Recognized by Northern Virginia Magazine as a top Traffic and DWI Criminal Attorney, Robinson Law, PLLC is committed to providing skilled criminal defense representation throughout Northern Virginia. As a former prosecutor, Michael A. Robinson has a thorough understanding of how the other side approaches criminal cases. This insight provides a valuable advantage when developing defense strategies for his clients. The firm believes every client deserves a Northern Virginia criminal attorney who is experienced, aggressive, responsive, and committed to pursuing the best possible outcome. Robinson Law, PLLC is a criminal defense, personal injury, and estate planning firm located in Fairfax, Virginia. The firm proudly serves clients throughout Northern Virginia, including Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William Counties. Its primary criminal defense practice includes DUI and DWI defense, drug offenses, record expungements, federal cases, juvenile defense, probation violations, theft offenses, and traffic defense. The firm also represents injured clients in personal injury matters involving car accidents, truck accidents, catastrophic injuries, dog bites, Amazon delivery accidents, rideshare accidents, and more. Robinson Law, PLLC also assists individuals and families with estate planning and elder law matters. The firm helps clients prepare wills, revocable living trusts, special needs trusts, powers of attorney, and advance medical directives. Its attorneys also advise clients regarding asset protection, probate and estate administration, guardianship, conservatorship, and elder law. Each estate plan is tailored to the client’s family, assets, beneficiaries, and long-term goals. With more than 375 five-star reviews, Robinson Law, PLLC has earned the trust of clients throughout the local community. The firm is available 24/7 for criminal defense matters. Call 703-382-5505 to schedule a free criminal defense consultation, or call 703-940-0083 to discuss estate planning services. You may also visit https://www.callrobinson.com/contact.

Michael J. Shevlin is an accomplished trial attorney and principal at Shevlin Smith, P.C., where he represents individuals and families in complex medical malpractice and personal injury matters throughout Virginia and Washington, D.C. A Northern Virginia native, Michael has devoted his entire legal career to advocating for people harmed by negligence, including victims of car accidents, catastrophic injuries, birth injuries, and wrongful death. He earned his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame in 1989 and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1992. Admitted to practice in Virginia and the District of Columbia, Michael brings more than three decades of legal experience to cases involving serious injuries and complex questions of medical negligence. Michael has earned extensive recognition from his peers and the legal community, including annual selections to Best Lawyers in America since 2008, Virginia Super Lawyers since 2008, and Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers since 2009. Best Lawyers named him the 2025 Lawyer of the Year for Washington, D.C. in Personal Injury Litigation and the 2023 Lawyer of the Year for Washington, D.C. in Medical Malpractice Law. He has also received Martindale-Hubbell's AV peer rating and recognition from America's Top 100 Attorneys and America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators. Beyond the courtroom, Michael has served in leadership roles with the Fairfax County Bar Association, spoken at continuing legal education programs, and authored or co-authored publications addressing medical negligence and personal injury law. Clients seeking representation for a serious injury or medical negligence claim can call 703-591-0067 or contact Shevlin Smith, P.C. at 10513 Judicial Drive, Suite 200, Fairfax, VA 22030.

Alexander Laufer joined the firm in 1994. His practice is concentrated in civil litigation and real estate transactions, providing services in the areas of personal injury law, medical malpractice, construction law and employment law. Mr. Laufer grew up in Montreal, Canada but also lived and attended school in Jerusalem and Johannesburg, South Africa. He speaks four languages, English, French, Hungarian and Hebrew. Mr. Laufer graduated (cum laude) in 1972 from Loyola College and with High Honors from the University of Florida School of Law in 1976. Mr. Laufer has been an adjunct professor at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida and more recently at the Marymount University School of Business. He is a member of both the Virginia and Florida bars and is a Commissioner in Chancery in Fairfax County. Mr. Laufer has over 35 years of experience in complex litigation in both state and federal courts, including bankruptcy court and has handled thousands of residential and commercial real estate transactions. In recent years Mr. Laufer has litigated numerous cases involving noncompliance by residential builders with the federal Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act. In addition, Mr. Laufer has become a member of the Vaccine Injury Program Bar and the Federal Court of Claims Bar Association and is assisting families with members injured by vaccines, in obtaining compensation pursuant to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, a federal program whichimmunizes (pun intended) pharmaceutical companies from suit, but substitutes a fund as an alternative. This is a relatively obscure and poorly understood program which, however, represents the only real recourse for those suffering injury from vaccines listed on the Vaccine Injury Table.