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Attorney Mike Rudolph, Rudolph Law Offices
In 2016 and 2017, Attorney Mike Rudolph was named one of the top fifty lawyers in the state of Wisconsin by Super Lawyers. He was the only solo practioner.
Attorney Mike Rudolph has been practicing criminal defense for more than 35 years in Appleton Wisconsin. He is considered by many to be the best criminal defense lawyer in the Fox River Valley. Mike is known as a trial lawyer; he has tried more than 100 jury trials. He has practiced in more than 25 counties in Wisconsin. He now tries to limit his practice to Appleton and nearby Outagamie County, Calumet County, Winnebago County, Waupaca County, and Brown County.
Mike has been teaching other lawyers how to try cases for 32 of his 35 years. He has taught lawyers how to defend homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle at the State Public Defender Conference, numerous drunk driving seminars for lawyers for Lorman, PESI, and the Drunk Driving Roundtable. He has taught traffic law at the Wisconsin State Bar, and he was a featured commentator on WHBY for media cases.
Mike helped to found the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and has been a director on the board of directors all but one year since its creation. He is past president of the Outagamie County Bar Association (1997-98).
Attorney Rudolph has earned numerous awards
Attorney Rudolph has been named a Super Lawyer every year since 2008. Super Lawyers signifies the top 10% of lawyers in their field. In 2016 and 2017, Attorney Mike Rudolph was named one to the top fifty lawyers in the state of Wisconsin by Super Lawyers.
AVVO rates Attorney Rudolph with a 10 out 10 rating, which is the highest rating possible.
Attorney Rudolph has an AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell, which signifies that he is a preminent lawyer with the highest ratings for skills and ethics.
Attorney Rudolph won the prized and prestigious Advocate’s Prize in 1997 for a successful defense in a homicide case.
The Appleton Post Crescent named him one of the five best lawyers in the Fox River Valley in 1983. Fox Cities Magazine twice rated lawyers based upon lawyer voting. In 1996, he was named the best Criminal Defense Attorney, best Drug Defense Attorney, and best Drunk Driving Lawyer by his peers. In 2002, he was named best Drug Defense Attorney and best Drunk Driving Lawyer.