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Sauk County Criminal Defense Attorney
Charged in Sauk County? Attorney Glenn E. Avena defends OWI, drug, misdemeanor and felony cases in Baraboo, with straight answers from the first call.
Defense in Sauk County
What a Sauk County case actually needs
Sauk County criminal cases are heard at the Sauk County Courthouse in Baraboo. The Clerk of Circuit Court answers at 608-355-3287 (Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm). The county has 3 circuit court branches. Main routes through the county include I-90/94, US-12 and WI-23. Clerk of Circuit Court page.
The Sauk County District Attorney's office prosecutes the criminal and OWI cases filed in the county. Phone: 608-355-3280. Official page.
Sauk County Jail, 1300 Lange Court, Baraboo, WI 53913. Phone: 608-355-3210.
Wisconsin Dells sits in more than one county and runs its own municipal court, so where a Dells-area citation is heard depends on where it happened and which ordinance was cited.
Municipal courts, which hear ordinance cases including a first-offense OWI: Reedsburg (608-768-3348), Spring Green (608-588-5980), Prairie du Sac (608-370-9352) and Wisconsin Dells.
Local programs: a combined OWI and drug treatment court. Each sets its own eligibility. The District Attorney’s office also runs a post-charge diversion program.
Campuses: Madison College Reedsburg 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 Sauk County
Common Questions
Sauk County questions
Where are criminal cases heard in Sauk County?
At the Sauk County Courthouse in Baraboo. The Clerk of Circuit Court at 608-355-3287 can confirm hearing dates.
Does Glenn Avena really come to Sauk County from Madison?
Yes. The courthouse in Baraboo is about 44 miles and 65 minutes by road from the Madison office.
Where is the Sauk County jail?
Sauk County Jail, 1300 Lange Court, Baraboo, WI 53913. Phone: 608-355-3210. Call first: visiting and bail rules are set by the jail.
Does Sauk County have an OWI court or a drug court?
It has a combined OWI and drug treatment court. Ask a lawyer early whether a particular charge and record could qualify.
Does a city in Sauk County have its own municipal court?
Municipal courts operate in Reedsburg (608-768-3348), Spring Green (608-588-5980), Prairie du Sac (608-370-9352) and Wisconsin Dells. Elsewhere, ordinance cases go to circuit court.
How fast should I act after an arrest in Sauk 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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