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Twice DWI legal limit settles for wet reckless by Fairfax DUI lawyer

June 14, 2024

Twice the 0.08 blood alcohol concentration (BAC) testing already risks a mandatory minimum five days in jail in Virginia if convicted of such a BAC. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I recently achieved a wet reckless driving disposition in Fairfax County General District Court that...

Driving issues with your VA DUI case- Tackle them

January 31, 2024

Driving issues are one of the major headaches of a Virginia DWI arrest and conviction. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer defending people against prosecutions for driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs under Virginia Code § 18.2-266, I know that a chief concern of Virginia...

Virginia DUI defendants now have a more attractive wet reckless option

August 16, 2021

Virginia DUI defendants convicted for a first-time DWI offense under Virginia Code § 18.2-266 for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs -- with a blood alcohol content (BAC) under 0.15 as of last year became eligible for unlimited driving during their one-year...

Ignition Interlock Direct Mails – Telling My Virginia DUI Clients to Ignore Them

July 9, 2021

Ignition interlock is a device to drive for at least the first six monhts of restricted driving after receiving a Virginia DUI conviction. As a Fairfax DWI lawyer, I am hearing more often from clients receiving ignition interlock device direct mail soon after their incident...

DWI and Virginia restricted driving- Fairfax DUI lawyer comments

October 10, 2020

DWI first offense convictions in Virginia now enable driving anywhere during the one-year license suspension period withe the alcohol ignition interlock. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I know that this option is available only so long as the conviction was not for a blood alcohol...

Truly cares and connects with those he works with

Jon Katz is a dedicated advocate for his clients. He is a go-to resource for fellow attorneys and his knowledge of DUI and criminal law is only matched by his zeal in applying it to help his clients achieve their best outcomes. He also truly cares and connects with those he works with. It is my pleasure to recommend him when I can.

Thomas Soldan
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He runs a meticulous outfit, and his support staff was excellent.

FAIRFAX CRIMINAL LAWYER I met Jon two days ago. He had started driving from Fairfax at six in the morning – crossing nearly the entire state to defend me in a small town that looked like it was frozen in the nineteen-forties.

The town looked like a set for Mississippi Burning. There were some beautiful buildings – but it also seemed menacing. I had been charged in this small town, and had spent months trying to arrange an adequate legal defense – from my home in Miami.

When I was first charged, I was overwhelmed by the situation. I then did what you are doing now: looked thru online reviews for the best lawyer for my case. Jon fit the bill so I called him. Since then, it has been several weeks of intense back and forth with him. He runs a meticulous outfit, and his support staff was excellent. They worked very hard to collect and compile all the useful documents. Everything worked. No mistakes.

I had multiple phone conversations with Jon, but, because of the long distance, had not met him in person. The court date was two days ago. I had arranged to meet Jon in a diner a few blocks from the courthouse. Before Jon arrived, I was in pretty bad shape. I had made a series of stupid mistakes, which had led to the charges, and I understood that, if things didn’t break my way – I was facing serious prison time. Jon walked into the diner, and sat down across from me. He has more than a passing resemblance to Bobby Kennedy. He also has something rare: Star Power. People in the diner, and later in the courthouse, followed him with their eyes. He is a person who immediately meets your eyes, and holds the eye contact. It was like suddenly being in a John Grisham movie, and you are on the side of the angels. Think of it like having Gus Grissom from CSI Las Vegas, sit down across from you at a diner- and he says he can help you. Jon ordered a black coffee and lifted two huge brown paper binders on to the table. He carefully flipped thru pages that he and his staff had organized with tabs. He had all my important defense documents immediately accessible.

Jon and I walked a few blocks to the courthouse. The sky was a steely overcast slate grey. We went thru the security guards with their holstered Glocks. He went thru some heavy doors to talk to the Prosecutor. The court doors then opened and we were directed to approach the bench. The prosecutor was an attractive woman, in a perfectly tailored outfit. She started talking to the Judge and seemed to be advocating FOR ME! I don’t fully understand what happened, but Jon had arranged for the case to be amended downwards, and then an on the spot dismissal with no guilty plea, no conviction, and several thousand dollar fines were reduced to a hundred dollar court cost.

We left the Courthouse – back into the worn brick town. He drove me to my hotel in his vintage sport’s car. I was left standing there outside my hotel on a cold January day in rural Virginia. My life had changed in a matter of hours. Jon had saved my life.

K. H.
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Jon since the beginning was ready to help me, making me feel I was in the right hands

Jon since the beginning was ready to help me, making me feel I was in the right hands, and he did his best to get the best results in my case working very hard answering all my questions and letting me know everything I need to know before and after go to court.

Il.
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