Attorney
Christopher T. Van Wagner
Super Criminal Defense Lawyer
Super Lawyers of Wisconsin 2006
In a recent survey conducted of attorneys across the United States of America by Super Lawyers of America, and research into the nominees' past and current practice, background and ethics records, only the top five percent of all attorneys were selected to be named Super Lawyers. Attorney Christopher T. Van Wagner of Van Wagner & Wood in Madison, Wisconsin, was honored with the 2006 Wisconsin Super Criminal Defense Lawyer award.
In practice since 1981, Attorney Chris Van Wagner has been three times honored with the Martin Hanson's Advocate's Prize by the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (WACDL), a statewide honor - for his repeated trial victories in homicide cases, three times chosen as one of Madison's Best Criminal Defense Lawyers from a handful of attorneys selected by their peers through a Dane county wide survey conducted by Madison Magazine, and has appeared as a guest criminal law commentator numerous times on both local television and radio stations and major network stations for Channel 27 News , Court TV 's Nancy Grace Show , MSNBC's Dan Abrams Show , and The Today Show .
Today, Attorney Chris Van Wagner is celebrated as Wisconsin's 2006 Super Criminal Defense Lawyer for his accomplishments over the past twenty years. That award is founded upon his record of ethical representation through numerous serious felony, misdemeanor, and appellate cases that have earned him the respect of the bench, the bar, and the entire legal community, his ongoing record of winning strategies learned from his beginnings in a busy state prosecutor's office (Trenton, New Jersey), and his many years of trying cases in the hardened criminal courts of Chicago, and as a federal prosecutor (US Attorney, Madison, Wisconsin).
Attorney Christopher T. Van Wagner exclusively devotes his legal career to helping people who have been accused or convicted of serious criminal offenses. Chris Van Wagner is a shareholder at the criminal defense firm of Van Wagner & Wood located at 10 East Doty Street in Madison, Wisconsin (608-284-1200). Van Wagner & Wood's attorneys are licensed to practice law in the state of Wisconsin to defend people against state crimes and drunk driving offenses, and anywhere in the United States for federal crimes, federal investigations, and appeals of prior convictions.
