Travis Michael Keil

Travis Keil is a Minnesota criminal defense attorney and the founder of Keil Defense in Chanhassen. He represents people across the Twin Cities metro and greater Minnesota facing the full range of criminal charges, and he has concentrated on criminal defense since beginning law school in 2008. He was admitted to practice in 2011.

His work spans DWI and driver's-license matters, domestic assault and other violent-crime allegations, drug and weapons offenses, theft and fraud, criminal sexual conduct, and serious felonies, along with juvenile cases, probation violations, expungements, and protection-order defense. He pays particular attention to matters involving fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), mental health, and substance use, where a client's history often shapes both the defense and the result.

Before opening his own practice, Travis clerked at the Second, Seventh, and Tenth District Public Defender offices and trained under an experienced Minnesota criminal defense attorney. He is a member of the Minnesota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (MACDL) and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and has volunteered with the Minnesota Justice Foundation. He earned his B.A., cum laude, from St. Cloud State University and his J.D. from Hamline University School of Law, and he holds an M.A. from the University of East Anglia in England.

In building a defense, Travis works with investigators and qualified experts, and he uses modern technology and AI tools to run his practice efficiently while keeping every client decision under his own judgment. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.

Travis's work and commentary have been featured in national and local media, including ABC's 20/20 and KSTP's The Lost Souls, and he has been quoted in the Star Tribune.

Clients reach Travis directly. Calls and texts are answered 24/7, and most matters are handled on a flat fee set in advance, so clients know their cost from the outset.