Michigan Criminal Attorneys and Criminal Defense Lawyers

After many decades helping people just like you, the law professionals and legal book authors at BDF understand that being caught up in the criminal justice system causes such disruptions in your life. Your home and work schedule may be disrupted, as well as your normal interactions with your closest family members.

Until such an arrest happens to you (especially for felony charges), no one's imagination can foretell the deep feelings of abject terror that keep you awake at night. Nor can anyone (except you) can truly know the degree of disruption a criminal arrest has brought into your life.

You need to be able to openly share what you are going through, but ONLY with your criminal defense attorney Michigan. Otherwise, keep all case information to yourself, except for talking with a medical professional, psychologist, or psychiatrist.

Our legal team provides our clients with unmatched and specialized expertise in handling felony or misdemeanor criminal cases in the State of Michigan. When we say the "state of Michigan," we mean it, since BDF also covers the Upper Peninsula.

Other law offices usually have fewer than 20 years of experience within their entire office. Or some competing larger firms will be handling other types of legal cases like personal injury, estate planning, divorce, business and corporate law, or immigration law.

Among the several of the types of state law or federal law criminal matters that our criminal lawyers in Michigan handle on a weekly basis include:

1. DUI-OWI (Drunk Driving of Drugged Driving in Michigan. The leader of BDF, Patrick T. Barone, is the State's only legal author of both a national book and a State of Michigan book on this very common, serious motor vehicle offense. Mr. Barone is also co-author of other national and state publications, and these credentials are so rare that no other Michigan law firm can match this level of commitment to defending operating while intoxicated cases.

2. Driver License Restoration based on a variety of causes under which you have lost the right to drive, including having been an habitual offender, or having suffered license suspension or revocation due to multiple drunk driving convictions. Driver license revocation usually happens when a person has repeatedly violated Michigan’s DUI laws. A third OWI conviction in a person's lifetime can trigger years of being without your driving privileges.

   The general look-back periods are (a) having had two DUI-related offenses within seven (7) years or (b) having incurred three (3) DUI-related offenses (in any state) within the prior ten (10) years, using dates of arrest as the measuring method.

   Once your license has been revoked, the only way to get it back is by scheduling a Michigan driver license restoration hearing. Most people are eligible for their first driver license restoration hearing one year after their driver license was first revoked.

4. Sex Crimes including statutory rape and assault. Among our many prior cases are possession of child pornography, sexual assault crimes, use of the internet to lure or corrupt underage children, rape, peeping Tom cases, sodomy or other sex-related criminal charges.
5. Healthcare Fraud, such as Medicare fraud, Medicaid fraud, tax fraud, or COVID relief fraud.
6. Firearms and Gun Possession Law, pertaining to violation of open carry guidelines pertaining to taking guns to a prohibited location, or not having a CPL (concealed pistol license.)
7. Drug Crimes (federal or state) including simple possession or marijuana, or felony possession of illegal drugs, manufacturing illegal drugs, or trafficking illegal drugs.
8. Financial Fraud, such as embezzlement or credit card fraud, or similar crimes.
9. White Collar Crimes are cases like setting up Ponzi schemes, or convincing other people to join a Pyramid scheme.

10. Expungement and Clean Slate laws - Many Michigan felony and misdemeanor convictions can be removed from your record through something called expungement.

    A successful expungement may be the gateway to having your voting and firearms rights restored. A successful Michigan criminal record expungement will also help you the next time you apply for a loan, apply for housing, or apply for a new job.

BDF offers a free lawyer consultation on all criminal cases. You may ask, how is that possible for BDF to do?

The short answer is that we MUST do this to keep you from being in worse trouble. This is because your criminal case can be negatively affected by delay and procrastination or your part.

In many types of criminal cases, by DELAYING getting legal assistance, you may inadvertently trigger very harsh, negative things to happen. Once quick example: All OWI-DUI cases require ACTION on your part within fourteen (14) days after being arrested.

Others could remain in jail and lose their ability to drive (after an intoxicated driving arrest), since you only have 14 days after arrest to appeal the administrative suspension or to have an ignition interlock device (IID) installed. By calling us immediately, in such cases, you allow our law team to go into action to protect your right to drive.

So, your initial consultation costs you nothing. By not missing an important deadline, you are allowing us to alert you for the need to implement "damage control" in your criminal prosecution. If you were facing a serious medical problem, do you know of any physicians that will see you or consult with you in a full-blown interview, for no upfront payment?

One of our constant reminders to those facing criminal charges in Michigan is that you WILL be represented by an attorney if you put in the time and effort to obtain legal representation. The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees that you will not have to be alone in a criminal court, due to lack of funds, since a public defender can be appointed in every criminal case in Michigan.

Our fees are highly competitive and reasonable. For those who need it, BDF also offers credit card payments and other methods of periodic payment plans.

Now that you know why you need to speak to a knowledgeable Michigan criminal defense attorney at BDF, and it is FREE, what are you waiting for? Our MI lawyers are here, and ready to answer your criminal law questions.

Our intent is to talk with you immediately, to protect your ability to drive, keep you out of jail, and oversee managing this criminal case, in a manner that best protects your future. In contacting us promptly, our legal warriors can do our best to help you win back your life.

Call us at 248-306-9158. Our phones are answered 24 hours a day, because some cases are emergencies.

Others may opt to reach us online. We help people arrested or charged with crimes throughout Michigan. So, if you are in Bloomfield Hills, Troy, Plymouth, Rochester, Royal Oak, Birmingham, and all Western Michigan area, including Greater Grand Rapids or Ann Arbor, call us now.

In closing, let us says that for many of our clients their greatest wish is to return normalcy and retore order to their lives. The chaos in which they find themselves (unless alleviated) can cause tremendous depression and self-loathing.

Finding skilled and award-winning legal advocates near me is the starting point. Once you have had your met with a free consultation lawyer at BDF, you will know that you have come to the right litigation firm.

Many criminal defense lawyers in Michigan want to limit their "free" interview services to 15 or 30 minutes. That rigid rule should communicate to you that these crime lawyers are more interested in a credit card than in your current panic and stress over what will happen to your job, your family, and your future.

Without direct communication, it is difficult to know who "knows their stuff," and is used to dealing with prior legal issues just like yours. When you already know that all of Michigan's outstanding criminal law attorneys will be costly, you need to hire the attorneys in Michigan who put your mind at ease.

In making your legal professional choice, please know that our team at Barone Defense Firm wants you to be comfortable that you have made the best choice for you, your family, and your future. Openly ask us all your hard questions, and our law office professionals will provide you with straight answers.