About Luke D.
Luke D. Nofsinger practices criminal defense in southwestern Michigan courts. He appears regularly in county courtrooms and in specialized dockets that steer people toward treatment instead of incarceration. His work often places him at the intersection of law, public health and local court programs.
He earned his law degree from Michigan State University College of Law and holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Goshen College. Those two strands of training—law and reporting—shape how he approaches cases. He reads records closely and prefers plain language in court filings and client conversations.
Nofsinger’s courtroom experience includes repeated roles as a defense lawyer in local treatment dockets. In 2018 he served as a defense lawyer in the St. Joseph County Sobriety Court. More recently, in 2023, he acted as a defense lawyer for the St. Joseph County Adult Drug Treatment Court. That year he also served as president of the St. Joseph County Bar Association, a role that put him in a leadership position among local practitioners and allowed him to shape programming and collegial engagement in the county.
He is a current member of both the St. Joseph County Bar Association and the Kalamazoo County Bar Association. Those memberships reflect steady involvement in the legal community. Colleagues describe him as methodical in preparation and direct in courtroom argument. He combines trial experience with negotiation when cases allow it. Many of his matters involve clients who are enrolled in or eligible for alternative sentencing programs, including treatment and sobriety courts.
Nofsinger runs a practice under his own name and handles a range of criminal-defense matters. He spends time in arraignments, pretrial hearings, plea negotiations and bench and jury trials. He also assists clients in engaging with the treatment programs that local courts offer, helping translate court orders into practical next steps for recovery and compliance.
Outside the courtroom, he has taken on association work and local bar leadership, which has brought him into contact with judges, defense attorneys and prosecutors across the county. That local network informs how he approaches scheduling, case management and client expectations. He currently maintains a private practice under the name Luke Nofsinger and represents clients in criminal defense matters and related court treatment programs.
