Top Rated Criminal Defense Attorney in Dearborn Heights, MI

William P. Hackett is the founder of his own firm based in Dearborn Heights , Michigan. Focusing his practice primarily on criminal defense, he assists clients throughout the state who have been charged with state or federal offenses ranging from driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol , Criminal Sexual Conduct, Computer Sex Crimes, Major Drug Crimes to white collar crimes such as fraud and embezzlement. Mr. Hackett also has extensive experience in immigration cases as well as intellectual property matters involving trademarks, trade secrets and copyrights.

As an undergraduate, Mr. Hackett received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and labor studies in 1987 from Wayne State University. While there, he served an internship with Teamsters for a Democratic Union, a Rank and File Organization of Teamsters fighting for Union Democracy. Mr. Hackett subsequently decided to pursue his legal studies at Detroit College of Law and was awarded his Juris Doctor in 1994. As a law student, he interned with the Maurice and Jane Sugar Center for Social and Economic Justice in Detroit working on a variety of legal issues. After graduation, Mr. Hackett owned and operated his construction company  for several years before being admitted to practice Law in Michigan in 2003. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

An active participant in a variety of professional organizations, Mr. Hackett is a member of the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Detroit and Michigan Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. Highly regarded by his fellow attorneys for his track record and high degree of professionalism and ethics, he has been selected for inclusion in The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100, and he has received an "Excellent" peer review rating through Avvo.