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Friday, September 1, 2023
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Saturday, August 19, 2023
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Monday, July 17, 2023
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Thursday, June 29, 2023
Categories: Personal Injury
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Friday, June 2, 2023
Categories: OWI
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Saturday, April 29, 2023
Categories: Personal Injury
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Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Thursday, February 23, 2023
Categories: Child Custody
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Sunday, January 1, 2023
Categories: Drugged Driving
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Saturday, November 26, 2022
Categories: Drugged Driving
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Saturday, September 10, 2022
Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols, Personal Injury
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Saturday, September 10, 2022
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Thursday, August 18, 2022
Categories: Family Law
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Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Categories: Carry and Conceal
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Monday, July 25, 2022
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Monday, July 18, 2022
Categories: Medical Marijuana
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Friday, May 20, 2022
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Sunday, April 3, 2022
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Monday, March 21, 2022
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Categories: OWI
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Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Categories: Premises Liability (Slip & Fall)
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Sunday, January 23, 2022
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Sunday, December 19, 2021
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Thursday, December 2, 2021
Categories: Carry and Conceal
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Tuesday, November 2, 2021
Categories: OWI
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Thursday, October 14, 2021
Categories: Personal Injury
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Monday, August 16, 2021
Categories: Divorce
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Saturday, July 31, 2021
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Categories: Personal Injury
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Monday, June 7, 2021
Categories: Wrongful Death
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Friday, June 4, 2021
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Saturday, May 29, 2021
Categories: Family Law
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Saturday, May 22, 2021
Categories: Domestic Violence
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Monday, May 3, 2021
Categories: Divorce
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Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Categories: Family Law
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Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Categories: Drugged Driving
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Monday, March 29, 2021
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Thursday, March 18, 2021
Categories: Drunk-Driving
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Monday, March 8, 2021
Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols, Family Law
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Categories: Medical Marijuana
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Sunday, February 21, 2021
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Saturday, January 23, 2021
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Friday, January 8, 2021
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Monday, December 7, 2020
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Saturday, November 28, 2020
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Monday, November 23, 2020
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Sunday, September 27, 2020
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Sunday, September 20, 2020
Categories: Drunk-Driving
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Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Saturday, August 8, 2020
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Friday, July 24, 2020
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Saturday, June 20, 2020
Categories: Personal Injury
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Saturday, June 20, 2020
Categories: Personal Injury
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Saturday, June 13, 2020
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Friday, May 15, 2020
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Thursday, May 14, 2020
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Friday, May 1, 2020
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Categories: Mathew J. Heos
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Saturday, April 25, 2020
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Friday, April 10, 2020
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Saturday, April 4, 2020
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Sunday, February 9, 2020
Categories: OWI
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Tuesday, January 7, 2020
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Tuesday, January 7, 2020
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Monday, December 16, 2019
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Sunday, December 15, 2019
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Thursday, November 28, 2019
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Monday, October 21, 2019
Categories: OWI
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Saturday, October 12, 2019
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Monday, September 23, 2019
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Monday, September 9, 2019
Categories: Mathew J. Heos
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Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols, Wrongful Death, Mathew J. Heos
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Saturday, July 27, 2019
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Categories: Drugged Driving
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Thursday, June 27, 2019
Categories: Drunk-Driving
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Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Categories: Mathew J. Heos
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Monday, January 21, 2019
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Thursday, December 6, 2018
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018
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Saturday, November 10, 2018
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Saturday, October 27, 2018
Categories: Drunk-Driving
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Monday, October 8, 2018
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Friday, September 14, 2018
Categories: Drugged Driving
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Monday, August 27, 2018
Categories: Drugged Driving
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Tuesday, August 14, 2018
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Monday, June 4, 2018
Categories: Drugged Driving
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Sunday, June 3, 2018
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Thursday, May 31, 2018
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Thursday, May 31, 2018
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Thursday, May 31, 2018
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Friday, May 25, 2018
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Monday, May 21, 2018
Categories: Drugged Driving
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Friday, May 18, 2018
Categories: Drunk-Driving
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Monday, May 14, 2018
Categories: Drunk-Driving
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Friday, April 20, 2018
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols
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Saturday, October 14, 2017
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Friday, September 29, 2017
Categories: Personal Injury
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Sunday, August 27, 2017
Categories: Medical Marijuana
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Saturday, July 22, 2017
Categories: Drunk-Driving
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Saturday, July 8, 2017
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Categories: Personal Injury
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Monday, July 3, 2017
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Friday, April 21, 2017
Categories: Drug Crimes
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Thursday, April 20, 2017
Categories: Personal Injury
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Thursday, April 20, 2017
Categories: Medical Marijuana
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Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Categories: Medical Marijuana
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Monday, March 6, 2017
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Categories: Drug Crimes
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Friday, November 18, 2016
Categories: Medical Marijuana
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Sunday, November 6, 2016
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Thursday, October 20, 2016
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Thursday, October 13, 2016
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Wednesday, October 12, 2016
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Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Sunday, September 11, 2016
Categories: Minor in Possession
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Thursday, September 8, 2016
Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols
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Tuesday, August 30, 2016
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Monday, July 25, 2016
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Friday, July 22, 2016
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Sunday, July 3, 2016
Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols
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Friday, July 1, 2016
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
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Monday, June 27, 2016
Categories: OWI
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Friday, June 10, 2016
Categories: Josh Covert
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Thursday, June 9, 2016
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Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Monday, May 2, 2016
Categories: Drug Crimes
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Friday, April 22, 2016
Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Categories: Josh Covert
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Sunday, April 17, 2016
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
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Thursday, March 31, 2016
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Thursday, March 17, 2016
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
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Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Monday, March 7, 2016
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Thursday, February 25, 2016
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Sunday, February 14, 2016
Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols
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Sunday, February 7, 2016
Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI
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Monday, February 1, 2016
Categories: OWI
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Monday, January 25, 2016
Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols, Personal Injury
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Monday, January 11, 2016
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Sunday, January 3, 2016
Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI
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Monday, December 21, 2015
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Sunday, November 29, 2015
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Monday, November 23, 2015
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Thursday, November 12, 2015
Categories: OWI
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Sunday, November 1, 2015
Categories: Drug Crimes
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Friday, October 30, 2015
Categories: Family Law
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Friday, October 16, 2015
Categories: Drunk-Driving
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Sunday, October 4, 2015
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Sunday, September 13, 2015
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Friday, August 28, 2015
Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols
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Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Saturday, August 8, 2015
Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols
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Monday, July 20, 2015
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Monday, July 6, 2015
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Categories: Drunk-Driving
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Thursday, May 28, 2015
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Categories: Personal Injury
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Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Categories: Personal Injury
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Saturday, April 11, 2015
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Friday, April 10, 2015
Categories: Josh Covert
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Sunday, March 29, 2015
Categories: OWI
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Thursday, March 19, 2015
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
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Sunday, March 8, 2015
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
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Sunday, February 22, 2015
Categories: Josh Covert
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Friday, February 13, 2015
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Sunday, February 1, 2015
Categories: OWI
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Friday, January 30, 2015
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Monday, January 19, 2015
Categories: Drunk-Driving
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Categories: Medical Marijuana
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Monday, January 12, 2015
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drug Crimes
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
In the flurry of action right before the end of 2014, state lawmakers failed to change Michigan's drunk driving laws.
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Friday, December 12, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Friday, December 12, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Friday, December 12, 2014
Categories: OWI
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Monday, December 1, 2014
Categories: Medical Marijuana
A medical marihuana patient (Mr. Heminger) in the Upper Peninsula received good news this week when the Michigan Court of Appeals overturned his conviction for manufacturing marijuana and granted him a new trial.
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
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Sunday, November 23, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Monday, November 17, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Thursday, November 6, 2014
Categories: Drug Crimes, Josh Covert, Medical Marijuana
The trend to make marijuana legal continued in Michigan this November.
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Sunday, November 2, 2014
Cops were out on grants and targeting cars for drunk and drugged diving arrests. Fortunately, we are committed to results at the Nichols Law Firm
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Saturday, October 25, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
<p> DUI Investigation that is Mission Impossible - Michigan DUI Attorney Mike Nichols says "Don't Fall for it."</p>
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Saturday, October 18, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Monday, October 13, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
A Grand Rapids jury returned verdicts of not guilty acorss the board on charges of operating while intoxicated, operating while visibly impaired and possession of a switch blade.
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Saturday, October 4, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Why You Should Just Say No to the PBT
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Monday, September 29, 2014
Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death
A question usually presented by the insurance company whether an injured person can recover money (or damages) when there is an injury or death as a result of an accident…and when alcohol is involved.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
The reason for the stop was failing to turn on headlights at night
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Monday, September 22, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Mike Nichols of East Lansing has convinced a judge in Macomb County to exclude a datamaster breath test result of .24 on the old "bac datamaster." Nichols' advocacy is covered by the Macomb Daily in a high-profile case.
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Thursday, September 11, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
House Bill 5785 has you paying the costs of your own prosecution
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Sunday, September 7, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
The tragedy that left a Holt woman dead and left a young Ingham County man charged with “moving violation causing death” is over at least from a legal standpoint. 55th District Court Judge Thomas Boyd imposed just a fraction of the potential jail sentence and the man qualified for early release to serve 24 months probation.
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
The question of the constitutionality of the process used by police to obtain your breath or blood sample in a DUI/DUID case has started to burn around the country since the United States Supreme Court held a warrant was required or an "exigent" circumstance was necessary in the spring 2013.
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols, OWI
Wendy Schiller-Nichols was able to get a careless driving (civil infraction) for a client charged with Operating While Intoxicated (OWI).
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Friday, August 8, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
A Grand Rapids District judge has concluded hearings on measurement uncertainty and breath testing. The court ruled that there is always a variance for error associated with a measurement for breath alcohol.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014
Categories: Josh Covert, Medical Marijuana
Citizens in two Michigan cities, Oak Park and Hazel Park, voted August 5th to decriminalize the possession of an ounce or less of marijuana provided that an adult possesses it and it is possessed on private property.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014
Categories: Drug Crimes, Josh Covert, Medical Marijuana
Does testing positive for marijuana while on probation mean a violation?
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Ingham County man got the news that he was praying for about drunk driving charges pending against him: dismissal of the case in exchange for a plea to disorderly conduct and careless driving
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
East Lansing attorney Mike Nichols was a guest on the "Michael Patrick Shiels" radio show on Monday July 7th discussing a case in which an 18 year old man was given a sentence that was 3 times what the Michigan Sentencing Guidelines calculated. Nichols, who is designated a SuperLawyer in DUI/Criminal Defense for 3 years running said the case "calls into question the fairness of the process in this case."
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Thursday, July 3, 2014
Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI
Driver license suspensions and sanctions are the most well-known and discussed collateral consequence of a conviction for drunk or drugged driving in Michigan.
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Monday, June 30, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Limits of Detection and Limits of Quantitation in Mass Spectrometry seem like a deep and complex topic on a Saturday morning but it is important for lawyers to know it better than juries, prosecutors and lab analysts.
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Monday, June 30, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Is Also Set to Speak in the Fall at the Ingham County Bench-Bar Conference and Michigan Association of OWI Attorneys Conference
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Sunday, June 29, 2014
Nichols Law Firm Attorney Stephanie Tzafaroglou prevented a local jail from holding a Nichols Law Firm client for a longer sentence than was ordered by the Court.
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Sunday, June 1, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Michigan attorney Mike Nichols is a leader in cutting-edge forensic evidence. Nichols spent the last 5 years of his practice dedicated to educating judges, juries and other lawyers on why a forensic analysis can only give us limited information about what happened in a case. Nichols says "uncertainty is everywhere in science and it is especially prevalent in measurements of what is in a human blood or breath sample."
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Friday, May 30, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Medical Marijuana
Shortly after midnight the United States House of Representatives voted to use the power of the purse to protect medical marijuana patients.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols, Drunk-Driving
Attorney Wendy Schiller Nichols was able to obtain a dismissal at a Secretary of State Hearing, which allowed her client to keep his license.
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Monday, May 19, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Will a gizmo decide for you?
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Friday, May 16, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
House Bill 5385 was passed by the judiciary committee on May 15, 2014. The bill was amended after opponents like Mike Nichols led the charge about the overreaching of the bill.
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Thursday, May 8, 2014
Categories: Josh Covert, Medical Marijuana
“The outcome of this case illustrates why it is important to MMMA patients and caregivers to stand up for their rights as cardholders, my client had been offered many plea offers during the process but every time she stood firm and refused to admit that she did anything to violate the MMMA and ultimately after several months her case was dismissed weeks before trial”
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Sunday, May 4, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
The difference between a reliable blood analysis for the presence of potentially impairing drugs and a blood analysis which is unreliable is proper validation; uncertainty and traceability
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Tuesday, April 29, 2014
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Monday, April 14, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Attorney Stephanie Tzafaroglou obtained the dismissal of Minor in Possession (MIP) charges against two MSU students.
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Sunday, April 13, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Nationally-recognized forensic evidence leader Mike Nichols of Meridian Township spoke on mathematical truths in DUI cases in New Orleans March 21st. Nichols, whose main office is in East Lansing, was invited to speak by the National College for DUI Defense and the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Mike Nichols achieved a dismissal on drunk driving charges in mid-Michigan and northern- Michigan and a reckless driving in the East Lansing area for clients who absolutely had to win their lives back.
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Sunday, March 16, 2014
Mike Nichols of Meridian Township will help represent the State of Michigan at a national conference on Mastering Scientific Evidence.
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Sunday, March 2, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
A Nichols Law Firm client received only fines and costs at his sentencing. Nichols Law Firm attorneys Mike Nichols and Stephanie Tzafaroglou filed a motion to exclude the breath test as unreliable because the client belched immediately before the arresting officer administered the evidential breath test to him.
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Friday, February 21, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, OWI
Nichols Law Firm attorneys Mike Nichols and Stephanie Tzafaroglou obtained a dismissal of an OWI 2nd charge against an Eaton County man.
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Thursday, February 20, 2014
Categories: Josh Covert
Attorney Joshua M. Covert recently appeared before Judge Ball of the 54-B district court to argue a motion to suppress evidence collected after a unconstitutional traffic stop.
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Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Categories: Medical Malpractice, Josh Covert
Just a few months ago medical marihuana patients were pleased to see two medical marihuana bills introduced and approved by the Michigan House of Representatives.
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Monday, February 17, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
A judge in Grand Rapids became the latest judge to rule that the sergeant in charge of the Michigan State Police breath alcohol program may not testify at trial about a 2011 study about the Datamaster DMT.
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Sunday, February 2, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
How to answer the question of intoxication.
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Monday, January 20, 2014
Categories: Josh Covert
Attorney Joshua M. Covert of the Nichols Law Firm recently appeared before the 30th Circuit Court to argue a motion requesting the court to dismiss felony charges that four environmental protesters are facing.
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Friday, January 10, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
A Judge excluded a blood alcohol analysis in an Ingham County drunk driving case after Mike Nichols challenged the reliability of the test.
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Sunday, January 5, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Mike Nichols, a leader in defending those accused of crimes involving forensic evidence, accepted an invitation to speak at the Mastering Scientific Evidence Course in New Orleans in March, 2014.
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Friday, January 3, 2014
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Mike Nichols gave an interview to tv station WLNS on drunk driving laws and avoiding a conviction at his Meridian Township home.
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Friday, December 27, 2013
Categories: OWI
A new year means a fresh start. For those with criminal convictions, this means the opportunity to expunge a criminal conviction from your record. Michigan’s ‘expungement’ statute, MCL 780.621, allows those with one criminal conviction, or two convictions for ‘minor offenses’, to set aside the conviction.
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Saturday, December 14, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Medical Malpractice
A committee of lawmakers in the Michigan House gave approval of a bill to make more changes to Michigan's marijuana laws.
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Sunday, December 8, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI, Minor in Possession
Over a dozen young people will be charged with various crimes after a disturbance over the weekend off Michigan State University's campus. East Lansing DUI-DUID and Criminal Defense Attorney Mike Nichols says that the episode was apparently the result of celebrations over the Michigan State University's football team that got carried away.
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Friday, December 6, 2013
Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols, Drunk-Driving
Wendy Schiller-Nichols was able to obtain a Reckless Driving for her client who had a breath test of .10, .11
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Friday, November 29, 2013
If you were arrested over the holiday weekend under the crackdown for a drunk or drugged driving offense, did you know your rights?
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013
A felonious assault charge has been dismissed against a Nichols Law Firm client more than 18 years after the alleged assault occurred.
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Sunday, November 24, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
A disgraced forensic lab analyst for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts was ordered to serve prison time on November 21st, 2013 for a practice known as "dry labbing" and other fraud.
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Mike Nichols of East Lansing is co-author of the chapter on gas chromatography mass spectrometry in the 2014 edition of “Using Forensic Evidence in Criminal Cases.”
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Categories: Josh Covert, Medical Marijuana
On Wednesday the Michigan Senate passed senate Bill 660 which could allow medical marijuana patients to obtain their medicine from pharmacies.
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Friday, November 15, 2013
Categories: Josh Covert, Medical Marijuana
A Young Michigan Medical Marijuana Attorney Stands by His Principles and Teaches Child Protective Services How to “Just Say No” to Government Abuse
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Recently Mike Nichols fought for clients in several Michigan counties including Allegan, Osceola and Ingham (Meridian Township) over whether police properly stopped the citizen-drivers who were then arrested on suspicion of drunk driving charges.
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Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI, Minor in Possession
East Lansing Police, MSU Campus Police, Meridian Township Police and Ingham County Sheriff Deputies Handed out Tickets and Made Arrests for Alcohol Offenses without Regard to Team Loyalty at the MSU/U-M Football Game
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Monday, November 4, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
East Lansing attorney Mike Nichols, a leader in dui-criminal defense will present at the 2014 American Academy of Forensic Science in Seattle Washington. Nichols, a resident of Meridian Township will take part in a workshop on science in the courtroom.
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Monday, October 28, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Our criminal justice system is at the core of our democracy. We have the ability to be a beacon for the world about the responsibility of a government to prove a crime when it charges a crime.
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI, Josh Covert, Medical Marijuana
Nichols Law Firm client facing criminal charge for second offense of driving while under the influence of drugs receives a reckless driving instead
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Monday, October 14, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Mike Nichols of East Lansing will educate lawyers from around the state on the science of blood and breath alcohol testing on October 18th.
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
One of the most common reactions many people have to an arrest for drunk driving (OWI) is to accept that you are going to be convicted of a crime.
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Our criminal justice system is at the core of our democracy. We have the ability to be a beacon for the world about the responsibility of a government to prove a crime when it charges a crime. Even something that so many of you say is "minor" like a drunk driving. Ask yourself - if you were making one of the most important decisions in your life - would you want to be shown all of the evidence to make a decision?
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Saturday, September 28, 2013
It is important for caregivers to remember there is no wayto sale extra medicine and avoid arrest” says Attorney Joshua Covert of the Nichols Law Firm.
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Monday, September 23, 2013
Categories: Josh Covert, Medical Marijuana
Attorney Joshua Covert Defends Parents Whose Daughter Was Taken Away From Their Home Because Of Their Medical Marihuana Use
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Thursday, September 19, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
An incident that witnesses say appear to be “road rage” turned fatal on a highway between Lansing and Grand Rapids and 2 people were killed right in front of loved ones.
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Sunday, September 15, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Mike Nichols named Super Lawyer
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Senator Rick Jones (R) Grand Ledge says that scientific studies indicate that Michigan Motorists are already speeding in these areas making slower law abiding citizens the hazard on highways.
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Sunday, September 8, 2013
An East Lansing jury recently refused to convict a man of drunk driving or even operating while visibly impaired even though the datamaster dmt breath test instrument claimed his breath alcohol content was .15/.14. Mike Nichols was the trial attorney for the accused ma
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Top Lawyer Scientists from Around the Country Headline Michigan Association of OWI Attorneys' 1st Annual 1 Day Bootcamp in Detroit
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Friday, August 30, 2013
Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI
If you are traveling or tailgating for Michigan State’s first football game over the Labor Day weekend, be aware that extra patrol cars are ready to pull over anyone whose driving appears to be impaired.
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Monday, August 26, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
The return of MSU students means the return of a major source of revenue for East Lansing and MSU police: arrests for drunk driving, minor in possession, drug possession and all sorts of crimes involving drugs and/or alcohol.
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Downtown East Lansing features 2 new exciting bars: and 2 new sources of revenue for the City of East Lansing via DUI enforcement by the East Lansing Police Department.
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Sunday, August 18, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
An Appeal by Attorney General Bill Schuette to the Supreme Court of the United States of a federal court decision that declared the Michigan statute criminalizing begging is not likely to succeed.
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
A Nichols Law Firm client avoided a one-year license suspension after the arresting officer failed to file the necessary paperwork. Michigan’s Implied Consent law provides that a driver
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Monday, August 12, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Many Americans are serving prison sentences for drug offenses. US Attorney General Eric Holder announced on August 11, 2013 a move to thin the number of inmates serving lengthy sentences for non-violent drug crimes.
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Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI
It is important for Michigan motorists to remember that a drunk driving crackdown does not permit law enforcement officers to stop drivers sufficient legal justification.
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Thursday, August 1, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
. . . try to match a bodily alcohol content at the time of driving. AW Jones said recently "you shouldn't do it"
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Mike Nichols Represents Michigan as the Michigan Delegate to the National College for DUI Defense
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
The best drunk driving defense attorneys in the nation converge on Boston in late July every year and Mike Nichols and Wendy Schiller Nichols of East Lansing are among them in 2013.
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Categories: Josh Covert, Medical Marijuana
Last week the Michigan Court Of Appeals issued an opinion in People v Carruthers that limits the types of medicine that can be possessed by medical marihuana patients.
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Friday, July 19, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
A New Jersey Court struck down a program used by law enforcement to collect cell phone "tracking" data without judges reviewing the basis for the move.
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Friday, July 19, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
A New Jersey Court struck down a program used by law enforcement to collect cell phone "tracking" data without judges reviewing the basis for the move. Meridian Township DUI attorney Mike Nichols believes it was the right decision
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Monday, July 15, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
The court held that it was not an error by the trial judge (referred to as the trial court) to allow statements by a police officer to the accused citizen during an interrogation.
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Sunday, July 14, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving
Leading criminal defense attorney Mike Nichols joined other leaders in Michigan Criminal Defense on the faculty at the annual "All Summer Long" seminar presented by the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan.
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Thursday, July 11, 2013
Categories: Drunk-Driving, Josh Covert
A young man in Mason County was arrested for allegedly possessing alcohol while under the age of 21. He was riding in a car with 4 friends when the car was pulled over.
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Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI
26 specific counties have been targeted and provided with extra officers to crack down on their campaign.
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Friday, June 28, 2013
Categories: Josh Covert, Medical Marijuana
Last Week the Michigan Supreme Court issued an order in People v Green which reversed an earlier ruling by the Michigan Court Of Appeals.
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Friday, June 21, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Lansing Beer Week starts June 21st, 2013.
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Thursday, June 20, 2013
Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Michigan’s Implied Consent Act states that everyone is “deemed” to have consented to a chemical test.
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Monday, June 10, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
A Van Buren County District Judge dismissed a drunk driving charge in a written opinion that may start paving the way for other judges to hold police officers accountable.
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, OWI
Lansing Attorney Mike Nichols is helping hundreds of thousands of Michigan radio listeners understand the evolving laws about operating under the influence of drugs.
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Categories: Josh Covert
Mr. Covert began his oral argument reminding the court that the burden of proof was on the prosecutor to show that the search was reasonable
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Friday, May 24, 2013
Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols
If you injure a highway construction or maintenance worker, you can face up to one year in jail
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
The Michigan State Police launched a new campaign on the eve of the Memorial Day weekend: cracking down on those who are not wearing a seatbelt.
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI, Medical Marijuana
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Friday, May 17, 2013
Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI
This week, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommended that all states lower the legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to have while operating a vehicle from .08 g/210 liters of breath to .05 g/210 liters of breath.
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Categories: Josh Covert
The data used in the study is based on a small sample size and relies on self-reporting which are both cause for concern
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
An Illinois man has his life back after Michigan drunk driving attorney Mike Nichols guided him through a sentencing in East Lansing that entailed fines and costs following a hard-fought plea negotiation.
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Monday, May 13, 2013
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, OWI
South Haven case dismissed
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Monday, April 29, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
A young man has his future back thanks to the Nichols Law Firm
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Sunday, April 28, 2013
The City of East Lansing uses the law to generate revenue for the city coffers.
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Saturday, April 27, 2013
Michigan lawmakers are considering legislation that would allow doctors to report a patient to the Secretary of State if the doctor is concerned about the person's ability to drive.
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
Client on probation receives weekend class and fines and costs for a OWI second charge
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Sunday, April 21, 2013
Categories: Drug Crimes, Minor in Possession, Medical Marijuana
Many people still view that both 4/20 and 4:20 are "code words" when in reality law enforcement officers and others are aware of the date and time significance.
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Friday, April 19, 2013
Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI
Criminal defense attorneys in Colorado were among the latest to hear the truth about the scientific limitations of detecting marijuana in human blood from criminal defense attorney Mike Nichols of East Lansing.
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI
It is becoming the typical ploy by Michigan State Police these days: pull over someone for a “dangling object” then arrest them for driving under the influence.
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
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Monday, April 8, 2013
Categories: Josh Covert, Medical Marijuana
The new laws help by clearing up some of the confusing sections of the MMMA by defining some terms like "locked and enclosed facility" and "bona fide physician patient relationship" but at the same time the laws add to the confusion by criminalizing the illegal transport of useable marihuana without providing adequate direction to those who transport useable marihuana.
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Did you know that 90 new troopers graduated from recruit school on March 30th in Lansing and they are given expensive and important training that most judges are not requiring them to use?
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Thursday, March 28, 2013
Categories: Josh Covert
“It appears that this case will be far reaching. The court’s opinion isn’t just limited to drug dog searches. The court mentioned metal detectors and binoculars as other objects that may put an officer’s otherwise lawful presence in violation of the Fourth Amendment”
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Monday, March 25, 2013
Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI
"I don't want to have to check that box" - You Are Arrested for DUI in Michigan During March Madness But You May be a Victim of Targeted Enforcement says Drunk Driving Attorney Mike Nichols of Meridian Township. The Question You Have to Answer is Whether You Deserve to Have to Disclose a Criminal Conviction for the Rest of Your Life
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Friday, March 22, 2013
Categories: Josh Covert
In January Michigan legislators introduced a proposed bill (HB 4011) that would exempt 911 calls from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
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Sunday, March 17, 2013
Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI
Michigan State University basketball coach Tom Izzo that “I’ll never be accused of drunk driving” in a press conference in which Izzo encouraged people to get a safe ride during the NCAA March Madness tournament after drinking.
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Friday, March 15, 2013
Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI
Michigan DUI attorney Mike Nichols of East Lansing says that the Michigan State Police have stepped up drunk driving enforcement as a spring surprise for Michigan citizens
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Friday, March 15, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
East Lansing DUI attorney Mike Nichols, author of the West OWI Handbook, hopes a recent ruling from South Carolina will give other judges courage to exclude "bad breath:"
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Friday, March 8, 2013
Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI
Manufacturer of the datamaster breath test instument sold to Intoximeters, Inc. What does this mean for your case?
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Thursday, March 7, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Thanks Dr. Hlastala for a dispassionate, scientific overview of the human body and how its variations can affect the accuracy of a breath alcohol test.
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Monday, March 4, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Mike Nichols presents on the opening day for the American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS) 2013 Workshop on “Science in the Courtroom – A Matter of Perspective”
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Monday, March 4, 2013
Categories: Josh Covert
This was a great resolution for the client as he was originally facing up to 15 years in prison and walked from the court house with no further obligations to the court.
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Saturday, March 2, 2013
Categories: Josh Covert
A man has his life back after Joshua Covert helped him to successfully get his driver’s license restored.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Categories: OWI
An East Lansing man stood before a jury with a breath estimate of .10 and .11 and a claim by a police officer that he ran a stop sign.
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Friday, February 22, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Is the Michigan DMT sound science?
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Sunday, February 17, 2013
Categories: OWI
“I think the prosecuting attorney saw the writing on the wall and instead of arguing a motion that they were likely to lose they offered a plea that my client could not refuse”
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Friday, February 15, 2013
Categories: Michael J. Nichols
Nichols will present the perspective of defense attorney in the workshop entitled “Science in the Courtroom – A Matter of Perspective.”