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Expungements

An expungement is the legal process to erase and remove all criminal records on file within any court, police department, prosecutor's office, probation department, and sheriff's department concerning a person's arrest, conviction or dismissal of an offense within the criminal justice system or juvenile justice system. Mr. Appel is an experienced expungement lawyer. Clients typically want to clear and expunge criminal records involving an adult arrest, juvenile records, felony arrests, misdemeanor arrests, disorderly persons offenses, petty disorderly person offense, criminal charges, criminal convictions, crimes, offenses, deferred dispositions, dismissals, dismissed cases, pretrial intervention program records, PTI records, and Conditional Discharge records. Mr. Appel will first determine if the criminal record can be erased, cleared, sealed, removed, and expunged under the law. The expungement process may be an important tool for a person to obtain a job since a criminal record may prevent an employer from wanting to hire an otherwise qualified applicant. When an order for expungement is granted, the arrest, conviction or dismissal, adjudication of juvenile delinquency, disposition, and any related proceedings are considered not to have occurred. The purpose of an expungement is to give a person a "fresh start".