If you've violated your probation in Ann Arbor, you face the possibility of now being sent to jail for the maximum amount of time. If you originally plead to a 93 days misdemeanor, you could very well be sent to jail for 93 days; same applies for a one year misdemeanor. Probation is a privilege, and if you violate then a judge may be forced to send a tough message of a lengthy jail sentence. In addition to going to jail, you could lose the protection of any first offender type deal you worked out.
If faced with a probation violation in Michigan, are you ready to compete? I don't mean denying you did anything wrong or fighting the allegations simply because you're worried about the consequences. The worst approach to a probation violation when you've actually violated is to deny you did anything wrong; there is no good outcome to deny; the judge will just find you in violation and the outcome will be worse.
You can take a growth mindset and learn from the situation; take responsibility for your actions and get yourself out of the box; the box you find yourself in is denial and fear of what happens if you're found in violation; you need to change the culture of your violation and bring complex change.
This is not easy, and you must identify all stakeholders and shareholders in your case; a balance sheet must be created of your liabilities, equity and the assets (if you wish to adopt the time value of money and the client value chain)
Each probation violation is different and requires its own approach, but there is a way to tackle a probation violation in a strategic way; any lawyer who advises to fight it just to fight it is setting his client up for failure; this would be like running into the battle field against a full army without a plan or the proper tools or weapons.
All assets must be measured and shared with the judge and the probation department; with the right approach, it's very likely we can rebrand the violation, and turn a negative into an additional growth opportunity and look to avoid some of the worse consequences of a VOP allegation and violation.
If you've violated probation, don't run from it! Embrace it and have a plan; the stakeholders in your case are ready to work with you if you approach the matter with a growth mindset and avoid the fixed mindset.
You can take a growth mindset and learn from the situation; take responsibility for your actions and get yourself out of the box; the box you find yourself in is denial and fear of what happens if you're found in violation; you need to change the culture of your violation and bring complex change.
This is not easy, and you must identify all stakeholders and shareholders in your case; a balance sheet must be created of your liabilities, equity and the assets (if you wish to adopt the time value of money and the client value chain)
Each probation violation is different and requires its own approach, but there is a way to tackle a probation violation in a strategic way; any lawyer who advises to fight it just to fight it is setting his client up for failure; this would be like running into the battle field against a full army without a plan or the proper tools or weapons.
All assets must be measured and shared with the judge and the probation department; with the right approach, it's very likely we can rebrand the violation, and turn a negative into an additional growth opportunity and look to avoid some of the worse consequences of a VOP allegation and violation.
If you've violated probation, don't run from it! Embrace it and have a plan; the stakeholders in your case are ready to work with you if you approach the matter with a growth mindset and avoid the fixed mindset.
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