Underdog Blog – Fairfax Criminal Defense Lawyer | Virginia DUI Attorney
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Criminal defense is all about clients
My work is never dull. Criminal defense, for me, is blissful battle on the side of the angels, no matter how rough and tumble the battles get. It is a constant opportunity for me to hone being calm in the eye of the storm. The extra...
Pathetic tale of exposing a child to methadone, not bringing him to the hospital, and being convicted of felony murder
A criminal defense lawyer at once needs abundant compassion, empathy, and a cast-iron stomach. Even with that ongoing goal, I am still retching over yesterday’s Virginia appellate case opinion concerning the following allegations proven against a woman — and apparently admitted to by her trial testimony —...
Obtaining a Virginia reckless plea after a 0.11 blood reading, where such a result is uncommon
Virginia drunk driving convictions carry harsh results, including one year of no driving except for restricted purposes permitted by the court, mandatory ignition interlock coming your way regardless of the blood alcohol content, and expensive total payments for an attorney, fines and costs, and mandatory...
“I am scared sh*tless. How do I convince myself that you will be there for me working your ass off?”
One day I had breakfast with a local top-notch veteran medical malpractice lawyer who seems to deeply care about his clients and the quality of his work. To this day, he has not found a way to save time by limiting his potential client meetings...
Defending retch-inducing child pornography and child sex solicitation cases
DEFENDING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND SOLICITATION OF SEX WITH CHILDREN. By Jon Katz “Why do you want to defend such a case?” asked one of the most amazing and effective trial consultants/psychological professionals, whom I visited for ideas on defending a man caught distributing multiple images...
Obtaining a reckless driving plea in the middle of a drunk driving trial
When a lawyer fully prepares a case to go to trial, it is more likely to settle than when a lawyer prepares the case to settle. I prepare every case to go to trial, and take many of them to trial. The preparation increases my victories,...
The three basics of effective trial advocacy: Knowledge/intelligence, skill/experience and passion/conviction
The three basics of effective trial advocacy, and persuasion beyond the law, are knowledge/intelligence/preparation, skill/experience, and passion/conviction. They all need to be synthesized into a harmonious whole. Passion, conviction, and persuasion are major hallmarks of the Trial Lawyers College, which I attended for four weeks in August...
Virginia will mandate the ignition interlock for all DWI convictions
Another reason to fight DWI cases tooth and nail In The Forty Year Old Virgin, one of the hero’s drunk prospects asks him to blow into a tube into her car, and away they recklessly go. He did not at the time realize that he...
Jon Katz interviews live today on BBC TV and BBC radio
BBC interviewed me today 1:30pm EDT at its Washington, D.C., television studio, for TV Channel 1’s South East Today, about Briton Christopher Tappin’s extradition and armaments prosecution, now that he is scheduled to be taken soon to the United States by extradition order. BBC Radio Kent interviews...
Don’t hold your breath to see any expansion of Miranda
Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), must be kept sacrosanct, so that law enforcement will properly advise suspects in custody of their right to remain silent, and honor that right, so that the Fifth Amendment has real meaning in assuring that one not be...
