East Lansing OWI-DUI-OUIL expert attorney Mike Nichols accepted an invitation to speak at a national continuing legal education conference on measurement uncertainty. The conference will be held in Seattle Washington in May, 2012. Mr. Nichols is the author of the Thomson West Michigan OWI Handbook, which was recently updated for 2012 to include a section on metrology, among other topics. Mr. Nichols was lead counsel in a case that lead the Michigan State Police to change the way it performs blood alcohol analysis by attempting to calculate the margin of error. He is also author of “Mens Rea” the monthly column that appears in the Legal News editions in various Detroit Legal News franchise newspapers. Mr. Nichols can be reached at mnichols@nicholslaw.net
East Lansing criminal law expert attorney Fred Bell was named to the standing committee on criminal laws and rules for the State Bar of Michigan. Mr. Bell is formerly an attorney with the State Appellate Defender Office. He now practices exclusively in criminal defense focusing on cases at the trial level. Mr. Bell can be reached at fbell@nicholslaw.net |