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Dodge County Criminal Defense Attorney
Charged in Dodge County? Attorney Glenn E. Avena defends OWI, drug, misdemeanor and felony cases in Juneau, with straight answers from the first call.
Defense in Dodge County
What a Dodge County case actually needs
Dodge County criminal cases are heard at the Dodge County Justice Facility, 210 W. Center Street, Juneau, WI 53039. The Clerk of Circuit Court answers at 920-386-3570. The county has 4 circuit court branches. Main routes through the county include US-151, WI-33, WI-26 and WI-49. Clerk of Circuit Court page.
The Dodge County District Attorney's office prosecutes the criminal and OWI cases filed in the county. Phone: 920-386-3610. Official page.
Dodge County Jail, 216 W. Center Street, Juneau, WI 53039. Phone: 920-386-3734.
Waupun sits on the Dodge and Fond du Lac county line. Its state prisons are in Dodge County, and City of Waupun citations go to the Beaver Dam Municipal Court.
Municipal courts, which hear ordinance cases including a first-offense OWI: Beaver Dam (920-887-4622), Horicon (920-485-4376) and Fox Lake (920-296-6451).
Local programs: a drug treatment court and an OWI treatment court. Each sets its own eligibility.
State prisons in the county: Waupun Correctional Institution, Dodge Correctional Institution and Fox Lake Correctional Institution.
Campuses: Moraine Park Technical College - Beaver Dam Campus. Campus conduct proceedings run separately from any court case.
Court details checked against official sources on October 8, 2026. Confirm hours and rooms with the clerk.
What Glenn Handles Here
Charges defended in Dodge County
Common Questions
Dodge County questions
Where are criminal cases heard in Dodge County?
At the Dodge County Justice Facility in Juneau (210 W. Center Street, Juneau, WI 53039). The Clerk of Circuit Court at 920-386-3570 can confirm hearing dates.
Does Glenn Avena really come to Dodge County from Madison?
Yes. The courthouse in Juneau is about 56 miles and 70 minutes by road from the Madison office.
Where is the Dodge County jail?
Dodge County Jail, 216 W. Center Street, Juneau, WI 53039. Phone: 920-386-3734. Call first: visiting and bail rules are set by the jail.
Does Dodge County have an OWI court or a drug court?
It has a drug treatment court and an OWI treatment court. Ask a lawyer early whether a particular charge and record could qualify.
Does a city in Dodge County have its own municipal court?
Municipal courts operate in Beaver Dam (920-887-4622), Horicon (920-485-4376) and Fox Lake (920-296-6451). Elsewhere, ordinance cases go to circuit court.
How fast should I act after an arrest in Dodge County?
Immediately. A request for a refusal hearing has to reach the court within 10 days (Wis. Stat. s. 343.305(9)(a)4., (10)(a)), and a test-result suspension has its own review deadline. Bring every paper from the arrest to the first call.
Local Defense, Local Courts
Your case is heard here, by people who work here
Avena Law Office, LLC runs a Madison criminal defense practice from one office and appears in the courthouses of Dane, Columbia, and the surrounding South-Central Wisconsin counties. Knowing the courtroom, the prosecutors, and how a county actually handles a charge is not a detail. It changes what can be negotiated.
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