Christopher Leibig
Top rated Criminal Defense attorney in Alexandria, Virginia
Law Office of Christopher Leibig
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; view more
Licensed in Virginia since: 1996
Education: William & Mary Law School
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2009 - 2024 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2007 - 2008 Call today:
571-660-4307
Law Office of Christopher Leibig
421 King Stsuite 505
Alexandria, VA 22314 Visit website
Details
Alexandria Office: 421 King Street, Suite 505 Alexandria, VA 22314
Charlottesville Office: 414 E Market St Charlottesville, VA 22902
Christopher Leibig is a criminal defense attorney with 25 years of experience. He is the owner of the Law Office of Christopher Leibig located in Alexandria, Virginia. The firm also has an office in Charlottesville, Virginia, He defends people charged with crimes such as murder, sex offenses, drug offenses, federal criminal offenses, charges and driving while intoxicated (DWI).
Admitted to practice in all the state courts of Virginia since 1996, Mr. Leibig majored in international affairs and obtained his bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University in 1992. He obtained his Juris Doctor from William & Mary Law School in 1996.
Prior to starting his own firm, Mr. Leibig served as an Assistant and eventually a Senior Assistant Public Defender at the Alexandria Public Defender’s Office. While there, he gained extensive experience fighting for the rights and best interests of those accused of serious felony charges such as murder, rape, child sexual abuse, internet crimes, malicious wounding, robbery and more.
Mr. Leibig has been named among the Top Criminal Lawyers in Washington, D.C., by the Washingtonian Magazine for the last ten years. He has also been named among the top lawyers by the Best Lawyers and Northern Virginia Magazine.
Mr. Leibig speaks at multiple forums and law schools. He traveled to law schools in Portugal, Scotland, Germany, Ireland, Trinidad, Denmark, Bulgaria and Jamaica, and educated prospective law students on topics related to criminal law.
Mr. Leibig is a member of the Legal Committee for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. He also serves on the Executive Board of the Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Practice areas
Criminal DefenseFocus areas
Criminal Law
- 100% Criminal Defense
First Admitted: 1996, Virginia
Professional Webpage: https://www.chrisleibiglaw.com/christopherleibig
- Georgetown University, B.A. 1992,Major: Government/International Affairs, Minor: English
- William and Mary Law School, J.D. 1996,Received Public Service Award Summer 1994 and 1995
- Falls Church High School, 1988
- George Washington University, Washington, DC, 2000-2002,Accepted in and entered Master’s Degree program in Forensic Science, Studied Forensic DNA typing, forensic psychology, ballistics, and basic principles of forensic science
- Stirling University, Stirling, Scotland, Study Abroad Fall 1990, Concentration: English Literature
- Driving While Intoxicated Cases, Alexandria Bar Association three times, 2012
- Digital Forensics, Virginia State Bar CLE three times, 2011
- Digital Evidence (Set to present at February and March 2016 statewide criminal law seminar), 2016
- The Fourth Amendment and Digital Evidence, VA State Bar Criminal Law Section, February 5 and 13. (Williamsburg and Charlottesville), 2016
- Federal Criminal Law, 2013
- Mitigation Evidence, 2013
- Criminal Law CLE, Alexandria Bar Association, 2012
- Driving While Intoxicated Cases, Alexandria Bar Association three times, 2011
- Police Investigations, Virginia Statewide Public Defender Conference, 2011
- Organizer and Speaker on American Criminal Law, Sofia Law School, Sofia, Bulgaria, October, 2017
- Organizer and Speaker on American Criminal Law, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin School of Law, Berlin, Germany, November 8, 2016
- Organizer and Speaker on American Criminal Law, Aarhus University Law School, Denmark, scheduled for April, 2016
- Organizer and Speaker on American Criminal Law, Norman Manley Law School. Kingston, Jamaica, March, 2015
- Organizer and Speaker on American Criminal Law, Eugene Dupuch Law School, Nassau, Bahamas, October, 2014
- Organizer and Speaker on American Criminal Law, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, March, 2014
- Organizer and Speaker on American Criminal Law, Hugh Wooding Law School, Trinidad and Tobago, October, 2013
- Organizer and Speaker on the Death Penalty – “An Open Conversation on the Death Penalty for Alexandria Community” – August, 2013
- Organizer and Speaker on the Death Penalty and American Criminal Law, Stirling University Scotland, April, 2012
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2009 - 2024
- Rising Stars: 2007 - 2008
