Tag Archives: Criminal Defense Lawyers in Michigan

The Flint water crisis has received national attention for over a year now via social media and standardized media outlets. People have created memes to raise awareness, staged protests and even celebrities have voiced their opinions and donated money. The people of Flint however, are not waiting for the rest of the country to speak […]

  We have been following the case of Michigan House Representatives Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat since it first became public knowledge. In addition to the scandal that erupted around their illicit affair, there was the fallout from Courser’s botched attempts to mislead the public by forcing an aide to release falsified emails. This led […]

  Incarcerated parents suffer as a result of being away from their children. They miss out on the joy and satisfaction of being a mom or dad. They miss out on milestone moments, and on the small pleasures of everyday life with a child. Sure, parenting is hard and sometimes very frustrating, but it is […]

  Two brothers from Michigan have been implicated in a terror plot in Tunisia, which is located in northern Africa. The pair were arrested for allegedly encouraging terrorism and campaigning for the introduction of Islamic law in Tunisia.   According to TunisiaLive, an English language newspaper based in Tunisia, the two men have been identified […]

  A recent class action lawsuit against the state of Michigan and several state officials will continue, despite a motion to dismiss the case completely. Michigan Court of Claims Judge Mark Boonstra has decided that the lawsuit over Flint’s lead-tainted water may continue, but only under two constitutional claims.   Judge Boonstra dismissed two claims, […]

Michigan has recently denied parole requests made by 61-year-old Michigan inmate Donald Gene Miller.  He was imprisoned in 1979. Miller has been labelled a ‘serial killer’ because he murdered four women and tried to kill several others. The latest release date from the Michigan Department of Corrections is scheduled in March of 2031.   Miller […]

Both Courser and Gamrat have filed federal lawsuits Former Michigan lawmakers Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat have filed separate lawsuits in Federal Court against Michigan’s Attorney General, among others. Both Courser and Gamrat claim that their rights were violated when he was forced to resign, and she was expelled from the Michigan House of Representatives. […]

Keith Appling, the 24-year-old former Michigan State University basketball star is having a very rough year. He has now been arrested a total of three times since May of this year, all three times for weapons related charges.   According to police records, an officer observed a 2013 blue Dodge Charger committing a traffic offense […]

  The issue of civil forfeiture, particularly in Michigan, has given rise to more heated debates in recent years than most other ‘hot button’ topics. We’ve discussed this subject numerous times in the past, and have worked to keep you updated on proposed bills and changes in state law. But in this particular case, we […]

In 2014, then- US Attorney General Eric Holder said that he was “cautiously optimistic” about efforts to legalize cannabis in the United States. Since then, the number of states that have passed laws legalizing medical marijuana and decriminalizing possession of pot have grown rapidly. Some states like Colorado and Washington, have very lenient laws. Others, […]