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Defense Results Built on Preparation, Strategy, and Relentless Advocacy.

Representative outcomes from serious criminal matters handled by Travis Keil across Minnesota.

Dismissals, reduced charges, avoided prison exposure, and hard-fought outcomes in cases where the stakes were high.

Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Every case depends on its own facts, law, and circumstances.

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Results That Reflect Relentless Defense

A growing archive of meaningful outcomes across Minnesota. Each result reflects strategy, preparation, and proven advocacy.

Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Every case depends on its own facts, evidence, criminal history, venue, judge, prosecutor, and applicable law.

700+ Cases Resolved

First-Degree Premeditated Murder - Isanti County

Isanti County

Acquitted of first-degree murder at a strategic bench trial; conviction limited to first-degree assault.

Acquitted — Murder Count Venue Isanti County

Second-Degree Intentional Murder - St. Louis County, Dismissed

St. Louis County

Client charged with second-degree intentional murder.

Dismissed Venue St. Louis County

Second-Degree Murder - Dismissed After Appeal

Minnesota

After an initial conviction in district court, Travis preserved the constitutional issue through a stipulated-facts trial and pursued the case on appeal.

Dismissed Venue Minnesota

Second-Degree Controlled Substance and Ineligible Person in Possession of a Firearm - Scott County, 102-Month Downward Departure

Scott County

Client faced a presumptive sentence of 102 months in prison.

No Prison Venue Scott County

Fifth-Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct - Dakota County, Acquittal

Dakota County

Client charged with fifth-degree criminal sexual conduct.

Acquittal Venue Dakota County

Third-Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct - Scott County, Dismissed

Scott County

Client charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct.

Dismissed Venue Scott County

Third-Degree Assault - Washington County, Acquittal

Washington County

Client charged with third-degree assault.

Acquittal Venue Washington County

Felony Threats of Violence - Hennepin County, Acquittal

Hennepin County

Client charged with felony threats of violence.

Acquittal Venue Hennepin County

Domestic Assault - Hennepin County, Dismissed

Hennepin County

Client charged with assaulting his girlfriend, with photographic evidence in the record.

Dismissed Venue Hennepin County

Domestic Assault - Wright County, No Charges Filed

Wright County

Travis engaged in pre-charge advocacy with the prosecuting agency, providing information and evidence that had not been included in the police reports along with documentation of the client's proactive efforts.

No Charges Filed Venue Wright County

DWI - Blue Earth County, Dismissed (Challenge to the Stop)

Blue Earth County

Client was stopped for an alleged tinted-window violation.

Dismissed Venue Blue Earth County

Felony Theft - Hennepin County, Continuance for Dismissal

Hennepin County

Client charged with theft over $400.

Dismissed Venue Hennepin County

Felony Theft - Hennepin County, Diversion

Hennepin County

Client charged with felony theft involving more than $5,000.

Diversion Venue Hennepin County

Order for Protection - Dismissed

Minnesota

The petitioner came to court with what appeared to be a strong case.

Dismissed Venue Minnesota

CHIPS Case - Dismissed for Lack of Evidence

Minnesota

Travis represented the parents in a CHIPS (Child in Need of Protection or Services) matter.

Dismissed Venue Minnesota

First-Degree Controlled Substance — Carver County, Probation Over Prison

Carver County

We positioned the client to fully address the chemical-use issues underlying the case.

Representative Outcome Venue Carver County

Second-Degree Controlled Substance — Hennepin County, Probation Over Prison

Hennepin County

We successfully argued that our client was particularly amenable to probation and deserved probation rather than a prison sentence, and the judge agreed.

Representative Outcome Venue Hennepin County

Fifth-Degree Controlled Substance — Multiple Counties, Stays of Adjudication

Minnesota

Across matters in Hennepin, Carver, Stearns, Ramsey, Dakota, and Scott Counties, we secured stays of adjudication — resolutions structured to keep the charge off the client's record on successful completion of probation.

Representative Outcome Venue Minnesota

Fifth-Degree Controlled Substance — Anoka County, Continuance for Dismissal

Anoka County

We obtained a continuance for dismissal, holding the matter open for dismissal rather than proceeding to a conviction.

Dismissed Venue Anoka County

Drug Charges — Hennepin County, Charges Declined

Hennepin County

We showed that the client was a victim of sexual assault who was being manipulated, and the prosecutor declined to pursue charges.

Representative Outcome Venue Hennepin County

Felony Theft (Over $50,000) — Ramsey County, Reduced to Misdemeanor

Ramsey County

After lengthy litigation, we refused to accept the State's position and obtained a reduction to a misdemeanor.

Representative Outcome Venue Ramsey County

Theft of a Motor Vehicle — Dismissed

Minnesota

The client was charged with leaving a rental vehicle on the roadside and failing to return it.

Dismissed Venue Minnesota

Theft — Multiple Counties, Continuances for Dismissal

Minnesota

Across matters in Anoka, Washington, Hennepin, and Scott Counties, we obtained continuances for dismissal, holding the charges open for dismissal rather than conviction.

Dismissed Venue Minnesota

Theft — Carver County, Stay of Adjudication

Carver County

We presented evidence of the client's sincere remorse for her mistake, and the prosecutor agreed to give her one chance to keep the theft off her record.

Representative Outcome Venue Carver County

Theft — Stearns County, Stay of Adjudication

Stearns County

Based on the client's remorse and lack of criminal history, we secured a stay of adjudication.

Representative Outcome Venue Stearns County

Domestic Assault — Ramsey County, Dismissed

Ramsey County

Our client was wrongfully charged after police overreacted to the situation.

Dismissed Venue Ramsey County

Felony Domestic Assault — Ramsey County, Reduced to Misdemeanor

Ramsey County

The client took proactive steps and had collateral issues we brought to light.

Representative Outcome Venue Ramsey County

Felony Domestic Assault by Strangulation — Dakota County, Dismissed

Dakota County

We convinced the prosecutor that their case was weak and that the client had other issues to address.

Dismissed Venue Dakota County

Felony Domestic Assault — Hennepin County, Dismissed

Hennepin County

Through a thorough investigation, we uncovered that the complaining witness had been hacking our client's phone and had threatened to set him up.

Dismissed Venue Hennepin County

Felony Domestic Assault (Presumptive Prison) — Hennepin County, Dismissed

Hennepin County

After a thorough investigation, we uncovered evidence that the client's ex-girlfriend had hacked his account and framed him.

Dismissed Venue Hennepin County

Felony Domestic Assault — Hennepin County, Dismissed

Hennepin County

A conviction would have sent the client to prison on a probation violation.

Dismissed Venue Hennepin County

Felony Domestic Assault — Anoka County, Probation Over Prison

Anoka County

The client faced felony domestic assault and prison despite a history of domestic assault.

Representative Outcome Venue Anoka County

Felony Assault — Washington County, Acquittal

Washington County

The client faced serious felony assault charges carrying a prison sentence.

Acquittal Venue Washington County

Felony Domestic Assault — Brown County, Reduced to Disorderly Conduct

Brown County

We began jury selection because neither the client nor our firm was backing down.

Representative Outcome Venue Brown County

Domestic Assault — Dakota County, Career-Protecting Resolution

Dakota County

The client worked in finance, and the charge threatened his career.

Representative Outcome Venue Dakota County

Domestic Assault — Scott County, Dismissed on the Eve of Trial

Scott County

The client was at serious risk of losing his career.

Dismissed Venue Scott County

Domestic Assault — Hennepin County, Dismissed

Hennepin County

We obtained a creative resolution dismissing the case by showing the prosecutor that the client had been experiencing a mental health crisis at the time of the incident.

Dismissed Venue Hennepin County

Fraud — Scott County, Dismissed

Scott County

Through hard-fought litigation, the State dismissed its case after receiving Keil Defense's brief — rather than filing a response memorandum, they filed a dismissal.

Dismissed Venue Scott County

Felony Financial Transaction Card Fraud — Ramsey County, Client's Desired Outcome Achieved

Ramsey County

The client had gone through three prior attorneys without obtaining the result she sought; none had understood the mental health component.

Representative Outcome Venue Ramsey County

Illegal Firearm Possession — Hennepin County, Never Charged

Hennepin County

Because of significant constitutional violations by law enforcement, we obtained a result in which our client was never charged.

Representative Outcome Venue Hennepin County

Third-Degree DWI — Washington County, Reduced to Careless Driving

Washington County

By exposing problems with the basis for the stop of the client's vehicle, we obtained a reduction to careless driving.

Representative Outcome Venue Washington County

Driving After Cancellation (Inimical to Public Safety) — Hennepin County, Stay of Adjudication

Hennepin County

We helped the client get his license back and convinced the prosecutor to keep the matter off his record so he could keep driving legally — no more looking over his shoulder behind the wheel.

Representative Outcome Venue Hennepin County

Probation Violation — Meeker County, Reinstated With No Additional Jail

Meeker County

The client had been on probation for years with no contact for over a year when probation filed a report requesting execution of sentence.

Representative Outcome Venue Meeker County

Ramsey County — Retained by a Former Prosecutor

Ramsey County

Keil Defense was hired by an individual who had served as both a State and Federal prosecutor.

Representative Outcome Venue Ramsey County

Harassment Restraining Order — Brown County, Dismissed

Brown County

We demonstrated to the petitioner that they had a weak case.

Dismissed Venue Brown County

Harassment Restraining Order — Dismissed

Minnesota

We convinced the opposing party that their case would not survive a contested hearing, and they agreed to dismiss it.

Dismissed Venue Minnesota

Order for Protection — Hennepin County, Dismissed After Trial

Hennepin County

We demonstrated at trial that the claims of sexual abuse were unfounded, and the petition was dismissed.

Dismissed Venue Hennepin County

Termination of Parental Rights — Rights Preserved

Minnesota

After a contentious trial, Keil Defense helped secure a finding that the State could not meet its burden of proving that terminating parental rights was in the child's best interests.

Representative Outcome Venue Minnesota

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