Choose the kind of problem you are facing. Each service below opens a focused page explaining the immediate risks, likely process, and the decisions to discuss with counsel. Madsen Law Offices serves clients in Easton and across Northampton, Lehigh, and Monroe Counties.
Many matters on this page can be handled through employer legal-insurance plans — see using legal insurance with the firm.
For Lehigh County filing systems, motion practice, arbitration, MDJ appeals, and PFA intake, use our Lehigh County courts guide.
Criminal Defense
Defense for felony, misdemeanor, juvenile, probation, theft, assault, drug, and other criminal matters.
- Drug possession and PWID
- Theft and property offenses
- Assault and violent-crime allegations
- Sex-offense defense
- Juvenile delinquency
- Probation and parole violations
All criminal-defense services
DUI, Traffic & License Defense
Help with DUI charges, ARD, traffic citations, speeding evidence, CDL consequences, and license suspensions.
Family Law
Strategic help with custody, divorce, support, protection orders, relocation, and related family-court issues.
- Divorce
- Child custody
- Child support
- Spousal support, APL and alimony
- PFA and domestic violence
- Grandparents’ rights
- CYS/CYF and child-welfare matters
Family-law services and guides
Civil Litigation & Injury
Representation for serious injuries and selected civil disputes affecting housing, debt, identity, and financial stability.
Additional matters and planning
Detailed Lehigh Valley Guidance
The overview above addresses immediate decisions. The sections below provide additional local and topic-specific detail.
Legal Practice Areas
Experienced Trial Representation
Criminal Defense
Experienced criminal defense representation. We have represented individuals accused of crimes, from retail theft to homicide, at all levels of the criminal justice system, from preliminary hearings to Supreme Court Appeals.
DUI
The firm has represented clients across Pennsylvania DUI tiers in matters involving potential incarceration and license consequences. Some past matters ended in dismissal without trial; different matters can have different outcomes.
Pardons & Expungements
We have assisted individuals with having a multitude of misdemeanor criminal convictions expunged or pardoned. Even if your charge is not expungable, we may be able to have it successfully sealed from public record.
Marraige & Divorce
We handle all divorces ranging from uncontested to high-asset, contentious, separations with the attention to detail needed to make the difference. Our attorneys can help you prepare for marraige as well.
Child Custody
Our Family Law Attorneys handle child custody cases with the understanding and compassion these sensitive issues deserve. The firm maintains an online child custody resources database for our clients.
Alimony, Child/Spousal Support
Spousal Support, Child Support and Alimony orders are issued to assure a reasonable living allowance for the party requiring support. Our Family Law Attorneys are here to help you throughout your case.
Grandparent's Rights
We have successfully represented grandparents in the most difficult of cases. Our past experience includes custody litigation involving Children and Youth Services on behalf of grandparents. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
PFA and Domestic Violence
Whether seeking shelter from abuse or falsely accused of abuse and evicted from your own home, our attorneys are here to help. Our offices also handles all criminal and family law matters that may stem from a PFA filing.
Child Abuse - CYS
If CYS is alleging abuse or neglect, you are at risk of having your child taken or are seeking expungement of an indicated status our attorneys can help. The firm has handled matters involving private dependency petitions.
Estate Planning
Our attorneys used remote tools to prepare wills, living wills and power of attorney to the public, at no cost, during the COVID-19 Crisis. We continue to offer some limited services to first responders free of charge.
Personal Injury
Our Attorneys represent individuals with personal injuries ranging from fractured bones to permanent damage and death. We don’t charge a penny until you or your family have been compensated.
Traffic Law / License Suspension
CDL and non-CDL drivers rely on us, from equipment violations to driving under suspension. The firm built and released an ENRADD/VASCAR calculator for speeding defense.
Appeals
The appellate practice includes matters from district-court appeals through Pennsylvania appellate proceedings. Each matter depends on its own record, preservation of issues, deadlines, and standard of review. Appeals are always difficult but we will give honest advice before taking any monies.
Unemployment
Our attorneys have successfully obtained unemployment benefits for countless individuals who have been fired, laid off or quit for compelling reasons. We have successfully appealed at all administrative levels.
Firearm RIghts
The second amendment lives strong in our office. We have successfully helped clients ranging from Law Enforcement to individuals with criminal convictions in the pursuit of the right to bear arms.