About Sheldon & Flood, P.L.C

Mr. Sheldon focuses his work almost exclusively on criminal trials, criminal appeals and post-conviction in the state and federal courts. Mr. Sheldon is the author of the only treatise on habeas corpus and post-conviction remedies in Virginia: “Virginia Law and Practice: Post-Conviction Remedies in Virginia,” VaCLE  2020, and is co-author of “Trial of Capital Murder Cases in Virginia,” VaCLE 2019. He gained a unique insight into the perspective and attitudes of federal judges by working on appeals in criminal and post-conviction cases in his role as a pro se law clerk with the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York.

Mr. Flood joined the firm in 2009. Previously he was the Capital Defender for Northern Virginia. Mr. Flood’s practice focuses on serious felony cases at trial, appeal, and in post conviction, including death penalty cases. Following his clerkship for the Hon. Joseph W. Hatchet, of the Eleventh Circuit Federal Court of Appeals, Mr. Flood began representing death row inmates in Alabama. Subsequently, Mr. Flood worked for ten years as a trial lawyer defending individuals charged with capital crimes in New York.