Driver’s License Restoration – How To Win Your License Back
Key Takeaways
When helping you get your driver’s license back, even driver’s license reinstatement lawyers will fail if they do not delve deeply enough into your history to find all the items the Michigan Secretary of State’s Office of Hearings and Administrative...
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Know Your Rights: Don’t Talk to the Police Without an Attorney
If the police want to talk to you — whether you've been arrested, questioned about a case for someone you care about, or simply asked to "come in" — there is one thing every experienced criminal defense lawyer in this country agrees on: talking to the police without a lawyer is a mistake. Don't...
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Michigan Sobriety Court: A Second Chance For Repeat DUI Offenders
Key Takeaways
Sobriety Court is a specialty court program for certain people with prior DUI convictions.
The program emphasizes Alcohol and substance abuse treatment.
Participants may obtain a restricted license through Sobriety Court rather than having...
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Understanding Plea Bargains in Michigan DUI Cases
Michigan DUI Plea Bargains — What They Are and How They Work
When most people hear the words plea bargain in a Michigan DUI case, they think it means getting off easy. The reality is more nuanced — and more important — than that. A plea bargain is a negotiated resolution: the original charge gets...
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Understanding a Michigan License Hold — How It Gets Placed and How It’s Cleared
A Michigan license hold is a flag the Secretary of State attaches to a driving record, blocking a license from being issued, renewed, or reinstated anywhere — Michigan or otherwise — until it’s resolved. If you’ve run into one, you’re not alone, and the good news is that it isn’t permanent. It just requires...
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Indecent Exposure Charges in Michigan — It’s Not as Bad as You Think
If you're facing an an indecent exposure charge in Michigan, the first thing to understand is that things are almost certainly not as bad as you fear. My team and I handle a lot of these cases. We know what the courts do with them, and we know the difference between the guys who...
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Clearances for Those Who no Longer Live in Michigan
Clearing a Michigan License Hold: What Out-of-State Residents Need to Know
If your Michigan driving privileges were revoked and you now live in another state, that revocation follows you as a “hold” on your driving record. You cannot get or renew a license...
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Your First DUI in Michigan: What to Expect, and How We Protect You
If you were just arrested for a first offense DUI in Michigan, the first thing you need to know is that this is not the end of the world — and jail is almost certainly not in your future. The big risks include longer and more demanding probation, burdensome license restrictions, and the other...
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How Much Does a DUI Cost?
What You Need to Know
A Michigan DUI is expensive by design — the financial burden is a built-in part of the punishment.
Costs include court fines and fees, probation expenses, alcohol education and counseling, increased insurance premiums, and legal fees.
The total financial impact of a first offense DUI typically runs between $5,000...
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DUI as an Isolated Incident — Does It Help Your Case?
For many people, a DUI truly is an isolated incident — not a sign of a drinking problem. In fact, most people arrested for drunk driving do not — and for those people, the question of whether this was a true "isolated incident" matters a great deal in terms of how their...
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Navigating Probation Violations in Michigan
If you are facing a probation violation in Michigan, the one thing you need to understand right away is that going to jail is not inevitable — but the risk is real, and it does...
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Guide to Successfully Reinstating a Michigan Driver’s License
If you’re searching for how to reinstate a suspended license in Michigan, there’s a good chance that what you have isn’t a suspended license at all — it’s a license that has been revoked. That distinction matters enormously, because the path to getting your license back is completely different depending on which one applies...
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