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Stephen P. Pfeiffer
Virginia Beach Go-To DUI Lawyer
Wolcott Rivers Gates
200 Bendix Road Suite 300
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
Phone: 757-554-0258
Website: followthepfeiffer.com



About Stephen P. Pfeiffer
Stephen P. Pfeiffer is known locally as the “Go-To DUI and Manslaughter Defense Attorney.” Having handled over 3500 DUI related cases Stephen is one of the most experienced DUI attorneys in Virginia. Further, Stephen is certified as an Instructor in Standardized Field Sobriety Testing and Advanced Roadside Impairment Enforcement. He has gone through intensive training on Breath Testing and Blood Testing. Stephen is a partner at Wolcott Rivers Gates, one of the oldest and largest law firms in Virginia Beach. Stephen has been published as a coauthor in the in the nationally recognized “Inside the Minds” series by Aspatore Books on The Legality of Search and Seizure in DUI Cases “A Practitioner’s Everyday Insight Into DWI/DUI Defense in Virginia”. Stephen has an AV® Preeminent Rating – the highest rating available from Martindale-Hubbell, the leading independent attorney rating entity. An AV® Rating signifies that the lawyer has reached the heights of professional excellence. Stephen is consistently recognized as one of Virginia's Legal Elite by Virginia Business Magazine as well as by Virginia Super Lawyers. Stephen was the American Bar Association's 2007 National Champion in Legal Negotiations and served as an adjunct professor at Regent University School of Law. Stephen was selected as an Inside Business Top 40 Under 40 in Hampton Roads. Additionally, Stephen has been named a Fellow for the Virginia Law Foundation.
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