Background
Daniel Fay is an attorney in the Village of Pewaukee, Wisconsin, where he was born and raised. He is 58 years old and has one daughter, who is also an attorney in the Milwaukee area. Attorney Fay is the president and owner of Oakton Avenue Law Offices, S.C. He has practiced law in Pewaukee for over thirty years and is well known as the Village Barrister. Dan specializes in the area of Criminal Law, which includes vast experience in alcohol and drug offenses, domestic violence, sexual assault and homicide cases. He is also very knowledgeable in areas of Corporate, Real Estate and Civil matters. Dan is regularly appointed in Waukesha County Court as an advocate in cases involving children and the elderly. He also has a steady clientele looking for Wills, Durable Power of Attorneys and Healthcare Power of Attorneys.
Attorney Fay has litigated hundreds of cases over his years in practice and is well known in Waukesha County as a tough and skilled criminal attorney. His background and experience has given him the knowledge needed to evaluate each case individually, relate all legal issues and defenses as appropriate and represent his clients toward a path of favorable results.
Even with a busy private practice, Attorney Fay finds the time to regularly accept appointments from the Public Defender’s Office. He strongly believes that clients, who are unable to private pay for an attorney, deserve the best representation possible. Dan Fay is well respected in the legal community and that is very apparent by the numerous referrals he receives from other attorneys in the area. He is often asked to serve as a mediator in various cases as a result of his superior skills as a negotiator. He also has lectured in high school and college settings.
Education, Licensing and Professional Memberships
Daniel Fay received his undergraduate from UW- Milwaukee in 1974 and attended law school at Marquette University, graduating in 1977. He feels it very important to stay on top of his profession by attending numerous continuing education seminars every year. If anything in the law changes, he is right there with the most current information.
Dan has served as Co-Chair for the State Bar Committee for Lawyers Assistance and is also a member of the Waukesha County Council on Alcoholism and Other Drug Addictions. He has been on the Fee Arbitration Committee for the Waukesha County Bar and is a past chairman of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers. Dan is a member of the Wisconsin Bar Association, Waukesha County Bar Association and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He is admitted to practice law in the State of Wisconsin and the State of Alaska, the United States Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court for the State of Wisconsin and Eastern and Western Federal District Courts. Daniel Fay is also a Court Commissioner appointed by the Honorable Kathryn Foster in Waukesha County.
Representative Cases Include:
- State v. Peter McMaster 1995AP001159
- State v. Amy Willoughby 1997AP001201
- State v. Scott L. Stevenson 1998AP002110
- State v. Frederick Prager 2003AP003155
- State v. Frederick Prager 2004AP000843
- State v. Brian Haanstad 2007AP000821
- State v. Ellen Straehler 2007AP000822
- State v. John James Pheil 2007AP001493