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Captivating The Jury – Fairfax Criminal Lawyer On Persuading Jurors
Captivating jurors in a persuasive, real, and in the moment manner can help them forget any negative preconceived notions about criminal defense lawyers, and lead the jury to focus on the lawyer's words and word images instead. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know the...
Chris Flohr
Jon Katz is my go to referral for Virginia criminal defense cases. I have known Jon for years. In addition to having been selected and attended the prestigious Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Wyoming, Jon just plain works hard. I have now represented co-defendant...
Joseph Katz passes – Taught me never to give up nor give in
My dad Joseph Jacob Katz passed away May 18, 2020. I could say he had a long illness, and that I am happy I got a chance to visit with him for many nice hours at my parents' home in New York City this past...
Convincing People in the Gut Zone – A Criminal Lawyer’s Perspective
Convincing people starts from engaging them as human to human. As a Virginia criminal lawyer, I know that this engagement is not solely directed at their minds, but at their levels at the gut, heart , and feelings -- their feelings of inspiration from the...
Battling for one client at a time – Fairfax criminal lawyer
Battling for criminal defense clients can be seen either as a great opportunity to help people and protect civil liberties, or else as a constant struggle against an overly unjust criminal justice system. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I choose the first approach, in that...
Judicial influences beyond the courthouse — Virginia criminal lawyer
Judicial influences - Virginia criminal lawyer on the importance of knowing your judge. Judicial decisionmaking is influenced by factors beyond only the courtroom and judicial chambers. As a Virginia criminal lawyer, I know that judges come to their jobs with several decades of prior life...
Advocating When Judges Blunder – A Fairfax Criminal Lawyer’s View
Advocating for criminal defendants when judges blunder is part of the job of a criminal defense lawyer. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that many judges will royally blunder in making numerous vital decisions. The humble judges who blunder have better potential for getting...
Part II – Pausing Before Hiring a Former Prosecutor/Former Member of the Opposing Army
In seeking a criminal defense lawyer, one might ask what motivated the lawyer to the criminal defense path, and whether and why the criminal defense lawyer will stick with and fight like hell for his or her client through thick and thin, through all the...
Winning an acquittal calls for helping the jury feel reasonable doubt in their bellies
Preparation is essential for any trial. Then, to bring the trial to higher quantum levels of persuasion, the criminal defense lawyer must feel the fire for his or client in the belly, and share that fire with the jury in a persuasive way.
The fight for justice is no popularity contest, and the battle can be exhilaratingly powerful
My client can get swept up with me in that fireball of positive energy that focuses on directing a fan at any dirt thrown our way rather than descending into curses and complaints.