Ayanna D. Neal joined Grewal Law PLLC as an attorney after dedicating fifteen years to representing the people of the state of Michigan in prosecution for Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office.
Last month in Lansing, youth sports official Gerald Allen Sutter was arraigned on charges of first and third-degree criminal sexual assault involving a minor male victim.
Heading into the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic if you talk most attorneys who handle family law cases you will hear those attorneys have seen a large increase in the amount of divorce cases they handle. The pandemic created a situation in which many…
New expungement legislation signed by the Governor will allow for expungement of conviction for a first violation of operating while intoxicated (OWI) if certain conditions are met. House Bills 4219 and 4220 were signed by the Governor on Tuesday, August 24, 2021. There has been…
Today the Michigan Supreme Court issued Administrative Order 2020-10 delaying all jury trials from today’s date for 60 days, “until June 20, 2020, or as otherwise provided for by local order, whichever date is later.” Defendants should not be forced to remain incarcerated while their…
COVID-19 has caused justice to be delayed not only in Michigan but across the United States. The movement of cases has come to almost a screeching halt. Public trials cannot be had, many defendants are forced to remain incarcerated while their constitutional rights to a…
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) has changed all our lives in an instant. Normal has come to a screeching halt. Many people are not working, and some people are working from home. People are no longer eating in restaurants; children are not in school or college and…
As Michiganders continue to adjust to life under Governor Whitmer’s “Stay Home-Stay Safe” Executive Order, many people have raised questions about the precise scope of that Order. Although the Order addresses some specifics with respect to when citizens can leave their home, many of the…
Power of Attorney is a legal instrument authorizing another person to act as an agent or attorney of the person granting it. Writing a will is probably not high on many people’s list of priorities. And for the most part people don’t like to discuss…
The REAL ID Act was passed by Congress in 2005 and set “standards for the issuance of sources of identification, such as driver’s licenses.” The Act set minimum security standards for licenses and prohibits Federal agencies from accepting driver’s licenses and identification cards for certain…
A personal protection order or PPO is an order that prohibits an individual from engaging in specific behavior. There are three different kinds of PPOs. There is a sex assault PPO that prohibits stalking and assaultive behaviors when there isn’t a domestic relation between…
A lot of people, both young and old, have done it. Sexting: Sending a picture, via text message or other media, of themselves or of a body part unclothed or in a sex act. It’s often all good until the relationship spoils or it’s shared…
