In The News

2021: Sheldon successfully obtains first ever compassionate release of inmate under new law for the terminally ill
2021: Sheldon files petition for emergency compassionate release for prisoner wrongfully convicted of rape who is said to be dying of cancer in a Virginia prison
2021: Attorney Sheldon recommended to be a judge on the Virginia Court of Appeals by the Virginia State Bar
2021: WUSA9.com – Sheldon explains the limits of the President’s ability to pardon the rioters
2021: Bloomberg – Sheldon explains whether President Trump can pardon the U.S. Capitol Rioters
2020: The Intercept – Sheldon explains his unique relationship to the executioner for the Virginia Department of Corrections
2020: The Richmond Times Dispatch – Sheldon challenges conviction in death of UVA lacrosse player
2018 – Virginia Lawyers Weekly: Sheldon’s habeas corpus litigation changes policy on parole eligibility for many inmates
2018 – The Washington Post: Sheldon wins first contested innocence case in the history of Virginia
2017 – Richmond Times-Dispatch – Sheldon wins pardon for client over the objections of the Commonwealth’s Attorney
2017 – Richmond Times-Dispatch: Sheldon’s successful federal habeas overturning 70-year juvenile sentence a “huge win”
2016 – Richmond Times-Dispatch describes Sheldon’s work to prove a Chesapeake man innocent in 1977 rape
2015 – Roanoke Times discusses Sheldon’s exposure of parole board “shenanigans”
2014 – The Washington Post discusses Sheldon’s representation of the mentally-ill
2014 – Virginia Lawyer’s Weekly notes Sheldon’s criminal defense experience around the country.
2013 – CBS News reports on Sheldon defending high profile murder cases
2012 – Slate describes Sheldon’s work to exonerate the innocent
2011 – Washingtonian Magazine features Sheldon
2009 – The Washington Post reports on Sheldon’s representation of the D.C. Sniper