by Jon Sheldon | Dec 27, 2017 | Virginia
Congratulations to SFH partner Brad Haywood, who recently accepted an offer to become the new Chief Public Defender for Arlington County and the City of Falls Church. Mr. Haywood began in that position this Fall, and his partnership with the firm formally ends on Dec....
by Jon Sheldon | Feb 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
SFH Partner Joseph Flood persuaded Federal District Court Judge Liam O’Grady to grant a 108 month downward variance for Mohamed Jalloh, a former Virginia Army National Guard who was found guilty of providing material support for ISIS. Mr. Jalloh’s year-long dalliance...
by Jon Sheldon | Jan 28, 2017 | Virginia
A federal judge has ordered a new sentencing for a man who pleaded guilty as a 15-year-old to a 1996 murder in Norfolk after he was threatened with a life-without-parole sentence. “This case is a huge win” for Contreras and his lawyer, SFH partner Jonathan...
by Jon Sheldon | Jan 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Sheldon, Flood & Haywood partners Jon Sheldon and Joe Flood are co-authors of the 2017 treatise, “Trial of Capital Murder Cases in Virginia,” VaCLE 2017. The book was originally conceived and authorized by the Board of Governors of the Criminal Law...
by Jon Sheldon | Aug 30, 2016 | Virginia
Sheldon, Flood & Haywood partner Jon Sheldon and client Roy Watford appeared in a special report on NBC affiliate WAVY-TV. The report focused on Watford’s life since the allegations against him and the Writ of Actual Innocence Sheldon filed based on new DNA...
