Comments on: Michigan “Up-North” Lawyer Needed: Got Speeding Traffic Ticket in West Branch on I-75 Coming Back From Houghton Lake Michigan http://alllegalmatters.com/blog/general/michigan-upnorth-lawyer-needed-speeding-traffic-ticket-west-branch-i75-coming-houghton-lake-michigan/ All Your Michigan Legal Questions Answered Here! ***VISIT OUR MAIN WEBSITE AT WWW.ALLLEGALMATTERS.COM *** Macomb County, Michigan attorneys for BANKRUPTCY, BUSINESS LAW, CIVIL LAWSUITS, CRIMINAL DEFENSE, DRIVER'S LICENSE RESTORATION, DRUNK DRIVING/OWI, DIVORCE, DRUG CHARGES, LANDLORD-TENANT CASES, TRAFFIC TICKETS, WILLS and TRUSTS, and ALL OF YOUR MICHIGAN LEGAL MATTERS! Call CTZ LAW today at (586) 285-1700 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:49:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: MotorCityMike http://alllegalmatters.com/blog/general/michigan-upnorth-lawyer-needed-speeding-traffic-ticket-west-branch-i75-coming-houghton-lake-michigan/comment-page-1/#comment-767 MotorCityMike Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:11:07 +0000 http://alllegalmatters.com/blog/?p=518#comment-767 THANKS FOR GETTING RID OF MY POINTS SPEEDING TICKET IN STANDISH MICH DISMISSED!!!! That was actually me that you hooked up thank you so much. I used you guys for traffic tickets in St. Clair Shores before and you always got me off without any points or anything on my record but pulling this deal off was awesome!!! I thought getting pulled over for doing only 82 on I 75 north through Standish was rediculous, and then when I heard the prosecutor wanted to increase the charges to what I was radar'd at I thought, but you did a great job to get that traffic ticket knocked down to something that doesnt go on my record....didnt care abt fine. YOu guys are the best drivers license and traffic ticket attorneys around in MI dont care where you are. Thank you so much again for saving points on my record and $$$$ for insuance rates. THANKS FOR GETTING RID OF MY POINTS SPEEDING TICKET IN STANDISH MICH DISMISSED!!!!
That was actually me that you hooked up thank you so much. I used you guys for traffic tickets in St. Clair Shores before and you always got me off without any points or anything on my record but pulling this deal off was awesome!!! I thought getting pulled over for doing only 82 on I 75 north through Standish was rediculous, and then when I heard the prosecutor wanted to increase the charges to what I was radar’d at I thought, but you did a great job to get that traffic ticket knocked down to something that doesnt go on my record….didnt care abt fine. YOu guys are the best drivers license and traffic ticket attorneys around in MI dont care where you are. Thank you so much again for saving points on my record and $$$$ for insuance rates.

]]> By: Paul J. Zalewski http://alllegalmatters.com/blog/general/michigan-upnorth-lawyer-needed-speeding-traffic-ticket-west-branch-i75-coming-houghton-lake-michigan/comment-page-1/#comment-764 Paul J. Zalewski Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:02:06 +0000 http://alllegalmatters.com/blog/?p=518#comment-764 I love how everyone in Michigan (including myself) refers to anything 30 minutes north of the Metro Detroit area as "Up North." I have family that still lives in the Gladwin and Houghton Lake area and they call the U.P. of Michigan Up North. It's great. We can help you with your speeding ticket in West Branch, which is a common issue for many Up North travellers. The areas of Standish and West Branch Michigan are notorious speed traps along I-75, and those courts make a lot of money off speeding tickets. I always see people pulled over along 75 whenever driving Up North to the CTZ Law office in Roscommon, Michigan. Whenever you have a speed trap like that, many times the traffic stop results in DUI/OWI Possession of Marijuana and Suspended License DWLS charges for unwary drivers, as many of our clients will tell you. In the lower parts of Michigan, expecially the Metro Detroit area, pleading down speeding tickets is a well known and readily acceptable practice. We do it all the time for our clients with relative ease, even for clients with terrible driving records. It may sound strange, but speeding tickets in Northern Michigan or "Up North" can sometimes be the most difficult thing to represent clients on because the various prosecutors for the courts in the Northern part of the Lower Penninsula in Michigan many times refuse to negotiate or offer pleas on traffic tickets, especially if the officer gave the driver a "road break." For example if you were clocked on radar as driving 89 MPH in a 70 MPH zone (like on I-75), but the officer only wrote you up for driving 80 MPH in a 70 MPH, which still carries points on your record, some jurisdictions have prosecutors who will not reduce the ticket any further, expecially without a good defense attorney. . . which is all the more reason to hire a lawyer. Even a 5 MPH over speeding offense can mean big increases in yor insurance rates. In fact, the prosecutors in some Up North Michigan court jurisdictons, like Traverse City and Standish (Arenac County), will actually file a "Motion to Amend Civil Infraction" and will ask the court to increase the charges to the original speed you were accused of doing (in the example above 89 MPH) if you DARE try to schedule a court date. Gratiot County in Michigan is also notorious for doing this. At CTZ Law we just recently represented a client on a traffic ticket who was headed up to Higgins Lake to meet his family and while driving through Standish Michigan, Arenac County, was caught doing 82 MPH on I-75. The deputy gave a "road break" and wrote our client up for 80 MPH in a 70 MPH zone, which our client knew would result in points on his driving record and increase his insurance. He wisely hired our office and despite the motion to amend the speeding ticket filed by the prosecutor, we were able to persuade the prosecutor to dismiss the charges all together and reduce the speeding ticket to a simple impeding traffic, which carries zero (0) points and does not even go on your Michigan master driving record with Secretary of State. That would have never happened without hiring our "Up North" attorneys. CTZ Law attorneys practice all over the state of Michigan and we know the habits of the various courts and prosecutors, which is why we can effectively represent clients anywhere in Michigan. Please feel free to call our office today at (586) 285-1700 and we will be glad to help you. Paul J. Zalewski Canu, Torrice & Zalewski PLLC / CTZ Law www.AllLegalMatters.com (586) 285-1700 I love how everyone in Michigan (including myself) refers to anything 30 minutes north of the Metro Detroit area as “Up North.” I have family that still lives in the Gladwin and Houghton Lake area and they call the U.P. of Michigan Up North. It’s great.

We can help you with your speeding ticket in West Branch, which is a common issue for many Up North travellers. The areas of Standish and West Branch Michigan are notorious speed traps along I-75, and those courts make a lot of money off speeding tickets. I always see people pulled over along 75 whenever driving Up North to the CTZ Law office in Roscommon, Michigan. Whenever you have a speed trap like that, many times the traffic stop results in DUI/OWI Possession of Marijuana and Suspended License DWLS charges for unwary drivers, as many of our clients will tell you.

In the lower parts of Michigan, expecially the Metro Detroit area, pleading down speeding tickets is a well known and readily acceptable practice. We do it all the time for our clients with relative ease, even for clients with terrible driving records.

It may sound strange, but speeding tickets in Northern Michigan or “Up North” can sometimes be the most difficult thing to represent clients on because the various prosecutors for the courts in the Northern part of the Lower Penninsula in Michigan many times refuse to negotiate or offer pleas on traffic tickets, especially if the officer gave the driver a “road break.” For example if you were clocked on radar as driving 89 MPH in a 70 MPH zone (like on I-75), but the officer only wrote you up for driving 80 MPH in a 70 MPH, which still carries points on your record, some jurisdictions have prosecutors who will not reduce the ticket any further, expecially without a good defense attorney. . . which is all the more reason to hire a lawyer. Even a 5 MPH over speeding offense can mean big increases in yor insurance rates.

In fact, the prosecutors in some Up North Michigan court jurisdictons, like Traverse City and Standish (Arenac County), will actually file a “Motion to Amend Civil Infraction” and will ask the court to increase the charges to the original speed you were accused of doing (in the example above 89 MPH) if you DARE try to schedule a court date. Gratiot County in Michigan is also notorious for doing this.

At CTZ Law we just recently represented a client on a traffic ticket who was headed up to Higgins Lake to meet his family and while driving through Standish Michigan, Arenac County, was caught doing 82 MPH on I-75. The deputy gave a “road break” and wrote our client up for 80 MPH in a 70 MPH zone, which our client knew would result in points on his driving record and increase his insurance. He wisely hired our office and despite the motion to amend the speeding ticket filed by the prosecutor, we were able to persuade the prosecutor to dismiss the charges all together and reduce the speeding ticket to a simple impeding traffic, which carries zero (0) points and does not even go on your Michigan master driving record with Secretary of State. That would have never happened without hiring our “Up North” attorneys.

CTZ Law attorneys practice all over the state of Michigan and we know the habits of the various courts and prosecutors, which is why we can effectively represent clients anywhere in Michigan.

Please feel free to call our office today at (586) 285-1700 and we will be glad to help you.

Paul J. Zalewski
Canu, Torrice & Zalewski PLLC / CTZ Law
http://www.AllLegalMatters.com
(586) 285-1700

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