Fulcrum: One that Supplies Capability for Action

        Application of Leverage Requires a Fulcrum.  At JDKatz, we provide our clients the capabilities to identify a course of action, and implement the same.

        Founded in 2000, JDKatz: Attorneys at Law has since represented clients and their families throughout the State of Maryland from our Offices in Bethesda. We concentrate our practice on businesses and individuals located in the areas around Montgomery County (including Bethesda, Kensington, Silver Spring, Potomac, Rockville, Wheaton, and Gaithersburg),  and other areas in the DC Metro Area, including, Washington, DC, Fairfax, Vienna, and Tyson's Corner with lawyers offering assistance in all aspects of Business Law, Taxation, Estate Planning (Wills and Probate) Estate Administration, and Asset Protection.

        Jeffrey D. Katz, our founder, began his legal career in the Tax Department of Big Four Accounting Firm KPMG, Peat Marwick,where he worked on a team of Attorney's, CPA's, MBA's and business consultants in the provision of tax advice and consulting to a star studded aray of Fortune 500 clients.  Today, JDKatz, and its affiliates, brings a large firm ideal to a more intimate and collegial practice setting,without the usual BIG FIRM, BIG TICKET sticker shock.

Our Values:

        Our value oriented approach is consultative, and designed to maximize return while minimizing cost, and risk. We are team oriented, and have relationships with some of the regions most dynamic and authoritative practices in complementary fields, such as litigation, anti-trust, class action, mass action, environmental, and medical malpractice.

        Depending on the client or the assignment our approach begins by identifying each clients key priorities, budget, and timeline, and may include assessing competitive implications for legal strategies. We establish the appropriate composition of the legal team, keeping in mind the client's financial and business needs. Where appropriate, we identify opportunities for quick implemenation of our strategies. Our results are easily quantifiable, highly measurable, and our actions resonate throughout the course of our representation.

        Many of our clients identify the firm's approach as unique and refreshing.  By approaching complex legal problems from a business perspective, we are able to better serve our clients needs. We put our know-how to work for our clients every day, ensuring a high level of dedicated, responsive service.

Access/Not Hype

        Our typical response time to client inquiries is one business day or less, and we provide unparalleled access to our staff, by telephone, follow-me voice mail, two-way pager, electronic mail, secure instant messaging via AIM Professional. and toll free in-bound dialing from the United States, Canada, Western Europe (cell phones excluded), Australia and the Americas. We provide instant connectivity at no long distance charge to our clients in the United States from our call back button located on our web site, and via embedded links on our e-mails.  We provide "presence" sensing technologies to our clients equipped with supported IM programs.

Internally we utilize a state of the art indexing system, which provide word by word search capabilities to each client's full file, with electronic messaging cross referenced as appropriate.  We believe that the use of these technologies makes us more efficient and allows us to make better sense of the client information we maintain.

Our Footprint:

        Our attorneys, and affilliated counsel are licensed to practice law in Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, and Washington DC. To learn more, contact us.