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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Michigan Legislature Gives Motorists a Holiday Present - Standardized Field Sobriety Tests are Inadmissible in Drunk Driving Trials; Pass Other Bills on Drunk Boating and Snowmobiling

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

In the flurry of action right before the end of 2014, state lawmakers failed to change Michigan's drunk driving laws.

Monday, December 1, 2014

Michigan Court Of Appeals Grants A New Trial For Medical Marihuana Patient: How the 6th Amendment of the Constitution Helped

Categories: Medical Marijuana

A medical marihuana patient (Mr. Heminger) in the Upper Peninsula received good news this week when the Michigan Court of Appeals overturned his conviction for manufacturing marijuana and granted him a new trial.

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Michigan's Medical Marijuana Attorney Josh Covert: Several Michigan Municipalities Join the Legalization Movement

Categories: Drug Crimes, Josh Covert, Medical Marijuana

The trend to make marijuana legal continued in Michigan this November.

Saturday, October 25, 2014

The "Scaled Question" by The Officer is One of the Many Aspects of the DUI Investigation

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

<p> DUI Investigation that is Mission Impossible - Michigan DUI Attorney Mike Nichols says "Don't Fall for it."</p>

Monday, October 13, 2014

Drunk Driving Charge With .14 Breath Alcohol Test = Not Guilty

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

A Grand Rapids jury returned verdicts of not guilty acorss the board on charges of operating while intoxicated, operating while visibly impaired and possession of a switch blade.

Saturday, October 4, 2014

East Lansing Jury Just Says No to Convicting an MSU student of Minor in Possession

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

Why You Should Just Say No to the PBT

Monday, September 29, 2014

Can An Injured Person Recover Money Damages When An Injury Or Death Results?

Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death

A question usually presented by the insurance company whether an injured person can recover money (or damages) when there is an injury or death as a result of an accident…and when alcohol is involved.

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

East Lansing Drunk Driving Attorney Mike Nichols Secures Dismissal of Drunk Driving Charges

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

The reason for the stop was failing to turn on headlights at night

Monday, September 22, 2014

Michigan DUI Attorney Applauds Judge for Standing Up for Justice

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

Mike Nichols of East Lansing has convinced a judge in Macomb County to exclude a datamaster breath test result of .24 on the old "bac datamaster." Nichols' advocacy is covered by the Macomb Daily in a high-profile case.

Thursday, September 11, 2014

The Law Should Work Both Ways When It Comes to Costs of Prosecution and Defense

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

House Bill 5785 has you paying the costs of your own prosecution

Sunday, September 7, 2014

Michigan DUI-DUID Attorney Featured in Statewide Legal News Article and Speaks On 'Dashboard Justice' and Forensics"

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

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Williamston Man Serves 6 days But Gets to Move on Following a Reduced Plea and Emotional Sentencing

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

The tragedy that left a Holt woman dead and left a young Ingham County man charged with “moving violation causing death” is over at least from a legal standpoint. 55^th District Court Judge Thomas Boyd imposed just a fraction of the potential jail sentence and the man qualified for early release to serve 24 months probation.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Is Michigan's Implied Consent Act Unconstitutional?

Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving

The question of the constitutionality of the process used by police to obtain your breath or blood sample in a DUI/DUID case has started to burn around the country since the United States Supreme Court held a warrant was required or an "exigent" circumstance was necessary in the spring 2013.

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Non-criminal Conviction for a Operating While Intoxicated Charge

Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols, OWI

Wendy Schiller-Nichols was able to get a careless driving (civil infraction) for a client charged with Operating While Intoxicated (OWI).

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Mike Nichols on Clinton County cases and MSU students; The Landings; The Crossings; Jimmy's Pub

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Friday, August 8, 2014

Michigan Drunk and Drugged Driving Attorney Mike Nichols Leads The Way To Creating An Uncertainty Measurement With Breath Alcohol Testing

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

A Grand Rapids District judge has concluded hearings on measurement uncertainty and breath testing. The court ruled that there is always a variance for error associated with a measurement for breath alcohol.

Thursday, August 7, 2014

Medical Marijuana Movement Now Becomes Legalization Movement: Hazel Park and Oak Park Join Decriminalize Marijuana Possession

Categories: Josh Covert, Medical Marijuana

Citizens in two Michigan cities, Oak Park and Hazel Park, voted August 5^th to decriminalize the possession of an ounce or less of marijuana provided that an adult possesses it and it is possessed on private property.

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Testing Positive For Marijuana While On Probation Does Not Mean Use Was Recent

Categories: Drug Crimes, Josh Covert, Medical Marijuana

Does testing positive for marijuana while on probation mean a violation?

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Drunk Driving Charges Dismissed - Ingham County Man Keeps his License ... and Career

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

Ingham County man got the news that he was praying for about drunk driving charges pending against him: dismissal of the case in exchange for a plea to disorderly conduct and careless driving

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Michigan "SuperLawyer" Mike Nichols Appears on Statewide Radio to Discuss an Injustice and How to Right a Wrong

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

East Lansing attorney Mike Nichols was a guest on the "Michael Patrick Shiels" radio show on Monday July 7th discussing a case in which an 18 year old man was given a sentence that was 3 times what the Michigan Sentencing Guidelines calculated. Nichols, who is designated a SuperLawyer in DUI/Criminal Defense for 3 years running said the case "calls into question the fairness of the process in this case."

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Does the Lawyer Representing You Know the Collateral Consequences of Settling your Drunk-Drugged Driving Charge Before Giving Up Your Right to a Jury Trial?

Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI

Driver license suspensions and sanctions are the most well-known and discussed collateral consequence of a conviction for drunk or drugged driving in Michigan.

Monday, June 30, 2014

Mike Nichols Travels to the West Coast to Educate California Public Defenders Association on Science

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Limits of Detection and Limits of Quantitation in Mass Spectrometry seem like a deep and complex topic on a Saturday morning but it is important for lawyers to know it better than juries, prosecutors and lab analysts.

Monday, June 30, 2014

Mike Nichols Educates the California Public Defenders Association on Science

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Is Also Set to Speak in the Fall at the Ingham County Bench-Bar Conference and Michigan Association of OWI Attorneys Conference

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Nichols Law Firm Attorney Saves Client From Serving an Unlawful Jail Sentence

Nichols Law Firm Attorney Stephanie Tzafaroglou prevented a local jail from holding a Nichols Law Firm client for a longer sentence than was ordered by the Court.

Sunday, June 1, 2014

Michigan Forensic Evidence Expert Mike Nichols on the NSA Facial Features Program: Facial Recognition Variability is Just One of the Latest Examples of Uncertainty in Forensics

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Michigan attorney Mike Nichols is a leader in cutting-edge forensic evidence. Nichols spent the last 5 years of his practice dedicated to educating judges, juries and other lawyers on why a forensic analysis can only give us limited information about what happened in a case. Nichols says "uncertainty is everywhere in science and it is especially prevalent in measurements of what is in a human blood or breath sample."

Friday, May 30, 2014

How did Your Congressman Vote to Stop Federal Prosecutions of Medical Marijuana Patients

Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Medical Marijuana

Shortly after midnight the United States House of Representatives voted to use the power of the purse to protect medical marijuana patients.

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Dismissal Obtained Allowing Nichols Law Firm Client to Keep License

Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols, Drunk-Driving

Attorney Wendy Schiller Nichols was able to obtain a dismissal at a Secretary of State Hearing, which allowed her client to keep his license.

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Michigan Criminal Law Attorney mike Nichols quoted in Lansing State Journal on

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Monday, May 19, 2014

Is Your Driving Impaired By Your Medications?

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

Will a gizmo decide for you?

Friday, May 16, 2014

Driving While on Medications is the New Push by Michigan State Police

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

House Bill 5385 was passed by the judiciary committee on May 15, 2014. The bill was amended after opponents like Mike Nichols led the charge about the overreaching of the bill.

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Medical Marijuana Caregiver Has Charges Dismissed After Motion To Present An Affirmative Defense Is Argued

Categories: Josh Covert, Medical Marijuana

“The outcome of this case illustrates why it is important to MMMA patients and caregivers to stand up for their rights as cardholders, my client had been offered many plea offers during the process but every time she stood firm and refused to admit that she did anything to violate the MMMA and ultimately after several months her case was dismissed weeks before trial”

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Michigan Drugged Driving Attorney Mike Nichols Shares His Expertise in Forensic Measurement at the Michigan Association of OWI Attorneys Drugged Driving "Defended Relatively Easily" Conference in Grand Rapids

Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving

The difference between a reliable blood analysis for the presence of potentially impairing drugs and a blood analysis which is unreliable is proper validation; uncertainty and traceability

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Dozens of Lawyers Registered for THE Drugged Driving Conference of the Year in Michigan

Monday, April 14, 2014

MIP Charges Dismissed Due to Coercive Police Tactics

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Attorney Stephanie Tzafaroglou obtained the dismissal of Minor in Possession (MIP) charges against two MSU students.

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Mike Nichols Presents on Measurement Uncertainty before a National Audience - Invited to Speak in California in June

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Nationally-recognized forensic evidence leader Mike Nichols of Meridian Township spoke on mathematical truths in DUI cases in New Orleans March 21st. Nichols, whose main office is in East Lansing, was invited to speak by the National College for DUI Defense and the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

2 Dismissals on Drunk Driving Charges and a Reckless Driving - Let Michigan OWI Attorney Mike Nichols Help You Get Your Life Back - But Help Yourself by Keeping Quiet to the Officer

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

Mike Nichols achieved a dismissal on drunk driving charges in mid-Michigan and northern- Michigan and a reckless driving in the East Lansing area for clients who absolutely had to win their lives back.

Sunday, March 16, 2014

Michigan DUI Attorney and Forensic Evidence Expert Mike Nichols to Present at the Mastering Scientific Evidence Course in New Orleans

Mike Nichols of Meridian Township will help represent the State of Michigan at a national conference on Mastering Scientific Evidence.

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Nichols Law Firm Client Receives Only Fines and Costs at Sentencing Despite a .14/.13 Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) Guesstimate

Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving

A Nichols Law Firm client received only fines and costs at his sentencing. Nichols Law Firm attorneys Mike Nichols and Stephanie Tzafaroglou filed a motion to exclude the breath test as unreliable because the client belched immediately before the arresting officer administered the evidential breath test to him.

Friday, February 21, 2014

Client Gets His License and His Life Back When an OWI 2nd Charge is Dismissed

Categories: Michael J. Nichols, OWI

Nichols Law Firm attorneys Mike Nichols and Stephanie Tzafaroglou obtained a dismissal of an OWI 2nd charge against an Eaton County man.

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Motion Granted and Evidence Is Suppressed Nichols Law Firm Client's Constitutional Rights Protected

Categories: Josh Covert

Attorney Joshua M. Covert recently appeared before Judge Ball of the 54-B district court to argue a motion to suppress evidence collected after a unconstitutional traffic stop.

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Newly Drafted Medical Marijuana Bills Stuck In Legislative Committee

Categories: Medical Malpractice, Josh Covert

Just a few months ago medical marihuana patients were pleased to see two medical marihuana bills introduced and approved by the Michigan House of Representatives.

Monday, February 17, 2014

State's Breath Alcohol "Expert" is Prohibited from Testifying About Dubious "Study" of the Datamaster DMT

Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving

A judge in Grand Rapids became the latest judge to rule that the sergeant in charge of the Michigan State Police breath alcohol program may not testify at trial about a 2011 study about the Datamaster DMT.

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Keeping Your Super Bowl Sunday Super and Avoiding a DUI or DUID

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

How to answer the question of intoxication.

Monday, January 20, 2014

Nichols Law Firm Attorney Represents Enbridge Protester And Takes On Both the Government and Petroleum Industry

Categories: Josh Covert

Attorney Joshua M. Covert of the Nichols Law Firm recently appeared before the 30^th Circuit Court to argue a motion requesting the court to dismiss felony charges that four environmental protesters are facing.

Friday, January 10, 2014

Lansing DUI Attorney Mike Nichols Strikes Again: Blood Alcohol Analysis Excluded Based on a Lack of Reliability

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

A Judge excluded a blood alcohol analysis in an Ingham County drunk driving case after Mike Nichols challenged the reliability of the test.

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Michigan Forensic Science Leader Mike Nichols to Serve on Mastering Scientific Evidence Course Faculty in 2014; Will also Present at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences

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

Mike Nichols, a leader in defending those accused of crimes involving forensic evidence, accepted an invitation to speak at the Mastering Scientific Evidence Course in New Orleans in March, 2014.

Friday, January 3, 2014

Michigan Drunk Driving Attorney Mike Nichols of East Lansing - a Leader who is committed to Results

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Mike Nichols gave an interview to tv station WLNS on drunk driving laws and avoiding a conviction at his Meridian Township home.

Friday, December 27, 2013

Is Your Criminal Record Holding You Back? Make Expunging Your Criminal Conviction Your New Year’s Resolution.

Categories: OWI

A new year means a fresh start. For those with criminal convictions, this means the opportunity to expunge a criminal conviction from your record. Michigan’s ‘expungement’ statute, MCL 780.621, allows those with one criminal conviction, or two convictions for ‘minor offenses’, to set aside the conviction.

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Michigan DUI-DUID Attorney Mike Nichols: the Devil is in the Details of Legislation to Make Marijuana More Accessible

Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Medical Malpractice

A committee of lawmakers in the Michigan House gave approval of a bill to make more changes to Michigan's marijuana laws.

Sunday, December 8, 2013

"Can a Judge Banish My Child from Campus or Effectively Kick My Child Out of School if He or She was Involved in the Civil Disobedience in East Lansing Over the Weekend?" East Lansing Attorney Mike Nichols Says: "Yes."

Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI, Minor in Possession

Over a dozen young people will be charged with various crimes after a disturbance over the weekend off Michigan State University's campus. East Lansing DUI-DUID and Criminal Defense Attorney Mike Nichols says that the episode was apparently the result of celebrations over the Michigan State University's football team that got carried away.

Friday, December 6, 2013

Reckless Driving Result For Client of the Nichols Law Firm Originally Charged With Drunk Driving

Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols, Drunk-Driving

Wendy Schiller-Nichols was able to obtain a Reckless Driving for her client who had a breath test of .10, .11

Friday, November 29, 2013

Don't Get Cooked This Thanksgiving: Law Enforcement Increase Drunk Driving Patrols During Holiday Weekend Crackdown

If you were arrested over the holiday weekend under the crackdown for a drunk or drugged driving offense, did you know your rights?

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Why An Attorney Makes A Difference In Your Criminal Case In Ingham County

A felonious assault charge has been dismissed against a Nichols Law Firm client more than 18 years after the alleged assault occurred.

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Adjunct Professor of Forensic Evidence and DUI-Criminal Defense Attorney Mike Nichols Reacts to Prison Sentence for Lab Analyst

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

A disgraced forensic lab analyst for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts was ordered to serve prison time on November 21st, 2013 for a practice known as "dry labbing" and other fraud.

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Ingham County Attorney Co-Authors Chapter in National Publication on Forensic Evidence

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Mike Nichols of East Lansing is co-author of the chapter on gas chromatography mass spectrometry in the 2014 edition of “Using Forensic Evidence in Criminal Cases.”

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Good News and Bad News for Michigan Health Care Patients Who Need Marijuana: Senate Approves Pharmaceutical Sales but with Strings Attached

Categories: Josh Covert, Medical Marijuana

On Wednesday the Michigan Senate passed senate Bill 660 which could allow medical marijuana patients to obtain their medicine from pharmacies.

Friday, November 15, 2013

When Kidnapping Isn't Criminal

Categories: Josh Covert, Medical Marijuana

A Young Michigan Medical Marijuana Attorney Stands by His Principles and Teaches Child Protective Services How to “Just Say No” to Government Abuse

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

East Lansing Attorney Mike Nichols Says the Reason for the Stop Should Always be Questioned in a Michigan Drunk Driving Case

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

Recently Mike Nichols fought for clients in several Michigan counties including Allegan, Osceola and Ingham (Meridian Township) over whether police properly stopped the citizen-drivers who were then arrested on suspicion of drunk driving charges.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Deputies Handed out Tickets and Made Arrests for Alcohol Offenses without Regard to Team Loyalty at the MSU/U-M Football Game

Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI, Minor in Possession

East Lansing Police, MSU Campus Police, Meridian Township Police and Ingham County Sheriff Deputies Handed out Tickets and Made Arrests for Alcohol Offenses without Regard to Team Loyalty at the MSU/U-M Football Game

Monday, November 4, 2013

Mike Nichols Again Leading the Way in Forensic Evidence in Criminal Cases; Will Present at the 2014 American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Conference

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

East Lansing attorney Mike Nichols, a leader in dui-criminal defense will present at the 2014 American Academy of Forensic Science in Seattle Washington. Nichols, a resident of Meridian Township will take part in a workshop on science in the courtroom.

Monday, October 28, 2013

Developments in Science Allow Judges and Juries to be Fully-Informed About the the Limits of Breath Testing

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

Our criminal justice system is at the core of our democracy. We have the ability to be a beacon for the world about the responsibility of a government to prove a crime when it charges a crime.

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Charges of Operating with the Presence of Marijuana Dismissed

Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI, Josh Covert, Medical Marijuana

Nichols Law Firm client facing criminal charge for second offense of driving while under the influence of drugs receives a reckless driving instead

Monday, October 14, 2013

Michigan DUI Attorney Mike Nichols to Again Educate Michigan Lawyers on Uncertainty and Metrology in Blood and Breath Testing

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

Mike Nichols of East Lansing will educate lawyers from around the state on the science of blood and breath alcohol testing on October 18th.

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Turn A Michigan Drunk Driving Charge Into A Dismissal

Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving

One of the most common reactions many people have to an arrest for drunk driving (OWI) is to accept that you are going to be convicted of a crime.

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Medical Marihuana Patients And Caregivers Need To Remember That Selling Marihuana Is Not Protected By The MMMA

It is important for caregivers to remember there is no wayto sale extra medicine and avoid arrest” says Attorney Joshua Covert of the Nichols Law Firm.

Monday, September 23, 2013

Attorney Joshua Covert Defends Parents Whose Daughter Was Taken Away From Their Home Because Of Their Medical Marihuana Use

Categories: Josh Covert, Medical Marijuana

Attorney Joshua Covert Defends Parents Whose Daughter Was Taken Away From Their Home Because Of Their Medical Marihuana Use

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Suspected Road Rage Incident Leaves 2 Dead Near Lansing – Reacting to Offensive Drivers is Not Worth It

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

An incident that witnesses say appear to be “road rage” turned fatal on a highway between Lansing and Grand Rapids and 2 people were killed right in front of loved ones.

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Michigan Criminal-DUI Lawyer Mike Nichols of Meridian Township Named a SuperLawyer

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Mike Nichols named Super Lawyer

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Does State Revenue Outweigh The Safety Of Motorists?

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

Senator Rick Jones (R) Grand Ledge says that scientific studies indicate that Michigan Motorists are already speeding in these areas making slower law abiding citizens the hazard on highways.

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Breath Test in East Lansing-Drunk Driving Case says Man is Nearly Twice the Legal Limit - Jury Still Says "No" to a Conviction as DUI Attorney Mike Nichols of Meridian Township Fights for His Client

An East Lansing jury recently refused to convict a man of drunk driving or even operating while visibly impaired even though the datamaster dmt breath test instrument claimed his breath alcohol content was .15/.14. Mike Nichols was the trial attorney for the accused ma

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Breath Alcohol Testing in Michigan; Exposing its Limitations

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Top Lawyer Scientists from Around the Country Headline Michigan Association of OWI Attorneys' 1st Annual 1 Day Bootcamp in Detroit

Friday, August 30, 2013

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Campaign Has More Officers Ready To Pull You Over

Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI

If you are traveling or tailgating for Michigan State’s first football game over the Labor Day weekend, be aware that extra patrol cars are ready to pull over anyone whose driving appears to be impaired.

Monday, August 26, 2013

MSU Students are Back - ELPD and MSUPD will be Back to Looking Out for Arrest Opportunities for Drunk Driving and Other Alcohol Offenses

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

The return of MSU students means the return of a major source of revenue for East Lansing and MSU police: arrests for drunk driving, minor in possession, drug possession and all sorts of crimes involving drugs and/or alcohol.

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

New Bars Open In East Lansing - ELPD Has 'Scaled Questions' For You

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

Downtown East Lansing features 2 new exciting bars: and 2 new sources of revenue for the City of East Lansing via DUI enforcement by the East Lansing Police Department.

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Michigan Criminal Defense Attorney Mike Nichols Reacts to A Federal Appellate Court Ruling Striking Down Michigan Law Banning Begging

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

An Appeal by Attorney General Bill Schuette to the Supreme Court of the United States of a federal court decision that declared the Michigan statute criminalizing begging is not likely to succeed.

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Nichols Law Firm client avoids license sanctions due to Officer’s failure to file a report.

Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving

A Nichols Law Firm client avoided a one-year license suspension after the arresting officer failed to file the necessary paperwork. Michigan’s Implied Consent law provides that a driver

Monday, August 12, 2013

East Lansing Drunk Driving and Drug Driving Attorney Mike Nichols: the US Attorney General’s Move to Curb Stiff Drug Punishments is a Step in the Right Direction

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Many Americans are serving prison sentences for drug offenses. US Attorney General Eric Holder announced on August 11, 2013 a move to thin the number of inmates serving lengthy sentences for non-violent drug crimes.

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Michigan Law Enforcement Officers Make Over 4,000 Traffic Stops over the 4th of July

Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI

It is important for Michigan motorists to remember that a drunk driving crackdown does not permit law enforcement officers to stop drivers sufficient legal justification.

Thursday, August 1, 2013

The Death of "Working Backwards" to Calculate a BAC in DUI - Another Reason Not to Take a Roadside PBT

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

. . . try to match a bodily alcohol content at the time of driving. AW Jones said recently "you shouldn't do it"

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Michigan DUI Attorney Mike Nichols and Wendy Schiller Nichols Attend the Summer Session of the National College for DUI Defense

Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI

Mike Nichols Represents Michigan as the Michigan Delegate to the National College for DUI Defense

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Michigan DUI Attorney Mike Nichols and Wendy Schiller Nichols Attend the Summer Session of the National College for DUI Defense; Mike Nichols Represents Michigan as the Michigan Delegate to the National College for DUI Defense

Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI

The best drunk driving defense attorneys in the nation converge on Boston in late July every year and Mike Nichols and Wendy Schiller Nichols of East Lansing are among them in 2013.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Recent Court Of Appeals Opinion Drastically Alters The Landscape Of Michigan’s Medical Marihuana

Categories: Josh Covert, Medical Marijuana

Last week the Michigan Court Of Appeals issued an opinion in People v Carruthers that limits the types of medicine that can be possessed by medical marihuana patients.

Friday, July 19, 2013

The Future of the 4th Amendment: Courts in States Across the Nation Begin Questioning the Ability of Law Enforcement to Collect Data from Your Cell Phone

Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving

A New Jersey Court struck down a program used by law enforcement to collect cell phone "tracking" data without judges reviewing the basis for the move.

Friday, July 19, 2013

The Future of the 4th Amendment: Courts in States Across the Nation Begin Questioning the Ability of Law Enforcement to Collect Data from Your CellPhone - Comments from Meridian Township Forensic Evidence Attorney Mike Nichols

Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving

A New Jersey Court struck down a program used by law enforcement to collect cell phone "tracking" data without judges reviewing the basis for the move. Meridian Township DUI attorney Mike Nichols believes it was the right decision

Monday, July 15, 2013

Prosecution Experts May Not Vouch for the Credibility of Other Witnesses

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

The court held that it was not an error by the trial judge (referred to as the trial court) to allow statements by a police officer to the accused citizen during an interrogation.

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Michigan Criminal Defense Attorney Mike Nichols - Who Some Call the "Guru" of Forensic Evidence - Teaches Other Lawyers About the Using "Experts"

Categories: Michael J. Nichols, Drunk-Driving

Leading criminal defense attorney Mike Nichols joined other leaders in Michigan Criminal Defense on the faculty at the annual "All Summer Long" seminar presented by the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan.

Thursday, July 11, 2013

A Nichols Law Firm Client Goes to Trial On a Minor in Possession of Alcohol Charge and is Found Not Guilty.

Categories: Drunk-Driving, Josh Covert

A young man in Mason County was arrested for allegedly possessing alcohol while under the age of 21. He was riding in a car with 4 friends when the car was pulled over.

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Michigan State Police Claims You Will Be “Red, White and Busted” If Caught Drunk Driving

Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI

26 specific counties have been targeted and provided with extra officers to crack down on their campaign.

Friday, June 28, 2013

Michigan Medical Marihuana Patients No Longer Protected By Section 4 Of The MMMA When Transferring Medicine To Another Patient

Categories: Josh Covert, Medical Marijuana

Last Week the Michigan Supreme Court issued an order in People v Green which reversed an earlier ruling by the Michigan Court Of Appeals.

Friday, June 21, 2013

Lansing Drunk Driving Lawyers say to “Leave Your Keys Behind” at Lansing Beer Week Events

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

Lansing Beer Week starts June 21^st, 2013.

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Always Ask for a Lawyer When Offered a Chemical Test – The Impact of “Hall vs State” at Secretary of State License Hearings

Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI

Michigan’s Implied Consent Act states that everyone is “deemed” to have consented to a chemical test.

Monday, June 10, 2013

Judge Strikes a Blow to Poorly Administered Standardized Field Sobriety Tests In Michigan

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

A Van Buren County District Judge dismissed a drunk driving charge in a written opinion that may start paving the way for other judges to hold police officers accountable.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Michigan Attorney Mike Nichols Speaks on Statewide Radio about Operating Under the Influence of Drugs

Categories: Michael J. Nichols, OWI

Lansing Attorney Mike Nichols is helping hundreds of thousands of Michigan radio listeners understand the evolving laws about operating under the influence of drugs.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

PBT Suppressed Due to Constitutional Violation

Categories: Josh Covert

Mr. Covert began his oral argument reminding the court that the burden of proof was on the prosecutor to show that the search was reasonable

Friday, May 24, 2013

Orange Cones On Michigan Roads - Slow Down or Face Increased Penalties

Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols

If you injure a highway construction or maintenance worker, you can face up to one year in jail

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Michigan OWI-OUID Arrests Will Be on the Rise for Memorial Day 2013 - Don't let the Holiday Party Ruin Your Life with A Drunk or Drugged Driving Conviction

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

The Michigan State Police launched a new campaign on the eve of the Memorial Day weekend: cracking down on those who are not wearing a seatbelt.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Drunk/Drugged Driving Defense Attorney-Author and Law Professor On Marijuana Patient Treatment

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

Friday, May 17, 2013

Pushing You Over The Limit

Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI

This week, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommended that all states lower the legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to have while operating a vehicle from .08 g/210 liters of breath to .05 g/210 liters of breath.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

A New Device Using Breath Samples To Detect Drugs May Be On The Horizon But The Question Remains Is It Reliable?

Categories: Josh Covert

The data used in the study is based on a small sample size and relies on self-reporting which are both cause for concern

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

2d Drunk Driving Arrest with a High BAC Charge - Fines and Costs and a Charge Reduction

An Illinois man has his life back after Michigan drunk driving attorney Mike Nichols guided him through a sentencing in East Lansing that entailed fines and costs following a hard-fought plea negotiation.

Monday, May 13, 2013

Michigan Drunk and Drugged Driving Attorney Mike Nichols Leads the Michigan Association of OWI Attorneys' in Educating Lawyers in Flint/Genessee County

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Did the officer arrest you based on your performance on sobriety tests? Did he do them correctly

Categories: Michael J. Nichols, OWI

South Haven case dismissed

Monday, April 29, 2013

Traffic Accident: High BAC in Blood; Refusal of the Chemical Test and Still a Dismissal of all Charges in Exchange for a Careless Driving

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

A young man has his future back thanks to the Nichols Law Firm

Sunday, April 28, 2013

East Lansing Attorney Mike Nichols: The Lawyer Who Others Look to As An Expert

The City of East Lansing uses the law to generate revenue for the city coffers.

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Michigan Criminal Defense and Drunk Driving Attorney Mike Nichols says a Proposed Law Targets Senior Citizens Who Drive and Is a Bad Idea

Michigan lawmakers are considering legislation that would allow doctors to report a patient to the Secretary of State if the doctor is concerned about the person's ability to drive.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

“Just Say No” to Probation: Client convicted with a second OWI is sentenced to weekend class and fines/costs!

Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI

Client on probation receives weekend class and fines and costs for a OWI second charge

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Marijuana Users and Patients Targeted on the Famous "4.20" Day of Celebration

Categories: Drug Crimes, Minor in Possession, Medical Marijuana

Many people still view that both 4/20 and 4:20 are "code words" when in reality law enforcement officers and others are aware of the date and time significance.

Friday, April 19, 2013

Rave Reviews for Michigan drunk driving attorney Mike Nichols After He Presents at the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar Conference on the Truth Behind Detecting Marijuana in Human Blood

Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI

Criminal defense attorneys in Colorado were among the latest to hear the truth about the scientific limitations of detecting marijuana in human blood from criminal defense attorney Mike Nichols of East Lansing.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Drunk Driving in Jackson County DISMISSED after Jackson-DUI-attorney Wendy Schiller-Nichols files a motion challenging the Michigan State Police Trooper’s Stop!

Categories: Wendy M. Schiller-Nichols, Drunk-Driving, OWI

It is becoming the typical ploy by Michigan State Police these days: pull over someone for a “dangling object” then arrest them for driving under the influence.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Trial Attorneys at the Nichols Law Firm Take Part in High Level Trial Skills Training with "The Lawyer Whisperer"

Monday, April 8, 2013

Several Changes To The Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA) Take Effect April 1, 2013

Categories: Josh Covert, Medical Marijuana

The new laws help by clearing up some of the confusing sections of the MMMA by defining some terms like "locked and enclosed facility" and "bona fide physician patient relationship" but at the same time the laws add to the confusion by criminalizing the illegal transport of useable marihuana without providing adequate direction to those who transport useable marihuana.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

More Michigan State Troopers Hitting the Streets – DUI Attorney Mike Nichols of Meridian Township Wants to Know if Courts Will Actually Require Them to Use Their Taxpayer Funded Training

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Did you know that 90 new troopers graduated from recruit school on March 30^th in Lansing and they are given expensive and important training that most judges are not requiring them to use?

Thursday, March 28, 2013

United States Supreme Court Upholds The Fourth Amendment And Declares A Drug Dog Sniff Is A Search

Categories: Josh Covert

“It appears that this case will be far reaching. The court’s opinion isn’t just limited to drug dog searches. The court mentioned metal detectors and binoculars as other objects that may put an officer’s otherwise lawful presence in violation of the Fourth Amendment”

Monday, March 25, 2013

"I don't want to have to check that box" - You Are Arrested for DUI in Michigan During March Madness

Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI

"I don't want to have to check that box" - You Are Arrested for DUI in Michigan During March Madness But You May be a Victim of Targeted Enforcement says Drunk Driving Attorney Mike Nichols of Meridian Township. The Question You Have to Answer is Whether You Deserve to Have to Disclose a Criminal Conviction for the Rest of Your Life

Friday, March 22, 2013

Michigan Legislators Looking To Exempt 911 Calls from Freedom of Information Act

Categories: Josh Covert

In January Michigan legislators introduced a proposed bill (HB 4011) that would exempt 911 calls from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Michigan State University DUI patrols will be up from East Lansing to Okemos to Charlotte while beloved coach Tom Izzo warns basketball fans “I’ll never be accused of drunk driving”

Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI

Michigan State University basketball coach Tom Izzo that “I’ll never be accused of drunk driving” in a press conference in which Izzo encouraged people to get a safe ride during the NCAA March Madness tournament after drinking.

Friday, March 15, 2013

Michigan State Police have stepped up drunk driving enforcement as a spring surprise for Michigan citizens

Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI

Michigan DUI attorney Mike Nichols of East Lansing says that the Michigan State Police have stepped up drunk driving enforcement as a spring surprise for Michigan citizens

Friday, March 15, 2013

Can You Measure Nothing? DUI Attorney Mike Nichols Travels To Colorado To Speak On The Topic

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

East Lansing DUI attorney says judges starting to understanding the "fallacy of infallibility" with breath testing - even if they are in other states

East Lansing DUI attorney Mike Nichols, author of the West OWI Handbook, hopes a recent ruling from South Carolina will give other judges courage to exclude "bad breath:"

Friday, March 8, 2013

The Nichols Law Firm Lawyers Lead the Way in Investigating a Major Development in Breath Alcohol Testing in Michigan

Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI

Manufacturer of the datamaster breath test instument sold to Intoximeters, Inc. What does this mean for your case?

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Nichols Law Firm brings the experts from all over the country to help clients defend their rights

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Thanks Dr. Hlastala for a dispassionate, scientific overview of the human body and how its variations can affect the accuracy of a breath alcohol test.

Monday, March 4, 2013

Mike Nichols presents on the opening day for the American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS) 2013 Workshop on “Science in the Courtroom – A Matter of Perspective”

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Mike Nichols presents on the opening day for the American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS) 2013 Workshop on “Science in the Courtroom – A Matter of Perspective”

Monday, March 4, 2013

A Client of Nichols Law Firm Originally Charged With Restricting and Obstructing and Operating While Intoxicated With an Occupant Less than 16 Receives No Jail or Probation at Sentencing

Categories: Josh Covert

This was a great resolution for the client as he was originally facing up to 15 years in prison and walked from the court house with no further obligations to the court.

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Attorney Joshua M. Covert Gets Client Back On The Road After Many Years Without A Driver’s License

Categories: Josh Covert

A man has his life back after Joshua Covert helped him to successfully get his driver’s license restored.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

East Lansing DUI Attorney Mike Nichols Co-counsels Case To A Not Guilty In The East Lansing District Court

Categories: OWI

An East Lansing man stood before a jury with a breath estimate of .10 and .11 and a claim by a police officer that he ran a stop sign.

Friday, February 22, 2013

Mike Nichols of East Lansing tracks the latest successful breath test challenges

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Is the Michigan DMT sound science?

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Client Charged With OWI Second Will Not Have License Revoked Thanks to Plea Agreement Negotiated by Nichols Law Firm

Categories: OWI

“I think the prosecuting attorney saw the writing on the wall and instead of arguing a motion that they were likely to lose they offered a plea that my client could not refuse”

Friday, February 15, 2013

Michigan Criminal Defense Attorney Mike Nichols Puts the Mitten State on the National Stage By Presenting at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Nichols will present the perspective of defense attorney in the workshop entitled “Science in the Courtroom – A Matter of Perspective.”

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Why Creating Magistrates with Badges is a Bad Idea

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Why even ask for consent for the blood draw if you can just take it?

Monday, February 11, 2013

The Michigan Supreme Court Rules That Medical Marihuana Patients Cannot Legally Transfer Marihuana To Other Patients

Categories: Josh Covert, Medical Marijuana

This means that it would be within the MMMA to receive marihuana if you are a patient but not to give or sell the medicine to another patient.

Monday, February 11, 2013

Michigan Court Of Appeals Ruling Suggests That If You Go On Vacation Your Home May Be Searched Without A Warrant

Categories: Medical Marijuana

The officers first tried calling Mr. Hill’s phone number but there was no answer. They then found an unlocked window and opened it up so that they could call out Mr. Hill’s name. After there was no response, the officer’s decided to enter Mr. Hill’s home to make sure he was not in distress. Once inside the officer found marijuana growing in a bedroom closet.

Thursday, February 7, 2013

East Lansing Police and Minors in Possession: It is like Shooting Fish in a Barrel and Its Lining the City Treasury

Categories: Minor in Possession

Recent statistics show Minor in Possession (MIP) tickets and arrests are skyrocketing in East Lansing

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

The Michigan Court of Appeals Allows Patient to Patient Transfers of Medical Marijuana

Categories: Medical Marijuana

Michigan Court of Appeals denied the prosecutors appeal and held that registered medical marijuana patients may obtain marijuana from other patients as long as the marijuana is not sold.

Monday, February 4, 2013

Michigan Attorney Mike Nichols Comments on the Efforts of a Crime Lab to Gain Independence from Law Enforcement and its impact on Forensic Evidence

Categories: Drunk-Driving

Nichols says that the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) was critical of the tie between labs that are supposed to do independent scientific testing and law enforcement.

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Michigan Drunk Driving Attorney Mike Nichols of Meridian Township says "breathal-eyes" and "novelty pbt" Devices are Just that: Novelties

Categories: OWI

"if you blow in a portable pbt or use those "breathal-eyes" devices, it will not give you a true representation of your bodily alcohol content."

Friday, February 1, 2013

What’s More Dangerous? Consuming Alcohol Before Driving or Consuming Alcohol Before Having Access to a Gun in Your Home?

Categories: Carry and Conceal

Michigan Criminal Defense Attorney Says a New Michigan Court of Appeals Opinion is Interesting in its Contrast of the Conduct

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Michigan’s Legislature is Again Cracking Down on Drunk Driving

Categories: Drunk-Driving

When Your Biggest Fear is Your Future – Why Trust Your Case to a Lawyer Who Needs Help in Giving You Your Best Chance to Win? Call Mike Nichols – the Lawyer Who Many Lawyers Call for Help

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Good News For Client Of The Nichols Law Firm Who Was Charged With Violating The MMMA

Categories: Medical Marijuana

“I feel that asserting the affirmative defense definitely gives us a leg up at trial. It is important to remember that the MMMA was a voter initiative and that it was passed in every county in Michigan and that it passed by an overwhelming majority”

Monday, January 28, 2013

Why even ask for consent for the blood draw if you can just take it?

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

The Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments on January 9 on a case in which the government lawyers are actually finally doing what we always knew they wanted: they are asking for a "DUI exception" to the constitution.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Meridian Township drunk driving attorney Mike Nichols may know the key to clearing your name of OWI-OUIL-DUI charges in the Okemos Michigan area

Categories: OWI

"What many people don't know is what may be going on behind the scenes to try to give the public a false sense of confidence in the evidence gathering unit at the MTPD."

Friday, January 25, 2013

Michigan Court Of Appeals Releases Another Opinion Addressing the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act

Categories: Medical Marijuana

The Michigan Court of Appeals just released an opinion, People v Argo, that once again illustrates that defendant’s charged with violating the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA) are entitled to an evidentiary hearing to determine if they may assert a section 8 affirmative defense. The Court of Appeals also looked into whether or not the prosecutor committed prosecutorial misconduct.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Mike Nichols takes on the new breath test instrument in Michigan and multi-client litigation in the works for East Lansing drunk driving cases

Categories: Drunk-Driving

East Lansing OWI OUIL OUID Attorney Mike Nichols is working with other attorneys to lead a challenge to some of the issues with the breath alcohol device known as the Datamaster DMT

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Michigan OWI-OUIL-OUID lawyer Mike Nichols plays "toxicologist" at the National College for DUI Defense Winter Session

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Assumptions in drunk driving cases can lead to mistrials

Monday, January 14, 2013

Michigan drunk driving attorney responds to United States Supreme Court Case on warrantless blood draws in OWI-OUIL cases: Is the Missouri case going to change anything in Michigan?

Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI

The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments on January 9th on whether or not police should be allowed to conduct warrantless blood draws of drivers suspected of driving under the influence if the driver refuses to give consent.

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Michigan Criminal Defense Attorney Mike Nichols secures release of Illinois man charged with conspiracy in drug ring that allegedly distributed over 5.5 million of medical marijuana across the country

Categories: Drug Crimes

An Illinois man is free on an unsecured bond after criminal defense attorney Mike Nichols secured his release in a detention hearing in federal court.

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Minor In Possession Client With A Previous Offense Gets Case Dismissed

Categories: Minor in Possession

A very happy 21st birthday to a client of the Nichols Law firm charged with Minor In Possession has her charges dismissed.

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Supreme Court Rules That Marihuana Cooperatives Are Illegal But Allows Defendant To Assert Affirmative Defense

Categories: Medical Marijuana

The Michigan Supreme Court recently issued their second opinion addressing the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA)

Sunday, January 6, 2013

A woman learns a hard lesson about finding the right lawyer from the Michigan Court of Appeals - at the expense of a prison sentence for a drunk driving causing death conviction in Berrien County Michigan

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Michigan OWI-OUIL-OUID lawyer Mike Nichols of Lansing praised the dissenting judge for an opinion disagreeing with the majority

Friday, January 4, 2013

The Michigan Legislature is going the wrong way on drugged driving" - calls for a major repair before innocent people are incarerated

Categories: Drunk-Driving

Nichols says "this new law is so subjective, it allows the police to make an arrest, a prosecutor to start a case and sets up the Michigan State Police lab to convict innocent people.

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Michigan OUID-OUIL-Drunk Driving Attorney, Mike Nichols of East Lansing Teaches Courts About the Meaning of Blood Tests

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Mike Nichols of East Lansing successfully suppressed a blood test by the Michigan State Police lab that claimed to detect accurately and reliably the presence of marijuana in a client’s blood sample.

Monday, December 31, 2012

Michigan DUI-OWI-OUIL Attorney Says The Chemical Test Can Be Your Friend If You Get The Holiday Surprise Of A Drunk Driving Charge

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

The Michigan State Police is making changes to how it collects and analyzes breath and blood. It's making things easier for citizens accused of drunk driving.

Monday, December 31, 2012

Michigan Court Of Appeals Says Drug Dog Sniffing On Your Porch Is Not A Search

Categories: Drug Crimes

The Michigan Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion involving drug dogs and the fourth amendment.

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Medical Marijuana Patients: Michigan State Police Lab Claims to Measure Nothing

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Michigan Medical Marijuana Attorney Mike Nichols of Lansing is fighting for valid science in the courtroom: not forensic science which is used to advocate to convict people when they may have done nothing wrong.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

DETROIT NEWS COVERS MIKE NICHOLS VICTORY IN DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS CASE - BLOOD TEST NOT RELIABLE SAYS COURT

Categories: Drug Crimes

The Detroit News reports on a ground breaking decision that held that the Michigan State Police lab did not establish the reliability of a blood analysis for marijuana.

Sunday, December 23, 2012

MICHIGAN DRUNK DRIVING ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS FEATURED IN THE LANSING STATE JOURNAL AFTER SUCCESSFULLY MOVING TO EXCLUDE FORENSIC EVIDENCE INVOLVING CHARGES OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MARIJUANA

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

The Lansing State Journal covered the recent victory by Michigan DUI-DUID attorney Mike Nichols of East Lansing.

Friday, December 21, 2012

WORRIED THAT A DRUNK DRIVING-DUI-OWI OR OUIL WILL AFFECT YOUR IMMIGRATION STATUS OR FUTURE?

Categories: Drunk-Driving

At the end of the negotiations, the prosecutors agreed to dismiss the OWI charge if the client agreed to pay the fines and costs normally associated with an OWI or OWVI (impaired) conviction

Monday, December 17, 2012

MICHIGAN ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS OF LANSING - A LEADER IN FORENSIC EVIDENCE - PREPARES FOR A NATIONAL PRESENTATION AT THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FORENSIC SCIENCE

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Lansing criminal defense attorney Mike Nichols will speak and present at the 2013 American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) annual conference in Washington D.C.. Nichols, whose practice is focused on drug and alcohol crimes, especially driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs, will take part in a workshop entitled: "Science in the Courtroom, a Matter of Perspective."

Saturday, December 8, 2012

PROBLEMS WITH THE MICHIGAN SENATE INTOXICATING SUBSTANCES BILL

Categories: Josh Covert

“The proposed statute really opens the door for law enforcement officers to broaden the net they use to catch intoxicated drivers”

Friday, December 7, 2012

DASHBOARD JUSTICE?

Categories: Drunk-Driving

Michigan's justice system focuses on the wrong data - let's make sure all the data is turned over in every case - not just statistics on how quickly we can push cases through the system.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

ARRESTED FOR DRUNK OR DRUGGED DRIVING IN GRATIOT COUNTY? MICHIGAN DRUNK DRIVING LAWYER MIKE NICHOLS HAS SOME ADVICE

Categories: Drunk-Driving

DUI attorney Mike Nichols of East Lansing just fought a drunk driving case in Gratiot County. "The prosecutor sought the costs of prosecution. We preserved an argument that the costs of prosecution statute is unconstitutional," says Nichols. He added "you cannot appeal the things you do not challenge."

Sunday, December 2, 2012

ANOTHER NOT GUILTY VERDICT FOR MICHIGAN CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS

Categories: Domestic Violence

Mike Nichols of East Lansing stood by and fought for a young Muslim-Arab-American who was facing a serious criminal charge in a small Northern Michigan community recently. The result: not guilty in 12 minutes of jury deliberations.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

MICHIGAN DRUNK DRIVING ATTORNEY APPLAUDS THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR UPHOLDING A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT VIOLATION BUT VOWS THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

EXTRA POLICE PATROLLING FOR THOSE CONSUMING TOO MUCH TRYPTOPHAN AND ALCOHOL OVER THE THANKSGIVING WEEKEND

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

The State of Michigan warns that their patrols increase over what is considered the biggest bar night of the year.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

FIGHTING FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS INCLUDING THOSE PATIENTS WHO DRIVE BUT THE MICHIGAN STATE POLICE LAB CLAIMS ARE BREAKING THE LAW BECAUSE THEY ARE OPERATING WITH THEIR MEDICINE IN THEIR SYSTEM - EAST LANSING ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS LEADS THE FIGHT FO

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Marijuana users in Michigan are still fighting for fair treatment 4 years after the legalization of medical marijuana.

Thursday, November 15, 2012

MOBILE VIDEO RECORDERS AND THE MICHIGAN STATE POLICE

Categories: Josh Covert

Michigan State Police patrol car was not equipped with MVR technology

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

MICHIGAN DRUNK DRIVING ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS: EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS AND BEATING THE NUMBERS

Categories: OWI

A study by a law firm in Massachusetts reports the conviction rate for OUI cases in Michigan is among the highest in the nation at 94%.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

THE MOVEMENT TO DECRIMINALIZE MARIHUANA GAINS GROUND IN MICHIGAN

Categories: Medical Marijuana

On Election Day, voters in several Michigan cities voted to decriminalize personal possession of small amounts of marihuana.

Monday, November 12, 2012

MIKE NICHOLS SHARES INFORMATION ON SAMPLE BLOOD DISCOVERY ORDER

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Monday, November 12, 2012

SEARCH WARRANTS, COMPUTER FORENSICS AND THE FOURTH AMENDMENT

Categories: Josh Covert

A United States District Court in the Central District of Illinois recently released an opinion that has far reaching fourth amendment applications.

Friday, November 9, 2012

MIKE NICHOLS TEACHES VALUABLE LESSON TO ATTORNEYS WHO DEFEND MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS

Categories: Medical Malpractice

Mike Nichols teaches valuable lesson to attorneys who defend medical marijuana patients accused of driving with the presence of THC in their blood: the Michigan State Police is struggling to detect the true presence of marijuana and other drugs in human blood.

Friday, November 9, 2012

MIKE NICHOLS HONORED BY THE INGHAM COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION WITH DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

"It was a pleasure and privilege to work with members of the prosecutor's office on continuing legal education - especially the programs that we focused on helping young lawyers,"

Thursday, November 8, 2012

DID POLICE VALIDLY ARREST A COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER ACCUSED OF DRUNK DRIVING AND NOW SUSPENDED FROM HIS TEAM?

Categories: Drunk-Driving

Michigan drunk driving-drugged driving attorney Mike Nichols hopes that former MSU football coach John L. Smith did not jump too soon in suspending his star linebacker after an arrest for drunk driving that was based on a warrantless stop.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

THE VICTIM MENTALITY

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

If We are Leaders in Society as Members of the Justice System - What Message Are We Sending By Compensating Insurance Companies When They Do What They are Supposed to Do?

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

JUST BECAUSE YOU WERE STOPPED FOR SPEEDING – THAT DOES NOT MEAN THE STOP WAS PROPER SAY EAST LANSING’S DRUNK DRIVING LAWYERS

Categories: Drunk-Driving

The central issue asked which governmental body has ultimate authority to set speed limits on state trunk line highways within the city’s business districts and school zones.

Monday, November 5, 2012

EATON COUNTY DUI-OWI-OUIL ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS APPLAUDS APPEALS COURT OPINION GRANTING CLIENT A NEW TRIAL IN HIS DRUNK DRIVING CASE

Categories: OWI

An Eaton County Judge has ruled that district court judge Julie Reincke committed an error that should be reversed in a drunk driving trial in 2011

Sunday, November 4, 2012

REGISTERED CAREGIVERS UNDER THE MICHIGAN MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT (MMMA) NOT BEING PROTECTED

Categories: Medical Marijuana

Federal government continues to criminalize the medical use of marihuana marihuana

Friday, November 2, 2012

MICHIGAN STATE POLICE STRUGGLING TO VALIDATE ITS METHOD OF DETECTING MARIJUANA AND MIKE NICHOLS TO PRESENT TO THE CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS OF MICHIGAN ON HIS FAMOUS 'MEASURING NOTHING' THEORY OF ATTACK

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Monday, October 29, 2012

MIKE NICHOLS PREPARES TO PRESENT AT CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS OF MICHIGAN CONFERENCE

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Monday, October 29, 2012

JUDGE CONGRATULATES ATTORNEY ON A JOB WELL DONE FOR HIS CLIENT

Categories: Domestic Violence

. . .client was able to walk from the courtroom WITHOUT the possibility of jail or probation.

Friday, October 26, 2012

THE PRICE OF SAYING NO

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

One reason why accreditation may give us a false sense of security

Friday, October 26, 2012

MICHIGAN DRIVERS SHOULD EXPECT AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT FOR THE HALLOWEEN WEEKEND

Categories: Drunk-Driving, OWI

Michigan drivers may receive a new kind of scare this Halloween weekend.

Thursday, October 25, 2012

MIKE NICHOLS APPLAUDS EAST LANSING DISTRICT COURT JUDGE SENTENCE IN HIGH PROFILE DUI CASE

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Click here to watch the news coverage:

http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2012/10/state_rep_bob_genetski_i_learn.html#incart_river_default

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

MICHIGAN DUID ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS WORKS ON DRUG RECOGNITION EVALUATION KNOWLEDGE AT ANNUAL NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS/NATIONAL COLLEGE FOR DUI DEFENSE CONFERENCE

Categories: Drug Crimes

"Law enforcement is looking to replace lost funds from the enforcement of alcohol-related drunk driving cases. . ."

Sunday, October 21, 2012

IS YOUR RIGHT TO INFORMATION ONLY YOUR RIGHT IF YOU CAN PAY FOR IT?

House Bill 5879 would prohibit government units from charging more than 10 cents a page for requested documents or charging to view the documents personally.

Friday, October 19, 2012

LIVINGSTON COUNTY DRUNK DRIVING ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS AGAIN CHALLENGES INSURANCE COMPANIES: “PROVE TO ME WHAT MAKES YOU A VICTIM”

"The insurance company may fight the legal definition of ‘victim’ but they are required to show special facts that make them a victim as opposed to an ordinary person who suffered an out of pocket loss,”

Thursday, October 18, 2012

MICHIGAN DRUNK DRIVING ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS TAKES ON THE “SCIENCE” BEHIND SOBRIETY TESTS IN OWI-OUIL-OUID CASES

Categories: Drunk-Driving

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

NORTHERN MICHIGAN DRUNK DRIVING ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS SHOWS WHY HE IS COMMITTED TO RESULTS FOR A CLIENT WITH A COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE (CDL) WHO BEAT A DRUNK DRIVING CHARGE

Categories: OWI

The police stopped this man, claiming that he was weaving through downtown Ludington last summer.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

VIOLATORS OF MICHIGAN'S SUPER DRUNK STATUTE FACE SEVERE DRIVER'S LICENSE SANCTIONS

Categories: Drunk-Driving

Violations of the Super Drunk law will require interlock devices.

Thursday, October 11, 2012

EAST LANSING 50/50 ORDINANCE

Categories: OWI

The possibility of increased alcohol sales at East Lansing bars carries the possibility of increasted traffic stops nad Operating While Intoxicated (OWI) investigations in East Lansing.

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

DRUNK DRIVING ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS CONCERNED FOR FALSE POSITIIVES IN PBT RESULTS

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Watch a short video of Mike Nichols in Eaton County sharing a concern about false positives for individuals on probation

Monday, October 8, 2012

MICHIGAN DRUGGED DRIVING ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS ASKS: WHO IS MORE DANGEROUS BEHIND THE WHEEL? A PERSON ON THEIR PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS OR AN ELDERLY PERSON, WHOSE REFLEXES ARE UNFORTUNATELY TOO DETERIORATED TO DRIVE SAFELY?

Categories: Drug Crimes

In fact, National Public Radio featured coverage of elderly drivers on October 8, asking "when is it time to give up the keys?" Nichols says: "it made me think of all the signs of a driver who is not safe and the fact that the best thing for you to do if you are on prescription medication, from medical marijuana to ambien, is to simply decline to answer the officer's questions about your medications."

Saturday, October 6, 2012

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY-EAST LANSING MINOR IN POSSESSION CHARGE DISMISSED - STRATEGY AND LITIGATION PAY OFF FOR MSU STUDENT

Michigan criminal defense Mike Nichols of East Lansing says that a minor in possession charge does not have to stay with you forever no matter how bad the facts of the case may be.

Saturday, September 29, 2012

MICHIGAN DUI ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS LEADS OTHER ATTORNEYS ON A TOUR OF THE MICHIGAN STATE POLICE LANSING LAB

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Drunk driving attorney Mike Nichols lead a tour of other attorneys of the Michigan State Police Lansing Lab on September 28.

Sunday, September 23, 2012

CLIENT CHARGED WITH OWI REDUCED TO CARELESS DRIVING

Categories: Drunk-Driving

On the day that jury selection was to begin, Attorney Wendy Schiller-Nichols was able to obtain a Careless Driving for her client.

Thursday, September 20, 2012

COURT OF APPEALS DECISION PUTS ALL MEDICAL MARIHUANA PATIENTS IN RISK OF HAVING THEIR HOME SEARCHED IF POLICE HAVE EVIDENCE THAT MARIHUANA IS PRESENT

Categories: Medical Marijuana

On August 28, 2012, the Michigan Court of Appeals released an opinion that held that police officers are not required to determine if a suspect is a medical marihuana patient before seeking a search warrant.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

PROPOSED LEGISLATION KEEPS MICHIGAN'S DRINKING DRIVING LIMIT AT .08

Categories: OWI

In May 2012, the Michigan House of Representatives introduced a bill that would maintain .08 as Michigan's legal drinking limit.

Monday, September 17, 2012

MICHIGAN DRUNK DRIVING ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS ASKS IF FORENSIC ACCREDITATION IS FOR SALE

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Friday, September 14, 2012

TAILGATING AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY? EAST LANSING CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS HAS SOME TIPS TO AVOID LEAVING THE CAMPUS WITH A CRIMINAL CHARGE

Categories: Drunk-Driving

Friday, September 14, 2012

LAWYERS SPLURGE ON ADVERTISING DUI SERVICES IN THE EAST LANSING AREA AFTER A MEDIA REPORT ON THE NUMBER OF EAST LANSING DRUNK DRIVING ARRESTS

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

East Lansing drunk driving attorney Mike Nichols was interviewed for the MLive.com report, interviewed on the radio about the report and is the DUI attorney who is leading the way in challenging the ability of the government to prosecute you for a crime that you can never expunge: drunk driving.

Thursday, September 13, 2012

WHY WE THINK YOUR ATTORNEY MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHEN IT COMES TO AVOIDING A CRIMINAL RECORD IN EAST LANSING

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Many lawyers believe that the offer made by the prosecutor will only get better if you beg and present character references and good report cards.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

DUI-OWI-OUIL ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS INTERVIEWED FOR MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE DUI CULTURES AROUND THE STATE

Categories: Drunk-Driving

Michigan OWI-OUIL-DUI attorney Mike Nichols says that too much was made of a comparison between Ann Arbor and East Lansing DUI arrest figures in recent media coverage.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

DISMISSAL OF MINOR IN POSSESSION FOR CLIENT WILLING TO EDUCATE HIMSELF

Categories: Minor in Possession

The benefit to the client is that as a college student he will not have a conviction on any criminal record that would have to be reported to employers or potential employers

Sunday, September 9, 2012

DRIVING WITH THE PRESENCE OF ANY AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA - THE STATE SUPREME COURT SAYS THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAW DOES NOT MEAN THAT PATIENTS WILL BE TREATED DIFFERENTLY!

Categories: Drug Crimes

The Michigan Supreme Court ruled that when a medical marijuana patient is charged with multiple crimes, the rules of criminal procedure still apply.

Thursday, September 6, 2012

PHYSICAL CUSTODY AWARDED TO CLIENT OF KAREN PHILLIPS

Categories: Family Law

1. Karen Phillips secured an award of primary physical custody for a mother and client of the Nichols Law Firm. Custody became an issue during a divorce proceeding, where the mother lived out of the State of Michigan and was an active member of the United States Navy. Both parents wanted to have primary physical custody of the child, who was only 5 years old and about to begin school. After hearing from both parties and other witnesses, the Judge decided that it was in the best interests of the child to remain with her mother during the school year.

If you are involved in a divorce or custody action and need someone in your corner to fight for you and for what is in the best interests of your child, call Karen Phillips at (517) 432-9000.

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

MICHIGAN OWI ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS OF EAST LANSING LEADING THE EFFORT TO CHALLENGE THE CUT-OFF LEVELS FOR REPORTING THE PRESENCE OF MARIJUANA IN OPERATING WITH THE PRESENCE OF DRUGS CRIMINAL CASES.”

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

US CONSTITUTION APPLIES TO YOU COLLEGE STUDENTS TOO

Categories: Drug Crimes

Although there are a few search warrant exceptions which
courts have allowed (automobile exception, exigent circumstances,
consent, plain view) being a college student is not one of them.

Friday, August 31, 2012

MICHIGAN DUI ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS DEFENDS AN INGHAM COUNTY JUDGE AGAINST CLAIMS OF BIAS

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

An Ingham County Judge assigned as a 1 person grand jury to investigate political crimes in West Michigan faces charges of bias from a Republican State Senator - and Mike Nichols of East Lansing has come to her defense.

Thursday, August 30, 2012

"DRIVE SOBER OR GET PULLED OVER" - NEW CAMPAIGN SHOULD ALSO EXTEND TO OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICERS SAYS MICHIGAN OWI ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS

The Michigan State Police launched a new campaign to "crackdown" on young males who believe they can drive drunk because they are "professionals" - but the new public service campaign comes at a time when some in Michigan law enforcement do not appear to be investigating its own with the same vigor as any other citizen.

Thursday, August 23, 2012

MIKE-NICHOLS-COMMENTS-IN-LANSING-STATE-JOURNAL ON “POLICE FAILURE”

Categories: Drunk-Driving

if “a local police agency can investigate its own officer, give him a pbt that produces a .07 and declare him safe to drive, I should probably start giving pbt’s to all of my clients who are on probation and bond with conditions of no alcohol, then tell all the probation officers that all of my clients are in compliance because I tested them – after all, should I not be trusted to investigate my own clients?"

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

'DRIVE SOBER OR GET PULLED OVER': MICHIGAN STATE POLICE ANNOUNCE NEW CAMPAIGN AND CRACKDOWN

Categories: Drunk-Driving

Nearly 160 law enforcement agencies in 26 counties across Michigan will increase drunk driving patrols.

Monday, August 20, 2012

SIXTH CIRCUIT RELEASES OPINION THAT ADDRESSES “IMPERMISSIBLE DOUBLE COUNTING”

Categories: Josh Covert

. . .defendant who was being charged with possession of marijuana as well as discharging a firearm during the execution of a search warrant. . .

Thursday, August 16, 2012

THE HEAD OF THE MICHIGAN CRIME LAB RESIGNS AND MIKE NICHOLS REACTS

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Michigan drunk driving attorney Mike Nichols of East Lansing reacted to the resignation of state crime lab chief John Collins: “I wish him well,” says Nichols.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

GOOD NEWS FOR TRAFFIC STOP OF MEDICAL MARIHUANA PATIENT RESULTS IN POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA CHARGES

Categories: Medical Marijuana

After months of working with the prosecution attorney Joshua Covert was able to demonstrate to the prosecution that the client was protected under the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED JAIL TIME FOR NICHOLS LAW FIRM CLIENT WHO SHOWED SIGNS OF HOPE TO JUDGE

Categories: OWI

Attorney Karen Phillips walked into the courtroom in Eaton County, Michigan, with a client facing sentencing by a District Court judge.

Monday, August 13, 2012

MICHIGAN DRUNK DRIVING ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS BUYS THE COMPUTER TO FIND THE SECRETS IN THE MICHIGAN STATE POLICE BLOOD ALCOHOL ANALYSIS

Categories: Drunk-Driving

The Michigan State Police forensic services division will only report what it wants the court to see when it conducts a blood analysis for alcohol and other drugs.

Friday, August 10, 2012

CALHOUN COUNTY DRUNK DRIVING CHARGE WITH PRIOR CONVICTIONS RESULTS IN NO JAIL AND NON-REPORTING PROBATION

Categories: Drunk-Driving

When you are charged with a drunk driving in Michigan, it is always our mission at The Nichols Law Firm to obtain a non-alcohol related conviction or a dismissal.

Monday, August 6, 2012

MICHIGAN DUI-OWI-OUIL-ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS COMPLETES WORK AS CO-AUTHOR ON CHAPTER ON FORENSIC SCIENCE IN DRUNK DRIVING CASES

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

Ever wonder what mathematics have to do with drunk driving? Sometimes it can mean everything.

Monday, August 6, 2012

MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS HOLDS THAT LOCAL ZONING ORDINANCE IS VOID BECAUSE OF CONFLICT WITH THE MEDICAL MARIHUANA ACT

Categories: Medical Marijuana

The Michigan Court Of Appeals recently held that a City of Wyoming zoning ordinance is void because it directly conflicts with Michigan’s Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA) and it is not preempted by the federal Controlled Substance Act (CSA).

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

MSU STUDENTS WILL RETURN TO CAMPUS WITH ONE FEWER FIRST AMENDMENT INFRINGEMENT AS THE MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT RULES AN MSU ORDINANCE UNCONSTITUTIONAL

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

The Michigan Supreme Court struck down an ordinance at Michigan State University that prohibited “disruption” of “normal activity,” finding that the ordinance violates the First Amendment.

Sunday, July 29, 2012

DUI ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS RECOGNIZED AS A SUSTAINING MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL COLLEGE FOR DUI DEFENSE IN 2012

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

DUI attorney Mike Nichols was recognized before an audience of attorneys from across the nation as a sustaining member of the National College for DUI Defense.

Sunday, July 29, 2012

NICHOLS LAW FIRM PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE MICHIGAN MEDICAL MARIHUANA ACT (MMMA)

Categories: Drug Crimes

...defendant instead opted to seek protection under section 8 which is available to those who have been recommended to use marihuana by a licensed physician to treat a qualifying condition.

Friday, July 27, 2012

LANSING DUI ATTORNEY MIKE NICHOLS REACTS TO REPORTS OF FALSIFIED BREATH TESTS.

Categories: Drunk-Driving

"I find it ironic that the police chief and LPD are willing to go public about this falsified test when they attempted to cover up a falsified breath test log and it adversely affected many more people," said Michigan DUI attorney Mike Nichols.

Friday, July 27, 2012

NO JAIL TIME FOR NICHOLS LAW FIRM CLIENT WHO SHOWS SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS TOWARDS SOBRIETY

Categories: OWI

Attorney Karen Phillips entered Judge Reincke's courtroom in Eaton County, Michigan with her client for Sentencing on an OWI 1st offense prepared to prove to Judge Reincke that her client was rehabilitated. The probation officer had recommended 10 days jail.

Thursday, July 26, 2012

OWI CHARGE AND SUPERDRUNK CHARGE REDUCED TO RECKLESS DRIVING FOR NICHOLS LAW FIRM CLIENT

Categories: Drunk-Driving

Wendy Schiller-Nichols recently negotiated a deal which dismissed both an OWI charge and a superdrunk charge for a client facing two OWI charges in the same county at the same.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

MICHIGAN-DUI-DUID LAWYER MIKE NICHOLS TRAVELS TO THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FOR THE SUMMER SESSION OF THE NATIONAL COLLEGE FOR DUI DEFENSE

Categories: Michael J. Nichols

DUI attorney Mike Nichols of Lansing, the Michigan delegate for the National College for DUI Defense, is off to Boston for the summer session of the National College for DUI Defense (NCDD) summer session.

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