Christopher T. Froelich

As a business professional and an avid traveler, I have dealt with attorneys for business, civil, and traffic cases throughout my life and in many locations around the world. Christopher T. Froelich is the worst attorney I have encountered, do not hire this man! I hired Mr. Froelich to represent an ...old friend of mine who got in to trouble with OWI. She had never been in trouble with the law before. I paid a $5,000.00 retainer to Mr. Froelich after a few phone conversations but was not able to reach him after that, nor was my friend or another member of my friend's family. Even as the court date approached we were unable to reach Mr. Froelich to give him another payment, which was required for other issues that arose with the case. This went on several times and caused delay after delay. I'm not going to go into any more detail as it would serve no purpose. Just look at all the other one star revues concerning Christopher T. Froelich and believe them.

I hired Chris to help with a 1st offense OWI. After a consult and telling him what happened, he said he thought he could help. He was very nice and friendly and seemed like he genuinely wanted to help. As a court date got closer it was obvious he wasn't doing much to prepare for anything. He was so b...usy I never got to talk to him and then he pushed things back. I'm pretty sure he did nothing to review the case or dashcam footage or anything until he absolutely had to when I was at the office because we finally had to respond to the court for the plea deal. In the end, he basically said he couldn't do anything and said I should accept the deal. I suggested trying to get the license revocation down because the cops had told me my license would be suspended immediately for refusal of the breath test and things got pushed out for months. In the end, the court refused that so after Chris did nothing but push things out I lost almost 3 months that I feel if I had just called the court and got a plea deal immediately I would have saved lawyer fees and already would be at least 2 months ahead on license revocation. After that was said and done I called to talk to Chris about help with ignition interlock exemptions on other vehicles in my name and after 3 calls and leaving messages with his office staff I have not heard back. It's now been over a month and nothing. His office staff seems unorganized and doesn't really know what is going on. They'll maybe pass along the info to Chris but good luck hearing back unless you haven't paid yet. Then they'll get your money and do the BARE MINIMUM which isn't going to help at all. If you are thinking about hiring Chris, DO NOT...you'll be better off talking to the court yourself especially in a first offense OWI.

DO NOT HIRE!! I’m a professional automotive consultant who does not live in Green Bay. I got a warning for speeding on i43 going 79mph & as a result got charged with 2nd OWI blowing .101 on officer’s breathalyzer. I was not belligerent or swerving in the least bit. My only infraction should have been... speeding. I blew .08 when I arrived to the jail shortly after blood draw. I kept insisting on performing my own evaluation as mentioned in the consent form which was read to me by the police officer. I asked countless times how I was to go about performing my own evaluation because I’ve been blatantly false accused by other police departments in the past. I ultimately agreed to have my blood drawn with the understanding that I’d be able to get my own evaluation once released & that my license would remain valid. Ironic how sure enough, conveniently for them, the BAC results came back at .102 which bumped me up to the next level of severity on charges. When I asked Chris about performing my own evaluation on the first visit to his office he replied “no one’s ever done that” instead of informing me of the proper processes & procedures. There was minimal effort on Chris’ behalf throughout the entire process. Right away he set false expectations in regards to helping me w/ not losing my license since it’s essential for my career. He sent the initial administrative review letter to DMV which I appreciated. However, he absolutely dropped the ball when it got to the 2nd step in the process which involved submitting a judicial review through GB court system within a certain time period which HE NEVER DID!!! Multiple emails were ignored & I barely received follow up (if any) throughout my whole experience. I had to insist many times for a simple call back in regards to my questions. He then set false expectations AGAIN on our last appointment before my hearing making me plead no-contest since he’d be asking for 5 days opposed to 25 days in jail, a transfer to my county, & the possibility of getting gps bracelet for a fee which all sounded reasonable. When it came down to it, he asked for 15 days instead of the 5 days which we had discussed prior to hearing. He didn’t even mention transfer to my county where I’ve worked for 5 years & recently purchased my first home at. In the end I got 20 days in brown county jail, 13 months suspended license, 13 months interlock, assessment classes, and I don’t even know how many more fee’s that are yet to come as a result of his weak statements & poor consulting. After my hearing, he’s only responded to one email w/ a phone number to Brown County jail & Huber office. No initiative on Froelich’s behalf whatsoever. He has ignored me since in regards to helping me at least transfer to my county. Again, I don’t live in Green Bay.. it’s not easy for me to make a trip to get necessary paperwork which was the whole reason as to why I hired a lawyer. I hired him in the hopes that he’d help me thoroughly since I was appointed a public defender my first OWI for a .07 at the age of 20 when I got stuck in snow & could not afford a reputable lawyer at the time. I would have been better off representing myself. Complete waste of money.

I'm reading these reviews and wondering who was the attorney for these cases because it was NOT the same gentleman I met in the courtroom. Mr. Froelick is the single best thing that happened to me in my divorce. Why? Because, my wife hired him. He never tried to negotiate with me once. He would show ...up for a court date and literally throw me the proposed settlement, which was the same as the last one with minor changes. I would tell the judge why it wouldn't be acceptable (again) and a new date would be set. He was obviously just dragging things out. If you didn't pick it up, I did represent myself. We eventually settled for exactly what I offered the day after my now ex-wife left except, thanks to Chris, she wound up paying double the child support I asked for. She also had a huge bill from him and a guardian ad litem who was a joke and me and my EX partitioned the court to have him removed for his total lack of professionalism. It has been three years and there are still papers Chris Froelich hasn't filed from the divorce. Simple paperwork. Stuff that should have gone out day 2. I have no questions at all as to why I beat him in court when I never spent a day in law school and he did (supposedly).

I cannot say enough on how lazy he is! He had me doing more research than I felt he did himself. I don't feel the money I'm paying is justified for his "work". He rarely calls me back and doesn't listen to what I want. Yes he got the charges reduced which is good but he really didn't argue much in co...urt which drove me nuts!! I don't feel like my case was important to him and he clearly had his mind on other things. Find someone else!