Lorton Criminal Defense Lawyer

Delivering Great Lorton DUI / DWI Defense

Virginia DUI law can be harsh, and Fairfax County prosecutors are not pushovers with settlement negotiations. The downstream effects of a Lorton DUI conviction are substantial — driving privileges can be upended, substantial fines and possible jail time imposed, car insurance costs driven up, security clearance reviews triggered, professional licensing complicated, and long-term harm wreaked on the defendant's personal and professional life. These adverse consequences can haunt you.

Jon Katz counters all of it. He mines the evidence and law to deflate the prosecution, turn circumstances to his client's favor, and successfully persuade at every turn. Because a multitude of defensive attacks are often necessary in pursuing your best defense, Jon tirelessly attacks police stops, field testing, Constitutional infirmities, arrests, breath and blood testing, and the entire prosecution against you.

Jon's DUI preparation is backed by specific credentials. He is a member of the National College for DUI Defense, trained by one of the nation's top police instructors in field sobriety testing, and has worked with defense forensic experts in over 100 cases. Combining that extensive trial experience with persuasive skills, Jon approaches every DUI case knowing the traps and assumptions built into these prosecutions — and how to dismantle them. If plea negotiations are not to your liking, Jon doesn't hesitate to take your DUI case to trial and fight for an acquittal.

Lorton Drug Defense

Drug prosecutions need to be fought tooth and nail. For someone charged with a drug offense in Lorton, the exposure reaches beyond the courtroom into freedom, career, security clearance, and immigration status. The quality, ability, know-how, experience, and devotion of your Virginia drug defense lawyer can make a major difference to your defense.

Jon Katz's drug defense work in Lorton cuts across the full scope of the prosecution's case. That means challenging searches and seizures, attacking undercover operations and informants, scrutinizing government chemist work and testimony, addressing innocent reasons for being near alleged contraband, and attacking dragnet arrests.

The prosecution's case may at first seem problematic for a defendant, but weaknesses in the prosecution's case, Constitutional violations, and reasonable doubt can only be pursued with tireless preparation, dismantling the prosecution's efforts, and keeping eyes on the prize of victory. Jon brings that drive and ability to every drug defense client's campaign for favorable court outcomes.

Lorton Assault Defense

Assault accusations in Lorton often arrive with police and prosecutors having already rushed to judgment. Sometimes those rash conclusions can be overturned, but — as in all criminal defense — it takes full trial readiness: challenging the accuracy of the allegations and pursuing essential defenses to quash a possible assault conviction.

As a Lorton assault defense lawyer, Jon fights tirelessly and fearlessly for the best avenues to acquittal by presenting a persuasive counter-story, attacking the prosecutor's case, and persuasively presenting his clients' defense to judges and jurors.

Lorton Firearms & Weapons Defense

Virginia imposes serious penalties for weapons offenses. Jon is a strong advocate for Second Amendment rights to possess and use firearms and other weapons. He has experience firing numerous semiautomatic rifles and handguns, and he brings that firsthand familiarity to bear when pursuing his clients' best defense.

When a Lorton firearm defendant ends up in a prosecutorial jam, Jon's defense for gun and firearm charges begins at the threshold: challenging the search and seizure of any weapon found on or near a defendant, contesting knowing possession, and pursuing vital defenses under Virginia law. Jon is particularly well-suited for persuasively presenting your defense to judges and jurors.