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About John
John Paul Plachecki, also identified by his firm as J.P. Plachecki, is a criminal defense lawyer with Price, McCluer & Plachecki in Winona, Minnesota. His individual practice centers on representing people accused of crimes throughout the Midwest.
Plachecki grew up in Winona and attended Cotter High School. He earned a bachelor’s degree from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, graduating cum laude, and a law degree from Hamline University Law School. His education also includes an LL.M. from Boston University School of Law. Before returning to Minnesota, he served as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. In 1994, he came back to Winona to join Darby, Delano & Price. The firm’s history identifies him alongside Michael J. Price and Richmond H. McCluer Jr. in the formation of Price, McCluer and Plachecki in 2003.
His professional recognition includes selection as a Minnesota Superlawyer in each year from 2006 through 2011. Minnesota Law & Politics also included him among Minnesota’s top 40 criminal defense attorneys in 2007 and 2008.
Criminal defense is also a focus of the wider firm. Price, McCluer & Plachecki describes its criminal work as covering misdemeanor and felony charges, including DUI, drug charges, violent crimes and weapons charges. The firm serves Winona, Houston, Fillmore, Wabasha and Olmsted counties; Plachecki’s own biography describes his criminal representation more broadly across the Midwest.