Anonymous wrote:I am just here to offer my sympathy

+1
I’m a former dumb teenager who turned out ok despite bad choices.

Wanted to say Reddit sometimes has people looking for attorney recommendations in the Nova subreddit. You could try searching there too.

Anonymous wrote:I am just here to offer my sympathy

appreciate you. it's hell.

Anonymous wrote:
Former federal public defender - he should feel bad, but he should also know that he's loved.
Btw, im not a bleeding heart, but I've seen way too many young people have to go through hell alone. It doesn't make them better in the end.

Thank you. Trying to strike the balance between horrified and supportive. I don't need a suicidal 18yo on top of everything else.

I am just here to offer my sympathy

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.freeman4law.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwhtWvBhD9ARIsAOP0GogByslqbVs5e4DPjxHrVaQ6u75L8VC0cn8V_uBEZFO-B5X5CWtU0mAaAiQnEALw_wcB

George Freeman. He's compassionate and offers tough love at the same time. He's experienced and as a former FFX prosecutor knows everyone, including all of the judges.

OP here, thank you I will look into this. FWIW said 18 yo is still in high school and deciding which college to attend in the fall. First time with any legal issues and pretty much feels like life is over now..which is good I think for a while at least.

You kid isn’t doing dumb stuff, he did apparently several illegal things. You are right, he needs to feel pretty awful. Lawyer here…that can really help him turn things around. But don’t shrug it off, treat it as serious; do get his record expunged down the road if you can.

Former federal public defender - he should feel bad, but he should also know that he's loved.
Btw, im not a bleeding heart, but I've seen way too many young people have to go through hell alone. It doesn't make them better in the end.

Anonymous wrote:I feel for you OP. You are smart to get a lawyer. My kid at the same age had to appear and then had the charges dismissed. He graduated from college and turned out ok. Hope other posters think twice before throwing stones.

appreciate this, thanks.

Anonymous wrote:I agree OP needs to think of it as kid did illegal things, not “dumb” things.

OP: My adult-not-kid (by 2 mo) did dumb and illegal things. Not injurious and illegal.

In other news besides bashing my word choice, does anyone else have atty recs for FFX? That was the point of this post.

I'm sorry you're having to deal with this, OP. My DC turned 18 not long ago and one of the bits of wisdom we imparted for that birthday was "Ask for a layer and then shut up."

I agree OP needs to think of it as kid did illegal things, not “dumb” things.

I feel for you OP. You are smart to get a lawyer. My kid at the same age had to appear and then had the charges dismissed. He graduated from college and turned out ok. Hope other posters think twice before throwing stones.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.freeman4law.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwhtWvBhD9ARIsAOP0GogByslqbVs5e4DPjxHrVaQ6u75L8VC0cn8V_uBEZFO-B5X5CWtU0mAaAiQnEALw_wcB

George Freeman. He's compassionate and offers tough love at the same time. He's experienced and as a former FFX prosecutor knows everyone, including all of the judges.

OP here, thank you I will look into this. FWIW said 18 yo is still in high school and deciding which college to attend in the fall. First time with any legal issues and pretty much feels like life is over now..which is good I think for a while at least.

You kid isn’t doing dumb stuff, he did apparently several illegal things. You are right, he needs to feel pretty awful. Lawyer here…that can really help him turn things around. But don’t shrug it off, treat it as serious; do get his record expunged down the road if you can.

Anonymous wrote:https://www.freeman4law.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwhtWvBhD9ARIsAOP0GogByslqbVs5e4DPjxHrVaQ6u75L8VC0cn8V_uBEZFO-B5X5CWtU0mAaAiQnEALw_wcB

George Freeman. He's compassionate and offers tough love at the same time. He's experienced and as a former FFX prosecutor knows everyone, including all of the judges.

OP here, thank you I will look into this. FWIW said 18 yo is still in high school and deciding which college to attend in the fall. First time with any legal issues and pretty much feels like life is over now..which is good I think for a while at least.

https://www.freeman4law.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwhtWvBhD9ARIsAOP0GogByslqbVs5e4DPjxHrVaQ6u75L8VC0cn8V_uBEZFO-B5X5CWtU0mAaAiQnEALw_wcB

George Freeman. He's compassionate and offers tough love at the same time. He's experienced and as a former FFX prosecutor knows everyone, including all of the judges.

Been there done that, but kid was 19 and out of state at college. It cost a couple thousand dollars which kid paid from summer job. Totally worth it. We made same kid pay another $1250 for expungement

FWIW, our out of state lawyer told us lots of college kids do lots of dumb stuff, and jails are not full of them. Community service and money can make it all go away

That resulted in multiple charges early this morning. Ugh. This is in VA. TIA.