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Posted by ron | June 21, 2013

Tony is a awesome lawyer. Recommend him for any criminal charge!

Tony is one awesome attorney. He was recommended to us by a another lawyer who could no longer represent us, do to possibly being a witness to a civil rights violations in our case. He spoke very highly of Tony and when I called him and briefly described our case, Tony seen us within 48 hours and aft...er reviewing our case had determined that we had a good defense to stand our ground. We agreed to have Tony represent my wife and Tony said he wanted to assemble a dream team type of defense so he recommended a another lawyer to help with my defense, and between the 2 of them, they assembled a suppression motion to dismiss the charges due to a illegal search of our home. They really hit a grand slam on this one because the state would not reveal the garbage employee who they alleged had removed my trash from my home, and instead of letting the courts rule on this, the state put it's tail between it's legs, and offered to dismiss the charges. We were not happy with this offer and we insisted that dismissal must be with prejudice and Tony called the DA's office and told them this or we would reject this motion and the state countered with dismissal with prejudice, meaning they can never come back at us again. Tony kept us informed to the progress of our case and when I would send emails they were answered promptly along with any phone calls. If I were to get into any criminal charge situation, or someone I know, Tony would be the first lawyer I would contact. And added bonus was he took our case on a flat rate basis and not on a hourly fee, and once again his research into the illegal garbage pull was second to none, and with his vast knowledge of trash collecting( he worked as a garbage collector before getting his law degree) allowed us to give the state no case to persecute. I stand by tony 100 percent

Posted by anonymous | June 10, 2013

He is the best!!

First all I want to say that toney not only cared about me but also my family. I liked that he listened to what I had to say and not just did what he thought was best. Tony Faught for me for 18 months and did everything in his power to get what was best for me. If I had any questions after hours I co...uld call his cell phone also he stayed in touch with me more than I could of asked. Toney was a life saver for me and my family. Fighting a federal case was touch but with having tony by my side took a lot of stress off of me. Still to this day even with my case over he is still there for me as a friend. Could not have ask for more from tony he did a awesome job for me and I believe he will do that for any one of his clients. He is great!!!!! Thanks tony

Posted by Mike | January 22, 2013

Very Smart Knowledgeable Lawyer!

Tony was recommended to my family by another client. I was impressed from the first time I met him with his knowledge and enthusiasm toward my case. After the first consultation with Tony as my lawyer he came up with a game plan of how to go about my case. First on the list was to get me out of jail ...to go to treatment. Not only did he do this he made sure I got jail credit for the time in treatment. All throughout the length of treatment Tony made sure I knew what was going on and my future court dates and how they pertained to me. He always kept in touch and I could always get ahold of him even on nights and weekends. As sentencing came around he drew up an AWESOME deal which he worked with the prosecutor in which I wouldn't have to sit ANY jail or prison time and got 4 very serious felonies dropped to only a single with 4 years of probation (in which after completion can get expunged.) Tony is an outstanding lawyer and proved it in my case and numerous others.

Posted by J.Allen | July 09, 2012

Lifeline

In a corrections system designed to make you tap out,there's not one other lawyer I would recommend to reverse that outcome than Tony. It never feels good as a defendant walking into any courtroom,especially while in custody but when you're in that situation and you see Tony to prep and then walk nex...t to that table by him, you feel a lot better. For me, he took two seemingly easy guilty convictions for the DA and DOC away, delivered to me the winning outcome.1st, 2nd OWI w/ positive blood test for morphine above theraputic level.Court postponed,overnight result=charge dropped to reckless driving,no jail/no criminal misdemeanor. 2nd,on felony probation for heroin deilvery,get arrested for felony possesion of heroin,helps work out an ATR,released to halfway house in my county,messed up at halfway house and back into custody.Revocation a done deal right?Thats what I thought,time to go up north.I took his word to stick it out till the hearing.Tony and I laid everything out there. ALJ's decision was NOT to Revoke.Released from P&P lockdown Sturtevant shortly after to treatment. Only regret is not having had him on all my cases.

Posted by Josh | June 26, 2012

Tony is the BEST!

I dont know where to start with my review of Atty Anthony Cotton. I had gotten my 2nd DUI and immediately started interviewing lawyers from all over southeastern WI. I found Tony through this site, and set an appointment with him in Waukesha. Every lawyer I spoke with told me I had no chance whats...oever to get out of my situation unscathed. At this point I started interviewing lawyers strictly for damage control (how can I get away from this with the least punishment?) When I interivewed Tony, he immediately started forming a defense for me on the spot. When I started asking about damage control, he very straight forward asked me, comedically, "why are you worried about damage control? DO YOU WANT TO GET OUT OF THIS OR NOT!?" Stunned, I of course said, yes. Now THAT was what I wanted to hear! I loved the aggressiveness. I hired him on the spot, and it was the best decision I couldve possibly made. Tony guided me into the appropriate programs to lessen the damage if our defense was unsuccessful... HOWEVER, because Im an idiot, I ended up picking up a 3rd DUI while the 2nd was pending in the court systems. Now I had to defend TWO cases, simultaneously. Though I knew he was disappointed in my decision making, he treated the whole situation professionally, and took it as it was... the situation has now changed, and this is how we will have to proceed from here. He defended me in both cases, and advised me what to do, when to do it, and how to go about it. Tony was there with me the whole time, and kept me thoroughly informed throughout the entire process. In the end, as the judges circulated into other courts (which they apparently do every couple years), we were set to go from a "friendly" judge, to a maneater. Tony advised me to settle things with the current judge instead of proceeding to fight against a judge he knew we couldnt beat. I consulted with other attorneys over this as well, and each and every one told me that Tonys advice was spot on. For a combined 2nd AND 3rd DUI, I was able to get a grand total of 110 days, taken down to 84 with good behavior, with 64 of those days under house arrest! Ive heard stories of people going to battle against the judge we didnt want getting upwards of 6 mos of straight jail time (no house arrest) for JUST the 3rd! Forget about having a 2nd and 3rd at the same time! Had we continued to fight, I probably wouldve gotten somewhere in the realm of 10-12 mos, but instead, I was sleeping in my own bed with a beautiful woman, eating pizza, and watching the Brewers from my couch in only 20 days! It was truely a miracle. Tony has always been available when I wanted to talk to him, and he assured me that even though the court proceedings are over, he is still my lawyer with regards to the reprecussions of the case. In his own words, "You hired me to be your lawyer. Im going to be here with you until everything is completely resolved. Im not just going to walk out of the courtroom on the day of sentencing and disappear off the face of the earth, you know?" Bottom line is, I trusted Tony, I still do, and I always will. I felt very comfortable having him handle my cases, and would not hesitate to recommend him to anybody facing serious charges. He is energetic, knowledgable, respectful, and a FANTASTIC speaker. The ease of mind of knowing I was in good hands was worth every penny for me. If youre in a tight spot, and you have nowhere else to turn, talk to Tony. Hes the Wolf from Pulp Fiction! He solves problems. :) As a follow up, I got hit recently with a OAR driving to a job interview. I consulted Tony about this, and he looked at his schedule, realized he was going to be at the courthouse at the same time anyhow and says he'd just take care of it. For those that dont know, OARs are criminal and can carry jail time. I ended up getting a $50 fine. Nothing more. Tony's the best.

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