Expungement

To "expunge" is to "erase or remove completely." In law, "expungement" is the process by which a record of criminal conviction is destroyed or sealed from state or federal records. An expungement order directs the court to treat the criminal conviction as if it has never occurred, essentially removing it from a defendant's criminal record and, ideally, the public record.

It is important to clarify that expungement is not "forgiveness" for committing a crime. That is a legal pardon. Likewise, pardons are not expungements and do not require the removal of a conviction from a criminal record. Unfortunately, there are many people who are, in fact, eligible for criminal record expungement, yet they continue on without the knowledge that there is a legal remedy available to them that can positively affect their criminal background or criminal history.

Criminal charges, even if they are dismissed, can have a big effect on applying for jobs, apartments, or anything that requires a background check. An expungement helps to clean up your record, so when you apply for a job, you can check the box "I have not been arrested" or, in some situations, "I have not been convicted of a crime." This dramatically improves your chances of getting hired or into your desired apartment. Let me handle a convoluted and complicated process to clean up your record most efficiently.