Sheryl Shane

Sheryl Shane — Fairfax Criminal Defense Trial Attorney | 31+ Years of Experience

Sheryl Shane is the founder of Virginia Criminal Attorney, a boutique criminal defense practice in Fairfax, Virginia, steps from the Fairfax County Courthouse. She has practiced law for more than 31 years — admitted in Ohio in 1994 and Virginia in 2000 — with three decades in the courtroom that include service as an arbitration judge, experience that informs how she reads judges, evidence, and credibility from the other side of the bench.

A sole practitioner by choice, she handles every case personally from the first consultation through trial — no hand-offs, no junior associates. After 31 years of trial work, she prepares every case for trial from day one: challenging the Commonwealth's evidence, filing strategic motions, and cross-examining the witnesses the prosecution's case depends on. That trial readiness shapes every negotiation.

She defends serious felonies and misdemeanors across Northern Virginia, including domestic violence, sex crimes, larceny and theft, DUI and driving offenses, serious assault, drug distribution, weapons charges, resisting arrest and obstruction of justice, and stalking, serving Fairfax, Prince William, Loudoun, and Arlington Counties and the cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, and Fairfax.

Free consultation, available 24/7: (703) 582-8119.