Criminal Justice Reform Legislative Update

FACULTY

Stephen A. Mutnick, Winslow & McCurry, PLLC / Midlothian
Charles H. Slemp, III, Wise County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office / Wise

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Stephen A. Mutnick, Winslow & McCurry, PLLC / Midlothian

Steve Mutnick practices primarily in the areas of criminal law and traffic defense, and as private counsel in civil cases, including custody and visitation.  He regularly practices in the counties of Chesterfield, Henrico, Hanover, Richmond City, and Powhatan, and other jurisdictions in central Virginia.  He is certified by the Indigent Defense Commission as defense counsel for misdemeanors, juveniles, and felony cases.

Mr. Mutnick regularly represents those accused of serious criminal matters, including murder, violent crimes, drug distribution and possession, theft and larceny related crimes, and other offenses in front of both judges and juries.  He has been a practicing criminal attorney since 2007.

Mr. Mutnick serves as Counsel to the House of Delegates’ Courts of Justice Committee, where he advises the members of the General Assembly on important issues in criminal and civil law.  From 2016 to 2018, he served on the Chesterfield-Colonial Heights Criminal Justice Board.

Mr. Mutnick has been an instructor for Virginia CLE^® since 2013.  In 2016, he created and was lead faculty in “Representing the Criminal Juvenile Defendant: Navigating the Juvenile Justice System.”  Since 2017, he has been the lead faculty and moderator of the “DUI Defense” and “Defense of Serious Traffic Offenses” continuing legal education programs.  He has also taught at the Commonwealth’s Attorneys’ Services Council Spring Institute, the Virginia State Police Academy, and the Henrico Police Academy.  He was also the author of the “Juvenile Criminal Defense” chapter in the Virginia Deskbook for Practitioners.

Mr. Mutnick entered private practice in 2013 after serving as an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney for five and one-half years.  He was an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney in Loudoun and Henrico Counties for over five years.

Born and raised in Burke, Virginia, Mr. Mutnick attended the College of William and Mary with a major in Public Policy.  After college, he attended the TC Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond.

Charles H. Slemp, III, Wise County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office / Wise

C.H. “Chuck” Slemp, III serves as Commonwealth’s Attorney for Wise County and the City of Norton. Prior to his service as Commonwealth’s Attorney, he served as Commissioner of Accounts, General Receiver for the Circuit Court of Wise County, and he practiced criminal law, domestic relations law, local government law, and estate administration. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia’s College at Wise with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. He holds a Master’s Degree from Regent University School of Government in Law & Public Policy and a Juris Doctor from Regent University School of Law. He completed post-graduate study at Oxford University Hertford College in the United Kingdom. Mr. Slemp represents the Ninth Congressional District on the Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorneys’ Services Council, is a member of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Virginia Criminal Justice Conference, and teaches adjunct at UVa-Wise and Regent University School of Law.