injury cases, civil litigation, expungements, domestic cases (custody, visitation, divorce and child support), and wills.

Rating: 8.6

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Virginia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 27 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family, Personal Injury and more

Review: "Having spent 7 YEARS and a lot of money with the wrong attorney who solely cared about his image, political network and a 5 star rating, I was leery about trusting another. After multiple consults at different places, we met with Attorney Doug Wal..."

Rating: 6.9

Call for a consultation(757) 979-2916

Virginia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 43 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Litigation, Commercial and more

Review: "Paul Vangellow was very open and transparent. He freely gave us his time over the phone and seemed very knowledgeable. After further investigating our case, we decided we didn't need Paul's services. But he gave us enough information initially to ..."

Rating: 7.8

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Virginia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 16 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Landlord & Tenant, DUI & DWI and more

Review: "We used him because of his reputation! He never past judgement! He wanted us to win, and win we did! He proved our son was guilty but not only that he was very skillful and prepared us. That if we did not win what we needed to do to get the least ..."

Rating: 7.3

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Virginia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 12 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Speeding & Traffic Ticket and more

Rating: 7.4

Call for a consultation(804) 409-2636

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Virginia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 24 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Car Accidents, Personal Injury and more

Review: "Heather Howard went above and beyond what her job called for in my divorce case!! She had to do the work for both sides and she didn't have to. But she did it and it got done!! That is just the kind of person she is. There just isn't enough words ..."

Rating: 6.8

Call for a consultation(276) 477-2289

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Virginia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 32 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Speeding & Traffic Ticket, Personal Injury

Bio: I practice criminal and traffic law in the Richmond area. I also am a real estate developer in the City of Richmond. I practice law in the following cities and counties: City of Richmond, Chesterfield County, Henrico County, Hanover County, Caroli...

Rating: 7.0

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Virginia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 25 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Speeding & Traffic Ticket and more

Review: "Bruce did an excellent job with my case I was charged with a felony and I was denied Bond my attorney at the time could not even get me a bond hearing as soon as Bruce took over my case he had me a bond hearing and I was able to get out of jail I ..."

Rating: 6.5

Call for a consultation(276) 254-7893

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Virginia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 18 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family, Speeding & Traffic Ticket

Bio: Chidinma U. Harley, Esq. is a Fairfax attorney and founding member of Pervaiz & Harley PLLC. She brings integrity, passion, creativity, and diligence to the firm as well as each and every case that she takes on. Ms. Harley genuinely care about her...

Rating: 7.9

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Virginia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 10 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Federal Crime, White Collar Crime and more

Bio: Attorney Melanie Caldwell Wright is an associate attorney with the Simms Firm. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and Criminology, Law and Society from George Mason University. She earned her J.D. from Liberty University, School...

Rating: 7.4

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Virginia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 16 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "I hired Robin after my meeting with her because she is friendly, easy to talk to and she answered all my questions. I really felt that I was represented by someone who cared. And she’s affordable too. I recommend Ms.Robin Desrosier."

Rating: 6.9

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Virginia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 20 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family, Litigation and more

Review: "Mrs. Thomas Hardy was recommended from another attorney and I'm happy she is taken care of me and my son. She comes from a great school and fights for the child's best interest. I had to deal with a custody issue and child support and it looks lik..."

Rating: 8.7

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Virginia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 23 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy and more

Bio: Joanne Yi is a skilled bankruptcy attorney with 16 years of experience. Joanne was born in South Korea and came to the Unites States when she was a freshman in high school. Joanne received her bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the College of Wil...

Rating: 9.4

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Virginia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 14 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Rating: 9.3

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Virginia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 28 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Speeding & Traffic Ticket

Bio: Upon admission to the Virginia Bar in 1998, Erik Jurgensen became an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney (state prosecutor) for Fairfax County in the office of the legendary prosecutor Robert F. Horan. In that position, he was responsible for crimin...

Rating: 7.1

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Virginia Criminal Defense Attorney

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 34 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Child Custody, DUI & DWI and more

Bio: Ms. Newton served as the Chief Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney, the second highest ranking prosecutor in the county, focusing on the prosecution of homicide, violent sex offenses, and other high-profile cases.

Rating: 8.8

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