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Fond du Lac County Criminal Defense Attorney
Charged in Fond du Lac County? Attorney Glenn E. Avena defends OWI, drug, misdemeanor and felony cases in Fond du Lac, with straight answers from the first call.
Defense in Fond du Lac County
What a Fond du Lac County case actually needs
Fond du Lac County criminal cases are heard at the Fond du Lac County Courthouse, 160 South Macy Street, Fond du Lac, WI 54935. The county has 5 circuit court branches. Main routes through the county include I-41 and US-151. Clerk of Circuit Court page.
The Fond du Lac County District Attorney's office prosecutes the criminal and OWI cases filed in the county. Phone: 920-929-3048. Official page.
Fond du Lac County Jail, 63 Western Avenue, Fond du Lac, WI 54935 . Sheriff's Office: 180 S. Macy Street, Fond du Lac, WI 54935. Phone: 920-929-3394.
Ordinance cases from the City of Fond du Lac and from Ripon go through the Lakeside Municipal Court in North Fond du Lac.
Municipal courts, which hear ordinance cases including a first-offense OWI: North Fond du Lac (920-924-2479) and Rosendale (920-872-2441).
Local programs: a drug treatment court. Each sets its own eligibility.
State prisons in the county: Taycheedah Correctional Institution.
Campuses: Marian University, Moraine Park Technical College, Fond du Lac campus and Ripon College. 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 Fond du Lac County
Common Questions
Fond du Lac County questions
Where are criminal cases heard in Fond du Lac County?
At the Fond du Lac County Courthouse in Fond du Lac (160 South Macy Street, Fond du Lac, WI 54935).
Does Glenn Avena really come to Fond du Lac County from Madison?
Yes. The courthouse in Fond du Lac is about 80 miles and 100 minutes by road from the Madison office.
Where is the Fond du Lac County jail?
Fond du Lac County Jail, 63 Western Avenue, Fond du Lac, WI 54935 . Sheriff's Office: 180 S. Macy Street, Fond du Lac, WI 54935. Phone: 920-929-3394. Call first: visiting and bail rules are set by the jail.
Does Fond du Lac County have an OWI court or a drug court?
It has a drug treatment court. Ask a lawyer early whether a particular charge and record could qualify.
Does a city in Fond du Lac County have its own municipal court?
Municipal courts operate in North Fond du Lac (920-924-2479) and Rosendale (920-872-2441). Elsewhere, ordinance cases go to circuit court.
How fast should I act after an arrest in Fond du Lac 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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