Understanding Your Rights and Options Under Virginia Law
Here, our Fairfax legal team offers insight into a number of local legal topics, including criminal and traffic charges, personal injury, civil litigation, business disputes, and more. Learn what these cases can mean for you and your family, and how the experienced lawyers at Greenspun Shapiro PC can help.
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Virginia Will Raise Felony Theft Threshold Under the new agreement, legislation will increase the felony level. In exchange, Governor Northam will support efforts to increase collection of restitution. -
Marijuana Reform Is Coming to Virginia Here we share potential changes we could see in Virginia’s medical marijuana laws. Learn what this could mean for marijuana possession, use and dispensing. -
Social Media Can Be A Killer Social media can get you in trouble. Here we share a story about a young woman who incriminated herself by what she shared in a Facebook post online. -
Should Juries Review Virginia’s Sentencing Guidelines? The goal of Virginia’s Sentencing Guidelines is to impose uniform punishments. As it stands, juries can't see them, but should they be able to? -
iPhone X Facial Recognition Impact on Criminal Investigations Can a police officer confiscate my phone and unlock it using a facial recognition feature? Can I refuse to let law enforcement unlock my phone? Here we explain! -
Police Officers in the Heat of the Moment Undercover officers from two different precincts converged on the same drug house in Detroit leading to mass confusion and an all-out brawl. Read the deatails. -
What to do if You Receive a Witness Subpoena in a Criminal Case If you've been served with a subpoena to appear to testify at a grand jury, a hearing, or a trial, what should you do? Muhammad Elsayed explains. -
Crime Watch Daily Features Peter Greenspun! Peter Greenspun was interviewed and featured on a Crime Watch Daily episode about a brutal attack on a well-known Virginian couple. Watch the episode here! -
What To Do After Receiving A Subpoena in Virginia Have you recently received a subpoena in Virginia? Greenspun Shapiro attorneys explain the types of subpoenas and what you should do if you receive one. -
Reforming Rules on Government Destruction of Evidence You insist it isn't true, but the officer insists you physically assaulted him resulting in serious charges. What if the officer failed to preserve video proof?