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• Old Chief: The solution you didn’t know you needed in aggravated stalking cases
  Criminal Defense Newsletter | August 2026
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  Criminal Defense Newsletter | August 2026
• Chelsea Richardson earns the Emerging Leader Award!
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• SADO Attorneys to argue before the Michigan Supreme Court
  December 10 & 11, 2025, Hall of Justice (Lansing, MI)
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• SADO is hiring! Apply now!
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• SADO is hiring a Training Director!
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• SADO seeks summer interns
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