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JONATHAN L. KATZ practices criminal defense, Constitutinal defense and student discipline defense in the state and federal courts in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. is the Criminal and Constitutional Defense partner at his law firm Jon Katz, P.C.

Jon's MAIN OFFICE is at 8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 703, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD 20910, (301) 495-7755/FAX (301) 585-7733, jon[at]katzjustice[dot]com. His NORTHERN VIRGINIA BRANCH OFFICE is at 1420 Spring Hill Road, Suite 600, Tysons Corner/ McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia 22102, (703) 917-6626.

Jon's detailed website is at http://www.katzjustice.com. His daily Underdog Blog is at http://www.katzjustice.com/Underdog.

The Washingtonian Magazine includes Jon in its two most recent Top Lawyers lists (2004 and 2007). The Martindale-Hubbell law directory gives Jon its top rating of AV. Jon is listed in the Maryland and Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers directories for criminal defense. He has a supert AVVO.com rating.

Jon fights tirelessly for justice for his clients. Jon is driven to win, puts his clients ahead of money, and is ever-passionate for his clients and their causes. Jon's qualifications include:

STRONG LEGAL AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE. Bar admissions: Jon is admitted to many state and federal courts, and is eligible for admission by reciprocity to many more. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court (1996-present); the state trial and appellate and United States District courts of Maryland (Maryland Court of Appeals, 1989-present; U.S. District Court (D.Md.), 1990-present), the District of Columbia (D.C. Court of Appeals, 1990-present (bypassing an examination, based on high score on Multistate Bar Exam for the Maryland exam); U.S. District Court (D.D.C.), 1991-present), and Virginia (Virginia Supreme Court, 1997-present; U.S. District Court (E.D. Va., 1998-present, and W.D. Va., 2004-present); and the United States Courts of Appeal for the District of Columbia and Fourth Circuits (1996-present for both Circuits). Jon passed all bar exams (MD and VA) on the first sitting, including when the Virginia bar exam had a 45% pass rate (Feb. 1997).

Educational qualifications: Jon graduated from the highly-competitive George Washington University Law School (J.D., 1989) (ranked among the top 25 by U.S. News & World Report) and the highly competitive Tufts University (B.A., cum laude, 1985) (ranked as one of the nation's top universities by U.S. News & World Report (see here)). Jon satisfied the highly competitive application process to be accepted to the first-rate two-week Trial Practice Institute of the National Criminal Defense College (attended 1994) and the full-month Trial Lawyer's College (attended 1995).

Broadcast and print media frequently cover Jon and his law firm (see http://www.markskatz.com/overview.htm#News ).