The record of your arrest can remain and can cause problems when you are applying for a job, looking for an apartment and in other ways. Even when you are not convicted or the prosecution is dropped, your arrest will be part of your criminal history until you act to remove it. With the assistance of an experienced and knowledgeable lawyer, you can have all record of the arrest sealed. In effect, your arrest record is wiped out.
Increasingly, employers, landlords and others are asking for background checks and denying jobs and housing to people with any type of criminal record. In certain jobs, such as working at a bank or as a contractor, or where you need to be bonded, a criminal record can keep you from getting a job.
Generally, as long as you have not been convicted, a criminal charge or arrest, both misdemeanor and felony, can be expunged. While misdemeanors are easier to expunge than felonies, I can help you take all the necessary action to remove either type of criminal charge from your permanent record. When you successfully expunge criminal charges, you are not required to disclose that you were arrested. For the most part, it will be as if the arrest or charge never happened. Only a court can allow access to a sealed and expunged criminal record.
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