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Michigan Eliminates Driver Responsibility Fees

May 15, 2018

Recently, the Michigan legislature recently passed an amendment repealing the Driver Responsibility Fee program. The program, enacted in 2003, required drivers guilty of certain traffic offenses to pay annual fees. These fees, which ranged from $100 to $500 per year as well as the $125 driver’s license reinstatement fee, will no longer be collected by the Michigan Department of the Treasury. Some drivers must continue to make payments, though. Currently, Michigan drivers who entered Driver Responsibility Fee payment plans on or before February 1, 2018 are no longer required to make payments. Their payment plans are terminated. Drivers in this...

Posted in: License Restoration, Motor Vehicle Offenses, Traffic Violations

Tagged: Criminal Defense Attorney, Traffic Defense Lawyer

Who Can Be A Credible Witness To Use In A Driver’s License Hearing?

February 7, 2017

by Michigan Defense Law

Typically the type of witnesses that would have the most effect on the hearing officer would be people that are with you all the time or a lot of the time or people that you know through AA participation. People who can really testify and give an opinion about sobriety. Those are the ones that matter the most. You don’t want to overdo it with witnesses because a lot of times, witnesses will try too hard to be favorable and it may backfire on you because they overstepped their bounds or be inconsistent factually to what they testify to. It...

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When Do You Need an Attorney to Assist with Restoring Your Driver’s License?

January 31, 2017

by Michigan Defense Law

Interviewer: At what point would I contact an attorney to restore my license? Paul Tafelski: I think it’s good for people to contact an attorney as early as possible. I have some clients that I work with almost immediately. Right after they get convicted and lose their license, we start prepping and planning what they need to do to get it back. If You Lose Your License in Michigan, You Cannot Apply for a License in a Different State This is because you really don’t want to get denied at that first hearing and have to wait another year to...

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Case History: License Restoration

May 5, 2015

by Michigan Defense Law

Interviewer: I will ask the same question about license restorations. Are there any particular cases you would want to share in regards to helping someone get their license restored? Paul Tafelski: I’ve had many cases over the years with clients who have been without driver’s license privileges for several years. Many of these people have been through a lot in their life, trying to get sober, trying to get clean, and trying to get financially back on their feet after years of difficulties and problems in the legal system. They really had given up hope quite often that they would...

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