Beat The Prosecution- Fairfax, Virginia, Criminal Defense / DUI Lawyer
Welcome to Beat The Prosecution with Fairfax, Virginia criminal defense / DUI lawyer Jonathan Katz. Jon Katz believes in spreading the word of justice on this podcast, in court, and on his blog at https://katzjustice.com/blog, to regularly provide information and ideas for beating your prosecution. More information is available at https://KatzJustice.com and at (703)-383-1100.
Episodes
74 episodes
Gerry Spence's gifts live on- Talk by his students Jon Katz & Shalev Ben-Avraham
Fairfax, Virginia criminal defense lawyer Jonathan Katz's teacher Gerry Spence lived until 96 years, and transitioned from his body on August 13, 2025. Gerry has had ...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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1:15:38
Winning while taking on tough cases- Jerry Zerkin
Fairfax criminal lawyer Jonathan Katz started law school seeing the glass as more half empty than full when it came to protecting people's Constitutional rights and civil liberties. That...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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56:58
Winning with martial arts sense- David Kaufman of KarateLaw.com
Fairfax criminal lawyer Jonathan Katz one day Googled for other lawyers practicing martial arts, and came upon David Kaufman of KarateLaw.com . Now, several years later, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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55:10
Winning with full martial firepower- Sifu Bill Phillips, taijiquan student of Cheng Man Ch'ing
Fairfax criminal defense lawyer Jonathan Katz daily practices the martial art of taijiquan / t'ai chi ch'uan Yang style short form, also known as Cheng Man Ch'ing (CMC) taijiquan form. This episode introduc...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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1:06:03
Winning by settling for a great outcome- Jon Katz on negotiating
Fairfax criminal defense lawyer Jonathan Katz knows that acquittals are great and often exhilarating, but trials can also bring risks. On this Beat the Prosecution episode, Jon Katz talks on his own about t...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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9:26
Winning by challenging civil liberties violations- Lawyer Mahsa Khanbabai, defending Rümeysa Öztürk
Fairfax criminal lawyer Jonathan Katz knows that it is not radical to protest, but instead is among our rights under the Bill of Rights. As an undergraduate alum of Tufts University, Jon Katz opened his eye...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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1:00:24
Winning by erasing borders- Marissa Feil on entering Canada with a conviction
Fairfax criminal lawyer Jonathan Katz knows the importance of reducing not only conviction and sentencing risks in Virginia criminal court, but also to minimize adverse collateral consequences from court ou...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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1:01:26
Winning with a full court press- Steve Kravit on Judge Dugan's prosecution
Fairfax criminal lawyer Jonathan Katz strongly dissents from the Trump administration's revoking of the Biden administration's policy of rarely making immigration arrests at courthouses other than for essen...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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58:09
Winning with masterful storytelling, joy & blissful wisdom: Bob Thurman- Dharma teacher & more
Fairfax criminal defense lawyer Jonathan Katz derives tremendous inspiration in his courtroom work from teacher Robert Thurman, for his humor, caring realness, great storytelling ability, and certainly his ...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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1:06:07
Winning by keeping the claws & fangs on your lawyer- Attorney Carolyn Elefant
Bethesda lawyer Carolyn Elefant is a trailblazing lawyer. Not being cut out to conform to law firm life, she decided thirty years ago to strike out on her own. For decades and counting...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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1:03:48
Winning by speaking up with truth & passion- Bachir Atallah & Celine Atallah
Fairfax criminal lawyer Jonathan Katz knows that we are at the moment of truth for standing up to Donald Trump's onslaught against non-United States citizens, lawyers and law firms, and higher education. If...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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1:00:06
Winning from the center of the story- Jon Katz on persuasive storytelling and scene re-enactment
Fairfax criminal lawyer Jonathan Katz learned early in his trial career about the critical role of persuasive storytelling, executed throughout the trial, and not only in opening and closing. Jon Katz in th...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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11:53
Winning with fiercely compassionate mindfulness and samurai spirit- Michael Carroll of Global Coaching Alliance
In 2015, Fairfax criminal lawyer Jonathan Katz finished court early enough to rush over to the Mindful Leadership conference in Arlington, eager to meet such great teachers as Roshi Joan Halifax, Jim Dethme...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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1:11:04
Winning at sentencing and with commutation- Felicia Donald, former federal inmate released under the CARES Act
Fairfax criminal defense lawyer Jonathan Katz named this podcast Beat the Prosecution in sync with his teacher SunWolf's watchwo...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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1:00:54
Winning by throwing your full self into the battle: Ofelia Calderon- Virginia crimmigration lawyer
Fairfax criminal lawyer Jonathan Katz first met local highly-regarded immigration / crimmigration lawyer Ofelia Calderon (Merrifield, Fairfax, Virgi...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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1:01:11
Applying psychodrama and other winning Trial Lawyers College approaches- Charles Abourezk, Chief Justice of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe’s Supreme Court
South Dakota trial lawyer Charles Abourezk has a compelling story as a lawyer and beyond that role. He grew up on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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58:51
From Guantanamo and back- Winning with full devotion to clients, persuasion, and fearlessness: Rosa Eliades- Criminal Defense Lawyer & Trial Consultant
Every criminal defense and other trial lawyer faces the possible moment of truth about how to handle an unjust judicial directive. This week's guest Rosa Eliades -- along with lead...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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59:34
First Amendment FIRE Lawyers Harvey Silverglate & Robert Corn-Revere- Winning by staying true to our principles
One of the two founders of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education -- Harvey Silverglate -- figured the group might no last much past ten years beyond its 1999 founding. Instead, Silverglat...
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Season 1
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Episode 46
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1:06:13
Demanding fully of ourselves in serving criminal defendants- Senior Virginia public defender Michael Cash
In this Beat the Prosecution episode, Fairfax, Virginia, criminal / DUI defense lawyer Jon Katz talks with the fifth public defender lawyer to be on this podcast. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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57:29
Winning while redefining what is victory: Trial Teacher & Asheville criminal defense lawyer Fredilyn Sison
"I lucked out with getting interviewed by a great host." Those are the words of this episode's guest Fredilyn "Fredi" Sison, upon speaking for the first time on a podcast. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:04:42
View from risking incarceration- Winning from the heart center- Peace & Plowshares activist Susan Crane
For the first time on Fairfax, northern Virginia criminal / DUI defense lawyer Jonathan Katz's podcast, we have one of his former clients joining us.
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:05:22
Decades of mindfulness & meditation practice- Winning by bursting with positive energy and focus- Jonathan Foust
Fairfax, Northern Virginia criminal / DUI defense lawyer Jonathan Katz knows the benefit of mindfulness and meditative practice to beating the prosecution and to living a great life. Jon Katz's main mindful...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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59:13
Practicing law & martial arts- Winning with deep listening & calmness- My early taijiquan teacher Len Kennedy
Lawyers were two of Fairfax, Northern Virginia criminal defense lawyer Jonathan Katz's early inspirations on the taijiquan / tai ch'i ch'uan path, those being the late
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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1:03:06
Advocating for immigrants: Winning with full client engagement & teamwork: Crimmigration lawyer and former immigration judge Paul Grussendorf
Fairfax criminal lawyer Jonathan Katz's first client visit to a jail was with his law professor and immigration legal clinic director Paul Grussendorf. Jon Katz's first two trials were also with Paul, one a ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:00:23