Top Rated Milwaukee, WI Criminal Defense Lawyers

Criminal defense lawyers represent clients at every stage of a criminal case: investigation, arrest, arraignment, plea bargaining, trial, and appeal. They assess evidence, protect constitutional rights, negotiate reduced charges or sentences, cross-examine witnesses, raise defenses, file motions, and advocate to minimize penalties or obtain acquittals.

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Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Branch 17
901 N 9th St, Milwaukee, WI

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 23 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "Met me early morning in the city I live in and the location of my choice. Very friendly and knowledgable. I had the feeling of a Winning attitude."

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Thomas Law & Consulting
PO Box 341581, Milwaukee, WI

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 17 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Business, Civil Rights

Review: "Though I was not proud to need Attorney Thomas's services for an OWI 2nd, he really helped put me at ease during the process. Explained everything perfectly and there were never any surprises during the process. As a lawyer, I felt he was really i..."

Rating: 7.1

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Mastantuono Coffee & Thomas SC
219 N. Milwaukee St., Suite 520, Milwaukee, WI

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 14 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Federal Crime and more

Bio: Leah Thomas defends people accused of crime in state, federal, and municipal courts in Wisconsin. Attorney Thomas excels in working with clients to explain the process, set outcome goals, and to develop litigation and trial issues to achieve the b...

Rating: 8.0

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Purnell Law Office
3970 N Oakland Ave, Suite 703, Milwaukee, WI

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 26 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Tax

Bio: One of my recent cases of interest is State v. Jepsen, 09 CF 0005, in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. Alan was charged with Sexual Assault of a Child, contrary to Wis. Stats. (2). That charge carried a possible 40 year prison sentence with 25 years o...

Rating: 7.0

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Joel Mogren
111 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1925, Milwaukee, WI

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 23 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI

Review: "If I could give Attorney Joel Mogren ten stars total I would give him 11. Joel has helped me get outcomes far beyond any expectations in every one of the traffic cases I have brought him, including 2nd DUI, Driving After Revocation, Speeding, & Dr..."

Rating: 7.1

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Robert G. LeBell
309 North Water Street, Suite 350, Milwaukee, WI

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 52 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Appeals, Sex Crime

Review: "I love Bob he was an excellent Attorney to myself and my child's father he is gifted and extremely intellectual. Bob is a savvy attorney that is respected within the courts. Bob cared about me and my outcome when I was ready to throw in the towel ..."

Rating: 7.2

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Office Of The State Public Defender
819 N. 6th Street, 9th Floor, Milwaukee, WI

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 25 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "I was allegedly pulled over for an unsafe lane deviation, and subsequent OWI. I knew I had not deviated from lane. I called the law firm of Kim & Lavoy, who subsequently set me up with Bridget. She was straight-forward and honest, and knew how to ..."

Rating: 8.8

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Wisconsin State Public Defender's Office
819 N. 6th St., 9th Floor, Milwaukee, WI

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 15 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "He was a great concise effective lawyer who I would put against any great lawyer of our time it was a pleasure working with him as he helped me through my case!"

Rating: 6.9

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The Luening Law Practice LLC
128 W Mineral St, Milwaukee, WI

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 15 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Immigration

Bio: Hard working, tireless, lawyer working to make sure rights are not abused by "the man" and families stay together.

Rating: 6.4

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161 W Wisconsin Ave Ste 3032, Milwaukee, WI

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 42 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Family and more

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Hartley & Pecora LLC
600 W Virginia St Ste 205, Milwaukee, WI

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 7 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Immigration and more

Review: "Wow! We made the right decision in hiring Nettie for my son. You either trust her or you don’t! We had a ton of questions and she did answer all of them. We bumped heads sometimes as a mother you can get anxious during something as serious as inte..."

Rating: 6.5

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Law Offices of Scott A Wales LLC
839 N Jefferson St Ste 300, Milwaukee, WI

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 37 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "Attorney Wales represented me on a felony drug charge from the past. I skipped bail and moved out of state for some years so he had to do a lot of hard work and digging around to work things out for me. When I first called him he spent a lot of ti..."

Rating: 6.8

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State Public Defenders Office Trial Division
819 N 6th St Rm 908, Milwaukee, WI

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 24 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Review: "Professional very understanding and polite won my case he represented my brother as well best lawyer "

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Rose & deJong, S.C.
161 S 1st St Ste 400, Milwaukee, WI

Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 40 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Civil Rights, Discrimination and more

Bio: Victor focuses his practice in civil and criminal litigation. With diverse litigation experience, Victor has argued several cases in the Federal Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He has tried more than 60 cases, mos...

Rating: 8.7

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