The Nichols Law Firm wins one of the shortest custody trials in Ingham County history! A judge suspended the client’s custody in the spring of 2007 but the Nichols Law Firm came to the rescue. Lawyers from the firm attacked the affidavits supporting the opposing party’s motion, worked with the client on answering the charges and, after months of work outside the courtroom, went to court and went on the attack. That same judge dismissed the opposing party’s effort to change custody after an 18 minute trial. “It took some work outside the courtroom and some well-placed objections inside the courtroom to get the right result as quickly as we did in this trial. I was a little surprised that the other side was unable to respond to the objections and were so paralyzed but, on the bright side, one less hour in Court is just that much less that the client has to pay for at the end of the day.” The child involved is back with The Nichols Law Firm’s client.

Mike Nichols defends the druglord’s girlfriend in the biggest drug seizure in Lansing history. Mike Nichols represents the girlfriend of Lansing’s biggest drug kingpin. The matter went to trial in Federal Court at the beginning of October. Police officers who testified called it the largest drug seizure that they had ever seen. The FBI and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) also has been involved in the case. The investigation began in 2002 when the kingpin was murdered on his front door. It involved months of preparation, document review and extensive work.

Mike Nichols will lecture attorneys from around Michigan about drunk driving defense.  Mike Nichols will speak about jury selection; opening statements and closing arguments for the Lohrmann continuing education seminars. The lecture will be held in February, 2008.

Mike Nichols became the first lawyer to use a new law successfully in Newaygo County. The law allows a 1st time minor in possession (MIP) offender to keep his record clean. The Judge indicated on the record that the Court there never granted such a motion, but felt that the case was appropriate for the request made by Mike Nichols on behalf of his client. Nichols said: “the prosecutor warned me that the judge just did not grant MIP deferral requests but I knew that I needed to go for it for this client”.