Craig W. Sampson - Richmond, VA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1993
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1990
    B.A.
    Major: English Literature

Current Employment Position(s)

• President/Shareholder

Past Positions

• Sampson Law Firm, PLC, Principal (2003-2006)
• Law Office of Craig W. Sampson, Principal (1995-2003)

Classes and Seminars

• Annual Presenter, Advanced Family Law Seminar, update on family law cases, 2014 to present
  
• "Keeping it Safe - Dealing with the Potentially Violent," Bench Bar Conference, organizer and moderator (October 2015)
  
• "Advanced Issues in Family & Divorce Law," National Business Institute Family Law Seminar, presenter on ethics in family law (October 2014)
  
• "You be the Judge - Handling the Spousal Support Case," Bench Bar Conference, Presenter (October 2013)
  
• "Maximizing Results in Your Protective Order Case," Bench Bar Conference, Moderator (2011)
  
• "The Relationship Between Domestic Assault and Firearm Rights," Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, Roanoke, Norfolk, and Fairfax (2011)
  
• "Violence in the Home," Advanced Family Law Seminar, Presenter (2010)
  
• "Negotiating, Drafting, Attacking & Defending Marital Agreements," 33rd Annual Family Law Seminar (October 2014)
  
• "Hot Topics in Domestic Practice Today," 34th Annual Family Law Seminar, Presenter as to family law appellate case updates (October 2015)
  
• "Hot Topics in Family Law Practice Today," 30th Annual Advanced Family Law Seminar, Presenter (April 2014)
  
• "Your Second Bite at the Apple, Handling Family Law Appeals," 32nd Annual Advanced Family Law Seminar, Presenter (October 2013)
  
• "Understanding, Handling & Protecting Your Client's Assets," 29th Annual Advanced Family Law Seminar, Presenter (April 2013)
  
• "Preparing the Criminal Trial File," Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Paralegal Training Seminar, Presenter (2012)
  
• "Navigating the Intersections of Criminal and Family Law," Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, CLE Annual Fall Meeting (2010)
  
• "Juvenile Criminal Defense," Virginia Indigent Defense Commission (2005)
  
• Adjunct Professor, Law, Family Law Ethics, University of Richmond School of Law, 2016

Pro Bono Activities

• Judge, University of Virginia Law School First Year Moot Court competition, 2010
• Judge, University of Richmond Law School Moot Court Competition, 2010
• New Judge, University of Richmond Law School, Training Mock Trial Program, 2004
• First Presbyterian Church, Elder
• First Presbyterian Church, Deacon

Representative Clients

• Domestic Relations - Divorce, Custody, Support

• Criminal Defense - Federal & State, at Trial & Appellate levels

Representative Cases

• United States v. Eura Cite, 05-4437, 2006, 4th Circuit
• United States v. Leo Hinson, 2006 U.S. App. Lexis 18893, 03-4835, 2006, 4th Circuit
• United States v. Henry Hill, 543 U.S. 1114, 125 S. Ct. 1085 (U.S. Sup. Ct.), 2005, 4th Circuit
• Jerry Deon Smith v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 38 Va. App. 840, 568 S.E.2d 462 (Va. Ct. App), 2002
• United States v. Vincent Eura, 440 F.3d 625 (4th Cir.), 2006
• United States v. Erskine Hartwell, 448 F.3d 707 (4th Cir.), 2006

Published Works

Articles

• "Surveying Grandparents’ Rights to Visitation," published in the Virginia Lawyer Magazine June 2023
  
• "Rental Proceeds in the Calculation of Gross Income"; published in the Virginia Family Law Quarterly, Fall edition 2021.
  
• “Judicial Exceptions to Protective Orders”; published in the Virginia Family Law Quarterly, Fall edition 2020.
  
• “New Relief from Rental Agreements for Victims of Domestic Violence," published in the Virginia Family Law Quarterly, Spring edition (2014)
  
• “Tortious Interference with Parental Rights," published in the Family Law News publication of the Virginia State Bar Family Law Section, Fall edition (2012)
  
• “Update on the Collateral Consequences of the ‘Simple’ Domestic Assault and Battery," published in the Family Law News publication of the Virginia State Bar Family Law Section, Fall edition (2010)
• “The Impact of Driving Under the Influence Charges on Visitation," published in the Family Law News publication of the Virginia State Bar Family Law Section, Winter edition (2009)
• “Collateral Consequences of the “Simple” Domestic Assault and Battery," published in the Family Law News publication of the Virginia State Bar Family Law Section, Spring edition (2009)
• “Virginia Domestic Relations Law, Criminal Law and Firearms," published in the Family Law News publication of the Virginia State Bar Family Law Section, Winter edition (2007)

Bar Admissions

• U.S. Supreme Court, 2004
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1999
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 1997
• Virginia, 1993
• Virginia Supreme Court

Other Affiliations

• Richmond Criminal Bar Association (Past Member)
• Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association, 2016 - 2017 (President)
• Virginia State Bar, Family Law Section
• Federal Bar Association, Richmond, President
• Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Past Board Member)
• Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association (Treasurer)
• Greater Richmond Juvenile Bar Association (Past Member)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Past Member)
• Family Law Board of Governors, 2020-present
• Family Law Section, Virginia State Bar