criminal & DUI defense
attorneys of wisconsin

Successful criminal and drunk driving defense lawyers, Attorney Chris Van Wagner and Attorney Tracey Wood represent people in both Wisconsin Courts and Federal Courts against both felony and misdemeanor criminal and drunk driving charges. For more information about the criminal charges for which clients very frequently hire them, please click on the words and photos to the left.

Attorney Chris Van Wagner

As a result of referrals from other attorneys and his highly publicized court trials, Attorney Chris Van Wagner is frequently hired by people who are facing serious criminal charges related to sexual assault (Wisconsin's rape charge), repeated acts of sexual assault, enticement and solicitation, and other sex crimes, homicide by negligent use of vehicle (Wisconsin's Vehicular Homicide charge), 1st Degree Intentional Homicide and 2nd Degree Intentional Homicide (Wiscosnin's murder charges) and Felony Murder. Attorney Van Wagner also frequently represents people in serious drunk driving cases. For more information about Chris Van Wagner and his more than twenty years of devoted criminal law practice, please refer to Attorney Chris Van Wagner.

Attorney Tracey Wood

As Wisconsin's foremost authority on drunk driving laws and defense, Attorney Tracey Wood has represented more than 2,000 people facing OWI (Wisconsin's drunk driving charge), PAC (Wisconsin's prohibited alcohol content charge), Homicide By Intoxicated Use of Vehicle (Wisconsin Drunken Vehicular Homicide charge) and challenged prior under influence convictions. Attorney Wood is also frequently hired by clients to represent them in serious criminal charges such as Conspiracy and Conversion (Wisconsin conspiracy and theft charges), sexual assault of an unconscious victim (one of Wisconsin's rape charges) and failure to prevent sexual assault of a minor child. For more information about Tracey Wood and her legal practice, please refer to Attorney Tracey Wood.

wisconsin circuit courts

The criminal trials of people accused of crimes prohibited under Wisconsin laws are heard in Circuit Courts. The attorneys at Van Wagner & Wood appear in Wisconsin Circuit Courts located throughout Wisconsin, and more frequently in those located in Madison, Eau Claire, Wausau, La Crosse, Monroe, Baraboo, Portage, Columbus, Janesville, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin Rapids, Lancaster, Darlington, Dodgeville, Juneau and Prairie du Chien. They have also represented people in nearly every other court in Wisconsin.

united states district courts (federal courts)

Van Wagner & Wood's criminal defense lawyers, Attorney Chris Van Wagner and Attorney Tracey Wood, are both admitted to the U. S. Eastern District Courts and the U. S. Western District Courts where they represent people accused of federal crimes. The U. S. Western District Court is located in the Federal Building in Madison, Wisconsin; the U. S. Eastern District Court is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Both courts operate satellite courts, with one in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and the other in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Van Wagner & Wood's attorneys frequently appear in all Federal Courts representing their clients on charges such as Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver, Intent to Sell or Internet to Distribute.

Speak to an attorney today

If you are under investigation for a Federal or Wisconsin State criminal or drunk driving offense, if you have been arrested on Federal or Wisconsin State charges, or if you have already been convicted of a Federal or Wisconsin State criminal or drunk driving charge, please call (284-1200 locally in Madison, Wisconsin or 1-888-663-8163 from anywhere in the continental United States) to speak with an attorney today.

Van Wagner & Wood's attorneys will provide you with a brief but professional straight-forward "first-impression" analysis of your case and the potential outcomes you are facing so that you can make that next critical decision to hire your criminal defense attorney. They cannot provide you with a guarantee of the outcome, and no attorney should do so, but by placing your trust in their hands you will have done all that you can possibly do to prepare your defense.

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