Law Offices Of SRIS, P.C. has been practicing law since 1997. The firm's Virginia-admitted attorneys appear in the courts that decide Virginia Beach matters — the General District Court, Circuit Court, and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court at the Judicial Center on Nimmo Parkway, and the federal bench of the Eastern District of Virginia.
If you have been served, charged, cited, or injured, the first question is usually procedural: which court, what deadline, and what happens if you do nothing.
Its nearest Virginia location is in Richmond, approximately 100 miles away. Consultations for Hampton Roads matters are scheduled by appointment at the Richmond location or conducted remotely, and court appearances are made in the jurisdiction where the case is pending.
Attorney assignment depends on the subject matter, the court, and admission.
Divorce, equitable distribution, spousal support, custody, child support, modification, and enforcement. Virginia divides marital property against a statutory list of factors rather than by any fixed formula, so outcomes turn on the facts established in the record.
Misdemeanor and felony defense, including assault, larceny, drug offenses, weapons charges, probation violations, and expungement petitions. Misdemeanors and preliminary hearings sit in the General District Court; felonies proceed by indictment to the Circuit Court.
Representation in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Federal matters run on a defined statutory schedule and under their own sentencing framework, both differing substantially from state practice.
Motor vehicle collisions, premises liability, and wrongful death. Virginia's contributory negligence doctrine shapes how a claim is investigated and how early it needs attention.
Family-based petitions, adjustment of status, consular processing, waivers, naturalization, and removal defense. Immigration consequences frequently attach to criminal and traffic outcomes, and the two need handling together.
Reckless driving, speeding, driving on a suspended license, hit and run, and DUI/DWI. Virginia charges reckless driving as a criminal misdemeanor rather than an infraction — at 20 mph or more over the limit, or above 85 mph regardless of the posted limit.
Defense against charges carrying registration consequences — pretrial procedure, forensic and digital evidence, and collateral consequences that outlast any sentence.
Entity formation, operating agreements, corporate bylaws, member and shareholder disputes, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate compliance across Hampton Roads.
Commercial transactions, vendor and supplier agreements, secured transactions, collections, and commercial lease disputes for businesses in the Hampton Roads market.
Drafting, review, negotiation, breach claims, and defense of breach claims — commercial agreements, service contracts, and non-competition and non-solicitation provisions.
Contract disputes, business torts, property disputes, and appeals, in the General District and Circuit Courts of Virginia Beach and the surrounding jurisdictions.
Wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, powers of attorney, advance medical directives, probate administration, and estate disputes. Virginia's execution requirements are formal, and a will that fails them can fail entirely.
Virginia applies contributory negligence, which is unusually strict: a plaintiff found even slightly at fault may recover nothing. Most personal injury actions must be brought within two years of accrual, and wrongful death actions within two years of the date of death. Neither period pauses while you negotiate with an insurer.
Appeal from a General District Court conviction to the Circuit Court runs on a short statutory clock, and a missed date can foreclose the appeal.
Virginia's Intelligent Speed Assistance program, enacted as House Bill 2096 (2025), allows a court to order installation of a GPS-linked speed-limiting device as an alternative to license suspension; for reckless driving convictions involving speeds over 100 miles per hour, the court must impose one or the other.
Enrollment costs fall on the driver, and tampering with an installed device is a separate criminal offense. The Commonwealth has not yet certified the approved device list, so practical availability is still developing. What the program changes is the range of outcomes a plea can produce.
Every attorney listed below is admitted in Virginia. Assignment depends on the subject matter, the court, and admission; not all attorneys are licensed in all states.
Former prosecutor. Founded the firm in 1997. Testified in support of Va. HB 635 (2019). Practices criminal defense and family law.
VA · MD · DC · NJ · NY
Former Virginia State Trooper — fifteen years on the road before the courtroom. JD University of Richmond (2003). Practices DUI, criminal, and traffic defense.
VA
Former Maryland Assistant State’s Attorney. With the firm since 2010. JD Rutgers School of Law (2004). Practices criminal law, DUI defense, and traffic law.
MD · VA
Thirty-plus years of practice since 1994. Fourteen-year CPS contract in Alexandria. JD The Catholic University of America (1994).
VA · DC
J.D./M.A. University of Florida. Ph.D. UC Santa Barbara (2017). Twenty-one-plus years of practice since 2005. Family law, employment law, and business litigation.
VA · FL
Practices family law and estate planning for clients across Virginia, including the Hampton Roads region.
VA
A consultation covers what you are facing, which court will hear it, what the schedule looks like, and what the firm would do. Fees are quoted after the matter is reviewed; there is no single answer, because the work is not the same across a first-offense speeding case and a contested custody trial.
Call (888) 437-7747Reach the intake line at (888) 437-7747 or send the contact form with the court, county, and any next date you know.
Summons, warrant, petition, crash report, or correspondence from an insurer or agency — the documents set the deadlines.
The consultation covers what you are facing, which court will hear it, what the schedule looks like, and what the firm would do.
Fees are quoted after the matter is reviewed and confirmed in a written engagement agreement.
State matters are heard in the courts of the city or county where the case is pending — for Virginia Beach, at the Judicial Center on Nimmo Parkway.
Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Isle of Wight County
Poquoson, Gloucester County, James City County, and York County
By appointment at the Richmond location, approximately 100 miles from Virginia Beach, or remotely. Court appearances are made in the jurisdiction where the case is pending.
Family law and divorce, criminal defense, federal matters, personal injury, immigration, traffic and DUI defense, sex offense defense, business law, commercial law, contract law, civil litigation, and trusts and estates.
Yes. Reckless driving is a Class 1 misdemeanor in Virginia, not a traffic infraction. A conviction creates a criminal record, carries a potential jail sentence and license suspension, and is reported to employers and insurers.
Enacted as House Bill 2096 (2025) and effective July 1, 2026, the program allows a Virginia court to order installation of a GPS-linked speed-limiting device in a driver's vehicle as an alternative to license suspension. For reckless driving convictions involving speeds over 100 miles per hour, the court must impose either enrollment or suspension. The driver bears the cost of installation and monitoring, and tampering with an installed device is a separate criminal offense. The Commonwealth has not yet certified the approved device list.
Generally two years from the date the cause of action accrues. Wrongful death actions run two years from the date of death. Some claims, including those against governmental entities, carry shorter notice deadlines. Missing the deadline usually bars the claim regardless of its merits.
Virginia is one of a small number of states that still applies contributory negligence. If a jury finds the injured person even slightly responsible for the accident, recovery can be barred entirely. It is one of the most consequential differences between a Virginia injury claim and one filed in most neighboring states.
Misdemeanors, traffic charges, and civil claims under the jurisdictional limit are heard in the General District Court. Felonies, contested divorces, and larger civil claims go to the Circuit Court. Custody, visitation, support, and juvenile matters begin in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court. Federal matters arising in Virginia Beach are heard in the Norfolk Division of the Eastern District of Virginia; matters arising in Poquoson and in Gloucester, James City, and York Counties are heard in the Newport News Division.
No. The firm's nearest Virginia location is in Richmond. Consultations for Hampton Roads matters are scheduled by appointment there or conducted remotely, and court appearances are made in the jurisdiction where the case is pending.
Consultations are by appointment and are not offered free of charge. Fee arrangements are discussed during intake and confirmed in a written engagement agreement.
Call (888) 437-7747 or submit the contact form. Law Offices Of SRIS, P.C. has been practicing since 1997.
Bring the paperwork you have — summons, warrant, petition, crash report, or correspondence from an insurer or agency. Consultations are by appointment and are not offered free of charge.
4008 Williamsburg Court, Fairfax, VA 22032
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Virginia-admitted attorneys appearing in the courts of Virginia Beach and the Hampton Roads region. Practicing since 1997.
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