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Attorney Christopher T. Van Wagner
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Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers honors Attorney Christopher T. Van Wagner with Martin Hanson Advocate's Prize.

Attorney Christopher T. Van Wagner has been three times awarded the Martin Hanson Advocate's Prize for numerous homicide acquittals.

 

WACDL Honors Christopher T. Van Wagner

Martin Hanson Advocate's Prize
Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

WACDL honors nine with Hanson Prize Each year, the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (WACDL) recognizes criminal defense lawyers who have secured a dismissal on the merits or an acquittal in a homicide case. Each individual is awarded the Martin Hanson Advocate’s Prize, named in honor of the one of the finest criminal defense lawyers of his generation and one of the founders of WACDL. Attorney Christopher Van Wagner was named among a handful of honorees as the recipient of the Martin Hanson Advocate's Prize.

About Chris Van Wagner

Attorney Christopher T. Van Wagner has been in practice since 1981. He graduated from Cornell Law School. He clerked for a federal district judge, and then began prosecuting cases in the Trenton, New Jersey district attorney's office. Chris spent many years with a Chicago based law firm before resettling to Wisconsin where he prosecuted federal cases. He left government work in 1994 and entered private practice as a criminal defense lawyer. Shortly thereafter, he and Attorney Tracey Wood formed a successful partnership, Van Wagner & Wood, S.C.. Chris Van Wagner is widely known for his expertise in serious felony defense, particularly homicide, sexual assault, and white collar crimes. Chris has been appointed by courts to assist in the defense of another where his level of expertise was needed to protect the rights of the defendant in the due process of the case. [Chris Van Wagner]