Michael J. Nichols

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Friday, September 14, 2012

LAWYERS SPLURGE ON ADVERTISING DUI SERVICES IN THE EAST LANSING AREA AFTER A MEDIA REPORT ON THE NUMBER OF EAST LANSING DRUNK DRIVING ARRESTS

By Michael Nichols
Categories: Michael J. Nichols

East Lansing drunk driving attorney Mike Nichols was interviewed for the MLive.com report, interviewed on the radio about the report and is the DUI attorney who is leading the way in challenging the ability of the government to prosecute you for a crime that you can never expunge: drunk driving. Nichols is not surprised to now see a glut of lawyers using "search engine optimization" to advertise for potential clients in drunk driving cases in the East Lansing area. Nichols says "MLive.com says that East Lansing has an exponentially greater number of DUI arrests than any other city including Ann Arbor and one East Lansing police officer alone garnered more DUI arrests than the entire Ann Arbor PD so, no I'm not surprised so many lawyers are now "chasing the crowd.' Some of these lawyers even hire a vendor to write articles about drunk driving cases. We help make the law, follow the changes in the law and do our own research and writing because we want to lead the way in this area of the law."

            Nichols says "the first thing you should ask a lawyer if you have a case in East Lansing or anywhere for that matter, is this: 'when was the last time you went to trial in a DUI case?' That should help separate the wheat from the chaff." Nichols also points out: "I even see lawyers from the Detroit area with landing pages explaining the system and judges in 54B District Court in East Lansing. The funny thing is that during the last jury selection for 54B, there were 2 lawyers going to trial on DUI cases: East Lansing DUI attorney Karen Phillips and me - and we are both with the same firm. Ask your potential lawyer which judge handled jury selections on Tuesday September 11, 2012 for example and see if he or she knows."

            To listen to the Mike Nichols interview about the MLive.com coverage on DUI enforcement in Michigan, go to http://www.wlns.com and for the lawyers who are more than just dabblers in drunk driving defense but leaders in the field in Michigan especially our home base, East Lansing, Lansing, Charlotte, Jackson, Livingston County, Ionia and St. Johns, call 517.432.9000.

 

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Peer Recognition

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.