What happens at a DUI pretrial in Michigan? How many court dates will I have to resolve the case?

Not shocking that my response would be: it depends

Most courts will allow us to waive the arraignment or have it combined with a pretrial, so that might save you a court date.  Depending on the facts of the case, which make up the strengths and weaknesses, and your goals and risk profile, we may have one pretrial or multiple pretrials.  

The pretrial is set in hopes that both sides can come to an agreement on a resolution; this could be a plea deal, which means a reduction in charges.  If you have a weak case, this could be a viable route, if you have potential legal issues to challenge, the case might be set for a pretrial motion.  If your case isn't dismissed, but you have a strong case in terms of reasonable doubt, we may set it for bench or jury trial.

Only if convicted at trial or you plead to a misdemeanor would we have sentencing.  It may be possible to even combine a pretrial and sentencing.   I'd say on average a DUI case has 3 total court dates, with a low number being one, and a high number being five.

Because all my clients are proactive from day one, we create shortcuts and more options, which allow for better resolutions and quicker in and out as we've done a lot of the heavy lifting already.