Top Rated Criminal Defense Attorney in Silver Spring, MD

Gary Gerstenfield is exactly who you should be searching for as your criminal and DUI defense attorney. 

Mr. Gerstenfield first and foremost is a superb courtroom litigator.  He knows how to relate and connect with juries.  And he knows how to cross-examine witnesses. 

As Gary explains, “a good cross-examination is really about fully exposing the prosecutor’s witnesses to a microscope.  Each witness statement made to the prosecutor’s general questions is scrutinized. But, this cannot effectively be performed without an exhaustive investigation well before trial.  Acquittal is always in the details!.” 

Often, a witness will provide a prosecutor with damning testimony, confident that exaggerations, misstatements and outright lies are somehow protected.  The most powerful tool towards obtaining a not-guilty verdict is the surprising revelation of half-truths and lies.  

A prosecutor’s case is only as strong as its weakest link. If it can be shown that one prosecutor’s witness came to court, took the oath and gave false testimony, a jury is left to wonder if any of the other witness testimony can be trusted.

Mr. Gerstenfield earned his Juris Doctor from the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University.  Mr. Gerstenfield performed as Senior Staff Member to the prestigious Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy.  In 1997, Mr. Gerstenfield obtained a Certificate of Completion in DUI Defense from the National College of DUI Defense presented at Harvard School of Law.