Daniel T. Geherin

Daniel T. Geherin is a board-certified trial attorney with over 20 years’ experience practicing law. He graduated with Honors from Michigan State University with a bachelor's degree in Humanities/Pre-Law, and graduated cum laude from law school at California Western in San Diego, CA. In law school, he was an Executive Editor of his school's Law Review. Upon graduation, he joined the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, where he prosecuted gang offenses, sexual assaults, narcotics violations, juvenile delinquency, and complex white-collar offenses.

As a criminal defense attorney, he has defended nearly every type of crime, including hundreds of criminal sexual conduct offenses, homicide cases, drug cases, domestic violence charges, embezzlement and fraud investigations, home invasion and theft offenses, and countless drunk driving violations. In all, he has handled thousands of criminal, civil and driver license restoration cases, and he has completed over 200 criminal trials.

He is a member of the Federal Bar Association, the Michigan and California Bar Associations, and the Washtenaw County Bar Association, where he was Chairperson of the Criminal Law Section. He is a published author on topics including juvenile justice and defending college students charged with sex-offenses. He is a frequent lecturer and contributor to the Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), where he is on the Advisory Board for the Criminal Law Section.

Mr. Geherin focuses his trial-based practice on representing individuals in criminal defense, including defense of all felony and misdemeanor offenses; drunk driving defense; driver’s license restoration; juvenile justice, including defense of all juvenile delinquency actions; civil litigation cases, including wrongful death and catastrophic injury claims resulting from negligent actions; civil rights cases; and college discipline defense, including defense of Title IX allegations.

• Criminal Law
• DUI & DWI
• Juvenile Law
• White Collar Crime
• Domestic Violence
• Personal Injury
• Civil Rights

• Free Consultation
• Credit Cards Accepted
• Contingent Fees
  Contingency fees available for civil litigation cases

California

Since 1997

Michigan

Since 2000

Deputy District Attorney

Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office

Current

Partner

SIMON & GEHERIN, PLLC

2007 - 2018

Owner

Law Offices of Daniel T. Geherin, PLLC

1999 - 2006

Michigan State University

B.S. (1993)

1993

Honors: Graduated with Honors

AV-Preeminent Rating

Martindale-Hubbell

2015

State Bar of Michigan # P61253

Member

Current

Institute of Continuing Legal Education

Advisory Board Member

2016 - Current

State Bar of California

Member

1996 - Current

Collateral Consequences of a Criminal Conviction

ICLE

Michigan DUI and Driver's License Handbook

Speakeasy Publishing

November 1, 2018

Defending College Students Charged with Sex Crimes

September, 2016

Handling a DUI Case Involving Narcotics, 2018 Drunk Driving Update, Ann Arbor

September 7, 2018

ICLE

Educating lawyers on how best to defend OWI cases in which narcotics are alleged; tips for cross-examination of Drug Recognition Experts

Driver's License Appeal How-To Presentation, Criminal Law Section, Ann Arbor, MI

Institute of Continuing Legal Education

Criminal Sexual Conduct Update, Criminal Law Section, Ann Arbor, MI

Institute of Continuing Legal Education

Top 10 Commandments of a Successful Trial Attorney, Solo and Small Firm Institute, Lansing, MI

Institute of Continuing Legal Education

Driver's License Restoration in a Nutshell, Drunk Driving Update, Detroit, MI

Institute of Continuing Legal Education

Sobriety Court Licensing, Drunk Driving Update, Grand Rapids, MI

Institute of Continuing Legal Education

Handling a theft-related criminal case, New Lawyer's Seminar, Ann Arbor, MI

Institute of Continuing Legal Education

Board Certified Criminal Trial Attorney

National Board of Trial Advocacy