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Entries for May 2011

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Mike Nichols quoted on new super drunk law for local newspapers

Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI

Mike Nichols quoted on new super drunk law for both Livingston County and Ingham County local newspapers.

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Sunday, May 22, 2011

WHY-YOUR-MICHIGAN-OWI-OWID-DUI-OUIL-SHOULD-BE-THROWN-OUT-BECAUSE-OF-CONTAMINATED-EVIDENCE

Categories: Drunk-Driving

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Sunday, May 22, 2011

ARRESTED AT THE ART FESTIVAL?

Categories: OWI

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Thursday, May 12, 2011

EAST-LANSING-MARIJUANA-CHARGE-DISMISSED-THANKS-TO-ASSERTIVE-ADVOCACY-BY-MICHIGAN-ALCOHOL-AND-DRUG-EXPERT-ATTORNEY-MIKE-NICHOLS

Categories: Drug Crimes

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Thursday, May 12, 2011

NEW-BREATH-TEST-INSTRUMENT-IN-MICHIGAN-APPEARS-TO-BE-FAR-FROM-PERFECT-ACCORDING-TO-MICHIGAN-DUI-OWI-OUIL-EXPERT-ATTORNEY-AND-LAW-PROFESSOR-MIKE-NICHOLS

Categories: OWI

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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Blood-tests-in-Michigan-DUI-OUIL-OWI-cases-found-to-be-unreliable

Categories: OWI

 Watch full coverage of the Bad Blood Challenge as seen on Wood TV

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

DISTRICT JUDGE RULES THAT THE MICHIGAN STATE POLICE DO NOT USE RELIABLE BLOOD ALCOHOL TESTING PROCEDURES

Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI

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Monday, May 9, 2011

REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY IN HOTEL ROOMS

Categories: Drug Crimes

Ever stay in a hotel room and the next day when you are supposed to check-out, you sneak a little longer stay that is beyond the check-out time?

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Thursday, May 5, 2011

FATHER AWARDED JOINT PHYSICAL AND LEGAL CUSTODY

Categories: Divorce

Children need both parents in their lives after the stress that a divorce can place on them, and it is in their best interest to have that when practicable.

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Thursday, May 5, 2011

MICHIGAN-ATTORNEY-KAREN-PHILLIPS-GETS-NOT-GUILTY-ON-ALL-CHARGES-IN-2008-CEDARFEST-TRIAL-IN-EAST-LANSING

Categories: Minor in Possession

Lansing-attorney-Karen-Phillips was the only attorney to secure an acquittal on all charges for her client, an alleged “Cedar-Fest rioter” after a 2008 incident. 

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Thursday, May 5, 2011

CITIZENS GETS HIS LICENSE BACK WITH ASSISTANCE OF ATTORNEY KAREN PHILLIPS

Karen L. Phillips secured yet another victory in getting a citizen their driving privileges back. 

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Thursday, May 5, 2011

ATTORNEY PHILLIPS NEGOTIATED A RESULT THAT KEPT A MOTHER OUT OF PRISON

Categories: Parenting Time

Criminal defense attorney Karen L. Phillips resolved a case for a mother who was charged with 3 felonies after she allowed her daughter to drive her vehicle. 

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Thursday, May 5, 2011

MICHIGAN-ATTORNEY-KAREN-PHILLIPS-BECOMES-A- MEMBER-OF-THE-NATIONAL-COLLEGE-FOR-DUI-DEFENSE

Lansing-OWI-DUI-OUIL-attorney-Karen-Phillips of the Nichols-Law-Firm, PLLC, has joined the ranks of experienced attorneys and experts as a general member of the National College for DUI Defense (NCDD). 

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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.