Category: Driver’s License Restoration

As a Michigan driver’s license restoration law firm with over 30 years of experience, my team and I have seen firsthand how being involved in AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) can help a person win a driver’s license or clearance case. To be clear, AA is NOT necessary to win a...

The Michigan Secretary of State’s Driver Assessment and Appeal Division (DAAD) will NOT grant driving privileges to anyone who files a Michigan License Restoration Appeal while they are on Probation or Parole. Within the various articles in the Driver’s License Restoration Section of my Blog, I...

You must first be eligible before you can begin the process of restoring your Michigan driver’s license or obtaining the clearance of a Michigan “hold” on your driving record that prevents you from getting a license in another state. “Eligible,” in the sense we’re going to use it here, means legally able to file...

One of the most common questions asked about the license restoration appeal process is what “kind” of license a person wins back. It’s a given that everyone would prefer to win a full license instead of some kind of restricted license. As a result, everyone wants to know if...

The following is a short overview of the driver’s license appeal and clearance process required by Michigan Secretary of State’s Office of Hearing and Administrative Oversight (OHAO). Michigan driver’s license restoration and clearance appeals are complex. They are decided by Rule 13, of the Michigan Driver License General Rules,...

If you hire our firm, we guarantee to win your clearance back the first time around. This simplifies a lot of things, and answers a lot of questions. There are no “what if” scenarios to go over, nor do we need to post a running summary or tally of the...

As Michigan driver’s license restoration lawyers, we regularly deal with ignition interlock violations. A violation notice from the Michigan Secretary of State means that your previous license revocation WILL be reinstated. Under the rules, if the Michigan Secretary of State’s Office of Hearings and Administrative Oversight...

As a Michigan Driver’s License Restoration Lawyer, a rather large part of my Clientele are people who have previously tried a License Restoration on their own, or with some Lawyer who claimed to “do” License Appeals, and lost. They call me when they become serious about getting back on the road.

Despite all the legal finery and distinctions about all the things you must demonstrate to get your license back, the truth is that there are really 2 main things you need to prove to do that. It’s not that the other things don’t matter, it’s just that if you can’t prove the...

Most people who file a Michigan Driver’s License Restoration Appeal without a Lawyer wind up losing. As soon as they receive notice of that Denial, they hop on the computer, and look for a Lawyer to help them “appeal.” I get tons of these calls.

There are 2 real “costs” in a Michigan driver’s license restoration appeal: Actual costs and potential costs, or, to put it another way the cost of winning versus the cost of losing. The first cost is the actual monetary expenditure of hiring me and paying to have a substance...