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
110 episodes
John Coltrane scholar with criminal defense trial lawyer- Lewis Porter
Musical and creative genius John Coltrane was born one hundred years ago, on September 23, 2026, departing his body in 1967, when podcast host Jon Katz was four years old. Crimina...
Christa Pike and removing the lethal injection curtain- Corinna Lain
Christa Pike's botched lethal injection execution attempt and Donald Trump's recent order to execute Nidal Hasan by firing squad have capital punishment f...
Serving indigent & retained defendants- Former Virginia indigent defense lawyer leader on being fearless in court and trial
The Constitution's Sixth Amendment and its appellate interpretations provide for effective assistance of counsel against criminal prosecutions, regardless of the defendant's ability to pay. Virginia's publ...
How the taijiquan martial art helps lawyers win in criminal court- Talk with Shyh-Ching Lo, M.D.
When Fairfax, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer Jonathan Katz first attended taijiquan sparring / sensing hands / push hands summer weekend gatherings of students of great t'ai chi ch'uan teacher
Criminal defense lawyers must humanize their clients- Capital & criminal defense lawyer Joe Margulies
Life's twists and turns bring us to a plethora of destinations, byways, and discoveries by surprise, out of order, and at dizzyingly varying speeds. Who would have thought that my first law firm job would lead me to meet true believer criminal ...
The drug wars' civil liberties violations must be reversed- Ethan Nadelmann
At the NORML conference around 2000, the
Former immigration judge Anam Petit- Protecting immigrants' dignity & against adverse conviction collateral consequences
To persuade others, it is important to transform oneself not only to their perspective, but their full being, feelings, relevant experiences, sense of place and even unsettlement, and thought process. That approach, with psychodrama (working ou...
Integrating the approaches of the Trial Lawyers College & National College for DUI Defense
Michigan lawyer Patrick Barone is the third Beat the Prosecution podcast guest who has both attended the Trial Lawyers College and been active with the
Fighting to stay out of prison & learning how to weather incarceration
Buddhist nun Venerable Thubten Chodron of Sravasti Abbey returns for a second time to talk with Fairfax, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer
Obtaining victory needs not to wait until the trial date- Lawyer Kim Benjamin
Winning for criminal defendants integrates teaming up closely and well with our clients, life experience, successful trial experience, improving ourselves, and persuasively engaging others, for starters. Our podcast guest
Defending against criminal charges is not enough when crimmigration is involved
Non-United States citizens are at more risk than in decades with their criminal cases, and many times starting while the prosecution is still pending in court. Harsh treatment of non-U.S. citizens did not start from whole cloth with Donald Trum...
Sowing the seeds of empowerment- Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm. This informs criminal defense.
WINNING BY SOWING THE SEEDS OF EMPOWERMENTInterviewee Leah Penniman and Fairfax criminal lawyer Jonathan Katz are good friends with J...
Former federal drug inmate Fleet Maull on being resilient in prison
Fleet Maull inspires Fairfax, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer Jonathan Katz for his extensive experience applying mindfulness...
Former felony public defender chief Eric Davis on incorporating Trial Lawyers College methods for court victory
Obtaining justice in court is a never-ending process of learning; self-development; blood, sweat and tears; self discovery; inter-discovery; often deep pain that can transform into strength and growth, but often with more pain along the way; ba...
Donald Ramsell on the power of earning the jury's trust and ears
Jurors and others do not get persuaded by brute force, badgering nor begging. Often a criminal defense or other trial lawyer obtains traction by putting themselves in the shoes of the thirteenth juror. When my teacher
Harnessing our realness and truth telling to win in court- Patrick McLain
Winning through engagement as one's true self- Dallas attorney Patrick McLain joins fellow Trial Lawyers College alum and Fairfax criminal lawyer Jon Katz ...
Using MacGuffins and heroes' journeys for obtaining justice for criminal defendants
The Trial Lawyers College -- which your host Jonathan Katz attended in 1995, followed to this day during the year with periodic trial preparation gathering...
When we care about all sentient beings, criminal defendants benefit.
Criminal defense lawyers can learn plenty from non-lawyers who courageously and optimistically blaze their own trails, stick to their guns in very challenging times, are resilient, and keep on blazing trails. For Fairfax, Virginia, criminal def...
Jon Katz's Trial Lawyers College roommate Bob Hilliard- His genius benefits criminal defense lawyers
What do non-ego, blue jeans, and tireless work have to do with beating the prosecution? Join us as Fairfax, Northern Virginia, criminal and DUI lawyer Jonathan Katz talks in depth with Corpus Christi, Texas,...
How did Afroman / Edgar Foreman convince his jury to reject the police defamation & privacy invasion lawsuit?
Afroman / Joseph Edgar Foreman turned lemons into lemonade (or was that Lemon Poundcake?) after police executed a search warrant on his home and were left without incriminating evidence, unless a few blunts is incriminating. Instead of complain...
Accomplished DUI defense lawyer Lenny Stamm gets great results with focused work, and without pizzazz
Fairfax criminal lawyer Jonathan Katz believes strongly in finding calm in the eye of the storm while pursuing his criminal defense clients' best defense in court. Among the criminal defense lawyers who str...
Fierce civility coach Joe Weston on not giving up our power
Conflict prevention coach, TEDx speaker on curing chronic niceness, adviser to inmates, and stress management consultant Joe Weston talks about applying the same taijiquan form that Fairfax criminal defense ...
Chade-Meng Tan- -- Google's Search Inside Yourself co-founder -- applying mindfulness and compassion
Chade-Meng Tan when a Google engineer was the company's Jolly Good Fellow (Which nobody can deny) . Meng decided one day on the then-small Google campus to promote world peace, which led to his su...
Sister Helen Prejean of Dead Man Walking- On handling her death chamber ordeal and beyond
Sister Helen Prejean -- author of Dead Man Walking -- (donate at sisterhelen.org/donate ) joins Fairfax...
Restorative justice leader sujatha baliga on pursuing real restorative justice.
Some remarkable people walk among us. One of them is sujatha baliga (spelling her name without capitalization), who greets people with "warm hellos." sujatha is a leader in restorative justice, a pra...