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February 2010

A Michigan DUI Conviction Can Cause Job Loss

February 27, 2010

When Michigan drivers are arrested for DUI (drunk driving), the first thing that goes through their mind isn’t “I wonder how much my fines will be for this”? Instead, it’s more along the lines of “What will my spouse and children think of me after this?” and “What will my boss have to say? Do [...]

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Wrongly Accused of a Michigan DUI?

February 23, 2010

If you feel you have been wrongly accused of drunk driving in the state of Michigan, you could be right. Recently, in a Vermont court room, one judge issued an order against a state trooper who claimed that the driver’s BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) was 0.102 in order to support license-suspension citation when in fact [...]

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Your DUI Lawyer Controls These 18 Rights

February 16, 2010

In our prior article we discussed those things over which the Michigan DUI client has total control.  In this article we discuss those issues over which the DUI lawyer has control, or at least partial control. The DUI lawyer generally has control over those decisions relating to matters of “strategy” or “tactics”.[i] More specifically, the [...]

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Pleading Guilty to Michigan DUI is a Client Decision

February 15, 2010

Many people arrested in Michigan for DUI have never been arrested before and may have never even hired a lawyer.  For people facing a Michigan DUI for the first time it may be helpful to know what a DUI lawyer can do and what a DUI lawyer cannot do when handling their Michigan DUI case. [...]

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New Alcohol Tether Case Law

February 13, 2010

As described in the previous article, it is important for DUI lawyers to understand how transdermal electrochemical alcohol testing works, and sometimes, how it does not work. It is also important for DUI lawyers to have a good understanding of the case law surrounding this type of alcohol testing.  In this regard, there is a [...]

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NHTSA studies Transdermal Electrochemical Alcohol Testing

February 11, 2010

Experienced Michigan DUI lawyers know the importance of establishing that their clients are alcohol free while on bond or probation.  Many choices are available, and many Michigan DUI lawyers will recommend that their clients attend AA regularly, and courts will often order that the DUI accused undergo testing.  This testing may include the SCRAM anklet. [...]

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California Drunk Driver Hit with 31.6 Million Verdict

February 10, 2010

As a Michigan DUI lawyer I know first-hand that drunk drivers are reviled by juries.  And for good reason;  drunk drivers kill and maim people.  This also makes drunk drivers good targets for plaintiff’s lawyers. According to LawyersUSA on line, Plaintiffs’ lawyers using Gerry Spence’s trial methods and a theme of “win with truth and [...]

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Lisa Bloom’s Michigan DUI Lawyer Interview

February 10, 2010

Michigan DUI lawyer Patrick Barone was recently interviewed by award winning journalist and former Court TV reporter Lisa Bloom.  The interview took place in Georgia, and Ms. Bloom asked Mr. Barone about the Barone Defense Firm, and how the Firm handles DUI cases in Michigan. During the interview Ms. Bloom asked the following questions: Tell [...]

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How to Argue and Win Your Next OWI Trial

February 9, 2010

Every DUI lawyer knows that winning OWI trials requires persuading juries to disregard  a breath or blood test.  But disregarding does not mean ignoring.  For this reason one of the first questions a DUI lawyer will ask his prospective client is: what did you blow? Certainly this is a legitimate question for the DUI lawyer [...]

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Michigan’s Million Dollar DMT DUI Debacle

February 7, 2010

For almost a year Michigan’s DUI lawyers have been waiting for the lastest and greatest breath test machine, the DataMaster DMT, to be rolled out in Michigan.  Although Millions have been appropriated to purchase the DMT in Michigan, the new breath testing machine has still not been put into service.  And Michigan’s DUI lawyers are [...]

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How to Use Software to Win DUI Cases

February 3, 2010

Any DUI lawyer who has handled more than a couple dozen Michigan drunk driving cases knows that it is important to know how much alcohol was consumed and how this amount of alcohol impacted his client’s blood alcohol level at the time he or she was driving. But the driver’s roadside breath test is inadmissible, [...]

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Is Winning the DUI Good or Bad for Recovery?

February 2, 2010

Assume you are representing a DUI client with a chemical testing suggesting that the client had high bodily alcohol content (BAC) at the time of the driving. Assume further that the client has two or three prior DUI convictions, all of which are very old.  In speaking with the client it appears that he may [...]

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Can DUI Lawyers Really Help Their Client’s Addiction?

February 1, 2010

I suppose the answer to this question depends in part on what one thinks is the central role of the DUI defense lawyer?  I think the vast majority of those asked, lawyers and clients alike, would answer the question this way: the purpose of the DUI defense lawyer is to help the client with their [...]

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