Simms Showers Law has received the 2026 ELA Award for Best Criminal Defense Firm, presented by Expert Law Attorneys. The award recognizes the Leesburg, Virginia firm for its strong defense of people facing criminal charges.
About the 2026 ELA Awards
The ELA Awards recognize law firms across the United States for the quality of their work and the way they serve clients. Honorees stand out for focused experience in their practice areas, responsive client service, professional conduct, and commitment to the communities they serve.
Why Simms Showers Law Earned the Recognition
Simms Showers Law is a Leesburg, Virginia law firm handling criminal defense and a broad civil practice for individuals, businesses, churches and nonprofits across Virginia and Maryland. H. Robert Showers formed the firm in 2002, and it operates as a partnership between principal attorneys H. Robert Showers in Leesburg and J. Stephen Simms in Baltimore. Robert Showers is a former federal prosecutor who founded the Department of Justice Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, and J. Stephen Simms is a former Department of Justice Antitrust Division trial attorney.
Partners include Caleb A. Kershner, William B. Mann VI, Kyle D. Winey and William R. Thetford Jr. The firm brings over 140 years of combined legal experience and has handled over 100 jury trials. Practice areas include DUI, reckless driving, drug and federal charges, civil and commercial litigation, business law, employment law, estate planning, family law, intellectual property, personal injury, and church and nonprofit law. Offices are located in Leesburg, Winchester, Manassas, Fairfax, Williamsburg, Baltimore and Hunt Valley, and the team speaks Spanish.
What the Award Means for Clients
People dealing with a criminal charge often have little to go on beyond a website and a few reviews. Recognition in the 2026 ELA Awards gives them one more reason for confidence that Simms Showers Law takes its work and its clients seriously.