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I am happy I Googled and found your driver’s license law firm.  My Michigan drivers license is suspended in Michigan for drunk driving convictions from a few years ago (I cant remember the exact dates but  I think like January 1998 in Detroit and March 2004 in Sterling Heights or Shelby Township or something like that) and now they suspended and revoked my drivers license in Florida for my Michigan DUIs.  I have no idea why it took the Florida DMV this long to do it because I have been living here on and off for years and I am sure the Michigan DMV has it on their driving record.  I talked to a driver’s license attorney down here that’s supposed to be the “best” be he said he can’t practice in Michigan – I want to know for sure is it true that I have to fly all the way back for Michigan to take care of this license suspension issue or can I pay one of  your driving license lawyers to get my  license back for me in MI so then my FLA license will be vaild again???   If I have to come back  to Michigan I will but seriously I will pay extra to do my court dates by video or whatever it takes not to have you appeal my revoked drivers license in Michigan for my DUIs to take care of this Florida suspension.  The flights are not super expensive but I work all the time and thats the problem.  Thaks for your time.

Hi CTZ Law Lawyers! My boyfriend got busted for selling marijuana in Warren Michigan and I was there at the time when the cops raided the house.  It’s his house that he is renting from his uncle.  I spent the night there once in a while but never lived there .  The cops took my HD TV and some other of my thigs I had there and when I asked for them back they charged me with maintaining a drug house a felony charge how is this possibl when it wasnt my house????????  I feel like they messed with me when I asked for my stuff back.  What can we so to beat this case?  I hope the attorneys at your law firm can keep me off probation for this shitty charge because I do not want to got to jail or prison for something I didn’t do, or be a convicted felon.

As the defense attorneys at Canu, Torrice & Zalewski, PLLC / CTZ Law cautioned all Michigan driver’s on our www.AllLegalMatters blogs several months ago, despite the general representation to the public that a “no emailing / texting while driving” ticket in Michigan is just a zero (0) point offense with only a $100  fine, there are hidden penalties and severe financial consequences associated with such tickets because it will be abstracted to your driving record. 

See Blog comments below:

http://alllegalmatters.com/blog/general/michigan-texting-driving-law/comment-page-1/#comment-850

http://alllegalmatters.com/blog/general/michigan-texting-driving-law-takes-effect-july-1-2010-lawyer-fight-traffic-ticket/

Our insight into this new and confusing traffic law caught the attention of local Channel 7 news reporters in Michigan, who featured a segment with Paul J. Zalewski from this law firm about the hidden penalties contained in Michigan’s no text messaging while driving law.

Until now, the Michigan criminal and traffic defense lawyers at CTZ Law could only speculate how insurance companies would treat this type of traffic ticket for emailing or texting and driving in Michigan.  We were correct in our concern over the effects of this new

CTZ Law has been provided with a copy of a confidential memo from Citizen’s Insurance Company to their respective insurance agents in Michigan that reads as follows:

Texting/Emailing While Driving – Effective 9/1/10

Drivers ticketed for texting or emailing while driving will be assessed the same surcharge as a careless driving incident.This is effective 9/1/2010. For existing policies, the violation will be added at the next renewal. The violation will remain on the policy for 3 years.

Although this memo is just from one insurance carrier, there is no doubt that all major insurance companies will follow suit by implementing similar policies in order to radically increase your insurance rates.

Careless Driving in Michigan is a 3 point civil infraction and is one of the most severe civil infraction traffic tickets (non-criminal) that a police officer can issue.   As evidenced by this memo, this allegedly harmless 0 point offense for emailing or texting while driving will actually be treated like a 3 point Careless Driving ticket by insurance companies, who will use this to drastically increase your insurance rates for 3 years!   It is unremarkable that insurance companies and insurance lobbies were such strong supporters of this new legislation.

This is just further proof that if you are issued a traffic ticket in Michigan for emailing or texting while driving from your cell phone, it will cost you FAR more than the $100 fine for a 1^st offense, unless you retain the services of a qualified defense attorney to fight these charges or negotiate a plea on your behalf.  We strongly encourage you to contact CTZ Law immediately if you are issued such a citation and not to merely pay this ticket, otherwise that $100 you think you are spending on the violation may have another “0” added to the end of the dollar amount you think it will cost you.  Do not give the insurance companies more of your hard earned dollars by being misled to believe this is just a traffic ticket with a fine and no points; it will clearly have far more of an impact on your wallet than you were led to believe. 

Canu, Torrice & Zalewski, PLLC / CTZ Law

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