Using the Phone Directory or Yellow Pages to Find a Michigan DUI Attorney
Open up the phone directory or the Yellow Pages and you’ll find pages and pages of Michigan attorneys listed both alphabetically and by area of practice. Most likely there will be a full-page advertisement on the inside front cover and the back cover by a law firm. This is and has been for a long time one of the most traditional marketing devices for attorneys and ways for people to find lawyers in Michigan.
The yellow pages do not recommend attorneys nor do they vouch for them. They simply accept money for lawyers to advertise their services in the yellow pages phone directories. So when you open up the yellow pages and look for Michigan drunk driving lawyers, those lawyers are ones who paid to be listed. The benefit, of course, by using the yellow pages, is that you can easily find a list of Michigan drunk driving lawyers who practice in your local area. The drawback, however, is that you gain no indication of their expertise, experience or past success by simply looking up attorneys in the yellow pages. Therefore, to really do your research then, you will have to basically contact each DUI lawyer one at a time. This can be a time consuming process and you may very well not have much time to waste after you or someone you know was arrested.
To summarize, using the yellow pages is a great way to find local Michigan DUI attorneys. The drawback, however, is that if you simply have time to call only one of those DUI lawyers, you could very well be flying blind as to his or her experience and expertise in DUI law. There are many general criminal law practitioners who handle drunk driving cases, but they do not do so on an exclusive basis. The DUI lawyer that you want handling your case should be an expert in DUI law and only focus his or her practice in this area of law. Remember, you will be putting your case and your future way of life in the hands of the DUI lawyer you choose to retain.
