Practice Areas
Violent Crimes, Property Crimes, Drug Charges
We will represent you through every stage in the process.
- Bail Hearings
- Preliminary Hearings
- Pre-trial
- Suppression - Evidentiary Hearings
- Trial – Jury and Bench
- Appeals
Reckless Driving, DUI, Assault and Battery
- Misdemeanor Criminal Charges
- Traffic Infractions
Expungement & Gun Rights Restoration
We prepare you to successfully petition for
- expungement of criminal records, and
- firearm rights restoration.
Family Law
Divorce – contested and uncontested
Child Custody, Visitation, & Support
Guardian Ad Litem
Tenant's Rights
- Uninhabitable Housing Conditions
- Wrongful Evictions
Appeals
- Court of Appeals of Virginia
- Supreme Court of Virginia
Federal Court
Admitted to practice in Western District of Virginia.
Criminal Defense Lawyer
About The Law Office of Robert S. Ward
The Law Office of Robert S. Ward is your trusted, client-focused, legal advocate in family, criminal, and landlord-tenant law.
Robert Ward’s legal philosophy is defined by strong client communication, thorough preparation, extensive investigation, legal analysis, savvy negotiation, and fierce trial advocacy.
Criminal Defense Legal Team
Meet the team
Robert S. Ward brings fierce passion and a methodical approach to achieving your legal goals.
Before law school, Robert Scott Ward honed his storytelling and research skills as an award-winning investigative journalist. His path toward a law career began with an arrest for a crime he did not commit. Robert's research and investigation resulted in an acquittal. This convinced him to attorney to represent others who need a lawyer who cares for them.
This background fuels Robert’s goal to set the gold standard for client-centered advocacy. His attention to detail, ability to absorb large amounts of data, and love for storytelling wins in court. He has spent his professional life developing research skills, attention to detail, knowledge of law, and narratives to achieve clients’ goals.
Robert shows up in court prepared to win your case.
He began his legal career at the Office of Public Defender in Martinsville and opened his own law practice in March 2025.
Licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia
- General District Court
- Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court
- Circuit Courts
- Court of Appeals of Virginia
- Supreme Court of Virginia.
Admitted to practice in the United States Western District Court of Virginia in May 2025.
A native of the Mississippi Delta, Robert earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, where he graduated with honors and was a John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellow. During law school, Robert was a law clerk for the Public Defender Service of the District of Columbia and the Mississippi Center for Justice. He represented tenants facing eviction in the Landlord & Tenant Branch of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and assisted whistleblowers in a Whistleblower Protection Clinic.
He received a Bachelor’s of Arts in English literature and journalism from the University of Southern Mississippi and a Masters of Public Policy and Administration from Mississippi State University.