Appeal Overturns 16th District Court Discovery Policies

For years, we have challenged the 16th District Court policy regarding reciprocal discovery.  The Livonia District Court has improperly compelled criminal defendants to provide discovery in criminal misdemeanor cases, even though the law is clear and unambiguous.  Every time that this issue has surfaced, we have argued the law, cited the court rules, statutes, and the legal decisions, and the Livonia district court judges have ignored our arguments.  
 

FOIA Appeal Brief Against the City of Dearborn

It's a dirty little secret, but I have a strong background in civil litigation and still take the occasional case.  The other lawyers I work with tend to handle the family law cases, divorces, personal injury, etc., but I used to handle the big breach of contract claims involving subcontractors to the automotive industry where hundreds of pages of interrogatories and endless days of depositions are commonplace.