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Jonathan L. Katz

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Jon Katz, P.C.
Metropolitan Building, 8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 703
Silver Spring, Maryland  20910
(Montgomery Co.)

Telephone: 301-495-7755
Fax: 301-585-7733
http://www.katzjustice.com



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Practice AreasCriminal Defense; Driving While Intoxicated; DUI/DWI; Federal Criminal Law; Felonies; Homicide; Misdemeanors; Murder; Post-Conviction Remedies; Sex Crimes; Weapons Charges; Criminal Appeals; RICO; Drugs and Narcotics; Controlled Substances Law; Drug Crimes; Drug Trafficking; Constitutional Law; First Amendment Law; Freedom of Information; Media and First Amendment; Civil Liberties; Libel, Slander and Defamation
 
Peer Review RatingAV Rated.    What's this?
 
EducationGeorge Washington University, J.D., 1989, Tufts University, B.A., cum laude, 1985; Trial Practice Institute of the National Criminal Defense College; Trial Lawyers College
 
Admitted1989, Maryland; 1990, District of Columbia; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia and Fourth Circuits; 1997, Virginia; U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and U.S. District Court, District of Virginia
 
MembershipsNational Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member, Advisory Board, Champion Magazine, 1996—); Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association (Chair, Immigration Committee, 2005—); Virginia and District of Columbia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; NORML Legal Committee.
 
LanguagesSpanish and French
 
BornBridgeport, Connecticut, April 1, 1963
 
BiographyWashingtonian Magazine's Top 800 Lawyers list (2007). Super Lawyers-listed (MD & DC). Superb AVVO.com rating. Author: Underdog blog, 2006—; "Persuading Through Storytelling", Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association Newsletter, 2008; "Immigration Law and Criminal Court: Fertile Ground for Fatal Collisions", Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association Newsletter, 2007; "Presenting the Medical Marijuana Defense," Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association Newsletter, 2003. Criminal Defense Partner, Marks & Katz, LLC, 1998-2008. Trial Lawyer, Chaikin & Sherman, 1996-1998. Assistant Public Defender, Maryland Public Defender's Office, 1991-1996. Member, Board of Advisors, Flex Your Rights, 2008—. Editor, Constitutional Law Firm Webpage, DMOZ, 2001—. Founding President, Free Speech Coalition of DC, MD and VA, 2001-2003. Vice President, Philippine American Bar Association, DC Area, 1997-2001. Board Member, American Civil Liberties Union - National Capital Area, 1992-1995.
 
Reported CasesPublished Opinions: Dring v. Sullivan, 423 F. Supp. 2d 540 (D.Md. 2006); Maryland v. Taylor, et. al., 371 Md. 617 (2002).
 
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