Drug possession & delivery
Traffic-stop possession, possession with intent, and delivery cases coming off I-696 and Telegraph.
Southfield · 46th District Court
Southfield Criminal Defense LawyerCharged in Southfield? I know this courthouse.
Southfield sits on the I-696 and Northwestern Highway corridor, and a large share of the arrests here start as traffic stops that turn into drug, weapon, or OWI charges. I'm a former prosecutor, my office is minutes away in Farmington Hills, and I appear at the 46th District Court regularly.
Where your case is heard
46th District Court — and what happens next
Almost every Southfield case begins at the 46th District Court on Evergreen Road. Misdemeanors stay there start to finish. Felonies begin there too — arraignment, probable cause conference, then preliminary examination — before they are bound over to the Oakland County Circuit Court in Pontiac.
The probable cause conference is where most Southfield felonies are actually won or reshaped. It happens fast, usually within two weeks of arraignment, and it is the first real chance to attack the stop, the search, or the charging decision before the case gets momentum. Showing up unrepresented at that hearing is how good cases turn into pleas.
Because so much Southfield enforcement comes off the freeway corridors, the strongest defense is frequently the stop itself: why the vehicle was pulled over, how long the driver was held, whether consent to search was genuinely given, and whether a K-9 sniff was justified. I request the in-car and body camera video in every one of these cases.
What I defend in Southfield
The charges that come out of this city most often
OWI / Super Drunk
First, second, and third-offense OWI, plus high-BAC cases charged out of the 46th District Court.
Weapons & CCW
Carrying a concealed weapon, felon in possession, and felony firearm charges filed after a vehicle search.
Assault & domestic violence
Misdemeanor and felony assault, domestic violence, and personal protection order violations.
Retail fraud & larceny
Shoplifting and larceny charges out of the Northwestern corridor retail centers.
Expungements
Clean Slate set-aside petitions to clear an old Southfield conviction from your record.
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