AGGRESSIVE CRIMINAL DEFENSE IN MICHIGAN IS YOUR RIGHT!
What makes Mitch Foster Law so successful?
We consider each person our law firm represents to be a unique individual
with his or her own family, friends and individual challenges. We go the extra
mile to give the best legal defense in every situation. We strive to fully meet
the needs and expectations of each person we represent before the Michigan courts and
judicial system to the very best of our ability. Winning your law case is the
ultimate goal. Winning can mean avoiding the filing of charges, dismissing charges
before trial, getting a not guilty verdict at trial, getting a conviction overturned, or
getting an early release from jail or prison. We have the experience, resources,
and expertise to get the job done.
DRUNK DRIVING DEFENSE
Certified Standardized Field Sobriety Testing
Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus Test (HGN)
Walk and Turn Test
One Leg Stand Test
Member of National College of DUI Defense
Named to Michigan Super Lawyers list - 2007 to 2022 Rated in the top 5%
of all attorneys in Michigan by other Michigan attorneys
What's New?
September 23, 2022 - MURDER CONVICTIONS REVERSED ON APPEAL – NEW TRIAL ORDERED
- A judge in the 36th Circuit Court of Van Buren County, Michigan (Paw Paw) granted Mitch’s client a new trial. ... see more
December 10, 2021 - NOT GUILTY VERDICT - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- A jury in the 52-2 District Court in Clarkston found Mitch's client NOT GUILTY of domestic violence. ... see more
May 14, 2021 - NEW TRIAL GRANTED - FELONY FIREARM - FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM - CARRYING A CONCELAED WEAPON
- Mitch appealed his client's three felony convictions out of Berrien County after another attorney from Grand Rapids did a poor job representing the client at his jury trial. ... see more
April 21, 2021 - PLEA WITHDRAWAL GRANTED - RESISTING/OBSTRUCTING POLICE
- Mitch's client had taken bad advice from an appointed attorney in Oakland County to plead no contest to resisting police. ... see more
February 10, 2021 - EVIDENCE SUPPRESSED - PISTOL EXCLUDED FROM EVIDENCE
- Mitch was representing his client on two separate incidents of being a felon in possession of a firearm in the U.S. District Court in Detroit. ... see more
December 14, 2020 - 6 YEAR REDUCTION IN PRISON SENTENCE
- Mitch appeared in Clinton County Circuit Court in St. John’s, Michigan for a re-sentencing for his client. ... see more
December 8, 2020 - FIREARM RIGHTS RESTORED
- Mitch filed a petition for restoration of firearm rights for his client who had three previous felony convictions on his record, ... see more
December 11, 2019 - NOT GUILTY VERDICT - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- A jury in the 48th District Court of Bloomfield Hills found Mitch's client NOT GUILTY of domestic violence... see more
May 29, 2019 - ATTEMPTED MURDER SENTENCE REDUCED BY 5 YEARS
- Judge Roy C. Hayes, III of the 33rd
Circuit Court in Charlevoix County re-sentenced Mitch's client to a minimum prison sentence of 7 years for her assault... see more
May 15, 2019 - ARMED ROBBERY AND FELONY FIREARM
CHARGES DISMISSED - A District Court Judge in Detroit at 36th
District Court dismissed all charges against Mitch's client after conducting a
preliminary examination... see more
May 6, 2019 - DISMISSAL - ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO
MURDER - 36th District Court Judge Michael Wagner in Detroit
dismissed two counts of Assault with Intent to Murder and two counts of Felonious
Assault against... see more
April 11, 2019 - FELONY LARCENY IN A BUILDING
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR - NO JAIL - Mitch represented an honorably
discharged U.S. Army veteran and negotiated a reduction of felony larceny... see more
March 29, 2019 - NOT GUILTY JURY VERDICT - CRIMINAL
SEXUAL CONDUCT FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE - Mitch's client was charged with
five felony counts and up to LIFE in prison with a mandatory minimum sentence of... see more
March 28, 2019 - NAMED MICHIGAN SUPERLAWYER
AGAIN - Mitch was named to the list of MICHIGAN SUPERLAWYERS as selected by
his peers by Thomson Reuters for the 13th consecutive year.
January 17, 2019 - DRUG CHARGES DISMISSED IN
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY CASE - Mitch's client was charged in Oakland County
Juvenile Court of possession of LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide). After months of
negotiations... see more
January 7, 2019 - FEDERAL COURT SUPERVISED RELEASE
VIOLATION DISMISSED AND SUPERVISED RELEASE TERMINATED - NO PRISON TIME -
Mitch's client had previously been sentenced to a 2 year term of... see more
August 10, 2017 - NOT GUILTY JURY VERDICT -
SELF-DEFENSE - STAND YOUR GROUND - Mitch's client was charged with two
felony counts and up to 10 years in prison for assault with intent to commit great
bodily harm... see more
June 20, 2017 - CASE DISMISSED - CRIMINAL SEXUAL
CONDUCT THIRD DEGREE - Mitch moved to dismiss the charges of criminal
sexual conduct - third degree. On the date of the preliminary examination a 36th
District Court judge at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Wayne County dismissed the
charges.
June 20, 2017 - FELONY MURDER CHARGES REDUCED TO
INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER - Mitch's client as facing felony murder, first
degree child abuse, and torture. After months of negotiation and on the eve of trial... see more
May 10, 2017 - NOT GUILTY JURY VERDICT - CRIMINAL
SEXUAL CONDUCT FIRST DEGREE and HOME INVASION FIRST DEGREE and FELOIOUS ASSAULT
- Mitch's client was accused of breaking into a home... see more
March 2, 2016 - NOT GUILTY JURY VERDICT - FELONY
DRUNK DRIVING (OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED THIRD OFFENSE) - An Oakland
County jury found Mitch's client Not Guilty of operating while intoxicated... see more
October 30, 2015 - FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM
AND FELONY FIREARM CHARGES DISMISSED IN WAYNE COUNTY - Mitch's client was
charged in a 3 count criminal complaint - Felon in Possession of a... see more
October 29, 2015 - GUILTY PLEA WITHDRAWAL
OPPORTUNITY ORDERED BY COURT OF APPEALS IN KALAMAZOO COUNTY METH LAB CASE -
Mitch's client had previously pleaded guilty in Kalamazoo County Circuit Court... see more
October 1, 2015 - 10 YEAR FELONY LARCENY REDUCED TO
MISDEMEANOR WITH NO JAIL AND NO PROBATION - Mitch's client was originally
charged with Larceny over $20,000.00 for the alleged theft of township property... see more
September 18, 2015 - FELONY DRUG CHARGE REDUCED TO
MISDEMEANOR - Mitch's client was sentenced to probation with no jail time
after the Oakland County Prosecutor dismissed a felony drug charge in exchange for
pleading... see more