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Iowa County Criminal Defense Attorney
Charged in Iowa County? Attorney Glenn E. Avena defends OWI, drug, misdemeanor and felony cases in the Dodgeville courthouse, with straight answers from the first call.
Defense in Iowa County
What a Iowa County case actually needs
Iowa County criminal cases are heard at the Iowa County Courthouse in Dodgeville. Communities served include Mineral Point, Barneveld, Arena, and the county's traffic runs on US-18 and US-151.
Iowa County criminal cases are heard in Dodgeville, and most begin the same way: a traffic stop on US-18 or Highway 151, a rural OWI arrest, or a small-town incident that turns into a misdemeanor charge. In a county this size, people worry - reasonably - about who will hear about their case. A defense lawyer from Madison brings distance as well as counsel.
Glenn E. Avena appears in Dodgeville and keeps the case, and your name, as quiet as the process allows.
What Glenn Handles Here
Charges defended in Iowa 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
Iowa County questions
Where are criminal cases heard in Iowa County?
At the Iowa County Courthouse in Dodgeville. 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 Iowa County from Madison?
Yes. His practice covers the courthouses of South-Central Wisconsin, and Iowa County is part of that footprint. Consultations happen by phone or at the Madison office; court appearances happen in Dodgeville. Distance changes nothing about the preparation the case receives.
How fast should I act after an arrest in Iowa 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.
Everyone knows everyone in Iowa County. Will my case stay private?
Court records are public in Wisconsin, so no lawyer can promise secrecy. What a lawyer can do is resolve the case as quickly and quietly as the facts allow, keep unnecessary hearings off the calendar, and - where the outcome allows it - position you for expungement so the record itself eventually closes. Handled well, most cases pass without becoming local news.
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 Iowa 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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