I was facing a first-time DUI charge in VA with a BAC of > .15, which, if convicted, meant I would serve mandatory five-day jail time. As someone who’d previously never even had so much as a speeding ticket, I was frightened out of my mind. After researching extensively online, I contacted Mr. Ka...tz and knew from the moment I met him that I would be hiring him as my attorney. Right away, he put me at ease and lessened my feelings of embarrassment regarding the incident. Ultimately, my trial date was set for ~ 4 months after the initial arrest, and Jon kept me informed and answered my endless queries very patiently and expeditiously. On the date of my court appearance, I was a nervous wreck, and nearly accepted the Prosecutor’s initial offer to accept a lesser charge DUI (reducing the BAC to < .15), which still would have carried a one-year suspended license, ASAP education requirement, fines, and possible ignition interlock system. Thank goodness the Prosecutor didn’t accept our counter offer for a Reckless Driving charge with two days’ jail time because if he had, I’d be far worse off than I am today. Jon patiently explained that I had little to lose by taking the matter to trial and I realized that my best bet was to let Jon do what I’d hired him to do. In the end, he obtained a “not guilty” verdict from the judge after shredding the arresting officer’s testimony (the officer’s testimony differed significantly from his police report of the incident) and getting the BAC test results excluded from the evidence. Jon worked a miracle for me – one for which I will be forever grateful! If you’re facing a DUI charge in MD or VA, don’t look anywhere else – just call Jon Katz!

Choosing Jon to represent me in Fairfax County for a first DUI was an excellent decision for me. I interviewed 4 other attorneys and none compared to Jon. From the minute I sat down with Jon in his Tyson’s office, I felt comfortable and protected. He has a unique sense of humor and candor, and i...t didn’t take long to realize this attorney had such an abundance of positive energy and dedication to fighting for his clients! I was slightly concerned over Jon being based out of Montgomery County, and he wasn’t available on my scheduled court date. But after learning how often Jon is in court in Fairfax, and that he could easily file to have my case heard at the next officer’s court date, it was a no brainer to hire him. Jon and his staff were meticulous in preparing my case, and Jon always returned emails and phone calls within hours. At our first court appearance, the Commonwealth was not willing to offer any lesser plea (my BAC was only .09, but the officer stated I almost struck another car and I did poorly on the field sobriety tests (both untrue)). The case was continued for a trial. At the second appearance (today), again the Commonwealth was not willing to offer any lesser plea, even though it seemed the officer was amenable to a reckless plea, so we went to trial. Jon was amazingly astute, had every base covered, did a superb job at arguing, and was incredibly perceptive at reading the Judge. I am thrilled to report that Jon was successful in having me found not guilty! Thanks goodness I did not get any worthy plea offer! If you are looking for a lawyer who is completely on top of their game, flawless in the courtroom, zealous in their battle for you, go talk to Jon Katz!!!

Back in June I was pulled over for DWI in Fairfax, then the next day after my arrest I was pulled over and was given a ticket to show up in Arlington since I was driving on a suspended license due to the DWI the night before, I didn't know it was suspended for 7 days, so now I had two court dates to ...go to, one for DWI and one for driving on a suspended license. It was a mess, I started calling around for a good attorney, I called some and visited one and I just didn’t feel right about them and they were pushy, then luckily I found this site and I read Jon's reviews, at first I thought maybe the reviews were posted by his friends or people working for him since he had a perfect score on the site. So I did some research on him and decided to make an appointment with him. I went to his office in Tysons and once I sat down with him, I felt at ease and his sense of humor made me more relax about my situation. So I decide to hire him, he is more expensive than others but what he did for me I doubt no other lawyers could have done. The case in Arlington, where I was looking at 3 months suspension of my license and possibly a week or two in jail, this could have been the deal breaker for me, l could have lost my job. He went to court and went to battle, prosecutor didn’t want to give any deal so he told him then we will go to trail, as we were getting ready for trial, the prosecutor came decided to give us a deal, a weekend in jail and 30 days suspension of my license, we agreed to it but Jon noticed there was an error and went back to the prosecutor and he came back with an even better deal, 7 days suspension and a weekend in jail so I didn’t have to miss work. It was a lot better than 90 days suspension and 1 or 2 weeks in jail! The court in Fairfax, I was looking at 1 year restricted license plus having DWI showing on my record. The prosecutor didn’t want to bargain so we went to trial with this one, once again he went in and just nailed the prosecutor and the cop and we came out with only 30 days restricted license and reckless instead of DWI. Jon had the prosecutor and the Judge figured out even before we went to trial, I was a little nervous but I knew I was in good hands since I already seen what he did in Arlington. I do remember Jon telling me while we were sitting outside the court in Fairfax, when I first came to his office with both of my cases he was close to now taking on the cases since my case was a wimpy one and it wasn’t really a challenge for him and now I know why. The guy is a magician in the court room with a great sense of humor! I’m never going to get myself in the situation I got myself into, but if I ever do I know I will be calling Jon, I will also be recommending him to anyone that has a similar situation as me.

Jon did an awesome job for me!! my case was simple DUI but my situation was so complicated. I am not American, got arrested during a short visit here in D.C, missed my court dates since I couldn't stay longer for my first court appearance because I was scheduled to return to my home country. So I en...ded up completely missing my court dates and was unable to return to the U.S. It was such a complicated situation for me and I didn't know how to fix everything, so I started to look for a lawyer. First thing that lead me to Jon is that he speaks more than one language. At first he seemed a little unsympathetic to me, but I realized he was only being objective and looking at my situation how the court would look at me. So there was no misunderstanding on my end of what I was dealing with, which could have had a very bad ending for me. Jon introduced me to another immigration lawyer that handled me being able to get back to the u.s. without being stopped at customs and going to jail. Than once I was here, Jon scheduled all of my court hearings and used all of the advantages possible to help with my case. He made sure the court treated me fairly and that they fulfilled all of there responsibilities to me as a defendant without any hardship for me. He knows how to exploit any holes in the case the prosecutor has, and also knows how to take your situation to higher levels of appeal or put in requests that are above the courts level. For the most part the court never wants to mess with the paperwork, so it helps get what we want to happen to benefit me. He even picked me up and dropped me off at my house one time for one of the court hearings because had transportation problems. It was nice not having to coordinate all of the aspects of my case after I retained Jon. He even got a court appointed interpreter for me free of charge even though my English is good. But it helped cause than I didn't have to talk much, and they left all the questions to Jon. So to put a long story short, I had a warrant for my arrest for failure to appear, A DUI charge, and i was looking at a possible year in jail, alcohol program classes, and many fines. After Jon's help, I was given no jail time, no alcohol classes, my warrant was dismissed, and I only had to pay less than $600 fine and 3 years unsupervised probation. Before Having Jon as my lawyer, I was overwhelmed and felt like I was stuck in a black box trying to find my way out. He helped me get out of that situation so I could move on with my life!!! Thanks again Jon.. you have no idea how much I appreciate everything you did for me.

I was unsure about what to expect and was certainly concerned about the impacts of my DUI situation on my career. After extensive research I went with Jon Katz and have been completely satisfied. I have been impressed with his professionalism and courtroom savvy. He immediately took charge of the... situation, laid everything out for me sequentially and then prepared me for dealing with the court system. I strongly endorse Jon based on my experience over the past 6 months. Totally trustworthy and dependable.