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- CONSTITUTIONAL & FIRST AMENDMENT DEFENSE
We practice blue and white collar Criminal Defense, Drunk Driving/ DUI/ DWI and Immigration law in state and federal courts throughout Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia, including the counties of Montgomery, Fairfax County, Arlington, Prince George's, Alexandria, Howard, Frederick, Anne Arundel, Prince William, and Loudoun.
HIGHLY-RANKED AND WIDELY RECOGNIZED:
- TOP-RANKED (AV-RATED) BY THE PREMIERE MARTINDALE-HUBBELL LAWYERS DIRECTORY
- BAR REGISTER-listed for Criminal Trial Practice, White Collar Crime and Immigration Law
- TOP LAWYER RATING (WASHINGTONIAN MAGAZINE twice in a row, December 2007, Partner Jon Katz)
SUPER LAWYERS-LISTED (Partner Jon Katz)
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SITES THAT DISCUSS OR LINK TO MARKS & KATZ
Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000) - The Constitution requires that a jury on the basis of proof beyond a reasonable doubt make the factual determination authorizing an increase in a maximum prison sentence.
Atwater v. City of Lago Vista, 532 U.S. 318 (2001) (permitting jailing of people who commit non-jailable offenses as petty as not wearing a seatbelt.
Scott Baxter - Cellphone technology expert. (David Snavelly is another reputable cell expert).
Bell v. Maryland - When Maryland's highest court upheld the trespassing conviction for a sit-in protest by Maryland's current highest state judge. Let there be no illusion about Maryland's segregationist past.
Blakely v. Washington - Putting some brakes on the runaway federal sentencing guidelines bullet train.
Blood Alcohol Level Calculator
Booker, U.S. v,, 125 S. Ct. 738 (2005) - Changing the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines from mandatory to voluntary.
Busted video - A full version of the video can be viewed here and here.
California v. Acevedo, 500 U.S. 565 (1991) - Holding that "The police may search an automobile and the containers within it where they have probable cause to believe contraband or evidence is contained."
Collateral Consequences of Convictions Under Federal Law - From the Justice Department
Criminal and Immigration Law newsletter - By attorney Norton Tooby
Crawford v. Washington - Landmark hearsay ruling for the defense.
Diversion Programs in Maryland (county-by-county listing)
Driving While Intoxicated Defense (article by Marks & Katz, LLC)
Expert Witness List and Resources - From Marks & Katz, LLC
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Fenner v. Maryland, 381 Md. 1, 846 A.2d 1020, cert. denied, 543 U.S. 885 (2004) - Permitting a defendant's statements at a bond hearing to be used at trial, and finding no right to be provided counsel for such a hearing.
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (U.S. Treasury Department)
Free Speech Treatises:
- A Worthy Tradition, by Harry Kalven.
- Emergence of a Free Press (updated from the author's Legacy of Suppression), by Leonard Levy.
- Free Speech in its Forgotten Years, by David M. Rabban.
- From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act, by Christopher M. Finan.
- The First Freedom, by Robert Hargreaves.
- Defending Pornography, by Nadine Strossen.
- The Law of Obscenity, by Frederick F. Schauer.
- Also, see the section on First Amendment theory in Laurence Tribe's American Constitutional Law.
- Also, see Gerald Gunther as a source for analysis on free speech law.
The Grand Jury - By George J. Edwards, Jr.
Dudley Hiibel - Standing up for our Constitutional right to be left alone. See the disturbing video here, and the even more disturbing 5-4 Supreme Court decision allowing a conviction for staying silent when a police officer asks a person on the street for his or her name.
How Appealing - Appellate law and practice blog.
Interstate Traffic Law Compacts
Joshua Karton - Amazing acting and jury trial teacher.
Judge Femia's DWI sentencing menu - In Prince George's County, Maryland, criminal jury trial prayers and appeals from District Court generally go to retired Judge Vincent Femia for a settlement hearing, except that I understand he still generally does not take guilty pleas on certain criminal categories (including handguns, employee theft, and assault on civilians). Unfortunately, I have seen unrepresented defendants receive long jail terms in District Court in Prince George's County who probably were not aware of the possibility of a better disposition before Judge Femia if they were to plead guilty before him.
Legal Brief Bank (from DC Federal Public Defender's Office)
Louisiana Gets Failing Grade for Indigent Defense
Maryland-Approved Drug and Alcohol Education Programs
Maryland v. Pringle, 540 U.S. 366 (2003) - Provides good guidance on the meaning of probable cause ("a reasonable ground for the belief of guilt"), but crushes the defendant's victory below like a potato chip.
Maryland Sentencing Guidelines Manual
Miranda v. Arizona - Landmark Supreme Court case guaranteeing the right to remain silent.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
National Criminal Defense College
National Institute of Military Justice
National Insurance Crime Bureau
National Child Abuse Defense and Resource Center
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
National Psychodrama Training Center
Police Complaint Center Online
Programs for Criminal Defendants - Presented by Marks & Katz, LLC
Psychodrama for Winning Trial Presentation
Process Servers - Washington Pre-Trial Services (contact Kirk Hornbeck) (Washington, DC); Southern Maryland (Pony Express) (contact Stephen Castles).
Sensei Enterprises - Computer forensics. In Fairfax, Virginia.
Sentencing Law and Policy - A quality blog.
Sentencing Project - "Promotes reduced reliance on incarceration and increased use of more effective and humane alternatives to deal with crime."
Source Code Pleadings for DWI cases - From harrisonlawoffice.com
Speedometer Check - M&M Auto Collision in Fairfax, VA
Storytelling, by Leslie Marmon Silko
Storytelling, by Sunwolf
Successful Jury Misconduct Cases
Lynne Stewart Trial Transcript - Find transcript on cryptome.org archives.
Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator - Nationwide (from U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services)
U.S. v. Booker, 125 S. Ct. 738 (2005) - Changing the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines from mandatory to voluntary.
U.S. v. Horn, 185 F.Supp.2d 530 (D.Md. 2002) (Important anaylsis for attacking field sobriety tests in drunk driving cases)
U.S. Justice Department's Obscenity News Release (May 5, 2005)
VASAP (Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program)
Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission
Virginia Gets Failing Grade for Indigent Defense - See also here and here.
Web Cites for Federal Defenders
Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics
Debunking searches based on drug odor. See also here (abstract).
Drug Dogs - Prohibited from running rampant. See the Supreme Court's 2005 Caballes decision, 543 U.S. 405 (2005). See also a Maryland court's deference level to drug dogs here.
Drug Enforcement Administration - The Drug Policy Alliance is a better alternative.
Drug Enforcement Administration's Position on Marijuana - A politically-motivated report. As an aside, footnote 68 refers to the Washington Post's interview of our criminal defense partner Jon Katz.
Drug Reform Coordination Network
Drug Tests - A violation of privacy.
Drug Tests - A purveyor's site.
Drug Treatment Centers and other Criminal Defendant Resources - From DC Public Defender Service
Drugs, Supplements & Herbal Information
Expert for marijuana grow defense - Chris Conrad
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
High in America. - Covering the marijuana reform movement, including then-president Nixon's Marijuana Commission's 1972 conclusion that marijuana penalties needed to be substantially reduced to come into line with the limited harm of occasional use of marijuana.
Hookah Pipes - Mainly used for tobacco, even if the untutored eye might think they're for pot. Police and judges need to know this.
International Cannagraphic - Partner Jon Katz sometimes posts in the legal forum under the handle liberty4all.
It's Just a Plant - Teaching children about marijuana, as a counterpoint to D.A.R.E.
Judges Against the Drug War - See also here, here, and here.
Kyllo v. U.S. 533 U.S. 27 (2001) - Confirming that the Fourth Amendment's warrant and reasonable search mandates apply to thermal imaging of private homes for detection of marijuana grow operations.
Law Practice and Meditation - From the Everyday Zen Foundation
Marijuana Cultivation and Possession Calculator - To show when grows are for personal use, and not for distribution.
Maryland-Approved Drug and Alcohol Education Programs
Maryland Substance Abuse Centers
MedicalCannabis.com - Educating health care professionals and the public about the therapeutic use of cannabis.
National Drug Survey (by HHS)
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
Programs for Criminal Defendants - Presented by Marks & Katz, LLC
Raich v. Ashcroft - Supreme Court legal brief supporting medical marijuana rights, including excellent affidavit by marijuana expert Lester Grinspoon, MD.
Report of the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse (March 1972) - Concluding that marijuana penalties needed to be substantially reduced to come into line with the limited harm of occasional use of marijuana.
Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator - Nationwide (from U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services).
Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program
Weight/Metric Calculator - From grams to ounces and fahrenheit to celsius.
James Woodford - Drug Testing Expert
FIRST AMENDMENT AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEFENSE
American Civil Liberties Union
Cato's Letters/Essays on Liberty, Civil and Religious, and Other Important Subjects
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Privacy Information Center
Erie v. Pap's A.M. (Supreme Court's decision on nude dancing)
Extreme Associates, U.S. v. - First the federal trial court Invalidated the federal obscenity statutes as unconstitutional. Then the U.S. Court of Appeals reversed.
FCC v. Pacifica Foundation (Supreme Court on indecent broadcasts)
First Amendment and the rest of the Bill of Rights
First Amendment Handbook for Reporters
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
Free Speech Coalition v. Gonzales - See the injunction order and the Plaintiffs' reply to the opposition to an injunction in this litigation over the regulations implementing the 18 U.S.C. § 2257 anti-child pornography record-keeping law.
Free Speech Coalition of DC, MD and VA
Freedom of Information Act Drafting Aids (Public Citizen Guide)
Freedom of Information Act - Sample FOIA Request - Thanks to Heller Ehrman, LLC, and the Maryland ACLU
Freedom of Information Act Submission Page: FBI
Freedom of Information Act Submission Page: NSA
Freedom of Speech: Infringed by Workplace Harassment Law
Miller v. California (landmark obscenity decision)
National Coalition Against Censorship
PATRIOT Act of 2001- see also here
Protecting the First Amendment on the Internet (by Marks & Katz, LLC)
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Sedition Act of 1798 - First Amendment protection doesn't come cheap.
Sullivan v. New York Times (landmark libel decision)
Thomas, et al. v. Chicago Park Dist., 534 U.S. 316, 122 S. Ct. 775 (2002) (governing demonstrators' rights)
U.S. Declaration of Independence
U.S. v. Extreme Associates - Invalidating the federal obscenity statutes as unconstitutional.
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Amnesty International Human Rights Reports
Board of Immigration Appeals - Decisions
Dictionary of Occupational Titles
Human Rights Report (U.S. State Department)
Immigration News and Sites from Yahoo
Labor Condition Application Online (For H-1B Applications)
National Lawyers Guild Immigration Project
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
U.S. Labor Department Immigration Page
Aikido and Conflict Resolution
American Society of Trial Consultants
American Translators Association.
Articles of Confederation (United States)
Blackstone's Commentaries on the Law
Canadian Law (Lexum)
Confederate Constitution (The confederacy was ugly; that doesn't justify ignoring its governing documents, though.)
Court Opinions (Cornell)
Court Reporters in DC - Some listings are outdated.
D.C. Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances
D.C. Superior Court Civil Docket
Fairfax County, Virginia, Code
Fairfax County, Virginia, Zoning Ordinance
Federal criminal subpoena form
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Federalist Papers and Anti-Federalist Papers
Fleming's bar preparation courses
Historical Political Documents - From the Constitution Society
Howard County, MD, Zoning Code
The Internet Marketing Attorney
Lawyer Advertising Blog - We support the First Amendment's protection of all expression, including lawyer advertising.
Legal Citation - From Cornell. This Cornell publication is free online. The Bluebook/Uniform System of Citation is available for purchase here.
Maryland Code (official) (see table of contents here)
Maryland Code (searchable, from legislature's web site)
Maryland Judicial Information System Dial-Up Guide
Municipal Codes - From Municode.com
Municipal Codes - City and Town Codes from Productive Data Corporation
National Indian Gaming Association
Native American Legal Resources - Click here, too.
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (caveat emptor)
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience - Thoreau
Overlawyered.com - The site claims to chronicle the high cost of the legal system.
Oyez - Online audio replays of Supreme Court oral arguments, and more.
Phone company subpoena addresses. (Thanks Defending People blog).
Prince George's County, MD, Code - To use this site, do not block pop-up windows. In the pop-up window, click "County Charter"; click one of the options under "Basic Tools". If using Internet Explorer, you may be prompted to take additional steps before your selected code provision appears on-screen in MS Word format.
Seneca Falls Declaration - For women's equal rights.
State Bar Admission Reciprocity Chart
Subpoena Form - W.D.Va. (for criminal cases)
Terry v. Ohio, 392 US 1 (1968) (one more tool for police to trample on individual liberties)
Thomas (Congressional Bills)
Trial Lawyers College Graduates on the Web - Click here.
TRT Continuing Legal Education
Typing speed/accuracy test online
Uniform Commercial Code (state-by-state)
U.S. Code (searchable)
U.S. Code (searchable by title)
U.S. Supreme Court Cases (through Cornell University)
Virginia Circuit Court Records Online
Virginia District Court Records Online
Virginia Regulations for Breath Alcohol Testing
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
D.C. Superior Court (Unofficial Comprehensive Directory)
Federal Judicial Center - Judges' biographies and more.
U.S. Court of Appeals (4th Circuit)
U.S. District Court (E.D. Va.)
U.S. District Court (W.D. Va.)
Client Protection Fund of the Bar of Maryland
District of Columbia Government
Governments on the World Wide Web
Maryland Dept. of Assess. and Taxation
Maryland-Approved Drug and Alcohol Education Programs
Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration
Maryland Office of Administrative Hearings
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
U.S. House of Representatives.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Virginia Department of Forensic Science
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Asian Pacific American Bar Association of DC
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Fairfax County, Virginia, Bar Association
Maryland Criminal Defense Lawyers' Association
Maryland Hispanic Bar Association
Maryland State Bar Association
Montgomery County, MD, Bar Association
National Asian Pacific American Law Student Association
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
National Institute of Military Justice - Includes excellent legal links.
National Legal Aid and Defender Association
National Native American Bar Association
National Native American Law Students Association
National Tribal Justice Resource Center
Native American Bar Association of DC
Philippine American Bar Association
Prince George's County, MD, Bar Association
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
American Civil Liberties Union
Association on American Indian Affairs
Drug Reform Coordination Network
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive
National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium
National Congress of American Indians
National Federation of Filipino American Associations
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
National Indian Child Welfare Association
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
La Presse (Montreal)
Planning Commissioners Journal
Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus
INTERNET AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
Anti-spyware - By Snapfiles
ELibrary.com - Periodical search engine.
Fox Engineering (computer consultant/computer recommendations listing)
Wayback Machine - Internet archives since 1996.
Who Is Source - Providing miscellaneous site statistics.
SITES THAT DISCUSS OR LINK TO MARKS & KATZ
NOTE: The following list is a mere sampling of the hundreds of websites that refer to Marks & Katz, LLC.
Adult Chamber of Commerce (Advisory: Various adult entertainment websites listed on our webpages include explicit sexual images).
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
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MARKS & KATZ, LLC - EXPERIENCED FIGHTERS FOR JUSTICE
Marks & Katz fights tirelessly for justice for our clients, with 30 years of combined experience. We are driven to win, put our clients ahead of money, and are ever-passionate for our clients and their causes. Our law partners Jay Marks and Jon Katz serve our clients directly, with caring and understanding. Jay and Jon met in 1969, attended public school together, trust each other deeply, revel in the thrill of victory, and fight side by side. We opened in 1998, and look forward to many more years of doing good for our clients and society. We are dedicated to justice, welcome tough cases, and never shy away from controversy.
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