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 me a little bit about your Firm.
Why did you choose this area of practice?
So, if I were to get arrested for DUI in Michigan, and call your Firm, what can I expect?
Times are tough right now, people are concerned about fees, maybe they should just plead guilty; what would you say about that?
When we talk about driving under the influence we usually talk about alcohol, but it can be drugs and even prescription drugs, is that right?
Patrick T. Barone is the author on two books on DUI defense including the well respected two volume treatise Defending Drinking Drivers (James Publishing), and The DUI Book – A Citizen’s Guide to Understanding DUI Litigation in America. He is also the author of a monthly DUI defense column for the Criminal Defense Newsletter, published by Michigan’s State Appellate Defender’s Office.
Mr. Barone is an adjunct professor at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School where he teaches Drunk Driving Law and Practice. He is also on the faculty of the Criminal Defense Attorney’s of Michigan’s Trial Lawyer’s College where he provides trial skills training to Michigan’s criminal defense practitioners. Mr. Barone lectures nationally on various DUI defense topics, and he has appeared in newspapers, on television and on radio as a drunk driving defense expert.
Mr. Barone has been certified as an instructor and practitioner of the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests and has also attended a 24-hour certification course at National Patent Analytical Corporation (the manufacturer of the DataMaster) and has thereby been deemed competent by the manufacturer to operate, perform essential diagnostic verifications and calibration checks on the DataMaster. Mr. Barone is a Sustaining Member of College for DUI Defense.
Mr. Barone is the principal and founding member of The Barone Defense Firm, whose practice is limited exclusively to defending drinking drivers. The Firm is headquartered in Birmingham, Michigan.