Criminal Defense & Personal Injury

When everything is on the line, you want a trial lawyer in your corner.

For more than 20 years, Dearborn attorney Michael Pieknik has tried civil and criminal cases to verdict across Michigan — winning dismissals, not-guilty verdicts, and million-dollar results for the people he represents.

★★★★★ Five-star client reviews 20+ years of trial experience Graduate of the Gerry Spence Method Admitted in MI, IN, KY & federal courts

How I can help

Focused representation in the two areas where experienced trial work matters most.

Criminal Defense

From misdemeanors to serious felonies in state and federal court, I investigate thoroughly, protect your rights, and am ready to take your case to trial. I have won not-guilty verdicts and dismissals on charges carrying decades of potential prison time.

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Personal Injury

If you were seriously hurt by someone else's negligence, I fight for the full value of your case — and you pay no fee unless I recover for you. My results include multiple verdicts and settlements over one million dollars.

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Recent results

A sample of outcomes achieved for clients.

Civil verdicts & settlements

$1.8M
Settlement
$1.05M
Verdict
$1.0M
Settlement
$675K
Settlement
$600K
Settlement

Criminal — not guilty & dismissed

  • Federal18 U.S.C. § 111 — Assault with a deadly weapon on a federal employee
  • StateMCL 750.110 — Home invasion, first degree

 

  • StateMCL 750.84 — Assault with intent to do great bodily harm
  • StateMCL 750.81 — Assault and battery

The results described here depend on the specific facts of each case. Prior results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future case.

A trial lawyer, not just a settlement lawyer

Many cases settle — but the lawyers who get the best outcomes are the ones the other side knows are genuinely prepared to try the case. I have tried numerous civil and criminal jury cases to verdict, and I bring that same preparation to every file.

I am a graduate of the Gerry Spence Method at the Trial Lawyers College, training that very few attorneys complete. Above all, I listen to my clients and tell their story to the jury in a way that resonates.

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At a glance

  • Practicing since 2004
  • 20+ years of courtroom experience
  • Multiple million-dollar results
  • Not-guilty verdicts on serious felonies
  • Admitted: Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky
  • Admitted in federal courts
  • Gerry Spence Method graduate

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