Category: DUI/OWI (Drunk Driving)

https://youtu.be/_a1JktXdwJc Key Takeaways Nobody plans on getting a DUI – most of the time, it just “happens.” Realistically, once you’re asked to step out of a vehicle...

Key Takeaways Less than 1 out of 10 Michigan DUI cases get completely dismissed This means, however, that some of them DO get tossed out of court Since most DUI cases won’t be thrown out, it’s...

As Michigan DUI lawyers, we are in court (or online, “in” court now, during the Coronavirus pandemic), every day, handling the entire gamut of OWI charges. I often point out that in DUI cases, location matters a lot, and that’s why my team and I limit our DUI practice to the local courts...

As Michigan DUI lawyers, we spend a major part of every workday closely involved with people going through drunk driving charges. Over the years, we have been asked every question imaginable, and walked our clients through every step of the DUI process a million times over. Because we handle OWI cases all...

Who is the best DUI lawyer? What about the best singer, baseball player, or runner? Any serious attempt to answer a question like this must be qualified in various ways; whoever might be the best opera singer probably won’t make the cut for best R&B or rock and roll singer. In baseball,...

In the previous articles about the alcohol bias, I explained how it can result in “seeing” problems that aren’t there, or seeing those that do exist as worse than they really are. As a result, unnecessary counseling or treatment is often ordered by courts, or, when some kind of help IS warranted,...

As Michigan DUI lawyers, we represent people from every profession and occupation, including a lot of medical and technical people. One of the most common concerns voiced by someone facing a 1st offense DUI is the potential impact of a conviction, and how it will affect their employment and/or licensure. Often, we...

This article is to help anyone facing a DUI to understand what he or she will experience going through the court system. To do this, it is most helpful to look back a bit, at how things used to be, in order to fully grasp the process today. Although there is a...

https://youtu.be/r8cjeqQm0ro This article will focus on some of the more important considerations following a 1st offense DUI arrest. In this article, we’ll talk about finding a lawyer, the arraignment, staying out of jail, and what happens to your license. One...

Our firm has a long history with the 52-4 District Court in Troy. Founder Jeffrey Randa opened his first office in the city back in 1993, and...

Almost every DUI case gets worked out and settled at the pretrial stage. Knowing what a pretrial is – and is not – is really key to a basic understanding of how most criminal and DUI cases are resolved. In this 2-part article, I want to shed some light on the role...

In my role as a Michigan DUI lawyer, I have never had a single client who didn’t hope his or her drunk driving charge could just go away. It is, and always should be the goal of every lawyer, in every DUI case, to find a way out of the charge. While...