Welcome to Michigan Drunk Driving Defense

Don’t Let a Michigan DUI Conviction Ruin Your Life!

Yes, there is a Michigan drunk driving defense law firm where you can talk to someone right now who understands what you’re going through and why you need to get a great lawyer and a great result on your Michigan DUI case. Yes, there is a Michigan DUI lawyer who is interested in you and your situation, who will treat you respectfully and treat your Michigan DUI case confidentially.

Yes, there is a Michigan DUI lawyer who always promptly returns your phone calls and emails; a Michigan DUI lawyer who is respected by the judges and prosecutors; and a Michigan DUI lawyer who knows how to get results for you both in and out of Michigan’s DUI courts. If this sounds like the kind of Michigan DUI lawyer you want, then you have found that Michigan DUI lawyer!

Call us anytime, 24/7 at (248) or contact us via the web and we’ll get back to you quickly.

Getting Started
At the Barone Defense Firm we believe that well informed clients make the best clients. Our clients are the best informed DUI clients in Michigan, and that’s the way we like it. That’s why Mr. Barone wrote the DUI Book in 2006. The sole purpose of the nearly 600 page book is to help you know everything possible about Michigan drunk driving law. ALL of our clients get a complimentary copy just for coming into the office for a FREE consultation. That’s a $99.00 book you get for FREE!

That’s also why we put together this web site full of helpful information. You can begin your Michigan DUI/OWI/OUIL/UBAL/OUID/OWPD education right here, right now.

Here are some links to help you get started learning.

Quick Links

Michigan’s Drunk Driving Penalities Make sure you understand current MI DUI laws and the penalties you are facing. Michigan put new OWI laws in effect on 01/01/08 (Heidi’s Law) and 10/31/10 (Super Drunk Law).

Top 9 Reasons for Failing Field Tests Learn the absolutely legitimate explanations for “failing” Field Sobriety Tests, explanations that show you were not drunk.

Top 11 Mistakes You Must Avoid Now – Find out how to avoid the 10 biggest mistakes most people make after being arrested for DUI.

Top 8 Mistakes of Michigan DUI Lawyers – Discovery the same 8 mistakes Michigan DUI lawyers make again and again, and learn how to Pick a lawyer who won’t make these common mistakes in handling Michigan Drunk Driving Cases.

Attorney Fees – Don’t overpay for your defense! Learn what you will be charged and methods of payment.

Michigan OWI – Drugs – Find out what Michigan OWI law says about Operating Under the Influence of Drugs Charges.

Michigan OWI Courts Gain valuable information about District Courts that handle Michigan OWI cases.

WARNING! MICHIGAN 14 DAY LIMIT -Get more information about saving your driver’s license NOW before it’s too late.

Be Sure to Choose Your Michigan DUI Lawyer Carefully Because You Deserve the Best.

At the Barone Defense Firm we understand that an accusation of DUI in Michigan is not to be taken lightly, it’s not just a traffic ticket. A Michigan DUI can cost you your driver’s license, your job, your house, your marriage and even your freedom. To our clients, an accusation of drunk driving in Michigan is a very serious matter.  That’s why we take Michigan DUI defense so seriously.

Our clients want the best, most successful, experienced lawyers that they can find. Because of this, at the Barone Defense Firm all we handle is Michigan DUI cases, and we handle our drunk driving cases with the highest level of skill, care and commitment. Because our clients entrust us with life’s most serious problems, we know that there is no such thing as a routine Michigan DUI case. If you are charged with a Michigan DUI you deserve nothing less than the best. And remember this; the best lawyers get the best results for their clients. This is what makes them the best. The lawyer you choose will make a difference.

Barone Defense Firm – One of the Nation’s Most Respected DUI Defense Law Firms

Patrick T. Barone is the principal and founding member of the Barone Defense Firm. In all 50 states Mr. Barone is known as among the best DUI lawyers anywhere. He’s earned this reputation the old fashioned way, by working every Michigan DUI case as if it’s the only case in the office. By learning everything there is to know about the law and science of Michigan DUI, and by applying this learning to each client’s case.

No other DUI lawyer in Michigan has received the recognition or number of awards received by Mr. Barone. Mr. Barone has been a Listed in Who’s Who as one of American’s Best Lawyers since 2009, a Michigan Super Lawyer since 2008, has been rated “preeminent” (AV) by Martindale Hubbell since 2010, been recognized as one of Metro-Detroit’s top DUI lawyers by both Crain’s Detroit Business and Dbusiness magazines, is rated as “superb” and has earned a perfect 10 by AVVO, and in 2006 was given the Award of Excellence” by DUI-Help.com.

Mr. 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 served as the executive editor of The DWI Journal: Law & Science (Whitaker Newsletters, Inc.), a nationally circulated legal periodical dedicated to improving the knowledge and success rate of DUI defense attorneys and is 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 has also attended a 32-hour blood testing seminar where lectures included such topics as Headspace Gas Chromatography, Liquid Gas Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry, hospital (serum) blood testing and the phramacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of alcohol and other drugs. Mr. Barone passed the course certification test with a perfect score. Mr. Barone was also on faculty at this seminar with world renown alcohol expert Dr. A.W. Jones.

When Choosing a Michigan DUI Lawyer

Ask yourself this one question: do I want the student or the teacher to represent me in my Michigan DUI? Unless you hire the Barone Defense Firm you’re hiring the student.

Mr. Barone is the lawyer’s lawyer. He has earned his phenomenal reputation as a top DUI lawyer by writing books, and by teaching other lawyers and law students, police officers, judges and prosecutors a small part of what he knows. In fact, it’s probably true that every lawyer in Michigan practicing in the area of DUI defense has read Mr. Barone’s books, articles and web sites or attended his seminars. If they haven’t don’t hire them! This only means they’re not staying on top of this most complex area of law.

When looking for your Michigan DUI lawyer, hire the teacher – not the student.

Unmatched Experience

Since 1991, we at the Barone Defense Firm have used our knowledge skill and experience, and our team approach to fight and win the most difficult cases, gaining additional respect from prosecutors, judges and other lawyers.

At the Barone Defense Firm, we have expertise in the latest scientific techniques of investigation as well as the trial case preparation -we know how to defend your case and we know how to investigate and discover errors in blood, breath SCRAM and EtG testing, as well as field sobriety testing. We know how to tell your side of the story, and we know how to fight to protect your rights. The bottom line is this – we know how to get results.

Please review my web site and then call for a free legal consultation. Why not – it is FREE. Isn’t your case important enough to take at least take a few minutes to talk with our staff, ask questions, learn about us and what makes us different, and most importantly, learn what we can do to help you get the best result possible. Then decide whether or not we really are the best DUI Firm in Michigan.

Sincerely Yours,
Patrick T. Barone
And The Barone Defense Firm Team!