JON KATZ, P.C.
Attorney at Law
17 YEARS FIGHTING TIRELESSLY FOR VICTORY FOR CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS
Practicing Law Throughout Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia
8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 703
Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland 20910
(301) 495-7755/FAX (301) 585-7733
jon[at]katzjustice[dot]com
ONE MILE FROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL
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- AV-RATED by MARTINDALE-HUBBELL LAWYERS DIRECTORY
- WASHINGTONIAN MAGAZINE'S TOP 800 LAWYERS
SUPER LAWYERS-LISTED
- BAR REGISTER-listed (Criminal Trial and White Collar Crime)
- NATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED BY MAJOR MEDIA:
- CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER (All Felonies, Misdemeanors, Drunk Driving, Marijuana and all other drugs)
- DRUNK DRIVING LAWYER / DUI / DWI / CRIMINAL TRAFFIC / DRUGGED DRIVING
- STUDENT RIGHTS /STUDENT DISCIPLINARY DEFENSE LAWYER
- CONSTITUTIONAL & FIRST AMENDMENT DEFENSE LAWYER
Practicing Criminal Defense and Drunk Driving/ DUI/ DWI throughout Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia, including the counties of Montgomery, Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Arlington, Prince George's, Baltimore, Howard, Frederick, Anne Arundel (Annapolis and Glen Burnie), Prince William, and Loudoun.
SITE MAP
- Jonathan L. Katz (Admitted in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Virginia) (see also here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here)
- Criminal Defense (White and Blue Collar) (See also here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here)
- First Amendment and Constitutional Defense (see also here)
Bilingual Lawyer (see also here)
Defending Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
Defending Free Expression and Activists
Driving While Intoxicated Defense (See also here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here)
Fighting Censorship With The Pen
Fighting for Constitutional Rights
Fighting for Justice Through Jury Trials
The First Amendment and Adult Retailers
The Former Spouse Protection Act: A Bad Law For Veterans
French-Speaking Lawyer / Un Avocat Parlant Français Couramment
Great Lawyers and Friends for Justice
How to Pay for a Quality Lawyer
Irony: Alleged Spammers Sue Anti-Spammers for Libel
Jon Katz - Radical Lawyer in a Suit
Learning From the Trial Lawyer's College
Legal Times Covers the Essence of Marks & Katz
Leveling the Playing Field of Defense Medical Examinations
Fighting for Prison Officer Fired for Posing Nude
Joint Appellate Amicus Brief Advances Winning 1st Amendment Argument
Win for Criminal Defendants' Rights in Maryland's Highest Court
Win for the First Amendment in Baltimore
Wins for Justice (Each case is different (e.g., with a different set of facts, law, and adjudicators), and this listing is by no means meant to indicate the results Marks & Katz, LLC, will obtain for future clients. Our goal, of course, is for winning advocacy at every turn). See also here.
Mounting the Medical Marijuana Defense (October 17, 2003) (see also here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here)
Opposing DC Anti-Runner Legislation
Opposing Embarrassment Sentences
Opposing Unjust Prosecutions of Political Speech - Marks & Katz's pro bono amicus brief for the DC National Lawyers Guild chapter, in Sassower v. U.S.
Opposing Unnecessary Fattening of the Criminal Code
Pack Shack Appeal - First Amendment Brief
Powerful Lawyering Through Fearlessness And Peacefulness
Protecting Immigrants in Criminal Court
Protecting The First Amendment On The Internet
Pushing for Constitutional Rights in the Military
Reckless Driving - Caveat Emptor
Students' Rights are Not for Sale
Supporting the Free Speech Coalition
Vindicating Free Expression Rights Through State Constitutions
When First Amendment Rights Prevent Criminal Convictions
Your Rights and the Police (March 2004)
SAMPLES OF POST-OCTOBER 2006 UNDERDOG BLOG ENTRIES:
September 5, 2008 - Drunk driving defense in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
August 15, 2008 - Terry v. Ohio must not become more dangerous than it already is.
July 29, 2008 - Maryland drunk driving lawyer / Virginia drunk driving lawyer / Washington, D.C. drunk driving lawyer.
July 28, 2008 - Miranda- No means No..
July 21, 2008 - DNA defense lawyer.
July 18, 2008 - Rape defense lawyer.
July 15, 2008 - Involuntary drugging
July 8, 2008 - Felony drug defense.
July 3, 2008 - When police prevaricate.
June 30, 2008 - Handgun lawyer.
June 29, 2008 - Virginia DWI defense.
June 25, 2008 - Virginia reckless driving defense.
June 13, 2008 - Criminal defense of immigrants.
June 10, 2008 - Maryland's new criminal discovery rules.
June 6, 2008 - Obscenity defense.
May 29, 2008 - When convicted felons are nearby guns and drugs.
May 28, 2008 - Federal criminal defense lawyer.
May 23, 2008 - Online criminal defense.
May 21, 2008 - Child pornography defense.
May 20, 2008 - Online child pornography defense.
May 14, 2008 - Federal criminal trial lawyer.
May 12, 2008 - Limits on federal criminal jurisdiction.
May 8, 2008 - Fairfax DWI / Drunk Driving Defense Lawyer.
April 28, 2008 - Support bloggers' free speech rights.
April 24, 2008 - The Fourth Amendment in Virginia
April 23, 2008 - Dismissal of wrongful Fairfax prosecution.
April 15, 2008 - Legalize prostitution.
April 9, 2008 - Northern Virginia marijuana lawyer.
April 8, 2008 - Baltimore drug lawyer.
March 24, 2008 - Fairfax Virginia criminal lawyer - Knowing your rights with the police
March 2, 2008 - Fairfax Virginia criminal lawyer - Spam prosecutions.
February 22, 2008 - Stop police abuse.
February 21, 2008 - When an arrest is on an inapplicable roadway.
February 20, 2008 - Confessions are inadmissible without interpreters' testimony.
February 19, 2008 - Defense of cases involving the Internet, child pornography, obscenity, online sexual solicitation, and Internet piracy.
February 15, 2008 - Defending DWI/DUI and other criminal traffic cases.
February 12, 2008 - Defending students against disciplinary actions.
February 12, 2008 - Shine the light on all police abuse.
February 12, 2008 - Death penalty trials at Guantanamo.
February 10, 2008 - Defending handguns, weapons, and firearms.
February 8, 2008 - Why is lawyer Ben Kuehne being prosecuted for money laundering?
February 7, 2008 - When a judge reviews another's search warrant.
February 6, 2008 - When prosecutors suggest getting the information from the defendant.
February 5, 2008 - When people waive rights out of confusion.
February 4, 2008 - Persuading in the moment.
February 1, 2008 - Cops can't play fast and loose with Miranda.
January 28, 2008 - What to wear in a courtroom?
January 24, 2008 - International extraditions: To be fought tooth and nail.
January 22, 2008 - Powerfully negotiating criminal cases.
January 17, 2008 - Keep the Fourth Amendment alive in Virginia.
January 11, 2008 - Holding breath technicians and their machines to the fire.
January 10, 2008 - When prosecutors advise cops to withhold discovery.
January 8, 2008 - Challenging Breathalyzer Test Results.
December 3, 2007 - Police and car stops and searches: How far can they go?
November 27, 2007 - Sexual Assault Defense: Sex Offender Registries.
November 26, 2007 - When Prosecutors Pare Down Civilian Witness Lists.
November 21, 2007 - Students Suspended For Using Crushed Smarties In Anti-Drug Video.
November 13, 2007 - Federal Drug Defense.
November 8, 2007 - Blood Alcohol Content Test Results Can Be Higher Than The B.A.C. At The Time Of Driving.
October 12, 2007 - Too Many Innocents Get Convicted.
August 31, 2007 - Why do we have criminal laws?
August 29, 2007 - You can't cross-examine a machine.
August 14, 2007 - Speaking in Soundbites.
July 23, 2007 - Michael Vick's prosecution: Don't rush to judgment.
May 7, 2007 - Flow chart leads to one-third the usual DWI suspension.
April 26, 2007 - Close but no cigar for traffic stops.
April 22, 2007 - Double jeopardy rights.
April 20, 2007 - Pot pipe victory in time for 4/20.
April 19, 2007 - Dismissal of handgun prosecution.
April 18, 2007 - Unjust detention and prosecution of juvenile.
April 17, 2007 - Warrants generally needed to search locked containers.
April 15, 2007 - Immigration law and criminal defendants.
April 8, 2007 - Drunk driving/DUI/DWI: Field sobriety tests are searches under the Fourth Amendment.
March 27, 2007 - From thirty plants to a probation before judgment.
March 27, 2007 - Gun Defense Lawyer
March 26, 2007 - Potential gold of criminal motions.
March 25, 2007 - Why Would Law Enforcement Not Want To Record "Confessions"? Why, Indeed.
March 23, 2007 - COPA Judge: "[P]erhaps we do the minors of this country harm if First Amendment protections, which they will with age inherit fully, are chipped away in the name of their protection."
March 22, 2007 - Maryland max security prison closed. Now what?
March
21, 2007 - When clothed shots are prosecuted as child
pornography.
March
21, 2007 - Cert.
Petition Filed Over Prisoners' First Amendment Rights.
March 20, 2007 - Saddam Hussein's vice president hanged after first receiving a life sentence.
February 26, 2007 - Caught in disbelief over an acquittal.
February
21, 2007 - On
Valentine's Day, 11th Circuit upholds ban on selling sexual devices.
February 20, 2007 - Our military law practice.
February 18, 2007 - Everyone is my teacher.
February 13, 2007 - Beware "Never Get Busted" video.
January 3, 2007 - Converting a drunk driving charge to a speeding conviction.
December 21, 2007 - Fighting false accusations.
December 20, 2007 - Field sobriety tests: junk science.
December 3, 2006: Winning a medical marijuana sentencing defense.
November 28, 2006- What is cocaine base?
September 13, 2006 - Sanctions for refusing a blood alcohol test.
INDEX OF OCTOBER 2006 UNDERDOG BLOG ENTRIES:
October 13: The U.S. military signals military criminal defense lawyers to pretend to defend.
October 12: When police troll for pedestrians smelling of alcohol.
October 11: Mask crime laws: A lump of coal in the First Amendment's eye.
October 10: Juror misconduct: How common? How to minimize the potential damage?
October 9: Marijuana- Effective medicine for Alzheimer's disease and much more. Also linked here.
October 9: Secret Service arrests man who tells Cheney "I think your policies in Iraq are reprehensible." Also linked here.
October 8: Do music and art make one a better lawyer?
October 8: Does humor make one a better lawyer?
October 8: Does hugging make one a better lawyer?
October 6: Kudos for a unanimous Supreme Court affirmance of injunction protecting sacramental use of a tea containing a hallucinogen. Also linked here.
October 6: If Molly Ivins can laugh in the face of oppression, so can I.
October 5: Why did Justice Scalia say "Nobody thinks your client is really ... abstaining from tequila down in Mexico because he is on supervised release in the United States"?
October 5: See this waterboarding video -- If this is not torture, what is?
October 4: Talking about Mark Foley: Marks & Katz gives the radio audience a criminal defense perspective. Also linked here.
October 3: Twenty-two states that do not ban corporal punishment in schools: Leaving 28 desirable states to live in.
October 1: Death threats against judge's rejection of intelligent design curriculum: Non-violent dissent is key.
October 1: Iraq's new government: Taking press censorship cues from Saddam Hussein's regime.
INDEX OF SEPTEMBER 2006 UNDERDOG BLOG ENTRIES:
September 29: George Bush's Injustice Department - Returning to the dark ages of obscenity prosecutions for the written word.
September 29: Know the jury: Views from Sunwolf and Windypundit.
September 29: "So, what's your relationship with the prosecutors?"
September 28: When clients speak in court.
September 27: The gap between indigent criminal defense systems that are well funded and resourced, and poorly funded and resource / What about defendants who barely miss qualifying for indigent defense?
September 26: Walking in Voltaire's shoes, Marks & Katz files motion to dismiss libel suit against Westboro Baptist Church.
September 25: Tell your House members to guarantee habeas corpus rights to alleged enemy combatants.
September 25: Maher Arar: A Canadian citizen is "rendered" to Syria after detention at JFK Airport, tortured, and then told it was all a mistake.
September 25: Trouble in the empire state: Too many New York municipal "justice court" judges run roughshod over justice.
September 24: More on Senator George Allen's macaca-gate.
September 22: Overcover risk at the Supreme Court.
September 21: Only a handful of people receive federally-provided medical marijuana.
September 21: Hemp for Victory.
September 20: Preserve the writ of habeas corpus for all.
September 20: A bad civics lesson: House passes student search bill.
September 20: Know your judge and jury; who's your judge and jury? Also linked here.
September 19: U.S. war prisons: All inmates must receive humane treatment, access to quality defense. and quality tax-paid defense lawyers.
September 18: When criminal defense lawyers are asked to assist the prosecution role. Also linked here.
September 17: The need for criminal defense lawyers to love their clients, listen to them, know them, build trust with them, walk in their shoes, and sit alongside them. Also linked herel.
September 15: Girls Gone Wild prosecution: More injustice from your tax-paid Justice Department. Also linked here.
September 15: Overseas crimes do not shield Americans from prosecution in the United States; sending spam from Oshkosh to AOL subscribers does not prevent prosecution in Virginia. Also linked here.
September 14: To open or not to open at bench trials. Also linked here.
September 13: Sanctions for refusing a blood alcohol test. Also linked here.
September 12: Here a program; there a program; everywhere a program-program. Also linked here with more detail.
September 11: Pretrial preparation starts with jury instructions, Rench's idea book, closing argument, and the jury. Also linked here.
September 10: Of Lonny Baxter, gun laws, and the Potomac divide. Also linked here.
September 9: Why prosecute?
September 8: When Miranda comes to the rescue; and when it does not.
September 7: Waiting to Inhale - The medical marijuana debate.
September 6: Drugs and war. Also linked here.
September 5: Identity theft will decline if TINs replace SSNs for identity.
September 4: Steve Irwin: Exemplified fearless living.
September 3: Criminalizing leaf-rustling: Hunter harassment laws.
September 1: A mentor leaves the planet: James Vance Elliott -- a giant without an ego.
September 1: The government's draconian weight in drunk driving cases.
INDEX OF AUGUST 2006 UNDERDOG BLOG ENTRIES:
August 31: Never give up. Never give in.
August 30: Consistently opposed to libel laws, Marks & Katz defends libel suit against Westboro Baptist Church / Appears on TV.
August 29: Will cops harvest a bumper crop of confessions post-John Karr?
August 28: Another backdoor First Amendment violation: 18 U.S.C. § 2257.
August 27: Minor hauled to court for allegedly saying "meow".
July 28, 2008 Miranda.
August 25: Jay Marks's battles for justice.
August 24: John Johnson: As alive as ever.
August 23: Should judge get four years for indecent exposure? What recourse is available to the parties who appeared before him?
August 22: Comparisons and contrasts on the criminal law systems in Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and federal courts.
August 21: Three prosecutor blogs found: Know the Opposition.
August 21: Virginia criminal defendants: Know your rights / Reverse Virginia's pitiful pay for court-appointed counsel.
August 20: George Allen: Meet Andrew Young and Mel Gibson / Update on macaca-gate.
August 18: Having fun while fighting the powers that be.
August 17: Doing t'ai chi with my opponents.
August 16: Some good suppression cases, the Busted video, and Virginia's malfeasance statute.
August 16: Marks & Katz is eight-years-old this week!
August 15: How does a minority defendant feel walking into a courthouse with a confederate soldier out front? What does this say to a racist juror instructed to set aside prejudice?
August 15: Virginia Senator George Allen demeaningly calls Indian-American man "macaca".
August 15: Venire jury members, be truthful; any other approach can mean a retrial.
August 14: Prison censorship; prison rape.
August 13: Car passengers can have standing to challenge car stop and search.
August 11: The Bush Administration tries to intimidate future Daniel Ellsbergs, Deep Throats, and journalists who would print their disclosures.
August 10: Marks & Katz wins acquittal for client caught red-handed with a handgun at airport baggage scanning, using basic trial outline. Criminal trial outline also is linked here.
August 9: Gansler campaign signs come tumbling down.
August 9: Identifying, selecting, preparing and presenting expert witnesses. Also linked here, with full listing.
August 8: Don't let a Virginia jury convict, because next the jury fixes the sentence.
August 7: U.S. Senate ratifies the Cybercrime Treaty.
August 6: Maryland and Virginia District Court: Bench trials, appeals, and withdrawal of appeals.
August 4: Loving jurors rather than fearing them.
August 3: Marks & Katz on the airwaves - Speaking out for justice.
August 2: Mad Mel: Beyond the hateful words
August 1: Know means know: Your rights dealing with the police.
INDEX OF JULY 2006 UNDERDOG BLOG ENTRIES:
July 31: Getting to "yes" with prosecutors. Also linked here.
July 30: The drug wars: Just say know. Also linked here.
July 28: Pathetic juxtaposition: DC curfew law tightened after Second District Commander asserts " black people are unusual in Georgetown." Also linked here.
July 27: "But they didn't read me my rights" - When Ernesto Miranda applies little more than Carmen Miranda. Also linked here.
July 26: A prosecutor in our midst - Eschewing State's Attorney Gansler's presence in our building and on our landlord's lawn. Also linked here.
July 25: When is a federal judge more acquittal-prone than a jury? Also linked here.
July 24: Virginia -- The land that turned its back on Jencks. Also linked here.
July 23: Beyond the Underdog Blog - See markskatz.com.
July 23: Integrating heart, preparation, technique and experience for trial victory.
July 21: Chilling interview with your friendly, neighborhood, death chamber nurse.
July 20: The National Lawyers Guild - Should I stay or should I go now? Part II.
July 19: Daniel Schorr and Frank Zappa - Inspirations for excellence, for standing up to abuse of power, and against complacency.
July 18: Tony Serra: Speeding past Porsche-driving lawyers.
July 17: MySpace.com: As confidential as the yellow pages.
July 16: Reasonable doubt: The bedrock of a criminal trial. Also linked here.
July 14: The Constitution is violated to criminalize female toplessness.
July 14: Indecent exposure: Prohibiting guests from exposing themselves in Maryland homes
July 13: Let's shoot craps, and stop prohibition of online gambling.
July 12: How to deal with difficult judges? Also linked here.
July 11: Sexually explicit PDA contents are not automatically admissible at trial for seeking sex with a minor.
July 10: Turning the undefinable into a parole condition: Second Circuit upholds parole revocation for possessing pornography.
July 9: Marijuana: Of opportunistic cops and misguided smokers. Also linked here.
July 7: The amazing Sunwolf presents Jury Talk DVD.
July 6: When the judge is your jury: Fighting for justice in misdemeanor court.
July 5: St. Tammany Parish, LA, sheriff gives green light to harass people wearing dreadlocks, and advocates ejecting criminal defense lawyers on a rail.
July 3: Rainbow Gathering defendants are being denied Sixth Amendment right to public trial.
July 2: The garbage bags in your driveway: Fodder for vulture cops.
INDEX OF JUNE 2006 UNDERDOG BLOG ENTRIES:
June 30: Supreme Court's rejection of Guantanamo military commissions highlights danger to everyone's Constitutional rights.
June
29: Supreme
Court rejects Guantanamo military commissions.
June
28: Marks & Katz
appears on Free Speech
Radio News, supporting the New York Times's right to report on the SWIFT
program.
June 27: Supreme Court upholds the right to hire counsel of one's choice.
June 26: Will the Supreme Court in the future have juries determine the existence of prior convictions for enhanced sentences?
June 25: When plea agreements lack sufficient specificity, the federal appellate courts may remand.
June 23: Hopefully, Betsy Ross rolls in her grave - Contact your Senators and Congress members to vote against the flag desecration Constitutional amendment.
June 22: On Wenyi Wang's behalf, Marks & Katz asks the White House for the name of the Chinese television cameraman who restrained her.
June 21: If judges would only walk for a day in a parolee's shoes: Supreme Court allows groundless searches of parolees.
June 20: Supreme Court returns to Washington to figure out definition of "testimonial" communication, but opens a can of worms with 911 calls.
June 19: Virginia's Supreme Court orders new capital sentencing trial where the defense claims mental retardation.
June 18: Maryland District Court commissioners wield too much power.
June 16: Watch this video showing police brutalizing a prosecutor's daughter; then ask how on earth Justice Scalia can claim that increased police professionalism justifies weakening the exclusionary rule. Plus, my own encounter with Justice Scalia.
June 15: Sending Hudson down the river: Further supporting the reasons for having feared the confirmations of Justices Roberts and Alito.
June 14: Bridging the gap between trial lawyer colleges and judges' limits: First person opening, cross-examining without question marks, and jury voir dire.
June 13: Engaging in battle without anger.
June 12: Orlando federal judge criticizes the 100:1 cocaine base:powder cocaine sentencing disparity.
June 11: Beyond the Sixth Amendment's speedy trial right: Dismissing federal prosecutions for running afoul of the Speedy Trial Act's seventy-day rule.
June 9: Not guilty - a phrase too many criminal defendants fear.
