Accreditations and Training

Accreditations & Training

Michael L. Steinberg is a graduate of Thomas M. Cooley Law School and has the following accreditations and training:

Memberships

• Michigan State Bar, Bar License No P43481, 1990
• Macomb County Bar Association
  • Criminal Law Committee
  • Juvenile Law Committee
    • Education Sub-Committee
    • Court Issues Sub-Committee
• United States District Court, District of Maryland, 1990
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1991
• United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
• Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan (www.cdam.net)
  • Constitutional Warrior, first Member to reach this status
  • Board of Directors 2002-present, terms end May, 2011
  • Education sub Committee
• National College for DUI Defense (www.ncdd.com)
• American Civil Liberties Union

Faculty

• Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan
  • Faculty, Trial Practice College, Small Group Workshop
  • Frequent presenter at the biannual conferences. Topics: Hand writing analysis authenticity, case issues, evidence, investigation, search and seizure, motion practice and sentencing issues
• Macomb County Bar Association
• Frequent presenter on criminal and juvenile law issues, including search and seizure, juvenile delinquency, investigation, witness identification, evidence, driver’s license restoration, and representing adults accused of crimes in family court
• Oakland County Bar Association
• Presented on nuts and bolts, trial skills, evidence, and search and seizure

Training

• Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan Trial Practice College
• Forensic Interviewing Protocol (child abuse and rape cases)
• Patterns of Disclosure (child abuse and rape cases)
• Medical and Legal Aspects of Death (homicide cases: gunshot wounds, blood splatter evidence, strangulation, vehicular homicide)
• Accident Reconstruction (vehicular homicide)
• Emergency Room Protocol and Procedures (child abuse, rape, and assault cases)
• Narcotics Interdiction and Canine Alert and Detection (drug cases)
• Weapons Discharge (homicide and assault cases)
• Toxicology (homicide, rape, DUI, and assault cases)
• Evidence Collection and Preservation Protocol (homicide, rape, child abuse, DUI, shootings, burglary, and arson cases)
• Ballistics (Weapons)
• Splatter Evidence (Assults and Homicides)
• National Traffic and Highway Safety Administration (NTHSA)
  • Certified in standardized field sobriety testing (DUI cases)
  • Datamaster (DUI cases)

Publications

• Michigan State Appellate Defender Office
• Defender Motion Book contributor
• Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan - Conference materials contributor
• West’s Michigan non-standard criminal jury instruction , 3rd edition