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Grant County Criminal Defense Attorney
Charged in Grant County? Attorney Glenn E. Avena defends OWI, drug, misdemeanor and felony cases in the Lancaster courthouse, with straight answers from the first call.
Defense in Grant County
What a Grant County case actually needs
Grant County criminal cases are heard at the Grant County Courthouse in Lancaster. Communities served include Platteville, Boscobel, Fennimore, Cuba City, and the county's traffic runs on US-151 and US-61.
Grant County's docket has a distinctly student shape. UW-Platteville sits in the middle of it, and with it come underage drinking citations, first OWI arrests, disorderly conduct calls, and the occasional felony that started as a party. For a student, the university's own conduct process can matter as much as the courtroom - and the two run on different rules.
Glenn E. Avena defends students and families in Lancaster with both tracks in view, focused on keeping one bad night off a permanent record.
What Glenn Handles Here
Charges defended in Grant County
First offense through felony OWI, refusals, BAC disputes
Learn more Drug chargesPossession, THC, and the search that found them
Learn more MisdemeanorsDisorderly conduct, theft, battery, first offenses
Learn more Felony defenseSerious charges needing immediate strategy
Learn more Domestic allegationsNo-contact orders and bond conditions
Learn more Juvenile & studentRecords, schools, and futures protected
Learn moreCommon Questions
Grant County questions
Where are criminal cases heard in Grant County?
At the Grant County Courthouse in Lancaster. That courthouse controls your dates, your judge, and the local process your case follows. Glenn E. Avena appears there for hearings and trials and handles preparation from his Madison office, so the courthouse's location is his commute, not yours.
Does Glenn Avena really come to Grant County from Madison?
Yes. His practice covers the courthouses of South-Central Wisconsin, and Grant County is part of that footprint. Consultations happen by phone or at the Madison office; court appearances happen in Lancaster. Distance changes nothing about the preparation the case receives.
How fast should I act after an arrest in Grant County?
Immediately. The early days decide what options survive: if you refused a chemical test in an OWI case, a written hearing request is due within 10 days under Wis. Stat. s. 343.305(9)(a)4, and evidence, video, and witness memory all fade. A free consultation costs nothing - waiting can cost options. Call 608.271.2271.
My student at UW-Platteville was cited. Does the university find out?
The university can learn of arrests and citations, and it runs its own conduct process with its own standards - separate from the Grant County court. The two tracks need to be handled together, because what is said in one can surface in the other. Get advice before your student explains anything to either.
Local Defense, Local Courts
Your case is heard here, by people who work here
Avena Law Office, LLC practices out of one Madison 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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Talk to Glenn about your Grant County case
Tell him what happened, in your own words. You will get a straight answer about where the case stands and what can be done next, at no cost and in confidence.
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