Taylor M. Hart
Associate
Taylor did an amazing job for me and was able to get my case dismissed. This man is awesome.
Taylor’s Bio
Attorney Taylor M. Hart practices criminal defense exclusively and handles a wide variety of cases including those involving allegations of domestic violence, drug possession and related offenses, burglary, theft, OWI, sexual assault, and homicide.
Attorney Hart is a skilled and accomplished trial attorney. He is a recipient of the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Hanson Memorial Advocate’s Prize, which is presented to attorneys “who have accomplished the rare and difficult task of winning a criminal homicide case.” He has also been named a Top 40 Under 40 Criminal Defense Attorney by The National Trial Lawyers, a 10 Best Criminal Law Attorney by The American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys, and has been given the Belle Case La Follette Award by the Wisconsin Law Foundation and the Clients’ Choice Award by Avvo.
The trial for which Attorney Hart won the Hanson Prize involved a count of first-degree intentional homicide, the most serious crime under Wisconsin law. Taylor was featured on WKOW 27 News after that victory. He also recently obtained acquittals on all counts in a case involving charges of first-degree sexual assault of a child, incest, child enticement, and exposing genitals to a child. Attorney Hart’s client in that case was facing a mandatory minimum sentence of at least 25 years in prison if convicted.
Taylor is a native of California. He graduated magna cum laude from California State University San Marcos in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology & Justice Studies. Following college, Attorney Hart attended University of Wisconsin Law School, where he represented clients incarcerated at Wisconsin’s federal prison in Oxford. He also worked for the State Public Defender’s Office in Baraboo. In 2016, Attorney Hart graduated law school with a degree of Juris Doctor. Attorney Taylor M. Hart joined Martinez & Ruby, LLP, in 2017.
In addition to, and because of, his success at trial, Attorney Hart has a lengthy record of negotiating dismissals of cases pre-trial, thereby saving his clients the anxiety, risk, and expense associated with trial. He has had numerous cases dismissed with charges ranging in severity from disorderly conduct and OWI to burglary and sexual assault.
Rated by Super Lawyers
loading …
Areas of Practice
- Child Sexual Assault
- Sexual Assault
- Homicide
- Domestic Abuse
- DUI/OWI
- Drug Crimes
- Burglary
- Internet Crimes
- Theft
Selected Victories
- 2021 Columbia County. First-degree recklessly endangering safety, strangulation, false imprisonment, and victim intimidation. Case dismissed.
- 2021 Sauk County. Child neglect resulting in death. Case dismissed.
- 2021 Juneau County. 2nd offense OWI. Client found not guilty after jury trial.
- 2021 La Crosse County. Robbery with use of force. Case dismissed.
- 2021 Juneau County. 4th offense OWI. Case dismissed.
- 2021 Marathon County. Felony theft. Case dismissed.
- 2021 Dane County. Possession of narcotics. Case dismissed.
- 2020 Adams County. First-degree child sexual assault. Charges dismissed after successfully suppressing harmful statements made by my client.
- 2020 Iowa County. First-degree intentional homicide. Client found not guilty after jury trial.
- 2020 Marquette County. Delivery of THC. Case dismissed on morning of jury trial after successfully excluding the State’s witnesses.
- 2020 Sauk County. 3rd offense OWI. Case dismissed.
- 2019 Juneau County. First-degree child sexual assault, incest, child enticement, and exposing genitals to child. Client found not guilty after jury trial.
- 2019 Sauk County. Delivery of heroin and delivery of THC. Case dismissed.
- 2019 Sauk County. Mistreatment of an animal resulting in death. Case dismissed.
- 2019 Dane County. Maintaining a drug dwelling. Case dismissed.
- 2019 Marquette County. 7th offense OWI. Case dismissed.
- 2019 Sauk County. Perjury. Case dismissed.
- 2018 Sauk County. Burglary. Case dismissed.
- 2018 Juneau County. Identity theft. Case dismissed.
- 2018 Juneau County. Domestic strangulation, battery, and disorderly conduct. Case dismissed.
- 2018 Sauk County. Felony theft by contractor over $50,000. Case dismissed.
- 2018 Juneau County. Burglary. Case dismissed.
Bar Admissions
- Wisconsin, 2017
Professional Associations and Memberships
- The National Trial Lawyers, Top 40 Under 40 Member, 2020-Current
- Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member, 2017-Current
- State Bar of Wisconsin, Member, 2017-Current
Education
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
- J.D.-2016
- Concentration: Criminal Law
- California State University, San Marcos, California
- B.A.-2014
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Major: Criminology & Justice Studies
- Minor: Sociology
Honors and Awards
- Belle Case La Follette Award, Wisconsin Law Foundation, 2021
- 10 Best Criminal Law Attorney, The American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys, 2021
- Clients’ Choice Award, Avvo, 2021
- Hanson Memorial Advocate’s Prize, Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2020
- Top 40 Under 40, The National Trial Lawyers, 2020
Schedule a Consultation