Civil Rights

Wrongful Arrest Lawyers

An arrest without probable cause is not a paperwork error. It can cost you your job, your reputation, and your freedom. We make the government answer for every hour our clients spend wrongly detained.

Representing clients throughout Michigan from our Birmingham office. Free consultation: 855-313-RICH, answered 24/7.

Cases we take to trial

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  • Arrests without probable cause
  • Detention on fabricated or mistaken evidence
  • Malicious prosecution
  • Unlawful searches leading to arrest
  • Holding beyond release orders
  • Identity mix-up detentions

How the other side fights

  • — Arguing officers relied on information in good faith
  • — Claiming probable cause existed at the moment of arrest
  • — Shifting blame between agencies and departments
  • — Minimizing the harm of "short" detentions
  • — Burying the case in procedural motions

Why Rich Sulaka Law

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  • We reconstruct the arrest record document by document
  • We pursue both state claims and federal civil rights claims
  • We document lost income, reputation harm, and trauma
  • We take on prosecutors and police departments alike
  • We prepare every wrongful arrest case for trial

Their best offer is where we start.

Call us before you call them back.