Wisconsin Federal Habeas Corpus Lawyers

When Every Other Court Has Said No, One Path May Remain.

The great writ. Federal habeas corpus is the last safeguard in American criminal law — the mechanism by which a federal court can review whether a person’s custody violates the Constitution. Habeas corpus proceedings are governed by AEDPA, a statute deliberately designed to make relief difficult: strict limitations periods, exhaustion requirements, procedural default rules, and deep deference to lower court decisions.

That procedural terrain defeats most petitions before the merits are ever reached. It is precisely why counsel matters. Strang Bradley litigates habeas cases in the federal courts of Wisconsin and the Seventh Circuit, bringing the constitutional depth and disciplined writing these cases demand.

Habeas and Collateral Relief We Handle

• Petitions under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for people in custody under Wisconsin convictions
• Motions under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate, set aside, or correct federal sentences
• Claims of ineffective assistance of trial and appellate counsel
• Brady and prosecutorial misconduct claims resting on suppressed evidence
• Claims based on new, retroactively applicable Supreme Court decisions
• Certificates of appealability and habeas appeals in the Seventh Circuit

Why Choose Strang Bradley for Habeas Litigation

Habeas is constitutional litigation at its most demanding — procedurally unforgiving, and won only by lawyers who know the terrain. Our attorneys have litigated post-conviction and collateral challenges through the state courts, the federal district courts, and the Seventh Circuit. Before you spend your one opportunity, get an honest assessment of whether the claim can succeed.