Max Keller, J.D.

Minneapolis criminal defense lawyer Max Keller focuses on protecting the rights of those accused of committing a crime, including DWI, drug crimes, sex crimes, white-collar crimes, & traffic violations. We eliminate fines and jail time. Keller was chosen as a Super Lawyer two years in a row

Max strives to obtain dismissal of charges or reduced charges. In fact, he has been able to obtain dismissals of charges ranging from felony criminal sexual conduct to misdemeanor DWI before trial. In addition, he has tried jury trials in areas across the state from Noble County to Martin County to Scott County and Hennepin County. He has won jury trial cases in misdemeanor and felony cases and in DWI’s and non-DWI’s. He is a member of the Minnesota Society for Criminal Justice, which only allows the top 50 criminal defense attorneys in the state as members. He is a frequent speaker at CLE’s and is often asked for advice by other defense attorneys across Minnesota.

Licenses/Certifications

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Education

Carleton College B.A. Political Science 1990
American University Washington College of Law 1997

Bio:

Max Keller is the founding partner at Keller Law Offices. He focuses his practice on defending clients facing criminal charges, including DWI, sex crimes, drug crimes, and probation violations.

After graduating from law school in Washington, D.C., Max Keller clerked for three judges at the Minnesota Court of Appeals, which allowed him to study many briefs and see many oral arguments. Mr. Keller then prosecuted DWI’s in the Attorney General’s Office for about five years, including handling many appeals. In 2003, Max left the Attorney General’s Office to go into private practice. He worked as a part-time public defender in Southwestern Minnesota for the first year and half after leaving government service, as well as having a busy private law firm representing individuals in criminal, bankruptcy, immigration, and family law matters. Since 2004 he has focused his firm exclusively on criminal defense.

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