About Mike Boyle

Mike Boyle w/Gerry Spence

The Barone Defense Firm is pleased to have 2002 Cooley graduate Michael J. Boyle as a Senior Trial Attorney with the Firm. 

The Firm primarily defends persons charged with drinking or drugged driving.  Mr. Boyle takes an active role in the training and mentorship of the Firm’s junior trial lawyers.

In 2007 Mr. Boyle was certified as practitioner of the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests in accordance with the standards set forth by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). 

He has also been certified in the use of the BAC Tracker software, allowing him to perform complex calculations related to the metabolism of alcohol using six different formulae. 

He is also a 2006 graduate of the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan Trial Lawyer’s College, and is working toward certification with Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyer’s College.

 How Mr. Boyle Learned to Win Drunk Driving Cases:

• Closing Argument, Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College, Sante Fe, New Mexico, October 2-5, 2008
• Voir Dire, Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College, Thunderhead Ranch, Dubois, Wyoming, September 18-21, 2008
• BAC Tracker Certification, Training and Certification of Operating BAC Tracker Software presented by Henry Swofford, Birmingham, Michigan, March 7, 2008
• Opening Statement, Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College, Edith Macy Conference Center, Briarcliff, New York, April 10-13, 2008
• Speaking Like a Leader – Learning How to Break Through, Birmingham, MI, February 2008 (by CD)
• Psychodrama B Discovering the Story, Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College, Asilomar, Pacific Grove, California, January 10-13, 2008
• Defending the Breath Test Case, Advance Criminal Defense Practice Conference, Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan (CDAM), Traverse City, Michigan, November 1-3, 2007
• NHTSA/IACP Standardardized Field Sobriety Practitioner Court presented by D.R.E/S.F.S.T. Instructor and DUI Expert Tony Corroto, Michigan DUI Lawyers Association, Marriott Detroit Metro Airport, Romulus, Michigan, June 22-24, 2007
• Trial Practice College, Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan (CDAM), Thomas Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan, August 18-23, 2006

What Makes Michael Boyle Specially Qualified

• Certified by the National Forensic Science Consultancy as Proficient in use of the BAC Tracker Software, March 7, 2008
• Certified practitioner of the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests in accordance with the standards set forth by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); June 2007