Underdog Blog – Fairfax Criminal Defense Lawyer | Virginia DUI Attorney

Two nights ago while I was about to make a U-turn around a blocked-off street while police searched the Discovery Channel building after James Lee had already been killed, a woman crossing the street in front of me started asking if I could give her a...

Each week, Law Crossing adds a lawyer to its Law Star Hall of Fame. The website has added me to its list with a review entitled "Jon Katz: An Eclectic Attorney in an Otherwise Predictable Legal System." Law Crossing’s review heavily repackages some of my clients’ online...

Camera image from U.S. Geological Survey website.   BBC TV Channel 1 has posted my live interview that aired today on the South East Today  program (or programme for those on the other side of the Atlantic). The clip is here (update: the link expired after 24...

Unfortunately, the state of the law reduces how carefree one may feel being in a car with others. If the car is stopped — or a house searched — and contraband is found on anyone in the car or home, do not be surprised if the police...

Cesar Chavez: A champion for the empowerment of workers and immigrants. Your immigration status is your own business. Whether or not law enforcement personnel have the authority to ask you your immigration status, you have no obligation to answer. Certainly, people in the United States...

Abbey Road revisited. This morning, a gaggle of geese crossing a busy street gave drivers a chance to step back from their Friday hustle-bustle. I excused myself from my cellphone call to snap this photo. John Johnson emphasized to me the importance of finding quiet and...

Photo from website of U.S. District Court (W.D. Mi.). Prosecutors ordinarily are prohibited from mentioning to the jury that a defendant did not take the witness stand or remained silent prior to the trial date. Underlining the importance for criminal defendants to argue both under...

Although drug possession consists of knowledge, dominion and control over the drugs, that does not automatically prevent a person from being arrested, prosecuted and convicted for being in the knowing presence of drugs without having any other involvement with them. Last Friday, Maryland’s highest court,...

When Barack Obama ran for president, I predicted that despite his overgeneralized talk of change that I would be no more satisfied with him than with Bill Clinton, with whom I was only moderately satisfied.  On the obscenity prosecution front, it turns out that Barack...

My ABC news contact informed me that my Nightline interview should air tonight. (UPDATE: It will be next week. That’s what happens when an item is not late-breaking news.) More details are here. Here is an article on the segment, including a quote from me.