This information about La Porte County (La Porte, Michigan City) Indiana DUI DWI OWI courts and procedures is brought to you as a public service by attorney Paul Stanko, Indiana DUI DWI OWI Drunk Driving defense lawyer.

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I. Overview

LaPorte County Courthouse - LaPorte

LaPorte County Courthouse - Michigan City

DUI DWI OWI cases in La Porte County are filed in Circuit Court or Superior Court #3 in La Porte or Superior Court #4 in Michigan City, depending upon factors such as whether they are misdemeanor or felony charges, and whether they took place in northern or southern La Porte County. This is regulated by local rules.

The Circuit Court judge holds court in the La Porte County Courthouse in La Porte. Superior Court #3 holds court in the La Porte County Government Complex in La Porte. Superior Court #4 holds court in the La Porte County Courthouse in Michigan City.

II. Court-specific information

For your convenience, contact information concerning La Porte County's DUI courts is presented below:

La Porte Circuit Court

Hon. Thomas Alevizos, Judge

Thomas G. Pawloski, Magistrate

813 Lincoln Way

LaPorte, IN 46350

Phone: (219) 326-6808

Fax: (219) 324-0147

La Porte Superior Court #3

809 State Street, #104

LaPorte, IN 46350

Phone: (219) 326-6808

Fax: (219) 326-0056

La Porte Superior Court #4

Hon. William J. Boklund, Judge

Greta Friedman, Magistrate

300 Washington Street, # 116

Michigan City, Indiana 46360

Phone: (219) 874-5611 ext. 750

Fax: (219) 878-9523

III. Case Management, Procedures and Scheduling

A. Initial Hearing.

At your initial hearing, the court officially informs you of your constitutional rights and the charges against you, enters your not guilty plea, and sets future court dates. You should never plead guilty at your initial hearing unless you have an attorney with you and have negotiated an acceptable plea agreement.

You must appear in court for your initial hearing whether you have an attorney or not.

Regardless whether your case is a misdemeanor or felony, it is wise to obtain DUI counsel before the initial hearing date.

B. Other Court Dates.

If your case is not resolved at the Initial Hearing, subsequent hearings such as pretrial conferences will be set before any trial date. It is essential that you have counsel for any of these subsequent court dates.

Communities in La Porte County include the following:

City of Michigan City, City of La Porte, Trail Creek, Westville, Wanatah, Rolling Prairie, Hesston, Mill Creek, Union Mills, LaCrosse, Kingsford Heights, Waterford, Kingsbury, Hanna, Fish Lake, Hudson Lake

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About Paul Stanko

Indiana DUI DWI OWI OUI drunk driving lawyer and criminal defense attorney Paul Stanko tried and won his first OWI (Operating While Intoxicated) case as a 23 year-old prosecutor in January 1979. That same year he successfully tried his first serious felony cases. He has practiced criminal law ever since, as a prosecutor, a Superior Court Judge, and now a DUI DWI OWI OUI drunk driving defense attorney and criminal defense lawyer. His familiarity with Indiana's criminal justice system, law enforcement tactics, forensic evidence and crime scene investigation, search and seizure, ballistics and firearms, field sobriety tests and BMV procedures is at your disposal and only a Toll-Free call away.

There is absolutely no substitute for experience. More than three decades (over thirty years) of experience in Indiana's criminal courts have made Paul Stanko one of the most knowledgeable and experienced criminal defense and drunk driving defense attorneys in all of Indiana. As a prosecutor, judge, and defense attorney on drunk driving cases, Paul Stanko has seen the law from every perspective. Having been a prosecutor, he knows what the prosecutor must prove. Having been a judge, he knows how a judge looks at evidence and reaches his rulings. Few other Indiana lawyers have that combination of real world experience.

Primary counties served by Paul Stanko are St. Joseph County (South Bend, Mishawaka, Granger, Lakeville, New Carlisle, North Liberty, Notre Dame, Osceola, Walkerton, Wyatt), Marshall County (Plymouth, Argos, Bourbon, Bremen, Culver, Donaldson, Lapaz, Tippecanoe, Tyner), Lake County (Crown Point, East Chicago, Gary, Hammond, Hobart, Lake Station, Whiting, Merrillville, Schererville, Lowell, Cedar Lake, Dyer, Griffith, Leroy, Munster, St John, Schneider, Shelby), Elkhart County (Elkhart, Goshen), Porter County (Valparaiso, Portage, Chesterton, Beverly Shores, Boone Grove, Hebron, Kouts, Ogden Dunes, Porter, Wheeler), La Porte County LaPorte County (La Porte, LaPorte, Michigan City, Westville), Jasper County (Rensselaer, Demotte, Fair Oaks, Remington, Tefft, Wheatfield), Tippecanoe County (Lafayette, West Lafayette), Newton County (Kentland), White County (Monticello), Fulton County (Rochester), Starke County (Knox, North Judson), Howard County (Kokomo), Miami County (Peru), Cass County (Logansport), Carroll County (Delphi), Clinton County (Frankfort), Grant County (Marion), Wabash County (Wabash), Kosciusko County (Warsaw), Ripley County (Versailles), Decatur County (Greensburg), Delaware County (Muncie, Yorktown), and Pulaski County (Winamac).

Serious felony and DUI cases in other counties throughout Indiana are also accepted.

Paul Stanko is also an experienced appellate attorney, handling dozens of appeals in the Indiana Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.

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