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Entries for November 2011

Monday, November 28, 2011

When the Client Tells the Government 'No Thank You'

 A life offense is dismissed when Mike Nichols stands by his client: it is your right to have your lawyer stand by you, not pressure you to waive your constitutional right to be presumed innocent, confront and cross examine witnesses, subpoena witnesses who could be helpful to your case and be committed to results.

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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

DUI-OUIL-OWI ARRESTS WILL SKYROCKET ON THANKSGIVING EVE IN LANSING, EAST LANSING AND ALL OVER MICHIGAN

Categories: Drunk-Driving

The biggest bar night of the year in Michigan is now one of the biggest bust nights of the year for police officers enforcing Michigan's drunk driving laws.

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Out-of-state Drivers with a DUI-OUIL-OWI Charge in Michigan Can Find Help Quickly

Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI

If you are charged with DUI-OUIL-OWI in Michigan but you are from out-of-state, the Nichols Law Firm webpage has help to guide you on the sanctions from another state.

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Friday, November 18, 2011

YOU CAN AVOID JAIL – EVEN PROBATION DESPITE A HIGH BAC, AN ACCIDENT AND PRIOR DUI ISSUES SAYS LANSING OWI-DUI-OUIL ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS

 If you have had breath or blood alcohol content figures that exceed certain levels, judges usually impose jail time, or at least probation for an OWI conviction in Michigan. “However, the right leg-work can make a world of difference...

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

DUI-OWI-OUIL ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS’ WORK FEATURED IN A SCIENTIFIC-LEGAL JOURNAL

  East Lansing attorney Mike Nichols, a DUI-OWI-OUIL expert, is featured in “Scientific Sleuthing Review” a journal on legal-scientific issues published by a George Washington University Law Professor. “Professor James Starrs wrote about the measurement uncertainty opinion issued by Judge Wadel in our challenge to the Michigan State Police lab’s blood alcohol analysis procedures,”

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

DUI-OWI-OUIL ATTORNEY KAREN PHILLIPS GETS RESTRICTED LICENSE REINSTATED

East Lansing attorney Karen Phillips, a DUI-OWI-OUIL attorney, represented a citizen accused to have violated the terms of their restricted license with a “rolling retest violation” on a Breath Alcohol Ignition Interlock Device (BAIID).

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Monday, November 7, 2011

WINNING YOUR LICENSE BACK EVEN IF THE SECRETARY OF STATE TAKES IT AWAY FOR A REFUSAL: MICHIGAN OWI-OUIL-DUI EXPERT MIKE NICHOLS SAYS IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE

Michigan drivers are deemed to have given their consent to a breath, blood or urine test if arrested by a police officer on suspicion of OWI.

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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.