Christina E. Balistreri

Christina E. Balistreri

4.7
Rating: 7.6

Licensed for 14 years

Criminal defense Lawyer at Milwaukee, WI
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family

839 N. Jefferson St., Milwaukee, WI

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$0 first 30 minutes


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Licenses

Licensed in Wisconsin for 14 years

State: Wisconsin

Acquired: 2012

Good Standing

No misconduct found

Location

Balistreri Law, LLC.

839 N. Jefferson St., Milwaukee, WI, 53202

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Christina E. Balistreri's Reviews

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4.7 /5.0

12 Client Reviews

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Showing 1 - 5 of 5 reviews | Criminal Defense

Posted by Ryan | September 22, 2025 | Hired Attorney

Smart and Experienced. Excellent in Court

I hired Christina for my 2nd OWI. She’s smart and a straight shooter. I asked her to push for me and we got less time than expected. She told me to get recommendation letters and then based off those she gave an AMAZING speech about my character and who I am. I was almost in tears. After being senten...ced, the clerk screwed up my JOC, she wrote an order to correct the clerical errors and got everything fixed. She had to tell the courts how to do their job properly and they listened to her. She’s so smart and wonderful. She’s very sweet and genuinely cared about me and my case. Love her!

Posted by James | April 24, 2021 | Hired Attorney

She the best thing going

She got me 18 months incarcerated the rest on probation on a 10 year sentence she very good I recommend to hire her n she good

Posted by Joan | September 28, 2018 | Hired Attorney

Got us the best outcome possible

When my son got caught in a sting, Christina took time with us to explain the legal processes we would encounter. She was an effective negotiator with DA. It took time, and over time the plea deal got better. I recommend her enthusiastically.

Posted by anonymous | August 31, 2018 | Hired Attorney

Awful Attorney

Between hiring this lawyer and Mark Pecora, they were completely disorganized. The only thing the two of them did for our case was attend to the court dates, and was late twice! Not once did they meet and talk about the case before court or in between court dates. When we called or texted about our c...ase for an update, we wouldn't recieve feedback til days later. There was always some lame excuse! At sentencing, the closing statement, Christina was stumbling over her own words. She was nervous and did not sound confident at all. It was as if she was reading a speech, all she did was stated the facts. She was not convincing and sounded like a total ameutuer. The sentence was ridiculous and since after court, do you think she even cared to respond to a text! Hell no, she was an awful lawyer and acted as if she was a rookie. FIND A DIFFERENT LAWYER!

Posted by Karlodia Finnie | August 24, 2016 | Hired Attorney

Criminal

My son case was a misdemeanor carrrying a concealed weapon. He was looking at 4 to 6 month in jail. When l first saw attorney Christina Balistreri l got worried because she was young and me being a mom. I don't want my son to go to jail. But she is so awesome. She got my son case dismissed. So just... to sum it up. Just because she is young she knows what she is doing. Thank you again. From a mom who just have one son.

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Christina E. Balistreri's Lawyer Endorsements

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Alan Spiegel

Family lawyer | Feb 04

Relationship: Opposing Counsel on matter

"I endorse Christina. We worked together on a complicated and touchy family law matter and she did a great job of communicating and advocating on behalf of her client."

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Alan Spiegel

Family lawyer

Experience

Rating:  7.6 (Very Good)

Education

2012

University of Wisconsin Law School

JD - Juris Doctor

2008

University of Wisconsin, Madison

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Languages

English

Italian

Spanish

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