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Van Wagner & Wood
Firm Overview
Chris Van Wagner and Tracey Wood, the founders of Van Wagner & Wood, devote themselves exclusively to helping people accused of or convicted of a crime or a drunken driving offense. The attorneys at Van Wagner & Wood strive to provide people with an aggressive, successful defense, through their more than 30 years of combined legal experience, as well as their stellar reputation with judges, prosecutors, other defense lawyers and the legal community in general. Although Van Wagner & Wood is based in Madison, Wisconsin, they represent people in state courts throughout Wisconsin, and in federal trial and appeals courts across the country. Most of their cases, however, arise in south and central Wisconsin counties. Van Wagner & Wood can help you with cases in other counties and cities, as well, and at the very least, they may be able to refer to a capable attorney in that location
Chris Van Wagner and Tracey Wood joined forces a few years ago, and through that combination they have been able to obtain greater and more frequent successes for their clients. In the five years of their partnership, they have been able to use each other's personality, charm, perspective, strategies and backgrounds to mutually enhance their collective ability to obtain the best result possible for each client. No criminal defense attorney can or should guarantee a particular outcome, but with Van Wagner & Wood, you have the assurance of knowing that you were able to obtain the best result under the circumstances of your own individual case. Chris and Tracey confer often on their separate cases, which benefits the clients of both. Chris and Tracey are each aggressive, diligent and tenacious advocates in their own right, and yet each employs a style best suited to their personality and experience. And both of them represent people on all types of criminal and drunk driving charges.
In a recent survey of attorneys across the nation, Chris was recognized as one of the best (in the top 5%) of all criminal defense lawyers earning him the title of Wisconsin 2006 Super Criminal Defense Lawyer. Tracey was appointed to the Board of Regents for the National College of DUI Defense in recognition of her tremendous contributions to criminal defense lawyers across the nation. And in another recent survey of all Madison lawyers, Chris and Tracey were both named among a small handful of the very best criminal defense lawyers in Madison.
Attorney Chris Van Wagner has handled nearly one hundred felony trials in his twenty-plus years as an attorney. His trial cases have ranged from low-level offense all the way to kidnapping, homicide and "domestic terrorism". Chris has handled matters in rural and urban counties, not to mention the hardened criminal courtrooms of Chicago, Illinois and Trenton, New Jersey, winning cases he was expected to lose quickly. His experiences have seasoned him into one of the most sought-after criminal defense lawyers for very serious crimes in Wisconsin, and his repeated successes have earned him both the Martin Hanson Prize and the title of "Warrior of the Year".
Attorney Tracey Wood won an outright acquittal (not guilty verdict) in a case that made the national headlines a few years ago, when her client was cleared of any wrongdoing in a wide-ranging and emboldened conspiracy scheme that actually stole missile launchers and military tanks from the Ft. McCoy military base in northern Wisconsin. All but one other defendant in that case went to federal prison for years. In addition to this solid and successful trial history, Chris and Tracey have also argued and won appeals to the state and federal courts.
Many criminal defense attorneys never experience the thrill of an outright acquittal in their career, and yet Van Wagner & Wood's attorneys have won several for their clients. Their record clearly reflects their hard work, their intelligent and professional approach to their cases, and their skill in developing a strategy that fits an individual client's case, while drawing upon their knowledge, experience and skill from past cases.
This record of success and professionalism also gives clients another important advantage: this winning record and highly professional reputation often cause prosecutors to make very favorable settlement offers (sometimes called "plea bargains" or "plea agreements") to our clients, in order to avoid a trial or hearing at which Van Wagner & Wood might prevail.
Let's face it, many people investigated, or charged or convicted of a criminal or drunk driving offense are not wholly innocent. Many people hire criminal lawyers not to "fight to the bitter end," but rather to help them avoid or minimize the often unduly punitive consequences of what was really a one-time mistake, a poor judgment, or a rash step taken with little thought and too much emotion. Our clients' cases often arise from difficult problems with alcohol, drugs or struggling domestic relationships. When you are seeking that sort of help, it helps to know that because of the past success of the attorneys at Van Wagner & Wood, they may be able to obtain a very favorable outcome for you, even when everything about the situation seem bleak and hopeless, and the walls feel like they are closing in around you. They are not, but by placing your case in our hands, you can step back and leave the hard work to us. Although there are no guarantees, at least you will know that you have the good, solid, competent, experienced, well-regarded and highly respected help of Van Wagner & Wood.
Van Wagner & Wood is an "AV-rated" firm, which means, in short, that the local legal community considers them a top criminal defense law firm.
If you are under investigation for a crime or drunk driving offense, if you have already been charged with a crime or drunk driving violation, or if you have already been convicted but believe your conviction or your sentence were wrong, please call (608-284-1200) or contact the attorneys at Van Wagner & Wood via e-mail right away. The criminal defense attorneys at Van Wagner & Wood will give you a free brief but professional "first-impression" analysis of your case and your situation, which will allow you to take an important first step in defending the case against you.
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