Haywood, Sheldon Named 2016 Super Lawyers
Sheldon, Flood & Haywood partners Bradley R. Haywood and Jonathan P. Sheldon have been named 2016 Super Lawyers for Virginia in the areas of criminal defense and post-conviction defense. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a...
Commonwealth v. Michael Armin Gardner Resolved
On September 24, 2015, Sheldon, Flood & Haywood partners Joseph Flood and Brad Haywood resolved the matter of Commonwealth v. Michael Armin Gardner, a Falls Church case tried in Arlington County (Virginia) Circuit Court, parts of which had been pending for over...
Joseph Flood on Greta Van Susteren Discussing Federal ISIS/Twitter Case
On Tuesday, June 16, 2015, Sheldon, Flood & Haywood Partner Joseph Flood appeared on On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, a Fox News program, to discuss the plea entered by his teenage client accused of operating a Twitter account allegedly affiliated with the...
SFH Case Profiled in Washington Post Series on Shaken Baby Syndrome
The Trudy Muñoz case, mentioned in this series in the Washington Post, is one of Jon Sheldon's and Sheldon, Flood & Haywood's many criminal defense pro bono projects involving trial and post-conviction matters in the D.C. and Northern Virginia area. We strongly...
SFH Partner Joseph Flood Wins Death Penalty Appeal
In a 2-1 majority decision, the 6th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals granted habeas relief to Roger Wheeler, a Kentucky death row inmate, finding that the state trial court violated his rights during his capital trial in 2000. SFH Partner Joseph Flood took Mr....
Joseph Flood Leads Defense Sparing Prince William County Defendant from Death Penalty
Joseph Flood Leads Defense Sparing Prince William County Defendant from Death Penalty Sheldon, Flood & Haywood attorney Joseph Flood led a hard-fought defense of Aric Smith, a 25 year-old Army veteran charged in Prince William County, Virginia with murdering...
New Resources — Defending Virginia DWI Checkpoint Cases
Were you or someone you know arrested for driving while intoxicated, driving on a suspended license or any other offense as a result of a traffic checkpoint or roadblock in Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, Loudoun or elsewhere in Northern Virginia? We...
Brad Haywood: Defending Against “Snitch” Testimony
Sheldon, Flood & Haywood partner Bradley Haywood recently presented at the 23rd Annual Virginia Bar Association Capital Defense Workshop on the topic of "Litigating Snitches: From Reliability Hearings to Jury Instructions", which discussed the serious risk...
SFH Presents at Virginia Bar Association Capital Defense Workshop
On November 20 and 21, 2014, SFH attorneys Bradley Haywood, Joseph Flood and Jonathan Sheldon presented at the 22nd Annual Virginia Bar Association Capital Defense Workshop. The event, held in the Richmond Marriott in Richmond, VA, is the premier capital defense...