Where Would I Seek An Expungement?

SealAndExpunge.com Contributor:
-Eric J Dirga is an attorney in Orlando practicing criminal defense. He represents clients seeking expungements and sealings of criminal records throughout the state of Florida.

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A criminal record expungement must be sought in the state in which the arrest occurred. More specifically, it must be petitioned for in the court where the arrest would have been or was heard. Therefore it is optimal to hire an attorney that (1) works within the state where the petition to expunge will be filed and (2), even more importantly, is familiar with the court system in the county where the arrest occurred.

Why Can't I Just Use A "Fill-In-The-Blank" Firm?

There are many nationwide expungement services that will charge you to expunge a criminal record any where. The problem with these companies is they "farm out" the work to attorneys in the area where the petition to expunge must be filed. In my experience (having cleaned up the mess from some of these "services") is that they farm-out to attorneys that really do not know what they are doing or have very limited knowledge and hope the process is without objection.

To "fix" one of these messes the client had to appeal the courts decision to deny relief. Case law at the time was on the side of the client and should have been presented to the court at the time of the expungement hearing. Instead, the client had to pay for an appeal which cost several thousand dollars.

What Makes SealAndExpunge.com Different?

SealAndExpunge.com does not charge people to use their service. In fact, the service is just a directory of attorneys listed by location. A person using the SealAndExpunge.com website finds an attorney in the state where he/she was arrested. The attorneys listed on SealAndExpunge.com are experienced in the expungement laws and rules of the state where the petition must be filed. The person talks to the attorney and decides whether or not to hire that attorney. The entire transaction is only between the person seeking to expunge their criminal record and the attorney.

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