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Posted by anonymous | July 28, 2008

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He got me out of two different drunk driving cases that I had in different counties. I honestly don't know how. Great lawyer.

Posted by anonymous | July 16, 2008

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Attorney Melowski was able to obtain a result in my DWI case that was well beyond my expectations. He truly is a master in his field. I kept calling around after I was first arrested looking for a recommendation of a good drunk driving lawyer. Dennis's name kept coming up over and over. He was more e...xpensive than most but worth every penny.

Posted by Greg | July 21, 2026 | Hired Attorney

Dennis is too busy to care about your case.

Dennis has had my case for six years and has never given me encouraging words while allowing the courts to violate my civil rights. My 'bail' included a shackle around my leg that had incurring costs while be e-carcerated at home. The court and my attorney both delayed and reset status conferences ...over and over...and over again....for over six years! My 'bail' money is still increasing daily and I am over $40,000 that I have paid to the shackle company ADL Monitoring. This is 'bail' money that I will not get back. The financial burden and inability to understand what was clearly going on caused stress and anxiety that snowballed into deep depression, social isolation, severe weight loss, loss of job, suicidal thoughts for four years with one attempted, and chronic stomach pains that have lead to multiple ER visits that have now totaled over $50,000. And I still have NO CLUE as to the outcome of my case.

Posted by Steve W. | November 21, 2024 | Hired Attorney

Highly over priced for outcome of case

From out of state and charged in Wisconsin with my first ever DUI along with some other driving infractions. Paid over $10,000 upfront for Dennis Melowski himself to represent me because of his self claimed reputation as the "Best Wisconsin DUI attorney". Dennis fought my case for over 2 years with ...very very minimal communication about the status of the case or options we had presented to us. Was only contacted two months before my case was closed to discuss the minimal options we had available. At the end of the case I was still charged with the DUI, and only the minor traffic violations which anyone would have rather taken was thrown out. Community services, classes, probation, or the DUI dropped to a lower charge was never discussed with me ahead of time. Maybe because I was from out of state my case was not a priority but I do not feel I was fairly represented for the amount of money and the outcome I had with my case.

Dennis Melowski

Replied last November 23, 2024

My response to this review will give you a small taste of how I might handle a police officer who testifies against you in your case but fails to mention some very key facts. This person is right that I fought his case for more than two years, raising every possible legal challenge he had through aggressive pretrial litigation. Notably, what this person fails to mention, is that just DAYS prior to his scheduled jury trial, I was alerted to a significant circumstance which severely limited our viable options in proceeding, especially on such short notice. Despite that, I was still able to negotiate a resolution that avoided many of the mandatory penalties associated with one of his charges, and additionally, to get several other charges dismissed. It was without question the best that could be accomplished for this person given the situation he was in. You might fairly wonder what the “significant circumstance” was that I learned shortly before trial? Unfortunately, because of attorney-client privilege, I cannot disclose that information, which this person probably knows. Perhaps if he gives me permission to disclose it, you can judge for yourself if I am overstating its significance. In the meantime, I would encourage you to read the 130+ 5-star reviews written by former clients that will give you a more complete and accurate depiction of what you can expect with my representation, including the review immediately preceding this one in which my client describes the not guilty verdict I obtained for her in an OWI-5th case earlier this year, in one of the most difficult counties in Wisconsin. As for the head-scratching allegation that my reputation for being the best DUI attorney in Wisconsin is “self claimed,” please consult the year-end edition of Milwaukee Magazine (out any day now) in which the top lawyers in Wisconsin in their respective fields are named. Then consult their archives and keep looking back year by year all the way to 2005, the very first year they started doing that. I am one of only a handful of attorneys in the entire state, in any field, to be named to this list every single year since its inception.

Posted by ronn | February 28, 2023 | Hired Attorney

In the end, not worth the money

I was charged with DUI December 2020 and convicted May 2022. My case was handled by one of Melowski's associates. The motions before the judge were weak and I was offered a plea bargain with a conviction , first offense. What this firm did for me was not worth the price of their services.

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