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Ernie Lewis was one of Fairfax criminal and DUI defense lawyer Jonathan Katz's instructors at the National Criminal Defense College's Trial Practice Institute. Ernie is a past head of the Kentucky public defender system and a co-founder of the National Association of Public Defense. 

Join us as Ernie talks with Jon Katz about Ernie's relentless, fully prepared and caring approach to beating the prosecution. 

For Ernie's very direct approach to effectively defending the accused, see his "10 Top Things I always wanted to say at a judge’s conference," including:

"You do too see race when you make decisions.” ” You don’t really believe the police in your findings on motions to suppress.” “Don’t tell me you’re not thinking about your next election when you set a high bond.”

https://publicdefenders.us/blogs/10-top-things-i-always-wanted-to-say-at-a-judgeqs-conference

This podcast with Fairfax, Virginia criminal / DUI lawyer Jon Katz is playable on all devices at podcast.BeatTheProsecution.com. For more information, visit https://KatzJustice.com or contact us at [email protected], 703-383-1100 (calling), or 571-406-7268 (text). 

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True believer criminal defense lawyer J. Tony Serra has been defending for over sixty years. He sees the criminal justice system as a broken system, without letting him shy away from fighting in court whatsoever. https://pier5law.com/attorneys/j-tony-serra/

Early in his career, Fairfax, Virginia criminal defense / DUI lawyer Jon Katz became aware of Tony and his being a true believer. Tony's single-minded and highly capable devotion to pursuing great outcomes for his clients with his self-imposed vow of poverty is enough to take notice of him, and to recognize that one does not need to be a member of the traditional legal establishment to obtain great results in court. 

Tony is not interested in negotiating settlements in his criminal defense work. He wants to go to trial and thoroughly prepares for trial. He has experience as a criminal defendant through civil disobedience, having been incarcerated for a few brief periods of time from his being a tax protestor. This episode includes how Tony has made the most of his experiences as an inmate -- when he helps other inmates with their legal matters -- and also Tony's suggestions for sentenced people to prepare to be incarcerated. 

Tony strongly opposes the system of snitching / cooperating by an inmate / criminal defendant / suspect against another person. He believes in criminal defense lawyers banding together. At the core, he believes in being fully alive. It is this very aliveness that helps Tony connect with and persuade jurors. 

This podcast with Fairfax, Virginia criminal / DUI lawyer Jon Katz is playable on all devices at podcast.BeatTheProsecution.com. For more information, visit https://KatzJustice.com or contact us at [email protected], 703-383-1100 (calling), or 571-406-7268 (text). 

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Cross examination master Larry Pozner https://www.pozneroncross.com for decades has been practicing law and teaching criminal defense and other lawyers how to effectively cross examine witnesses, without needing to be born with that ability. Fairfax, Virginia, criminal defense / DUI lawyer Jonathan Katz first met Larry at a National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers conference in Philadelphia in 1991. Jon Katz was immediately drawn to Larry's excellence as a lawyer and teacher, and his selflessness in sharing what he knows. Larry travels all over the country and beyond teaching cross examination. He is a very disciplined and dedicated attorney for obtaining the best possible results for his clients. 

Larry Pozner has been particularly devoted to the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and to the criminal defense lawyers who learn from him. Jon was blessed for Larry to have been among his two cross examination instructors at the 1994 Trial Practice Institute of the National Criminal Defense College in Georgia. Listen to this podcast episode for Jon's discussion with Larry about that experience and much more. Larry is one of many great NACDL members and other attorneys who welcomed Jon Katz into the fold of criminal defense and to the recognition that even solo practicing criminal defense attorneys never need to feel that they are alone.

Larry Pozner and friend Roger Dodd's Cross-Examination: Science and Techniques are essential for any trial lawyer.
https://store.lexisnexis.com/products/crossexamination-science-and-techniques-skuusSku6893 Learn more about Larry,,his upcoming programs and his training DVDs at https://www.pozneroncross.com

This podcast with Fairfax, Virginia criminal / DUI lawyer Jon Katz is playable on all devices at podcast.BeatTheProsecution.com. For more information, visit https://KatzJustice.com or contact us at [email protected], 703-383-1100 (calling), or 571-406-7268 (text). 

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Criminal defense and First Amendment defense lawyer Louis Sirkin has since the 1960's been at the forefront of obscenity defense, criminal defense and First Amendment defense, often crisscrossing the nation in his battles for our civil liberties. When Jon Katz first met Louie in 1999, he was struck by Louie's powerfully persuasive approach that is both without ego and selfless, and his generosity in sharing his knowledge and experience with his fellow members of the First Amendment Lawyers Association, which Louie previously led as its president.  

Louis Sirkin's clients have included Larry Flynt and many other members of the adult entertainment world, Jerry Springer when on the Cincinnati city council and probed in a massage parlor matter, a museum director prosecuted for obscenity for displaying Robert Mapplethorpe's art in 1989 (with a win for the side of right), animal rights activists, and Black Lives Matter activists.

Louie at once is uncompromisingly relentless and a team player with co-counsel, and a true gentleman in pushing for the best possible results for his clients. Read more about Louie at https://www.santenhughes.com/lawyers/h-louis-sirkin

This podcast with Fairfax, Virginia criminal / DUI lawyer Jon Katz is playable on all devices at podcast.BeatTheProsecution.com. For more information, visit https://KatzJustice.com or contact us at [email protected], 703-383-1100 (calling), or 571-406-7268 (text). 

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What do engaging with our suffering, breaking from addiction, and knowing our true nature have to do with beating the prosecution? Join Jon's riveting talk with Claude AnShin Thomas who has travelled the path between fighting in the thick of the Vietnam war to now being a warrior for peace and for helping others, including veterans. Claude ultimately became a mendicant Soto Zen Buddhist monk, meeting people "at the point of their humanity", as Claude says. After leaving Vietnam, Brother Claude pickled himself in drugs, alcohol and sex. Learn how he successfully ended drug and alcohol use with the help of a treatment program, how he became a monk, and how he travels to schools, prisons, war zones, and so many other places where he is invited, wanting to meet with a cross section of people there. 

Fairfax, Northern Virginia criminal defense / DUI lawyer Jon Katz first met Claude around 2005, when Claude completely revealed the inner turmoil he underwent during and after his fighting in Vietnam, his life committed to service to others, and about living in peace with unpeacefulness. It is not a stretch to say that the courthouse is full of turmoil, and also of possibilities, starting with the criminal defense lawyer and defendant quieting their minds, being in the present, and, again, living in peace with unpeacefulness. 

If you like what you hear on this Beat the Prosecution episode number 28, please visit Claude's organization's website Zaltho.org, and read and share his essential autobiography At Hell's Gate- A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace, and read his other books On the Edges of Peace, and Bringing Meditation to Life. Your donations at https://www.zaltho.org/donation-causes can support the Zaltho Foundation generally, Veterans' Pet Health Care, and Zaltho's Solar Project. 

This podcast with Fairfax, Virginia criminal / DUI lawyer Jon Katz is playable on all devices at podcast.BeatTheProsecution.com. For more information, visit https://KatzJustice.com or contact us at [email protected], 703-383-1100 (calling), or 571-406-7268 (text). 

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What do lacrosse, being self-demanding, and being ever vigilant have to do with beating the prosecution? Join us as championship lacrosse coach Bob Streeten talks with his former summer camper and now-Fairfax, Northern Virginia criminal defense and DUI lawyer Jon Katz about there being no replacement for preparation, hard work, excellent planning and strategy, and being self demanding for winning, whether in court, the playing field or life. Check out Bob's lengthy 2022 sports interview at https://www.mytwintiers.com/sports/legends-of-the-twin-tiers-bob-streeten.

As the foregoing interview's liner notes aptly underline: "No man defines the sport of lacrosse in the region more than Corning’s Bob Streeten."

This podcast with Fairfax, Virginia criminal / DUI lawyer Jon Katz is playable on all devices at podcast.BeatTheProsecution.com. For more information, visit https://KatzJustice.com or contact us at [email protected], 703-383-1100 (calling), or 571-406-7268 (text). 

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What do Gideon, Hawkeye and being a warrior have to do with beating the prosecution? Join us as Virginia criminal defense and DUI lawyer Jon Katz (who started his criminal defense career as a public defender lawyer)  talks with Northern Virginia public defender lawyers Shawn Stout and Shalev Ben-Avraham. Jon has deep respect and appreciation for both of these lawyers, who have been selfless in talking with Jon about challenging aspects of his cases and about defending all of our clients. Shawn has been involved in reforming the criminal justice system to the benefit of all defendants. Shalev is a fellow graduate of the multi-week Trial Lawyers College, and defended capital defendants before Virginia abolished state-sponsored killings. You will not want to miss this episode. 

This podcast with Fairfax, Virginia criminal / DUI lawyer Jon Katz is playable on all devices at podcast.BeatTheProsecution.com. For more information, visit https://KatzJustice.com or contact us at [email protected], 703-383-1100 (calling), or 571-406-7268 (text). 

If you like what you hear on our Beat the Prosecution podcast, please take a moment to post a review at our Apple podcasts page (with stars only, or else also with a comment) at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beat-the-prosecution/id1721413675

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Why does Fairfax, Virginia criminal / DUI lawyer Jon Katz's law firm symbol incorporate the taiji / yin yang / supreme ultimate symbol with the scales of justice? Because powerful balance and constant internal strengthening is needed to beat the disharmony of a prosecution, and because for decades Jon has incorporated his taijiquan / t'ai chi ch'uan martial art (the Yang style 37-posture short form modified by megaster Professor Cheng Man Ch'ing /CMC ) into his pursuing the best defense. Jon writes here about applying taijiquan and other vital internal practices to defending his clients.

Our guest for this episode is Jon Katz's amazing taijiquan teacher and author T. Julian Chu, whose teacher Benjamin Pang Jeng Lo was a senior student of Professor Cheng. 

Julian recommends the following website for learning more about taijiquan, where several of his articles are included https://taijidc.wordpress.com

If you wish to study taijquan, Julian recommends his senior students at Wei Hwa Chinese School in Fairfax County (https://www.weihwa.org), and Li Ming Chinese Academy in the Capital Beltway area (http://li-ming.org/en/) . His students and others practice taijiquan every summer Sunday at 10:00 a.m. at the Tai Chi Court in Cabin John Regional Park, Potomac, Maryland.

Here are three recent video clips showing Julian's mastery of taijiquan sparring: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-GB7hqJ14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zK0q0dXRVU
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-9-ejGXIyt4

Here is Julian's short biography and sample list of his published articles:

Julian Chu’s Short Bio: T. Julian Chu is a leader of the Cheng Man-Ching style Taijiquan enthusiasts’ group in the Washington D.C. area.  He has been teaching Cheng Man-Ching style Taijiquan, traditional Yang-style Taiji sword, saber, spear, and pushing hands over 40 years.  He served as the National Program Manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers before retirement.  He has been regularly organizing Taijiquan seminars and push hands activities.  Academically, he has published over 50 scientific and engineering articles including many Taijiquan articles being featured in the Taijiquan Journal of Taiwan, as well as Journal of Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, Journal of Taiji Science, and Journal of Martial Arts Anthropology in U.S. and Europe. 

Here is one of Julian's notable articles on taijiquan: Biomechanical Analysis of Taijiquan Martial Application

This podcast with Fairfax, Virginia criminal / DUI lawyer Jon Katz is playable on all devices at podcast.BeatTheProsecution.com. For more information, visit https://KatzJustice.com or contact us at [email protected], 703-383-1100 (calling), or 571-406-7268 (text). 

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 What do keeping composure, staying off the witness stand, and grilling an admitted liar have to do with beating the prosecution? Join Fairfax, Northern Virginia criminal and DUI defense lawyer Jon Katz as he discusses lessons from the current prosecution against Donald Trump for what you and your attorney should and should not do on the path to obtaining as much justice as possible for you at trial.

This podcast with Fairfax, Virginia criminal / DUI lawyer Jon Katz is playable on all devices at podcast.BeatTheProsecution.com. For more information, visit https://KatzJustice.com or contact us at [email protected], 703-383-1100 (calling), or 571-406-7268 (text). 

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What do hearts, dragons, and a defender general have to do with beating the prosecution? Join us as Fairfax, Virginia criminal defense and DUI lawyer Jon Katz talks with powerhouse, trailblazing criminal defense attorney, teacher, and reformer Andrea Lyon on how she effectively and persuasively fights like hell for her clients. Jon first heard Andrea speak near the start of his criminal defense career, and ever since has been a huge fan, inspired by her profound humanity, dedication, and success. Read Andrea's essential autobiography Angel of Death Row, and her manifesto Fixing Legal Injustice in America: The Case for a Defender General of the United States. 

This podcast with Fairfax, Virginia criminal / DUI lawyer Jon Katz is playable on all devices at podcast.BeatTheProsecution.com. For more information, visit https://KatzJustice.com or contact us at [email protected], 703-383-1100 (calling), or 571-406-7268 (text). 

If you like what you hear on our Beat the Prosecution podcast, please take a moment to post a review at our Apple podcasts page (with stars only, or else also with a comment) at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beat-the-prosecution/id1721413675