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Attorney Richard L. Williams provides legal services for civil infractions, misdemeanors and felonies, including OWI (DUI, DWI) drug possession, driver’s license restoration, expungement of criminal records, domestic assault, and other related issues and offenses. He also provides services for wills, trusts, businesses, and corporations.. Richard L. Williams is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, license #P-29583. He has been actively practicing law since his acceptance into the Bar in October 1978. The principal areas of law that he has focused on during his four-plus decades of experience have been trial advocacy and business organizations. Mr. Williams attained Diplomate status with the Court Practice Institute in Chicago, Illinois in 1978. He worked at the Michigan Department of Commerce, Corporation and Securities Division, Franchise Registration for two years prior to admittance into the State Bar of Michigan. During that time, he was also the Chief Legal Clerk for Circuit Court Judge Paul Mahinske in Howell, Michigan. He has also taught upper-division level contracts and business organizations at Michigan State University, Lansing Community College, and Thomas M. Cooley Law School.. In September 2021, he began his 44th year as a lawyer in private practice. He has represented more than 7,000 individuals and business entities in matters ranging from divorce, real estate, wills, corporations, and personal injury/wrongful death to defending those who are criminally accused. Today, he focuses on driver’s license restoration, expungement of criminal records, criminal defense, and setting up new businesses via corporate form or otherwise.. Personal & Educational History. Attorney Williams was born in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, New York in 1947. His father owned his own newspaper and was an investigative journalist by trade; his mother was a hospital dietitian with a Master’s degree in food chemistry. He attended high school in Thompson, Connecticut at Marianapolis Preparatory School and graduated with a classical and a scientific diploma. Thereafter, he attended Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and received a BA degree with majors in history and chemistry and a minor in economics. He attended and graduated from Thomas Cooley Law School in May 1978. He’s married with seven children, which include six sons and one daughter. His outside interests include gardening, wilderness camping, playing and teaching music, cooking, writing, and competitive league bowling during the winter months.

Alexis Vlahakis Cole is the president of Vlahakis Cole Law Firm, which was established upon the retirement of Michael Woodworth of Woodworth Law Firm. Prior to working for Woodworth Law Firm, Alexis began her legal career as a law clerk for Abood Law Firm.. Alexis is dedicated to serving Michigan's drain and water resources commissioners to achieve storm water management and other objectives, as well as serving corporate and real estate clients.. Alexis is a graduate of Michigan State University where she obtained a bachelor's degree in social science and a juris doctor degree from Michigan State University College of Law. While attending law school Alexis became a licensed Realtor® with Vlahakis Homes, an Okemos based real estate company serving both buyers and sellers in the greater Lansing area.. Alexis serves on the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy Liaison Committee and Education Committee for the Michigan Association of County Drain Commissioners. She also serves on the Zoning Board of Appeals for the City of East Lansing. Alexis is a lifelong resident of East Lansing where she resides with her husband, Jake, and their son, Boston.