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Entries for June 2010

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Mike Nichols and the Nichols Law Firm say "NO" to consent for a search of your cell phone or other device

The new ban on texting takes effect on July 1st. The law allows police officers to request your consent to search your phone but they cannot seek a warrant to view your device. In other words, just say “no.”

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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

LegalNews.com article on Mike Nichols

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Mike Nichols is featured in an article in the Flint/Genessee Legal News section of LegalNews.com. Read the article.

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Ever wonder what celebrity plea agreements look like when the celebrity himself writes them?

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

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Monday, June 28, 2010

Lansing-area arrest might clarify medical marijuana law

Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drug Crimes

The Nichols Law Firm is involved in a case that might clarify Michigan's medical marijuana law.

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Thursday, June 24, 2010

MIKE NICHOLS FIGHTS THE PROSECUTOR IN INGHAM COUNTY OVER THE RIGHT FOR HIS CLIENT TO POSSESS MARIJUANA UNDER THE NEW MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT

Mike Nichols is featured in a high profile case in which the Ingham County Prosecuting Attorney is attempting to interfere with the doctor/patient relationship between a Nichols Law Firm client and his doctor.

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Thursday, June 24, 2010

MICHIGAN DUI/OWI FELONY CHARGE MAY SUFFER A BLOW BECAUSE OF POOR SCIENCE IN THE MICHIGAN BLOOD LAB. MIKE NICHOLS IS CHALLENGING THE ADMISSION OF THE EVIDENCE OF THE CITIZEN'S BLOOD-ALCOHOL CONTENT

A Michigan judge is considering a challenge to the testing and reporting procedures in the blood lab in Lansing, Michigan in a Michigan felony DUI/OWI case.

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Thursday, June 24, 2010

OWI REDUCED TO CARELESS DRIVING FOR NICHOLS LAW FIRM CLIENT

Attorney Wendy Schiller-Nichols obtained a careless driving for her client who was charged with OWI 1st in Ionia County. 

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

MEDICAL MARIJUANA USERS HAVE A NEW DEFENSE IF YOU ARE STOPPED WHILE DRIVING AND CHARGED WITH DUI/OWI/DUID IN MICHIGAN

Michigan Supreme Court issued an opinion that has stunned many lawyers and has the players in the criminal justice system scrambling to learn the new law and its impacts.

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Thursday, June 10, 2010

YOU CAN WIN YOUR DRIVING PRIVILEDGES BACK EVEN IF THE SECRETARY OF STATE TURNS YOU DOWN WHEN YOU REQUEST YOUR LICENSE TO BE REINSTATED AFTER IT WAS REVOKED FOR A DUI/OWI CONVICTION

Karen Phillips won a driver’s license appeal in circuit court. 

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

MIKE NICHOLS TESTIFIES AS AN EXPERT IN A MICHIGAN-OWI/DUI HEARING AND HELPS A CITIZEN GET HIS DAY IN COURT

Mike Nichols provided testimony as an expert witness on the possible defenses to a Michigan OWI/DU

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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.