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Attorney Rebecca Coffee Presented at the Wisconsin Public Defender's 2018 Conference

We talk a lot these days about mass incarceration, but what does it look like? What goes on inside prison walls? What is life behind bars really like for incarcerated people and those around them? Nigel Poor’s San Quentin Project: the Men of San Quentin State Prison comes to the Milwaukee Art Museum, which opens to the public on October 18th, 2018, and runs through March 10, 2019. Mastantuono & Coffee is proud to be the education sponsor of this important exhibition.

Window tint is one of the most common reasons for police to stop a car as a pretext to look for evidence of other more serious offenses, especially in urban areas. Find out what the law allows, and if you could be next.

Character Letters and Letters of Support always help the judge get a better idea of who are client is on the good days.

We’ve talked about how to prepare and what to expect if you get sent to jail, but how do you avoid going to jail in the first place if you’re charged with a crime, especially if your case is a difficult one, the facts aren’t on your side, you’re caught, and a guilty finding is likely? The key is having a skilled and experienced attorney who can steer your case off the jail path.

If you live in Wisconsin, you probably celebrate warm weather with a few drinks or a night on the town. We at Mastantuono & Coffee hope the good weather hasn’t led to any serious charges, such as a DUI/OWI, but we also know that mistakes happen. Read on to learn how to handle a drunk driving charge.

Speaking as criminal defense attorneys, we can tell you that this question gets asked a lot. Whenever college students are accused of date rape, bosses are accused of sexual harassment, or...

Being sentenced and going to jail are two very difficult times because you don’t know what to expect.

Today on Sherwin Hughes' morning show, The Forum, on 860 AM, Craig took calls asking about police-citizen encounters. he promised listeners that he would repost this outline on the limits of warrantless actions by police.

A bill was recently introduced into the Wisconsin Legislature to expand the availability of expungement, which is the removal of certain criminal convictions from a person's record, and is available to those under 25 at the time of the offense.