Criminal charges can have serious consequence aside from conviction including loss of one’s job, house and reputation. Axley’s experienced and aggressive Criminal Defense Team knows what’s at stake and works hard to get the best outcome for our clients. We carefully scrutinize every aspect of the government’s case at both the state and federal levels to ensure your rights are protected.

Experienced
As a law firm, Axley has been practicing criminal defense law for over 125 years. Our Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyers have extensive experience in state and federal court, and represent clients in both misdemeanor and serious felony offenses, including:

• Homicide
• Alcohol-related offenses such as drunk driving (OWI)
• White collar offenses
• Cyber crimes and all crimes involving a computer
• Fraud and embezzlement
• Sensitive crimes, such as sexual assault and domestic abuse
  
• Drug crimes
• Battery and disorderly conduct
• Property crimes, including burglary and theft
• Traffic and other municipal citations

Aggressive
Our criminal defense team is aggressive in defending the presumption of innocence and the rights of our clients. For those accused of a crime, an experienced and aggressive attorney can mean the difference between a prison sentence and reduced or dismissed charges.

Client Centered
Our criminal defense attorneys provide personalized, client centered representation. We carefully develop constitutional defenses around your case that are designed to terminate the prosecution in its early stages. In other cases, we search for realistic outcomes that are tailored to the client’s individual circumstances.

For more information about Axley's criminal defense legal services, call us at 608.257.5661, email us at law@axley.com or inquire here.

Criminal Defense Team Members

Brian Hough
Brian Hough represents clients in a variety of criminal defense law cases, including drunk driving (OWI), battery, disorderly conduct and more. He has won dozens of jury trials, including obtaining a "not guilty" verdict for a defendant who admitted that he drove drunk at over three times the legal limit and struck a pedestrian at a speed of 65 m.p.h., and a “not guilty” verdict on behalf of a law enforcement officer accused of drunk driving at twice the legal limit.

Patrick Fiedler
Patrick Fiedler is a former Dane County Circuit Judge. During his 18 years as a judge, he presided over thousands of cases covering all types of criminal charges. Prior to that, Mr. Fiedler served as a prosecutor in state and federal courts, and has tried over 60 jury cases ranging from misdemeanors to serious felonies including homicide.

Gesina (Ena) Seiler
Ena Seiler represents criminal defense clients charged with OWI, battery, drug possession and disorderly conduct, among other charges. Ms. Seiler also previously prosecuted municipal ordinance violations like traffic citations, OWI, drug possession, disorderly conduct, and truancy for Wisconsin municipalities and other local governments.

Timothy Edwards
Timothy Edwards litigates cases including criminal matters extensively in federal courts across the United States. He regularly publishes articles on electronic discovery issues in both state and federal court, and gives seminars and litigated cases across the country that involve complex electronic discovery issues.