Not all divorces are amicable -- some are downright toxic. Emotions can run rampant, especially if you are a parent. It is only natural that both you and your spouse want custody of your child, and your relationship may have disintegrated so much that you both believe...
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Criminal Defense
A look at those stung in a sex crime sting operation
The story is familiar to law enforcement and court officials, but one often obscured by the sound and fury of media coverage of sex crimes allegations. The 20-year-old was a gamer who spent a lot of time online, masterminding battles and conquests. His mother...
Michigan officials announce two sets of cold-case sex charges
Michigan law enforcement officials have repeatedly said that they won't allow the passage of time to deter them from conducting criminal investigations. Two recent arrests made it clear that they take that vow seriously. One man was arrested on a charge of criminal...
Michigan man facing child porn possession charges
If you drive a little more than 20 miles northeast of Ann Arbor, you will arrive in Novi. The Detroit suburb is the home of a man recently arrested by Michigan State Police for possession of child pornography. Officials said that law enforcement officers found more...
Facial recognition gets it all wrong in Michigan arrest
Robert Williams was standing on the front lawn of his Farmington Hills house with his wife and two young daughters when police pulled up, cuffed him and put him in the back of a squad car. His wife asked where he was being taken. "Google it," an officer responded, as...
The heavy price of conviction
What is the worst thing that the state of Michigan can do to someone convicted of a crime? The obvious answer is the correct one: the state can sentence that person to spend years of their life in prison. But when people try to think of the next worse thing the state...
Bad paternal relationships linked to juvenile delinquency
There has been a long-standing notion that children with absentee fathers are more likely to engage in illicit behaviors--such as drug and alcohol abuse and criminal activity. And the statistics back this assumption up. However, the Journal of Adolescence released a...
Michigan cop seen attacking defenseless woman in video
If you drive west on Interstate 94 from Ann Arbor and then south on I-69, you will come to Coldwater, Michigan, after about 90 minutes. The police department there in the town of about 11,000 is evidence that not everything officers say or do is true or honest or...
A new approach to investigating campus sexual assault cases
Assistant Education Secretary Candice Jackson and Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Wheeler announced the possibility of rescinding the Obama administration's infamous Dear Colleague Letter. Jackson is also a survivor of sexual assault. The U.S. Department of...
Trial Lawyers Who Fight: Leave No Stone Unturned
At Lorandos Joshi, we pride ourselves as a firm that will fight for our clients, even when prior defense attorneys have failed to do so. Recently, we were hired by an individual who was charged with misdemeanor stalking. He had hired two attorneys previously and fired...