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If you or a loved one have been accused of DUI or other crime in Virginia, it is time to obtain an experienced Virginia criminal lawyer who has the ability, experience and drive to pursue your best possible defense. Criminal charges can jeopardize your freedom, reputation, and livelihood. Once you hire a qualified lawyer, you can be on the road to avoiding and minimizing those risks.

Criminal Defense Lawyer Jon Katz for decades has successfully defended people prosecuted for such alleged offenses as DUI / DWI, drug crimes, assault and other violent crimes, weapons violations, sex crimes, theft, financial crimes, and more. His drive to pursue the best possible results in court arises from his passion for justice and protecting people's individual rights, his insistence on curbing abuse by the government and police, and his natural devotion to fight for what is right.

Once you hire the right criminal defense lawyer for you, you can get on with your life while your attorney prepares your defense and works closely with you for a favorable outcome in your case. It is never too early to choose your criminal defense or DUI lawyer. The sooner your attorney gets to work for you, the more ahead of the game he will be for you. The prosecutor and police are not waiting for you to hire a lawyer as they prepare the prosecution for you. The sooner you hire the right lawyer for you, the better.

Virginia Misdemeanor and Felony Defense

Virginia prosecutions can be for alleged felony offenses, misdemeanors or both. Misdemeanors carry no more than up to one year in jail if convicted. A felony conviction carries over a year in jail, with the criminal law listing the maximum possible penalty. On top of that, some misdemeanor and felony convictions risk mandatory minimum jail time, with the judge having no discretion to depart below the mandatory minimum. Sometimes lower level misdemeanors are described as petty offenses. However, there is nothing petty about any criminal charge for the defendant, for whom a conviction can harm and haunt the accused person for years. Being branded a convicted felon is even worse. Virginia criminal lawyer Jon Katz applies his successful experience and history defending thousands of criminal defendants to pursue acquittals, and other results that are much more favorable than the original criminal charges against defendants. Obtaining great results for Virginia DUI and criminal defendants comes not from wishful thinking, but from a full court press, excellent preparation, devotion to each
client's cause, and treating each case as the unique fight that it is. Jon Katz recognizes each client as needing and deserving a high quality defense.

What does Criminal Lawyer Jon Katz do for your defense?

Virginia criminal lawyer Jon Katz has successfully defended thousands of people charged with criminal and DUI offenses. He puts that experience to work for you immediately upon being hired. The defense starts with obtaining discovery and other evidence, Jon’s working closely with his client as a team throughout the defense, and fully preparing for each court date. Jon is ready to take each case to trial, with any case negotiations being backed up by full trial readiness. Jon has successfully pursued hundreds of trials, with such work being second nature to him. When you hire our law firm to defend you, you get
Jon Katz as your lawyer, with his many years of expertise defending those accused of crimes. Criminal defense represents over 99% of Jon’s law practice.

Jon Katz fearlessly pursues your best defense

Do not go alone to Virginia criminal and DUI court. To go alone means to be an inexperienced defendant going up against experienced prosecutors and police. The courthouse is full of hurdles and landmines that Jon Katz knows how to identify and defuse. With all his successful experience representing criminal defendants, Jon goes to court fearlessly, fully focused on pursuing his clients’ best defense.

What is Jon Katz's recipe for successfully defending Virginia criminal defendants?

Nothing beats experience for successfully defending Virginia criminal defendants. Jon Katz combines that experience with the same zeal that he always has had for defending his clients’ rights in court. Jon keeps up with updates in the law and on cutting edge approaches to pursuing success in court. He frequently brainstorms with colleagues on making major breakthroughs for the defense. Jon’s criminal defense blog is testimony to his devotion to keeping up to date on providing his clients with their best possible defense. His criminal defense blog goes into further detail about winning through persuasive storytelling, reversing roles with the witness he cross examines, and never letting go from the goal of obtaining great results for his clients.

Call us at 703-383-1100 for a free initial consultation with Jon Katz

Virginia Criminal Lawyer Jon Katz is ready to get to work for you. Learn more about the great difference Jon Katz can make to your defense by scheduling a free in-person confidential consultation with Jon about your court-pending case, by calling us at 703-383-1100. Our staff can usually schedule you to meet with Jon either the same day you call or else the next business day. During your meeting with Jon, he will answer your questions, provide you with his view of the possibilities for your defense, and map out a proposed joint action plan for you and him to follow in pursuing the best possible outcome for your case.

Virginia Criminal Lawyer Jonathan L. Katz pursues your best defense against felony, misdemeanor, and DUI prosecutions. Call 703-383-1100 for a free in-person consultation and action plan with Jon Katz about your court-pending criminal or DWI case.

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Testimonials

  • Mr. Katz seemed to put everything he had into the trial

    I am convinced I wouldn’t have gotten a Fair Trial without the services of Mr. Jon Katz. As my trial proceeded, I felt like an important client. Mr. Katz seemed to put everything he had into the trial. I was very impressed by Mr. Katz’ knowledge of case law. I highly recommend Mr. Katz. He is most definitely a Five Star attorney! I couldn’t be more happy and satisfied with the outcome.

    P. H.
    Source: Google

  • 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.
    Source: Google

  • Jon, is a warrior through and through

    Jon, is a warrior through and through. His meticulous preparation is just one of the keys to his success. His preparation leads to him knowing his cases so well that he can build a defense that will ensure that justice is achieved in he case. He is also innovative, does not fail to get experts when they are needed whether it be a toxicologist in a DUI case to refute the governments evidence, or the use of experts in helping him just prepare the trial even if they are not called to testify or give evidence themselves. Jon is also extremely passionate in his defense of others, that passion is persuasive to judges and jurors, it’s what helps to produce results. Jon is a fighter, he will not quit fighting until justice is served, it’s the only way he knows what to do, it’s why he’s a warrior!

    SBA
    Source: Avvo

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