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Sunday, April 29, 2012

WHEN EVERYTHING IS ON THE LINE-FIND OUT HOW OWI-ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS CAN HELP YOU LIKE HE RECENTLY DID FOR A MICHIGAN WOMAN WHO SAW HER DRUNK DRIVING CHARGES DISMISSED

By Michael Nichols
Categories: Drunk-Driving

     When you are charged with OWI-OUIL-OUID in Michigan, there are few lawyers who are committed to results like author-professor and trial attorney Mike Nichols. "I was thrilled to end the week recently with a phone call to a client to tell her that her OWI was getting dismissed," said Nichols. Nichols, who dedicates his practice to defending those charged with drunk and drugged driving, added "we won a critical motion based on some last minute discovery. We reviewed the data and realized that the officer did not properly utilize the implied consent act to collect her blood: the judge agreed and excluded the blood estimate from the trial."

     "I was so impressed with your team approach and how you kept digging to find hope," the client told Nichols. The argument was based on longstanding caselaw including a United States Supreme Court case called "Sheckloth v Bustamonte" and Michigan cases called "People v Hyde" and "People v Borchard-Ruhland." In essence, the officer reversed the meaning of the implied consent rights and gave the impression to the woman that she would have to give her blood regardless of whether she consented to the blood draw. Nichols said "this was key - she thought her options were give the blood and face a 1 year suspension of her driving privileges and 6 points on her driving record, or give the blood by consent and not have to suffer a penalty."

      For the team that is committed to results, contact Mike Nichols at mnichols@nicholslaw.net

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Mike Nichols is a national leader in drunk driving defense. He is a member of the Forensic Committee and Michigan delegate to the National College for DUI Defense. He is also a Sustaining Member of the College. Nichols is also a founding member of the Michigan Association of OWI Attorneys; a member of the American Chemical Society; an associate member of he American Academy of Forensic Science, Adjunct Professor of Forensic Evidence in Criminal Law and OWI Law and Practice at Cooley Law School. He is also author of the West OWI Practice book and several chapters in other books on science and the law.

Mike Nichols is recognized by his peers in Michigan as a “SuperLawyer” in DUI/Criminal Defense. Nichols has also been asked to speak at conferences by groups such as the NCDD; Various Bar Associations in other states.