Ann Thayer
Taylor Law CompanyAttorney Ann Thayer practices primarily in the areas of DUI, criminal, and traffic defense as a partner with Taylor Law Company. Ms. Thayer attended Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia where she obtained a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice in 2000. Attending Widener School of Law in Harrisburg, PA, Ms. Thayer worked with the Prince William County Attorney’s Office and The Air Force Judge Advocate General (JAG) in Warner Robins, GA as an intern before obtaining her Juris Doctorate in 2004. Following law school, Ms. Thayer worked on several mergers and acquisitions as a contract attorney with various firms in the Virginia and Washington, D.C. area. Ms. Thayer then worked for the Fredericksburg Public Defender’s Office (2005-2007) and then went on to work for two different criminal firms in Northern Virginia (2007-2012) before partnering with Gretchen Taylor (2012-present). Ms. Thayer is a member of the Virginia State Bar and the Criminal Law Section of the Virginia State Bar, Fairfax County Bar Association and the Criminal Section in Fairfax, Virginia Women Attorneys Association, Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the National College of DUI Defense. She is also a founding member of DUIDLA (Driving Under the Influence Defense Lawyers Association). I handle cases in Fairfax, Arlington, Falls Church, Loudoun, Alexandria, and Prince William.
- Domestic Violence
- Juvenile Law
- DUI & DWI
- Criminal Law
- Traffic Tickets
- Animal & Dog Law
- Civil Protective Orders
- Expungements
- License Restoration/Restricted License
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- Taylor Law Company
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- Attorney, Managing Attorney Fairfax Office
- Price Benowitz LLP
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- Associate
- Law Office of T Kevin Wilson
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- Assistant Public Defender
- Fredericksburg Public Defender Office
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- Summer Intern
- AIR FORCE JAG, Warner RObins, GA
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- Summer Intern
- Prince William County Attorney
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- Widener University
- J.D. (2004) | Law
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- Roanoke College
- B.A. (2000) | Criminal Justice
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- Fairfax Bar Association
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- DUIDLA (DUI Defense Lawyers Association)
- Founding Member
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- NACDL
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- NWAA (Northern VA Womens Attorney Association)
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- National College of DUI Defense (NCDD)
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- Virginia State Bar
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Introduction to Taylor Law Company -- Extended- Q. Do I have a right to defend my property using deadly force?
- A: No. Property owners cannot resort to the use of deadly force to defend their property. This general rule is based on the principle that no property is worth more than a human life, even if the human life happens to belong to an intruder. A property owner may only use reasonable force to prevent someone from entering his or her property or removing something from his or her property. While the use of deadly force is not permitted, defending property by means that might otherwise constitute battery or other intentional torts is lawful if the means are a reasonable use of self-help (e.g., tackling a thief in your backyard or locking an intruder in the basement until the police arrive). In most states, however, a property owner’s use of deadly force is allowed if an intruder is a threat to the property owner’s safety or is committing a forcible felony.
