The Nichols Law Firm negotiated a non-DUI result for a client who was accused-but-not-guilty in a Michigan DUI case. “It was a matter of lining up an expert to discuss the variations of the datamaster and why there was no evidence of impaired driving” said Mike Nichols.

>Mike Nichols helped lead a presentation on evidence to lawyers and judges at the Ingham County Bench-Bar conference.

Michigan lawyers will learn the top three things that every lawyer must know about setting aside convictions by reading the upcoming issue of the State Bar of Michigan Criminal Law Section newsletter.

 Read Mark Eddy's review and analysis on the federal and state policy on medical marijuana.

Thanks to the excellent cross-examination conducted by Wendy Schiller-Nichols of the arresting police officer, Client will not lose her driver's license for 1 year or receive 6 points on her driving record.

In 2008, Michigan joined the other States who have enacted statutes allowing the use of marihuana for qualifying patients under strict guidelines. While Michigan’s Medical Marihuana Act permits qualifying patients to possess up to 2.5 ounces, or their primary care givers to grow up to 12 plants, (MCL 333.26421 to 333.26430), those patients are not protected from Federal prosecution. This creates a conflict of laws that has yet to be decided in the 6th Circuit.