Category: DUI/OWI (Drunk Driving)

The greatest thing a DUI defense attorney can do for his or her client is to find a way to “beat” the charge. If the whole DUI case gets thrown out, then there isn’t even the possibility of jail. That, of course, would provide the best possible relief from this stressful situation.

Most of the DUI cases I handle are in Oakland County. Because I am a local, Detroit area DUI lawyer, that’s not surprising. In this article, I want to examine OWI charges in the district courts of Oakland County, and some of the things that are different here when compared to Macomb...

As Michigan DUI lawyers, we deal with drunk driving charges every day. While just about everyone uses the term “DUI” to describe it, technically speaking, the legal term in Michigan for a drinking and driving offense is “Operating While Intoxicated,” or “OWI. In this article I want to focus on...

In the course of every DUI case that goes through the court system, and before ever being sentenced by the Judge, a person must, by law, complete a mandatory written alcohol screening test and meet with a probation officer for an information-gathering interview. The results of that screening test (it is calculated using a numerical scoring...

Recently, I published an article about how location matters in drunk driving (OWI) cases. Because I generally limit my DUI practice to the Tri-County area, I am in front of the same Judges in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties all the time. In this short piece, I want to take a...

It has been a while since I’ve addressed how the location of a DUI case directly impacts the way things will turn out, but I find myself explaining this so often that I think it’s about time to look at it again. This will be a VERY short article because it’s more about this simple,...

Among the most common questions I’m asked by someone facing a 1st offense OWI charge is “What happens to my license?” In my role as a Michigan DUI lawyer, one of my primary functions is to protect my client’s ability to drive. In this article, I want to examine just that –...

No one is really prepared for a DUI, so when it happens, it is natural for a person to want to know what to expect. Of course, the most pressing questions fall into the “what is going to happen to me?” and “am I going to jail?” category, but another rather common...

This article will cover what happens after a blood sample is taken following a Michigan DUI arrest, particularly in the Metro-Detroit area (meaning Macomb, Oakland and Wayne Counties). Instead of a long, overly-legal analysis of the scientific protocols required of such tests and the results they produce in a drunk driving case,...

In this ongoing article about the mandatory alcohol assessment (detailed in part 4) and pre-sentence investigation (PSI) in a Michigan DUI case, we have covered, so far, 2 of what I call “the big 3” components of the PSI process. Ultimately, the purpose of that process is to generate a written report and recommendation...

In the part 1 of this article, we began our examination of the PSI process and the role of the mandatory written alcohol assessment in DUI cases. While the first installment was mostly a kind of overview, here, in this second part, we’ll zone in on the first of the 3...