Virginia criminal trial dates are times of opportunity, despite any accompanying risk

Virginia criminal trial dates are opportunities to obtain advantage and victory for defendants. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I hear from many clients after we leave the courtroom with success, that they lost sleep while awaiting their court date, despite my reassurances that part of my job is doing the heavy lifting for them so that they may get on with their lives. My reassurances are backed up by full preparation for Virginia criminal and DUI defendants’ trial dates, excellent past relevant results, a total devotion to my clients and their causes, and never judging my clients, only full defending them.

How do I deal with my fear of attending my Virginia criminal trial date?

Your Virginia criminal trial date is often chock full of opportunities for full or partial success. A big ingredient in this regard is to choose the right Virginia criminal defense lawyer for you. If you have fear and nervousness about the prosecution against you, ideally you will feel comfortable addressing that with your lawyer, and ideally your lawyer will respond well not by complaining about your anxiety, not by offering mere assurances, but by talking through your concerns, and answering each one of them. Yes, as a Fairfax criminal lawyer I am unable to replace the role of a psychologist or other mental health professional for providing such counseling, but fortunately I have myself learned and been applying the tools for powerfully fearless Virginia criminal defense. This starts with the basics of full preparation for court coupled with extensive relevant experience, and moves onto my martial arts and mindfulness experience that focuses on remaining in the presence, and my eternal optimism about the possibilities for obtaining justice for each client, if for no other reason because of the repeated times I exceed my own expectations in the great outcomes we can obtain in court. When my clients want to know more about these free and simple to understand and apply approaches to achieve mental confidence and groundedness, I gladly share that with them.

How do I transform fear into my friend and motivator for fighting my Virginia prosecution?

Prosecutors, police and anyone else can often smell your fear from far away. The more that you and your lawyer attend your Virginia criminal trial date as a fearless united front, the closer you can come to success in court. At the same time, it is normal to be fearful, but we can also recognize that staying in the present helps eliminate many of our fears. To help neutralize our fears, we can acknowledge and face them fully, which is similar to the my martial art’s move of embrace tiger, remove to mountain. By our fully facing and knowing our fears, we reduce the unknown and thus our fears. Once we have weakened what scares us, we can send the matter on their way. Many prosecutors and police want you as a criminal defendant to be fearful, to try to divide you from your Virginia criminal lawyer, and to scare you into pleading guilty or no contest to avoid the risks of trial. Fear of course can be a motivator for achieving success and avoiding failure, including having you start early in finding the right Virginia criminal lawyer for you, and in following your attorney’s recommendations for self improvement steps you can take to assist in obtaining a positive outcome in your case.

Is the polished and self confident Virginia criminal lawyer the one for me to choose?

Your ideal Virginia criminal trial lawyer lawyer will not be superficially polished nor merely posturing as confident, but instead will not cower before the judge nor anyone else, will grab the bull by the horns in defending you, and will not let himself nor herself get distracted by the small things that are meaningless to pay attention to. Your ideal Virginia criminal defense lawyer will be humble enough to know when s/he cannot easily find the answer to a vital question or questions on the attorney’s own, and will selectively compare notes with suitable colleagues. I go one step further by joining other lawyers several times a year to intensively figure out how to transcend the toughest hurdles in my and their upcoming trials, including through finding the powerful story for obtaining victory and in re-enacting critical scenes in the case through the role playing and reverse role playing of psychodrama. Even the best criminal defense lawyer cannot rest on his nor her laurels when your liberty is on the line.

Is your criminal defense lawyer in with you for the long haul?

Some of my colleagues unabashedly talk about the practice of law as being all about money. Wow. That is a foreign concept to me. I went to law school committed to helping make the world a better place, while convinced that of course doing great work helps achieve a good income. When you and I join as lawyer and client for your Virginia criminal trial, you have me as your fully committed attorney for the long haul.

Fairfax criminal lawyer Jonathan Katz relentlessly pursues your best defense against Virginia criminal and DUI prosecutions. An eye-opening experience awaits you with your free in-person initial confidential consultation with Jon Katz about your court-pending case. By the time you finish your first meeting with Jon, you will feel much more knowledgeable and confident about your defenses. Call 703-383-1100 for your initial consultation with Jon.