Faculty - University of Virginia School of Law

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Stephen Braga

Lecturer
J.D., Georgetown University, 1981
B.A., Fairfield University, 1978

Stephen L. Braga teaches the spring Law School short course Innocence Cases: How Much is Enough? Braga's practice focuses on representing clients in white collar criminal investigations and prosecutions, complex civil cases and appellate matters. In recent years, he has also negotiated favorable resolutions to complicated legal problems for clients, including plea bargain resolutions in criminal cases and substantial monetary settlements in various civil matters. After thirty-one years in D.C. law firms large and small, Braga has just opened his own law office in Northern Virginia.

Braga is a past member of the Practitioner's Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing Commission. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.

Publications

"'It's Not The Crime, It's The Cover-Up!' Defending The Classic Inside-The-Beltway Prosecution: Lessons Learned from the Case of United States v. Michael K. Deaver," Inside The Minds -White Collar Case Strategies (Aspastore, 2009).

"'Of All Liars, The Smoothest and Most Convincing Is Memory'": A Critique of the Application of the Recalcitrant Witness Statute to the Nonrecalling Witness," 22 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 1 (1984).

Current Courses