Sexual Assault Defense Lawyers

Van Wagner & Wood is a criminal law defense firm based in Madison, Wisconsin, and home to Attorney Christopher T. Van Wagner, Wisconsin's foremost authority on sexual assault laws and criminal defenses, and Attorney Tracey A. Wood, Wisconsin's foremost authority on drunk driving laws and DUI defenses. For more than thirty combined years, these attorneys have built a solid (and undeniably successful) trial record of outright acquittals for their clients; Attorney Chris Van Wagner has won every sexual assault jury trial he has litigated for his clients over more than a decade of focusing a majority of his criminal law practice on helping people falsely accused of sex crimes. The majority of those trials involved allegations of repeated acts of sexual assault of a minor child.

Criminal Sexual Assault Charges

Wisconsin laws are tough on sex crimes. A conviction for a sexual assault (often referred to as rape) or any sex-based crime will have devastating effects on a person's life. Under Wisconsin laws, first degree sexual assault and second degree sexual assault are felony offenses. A conviction will require registry as a sex offender and lifetime supervision, as well as the loss of reputation, job, property and freedom.

Avoiding Sexual Assault Charges

Sexual assault charges are very serious felony crimes that can be avoided altogether if the claims are false, or the evidence or other factors involved in the case would prevent a conviction.

But you need to call (1-866-262-4599) to speak with an attorney right away. If you wait, the mere passage of time will prevent you from seizing opportunities to disprove accusations, challenge the admission of testimony or other evidence, dispute an illegal search and seizure, or other procedural remedies that are only available during the early stages of a sexual assault, child pornography or other sex based criminal investigation.

Innocent Until Proven Guilty

While the Constitution of the United States provides that you are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law and that you have a right to a criminal trial by a jury of your peers, you may want to consider the social stigma that has changed society's view of the presumption of innocence when a person is labeled as a sexual offender even before they are convicted. That stigma emanates throughout the community, in the courtroom throughout a sexual assault criminal trial, and far beyond the acquittal.

Preventing Bad Outcomes

A guilty verdict is a devastating outcome, and while no attorney can promise you a particular outcome, you can be assured that your opponent in a sexual assault case is an expert prosecution attorney and a government that seeks to sentence you to jail for a very long time. By contacting Attorney Chris Van Wagner or Attorney Tracey Wood, both of whom are very skilled, experienced and successful criminal defense attorneys at Van Wagner & Wood, you will take the first step towards preparing your defense, and if you take a stand to fight those charges with Van Wagner & Wood on your side, you will have done all you can do to prevent a bad outcome.

Free "First-Impression" Analysis

If you believe that you are under investigation for a sex crime, if you have already been accused, arrested and charged with sexual assault or another sex-based crime, or if you have previously been convicted and believe your conviction or sentence were wrong, please call right away to take advantage of the free initial consultation with an attorney at Van Wagner & Wood.

Call us today: 1-866-262-4599

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