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Misinformation and Misunderstandings about Expungement/Sealing VERY Common (Part One of an Ongoing Series) By: Rachael Temes It is amazing how many people contact our law firm with incorrect beliefs about expungement or sealing of their criminal record based on what other people (in some cases lawyers) have told them. For example, one caller recently told me, “You know, the FBI never expunges or seals anything [...]

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By: Rachael Temes We talk to people everyday about their struggles to find (and keep) jobs due to their criminal record, be it a serious felony conviction or a dismissed misdemeanor arrest. A recent article in the New York Times discusses how various organizations exist to help people recently released from prison reenter the workforce; however, there are plenty of people that have arrests or [...]

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A: Possibly. Sealing is an option if you have a conviction on your record. There are two ways to seal a record: 1) partial sealing and 2) complete sealing. Partial sealing: you have a non-sealable offense on your record + other sealable offenses. That means you have a conviction on your record that would need a Governor’s pardon for removal. (For example, you have a [...]

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