Forensic location data from cell phones, tablets, and even smart watches is becoming more and more common in criminal prosecutions. Autho...

It is fairly common to get a new criminal case, and in the weeks that follow for a client to get served with a lawsuit seeking to seize m...

I was driving down South Avenue in La Crosse this morning when a billboard caught my eye: it advised me to know the consequences of opiat...

Almost every week I walk into court with a client who is shocked by language on a criminal complaint charging them as a “repeater.” “But ...

What are they? A subpoena is a court order requiring the appearance of a witness (subpoena and certificate of appearance), or the product...

We’re currently preparing a half dozen or so trials for the summer, so I thought it would make sense to discuss a little bit of what goes...

Lawyers love to brag about themselves. Successful cases, semi-successful cases, and even cases that weren’t actually successful often app...

The number one reason we turn prospective clients away is due to conflict of interest. And the clear majority of those clients ask us “wh...

Last week the Columbia University Justice Lab released a report detailing many of Wisconsin’s most prominent failures in sentencing and c...

In recent years, prosecutors across the State have begun charging teens who exchange nude selfies with possession, or even the creation o...

I’ll be the first to tell anyone who wants to listen that my job is not like how it is portrayed on television. All too often I see show...

Over the past few years, the La Crosse Police Department has become increasingly vocal over what it deems a “revolving door” criminal jus...

Perhaps the oldest staple in the war on drugs is a national prohibition on the possession of marijuana. I grew up with a vilified image ...

One of the most frequent questions we get from our clients is whether they can get a different judge or a change of venue. The question i...

Much of our practice is devoted to defending people accused of violent crimes and in many of those cases, we defend a client who was acti...

Public Defenders are some of the most dedicated, experienced and highly-skilled attorneys out there. Many people contact me because they ...

Many of our cases originate from an anonymous call, information provided by a police informant, or allegations from a jailhouse snitch. A...

I get a lot of calls from prospective clients asking whether I think they really need a lawyer to help them with a traffic ticket, police...

Sexual assault prosecutions are incredibly high-stakes ordeal for any defendant. Many people are sentenced to prison following conviction...

You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorn...