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Attorney Chris Van Wagner
Wisconsin Criminal Defense Lawyer
Van Wagner & Wood, S.C.
www.vanwagnerandwood.com
1 North Pinckney Street, Suite 300
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
Phone (608) 284-1200
Fax (608) 284-1260
( E-mail
Attorneys)
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Criminal
defense lawyer attorney Chris
Van Wagner, has handled nearly one hundred felony
trials in his twenty-plus years as an attorney. His
trial cases have ranged from low-level misdemeanor offenses
all the way to kidnapping,
homicide
RICO, and "domestic terrorism".
- Intentional homicide
- Murder
- Negligent homicide
- Vehicular homicide
- Homicide with a deadly weapon
- Homicide while intoxicated
- Domestic terrorism
- White collar crime
- Embezzlement
- Fraud
- Theft
- Sex crimes
- Sexual assault, rape
- RICO, Racketeering
In practice since 1981, Christopher Van Wagner brings
a wide mix of knowledge, background and unique personal
experience to each case. These include the lessons learned
and instincts developed while growing up one of 11 children
born to a middle class Irish Catholic New Jersey couple;
the topnotch education and training he received attending
an Ivy League law school (Cornell Law '81, Law Review
Editor) and then clerking for a federal district judge
(Hon. Dick Debevoise, D.N.J., '81-82); the boardroom
manners observed and absorbed working for Fortune 500
clients in his years at a world-renowned Chicago-based
corporate law firm (Mayer Brown, on LaSalle Street);
and, most significantly, the ingrained courtroom sense
and solid jury trial skills he honed while trying more
than 50 felony jury trials to verdict as a state prosecutor
(in Trenton, N.J.), cases ranging from welfare fraud
to rape to homicide.
In 1991 he moved to Wisconsin to become a federal prosecutor.
In a short time, he tried several federal conspiracy
cases to verdict. Chris left the government in 1994,
and now devotes his professional time, effort and energy
exclusively to defending people accused (or convicted)
of serious crimes and drunk driving offenses. In that
time, Chris has tried and won some high-profile trials,
including several homicide cases.
The Dane County Defense Bar honored Chris as "Warrior
of the Year" when Chris won an acquittal on behalf
of a particularly difficult client (an ex-District Attorney)
in an attempted murder shooting case. The Wisconsin
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (WACDL) has
three times awarded Chris the Martin Hanson Advocate's
Prize a statewide honor for his repeated victories in
homicide cases. Chris has also taught and lectured regularly
at state and national trial skills seminars for lawyers.
He has served as guest commentator on Court TV with
anchor Nancy Grace, who now also hosts the Larry King
show. He has also been a guest criminal law commentator
on the Dan Abrams Report on MSNBC and the Today Show.
Finally, despite having resettled permanently to Wisconsin
, he remains an equally permanent and often rabid New
York Yankees fan.
Areas of Practice:
Criminal Defense (Felony, Misdemeanor, State, Federal)
Disorderly Conduct, Domestic Battery
Drug Crimes
Drunk Driving - OWI (DUI/DWI)
Falsely Accused, Wrongfully Imprisoned
Family and Domestic Abuse Defense
Federal & State Charges, Trial, Appeals
Homicide, Manslaughter, Negligent Homicide, Vehicular
Homicide
Property Crimes
Sex Crimes, Sexual Assault / Battery
Stalking
White Collar Crimes, Fraud, Theft, Embezzlement
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Wisconsin, 1994
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
Education:
Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York, 1981
J.D.
B.A., St. Lawrence, 1978
Major: English and Literature
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Teaching Faculty, Wisconsin Public Defender Trial Skills
Academy (Lake Delavan, Wisconsin)
Teaching Faculty, NITA Trial Skills Programs (Northwestern
Law School, Chicago)
Former Speaker, Wisconsin Criminal Defense and Other
Bar Seminars
Honors and Awards:
"Warrior of the Year," Dane County Criminal
Defense Bar, 1999
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Dane County Bar Association
Member
Wisconsin State Bar Association
Member
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Attorney Christopher T Van Wagner
Wisconsin Criminal Defense Lawyer
Van Wagner & Wood, S.C.
www.vanwagnerandwood.com
10 East Doty Street, Suite 701
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
Phone (608) 284-1200
Fax (608) 284-1260
(E-mail
Attorneys)
Attorney Christopher (Chris) Van Wagner is a Wisconsin
criminal defense lawyer. He represents people throughout
Wisconsin, and most often appears in Madison, Monroe,
Richland Center, Sauk City, Baraboo, Wisconsin Dells,
Beaver Dam, Juneau, Delafield, Whitewater, Jefferson,
Fort Atkinson, Columbus, Wausau, Eau Claire, La Crosse,
Sparta, Appleton, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Lady Smith,
Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Stevens Point, and
Black River Falls for serious felony crimes.
For an initial consultation, please call (608-284-1200)
or e-mail
Attorneys Chris Van Wagner or Tracey Wood.
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