STATE CRIMES

Mr. Springstead and Mr. Bartish Deemed Super Lawyers for Criminal Law

The Grand Rapids criminal defense attorneys at Springstead Bartish Borgula & Lynch, PLLC regularly defend clients charged with crimes in state court throughout West Michigan. With a team of criminal lawyers that features two former-FBI agents and a former active-duty U.S. Army Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps officer, our criminal defense attorneys  possess a unique set of skills and the determination to try and win your case or get you the best possible result.

At Springstead Bartish Borgula & Lynch, PLLC, we understand what is at stake when you are under investigation or have been arrested and charged. Your well-being, your family, your freedom and your future are in jeopardy. In your battle to protect these, you should have a criminal defense attorney with the knowledge, experience and resources to successfully challenge the law enforcement officers and prosecutors who seek to convict you of a crime.

Our lawyers spent years building criminal cases for the federal government.  Now, as criminal defense attorneys, we use the same skills we used to build those criminal cases to take them apart.  Our criminal defense lawyers use this unique set of legal skills to try and win your case or obtain the best possible result for our clients. We have defended hundreds of misdemeanor and felony criminal charges throughout West Michigan.

Grand Rapids Criminal Defense Lawyers On Your Side

At Springstead Bartish Borgula & Lynch, PLLC, we put our vast experience in criminal law to work every day to protect the rights of our clients facing criminal charges and to achieve the best possible outcomes for them. As part of the process of defending our clients, our criminal defense lawyers:

• Conduct an immediate and thorough investigation of allegations
• Deal effectively with state and local police, federal agents and prosecutors, sometimes before any charges are filed
• Negotiate to limit the charges ultimately brought
• Obtain reduced bail when possible
• Discuss all options and the likelihood of their success
• Seek a favorable plea agreement when warranted
• Pursue innovative trial defense strategies
• Try and mitigate any sentence following a conviction

As a client of Springstead Bartish Borgula & Lynch, PLLC, you are assured that you are represented by an attorney who is committed to protecting your interests at any stage of a state or federal case:

• Witness interviews
• Grand jury investigations
• Indictment
• Arrest
• Arraignment
• Bail hearing
• Plea negotiations and agreements
• Preliminary hearings
• Pretrial motions
• Discovery of government records
• Suppression of illegally obtained evidence
• Traffic court
• Jury trial
• Bench trial
• Post-trial motions
• Sentencing
• Appeals
• Expungement of criminal records

Springstead Bartish Borgula & Lynch, PLLC has earned a reputation for excellence in West Michigan.  Both Mr. Springstead and Mr. Bartish were named “Super Lawyers” for criminal law in 2014, a distinction bestowed on less than 5% of the attorneys in the State of Michigan.  In fact, Springstead Bartish Borgula & Lynch, PLLC is one of two law firms in Grand Rapids that can boast that it has two Super Lawyers for criminal law.  In addition, our lawyers have earned the trust and respect of countless clients, as reflected by the fact that all three of our criminal defense lawyers are rated 10.0 Superb by Avvo.com and all three attorneys received Avvo’s Client’s Choice Award in 2014.