Essex County expungement lawyer Katherine O’Brien is experienced in handling both simple and complex criminal record expungements. She handles expungement cases throughout the State of New Jersey and has practiced New Jersey expungement law for her entire career. If you live in Essex County, New Jersey, and you are seeking to clear your criminal record, contact Katherine O’Brien Law today to speak to one of our Essex County expungement lawyers. You will also find additional information and resources on our website regarding expungements in Essex County.
Eligibility for Expungement
If you are attempting to determine whether you are eligible for an expungement, you should keep in mind that it is always best to speak directly to a New Jersey expungement lawyer. Almost all expungement lawyers in New Jersey offer free telephone consultations. While you will find a lot of information on the Internet regarding New Jersey expungement laws, you should know that there are always exceptions to almost every rule. Moreover, the laws governing expungement in New Jersey change often. Unfortunately, the Essex County expungement lawyers at Katherine O’Brien Law have discovered that not all attorney websites are being kept up-to-date in accordance with these new laws. Thus, you should never rely solely on what you read online. Instead, you should always run your specific case by an experienced Essex County expungement lawyer.
Katherine O’Brien offers free consultations. During one of these consultations, you will speak directly with an Essex County expungement lawyer. The lawyer will review your criminal record and discuss expungement eligibility with you.
You can also browse our website, which contains numerous articles and blogs concerning New Jersey expungements. Our Expungement Eligibility Guide, for example, reviews the many factors that affect expungement eligibility in New Jersey. For a brief overview of New Jersey’s expungement eligibility laws, please see our Expungement Eligibility Chart.
The Essex County Expungement Process
If you would like to learn more about the New Jersey expungement process, call our Essex County expungement lawyers now for your free consultation. You can also read our Expungement Process Guide and our New Jersey Expungement Blog.
Local Expungement Lawyers
Our Essex County expungement lawyers have noticed that there are now several “national” law firms targeting the New Jersey expungement market. These laws firms are located outside of New Jersey, in states like California and Florida. Katherine O’Brien Law, however, is a local New Jersey law firm focusing on New Jersey expungement law. If you retain an outside firm to represent you with your New Jersey expungement, you might not be getting the most experienced representation as these firms focus on several states’ laws, as opposed to just New Jersey’s. They are also not as familiar with New Jersey as a whole, including its court systems and members of the bar. In short, it just doesn’t make sense to retain a law firm in California to represent you on your New Jersey expungement.
Moreover, Katherine O’Brien represents clients in every municipality in Essex County, New Jersey, including Ampere, Avondale, Beaufort, Belleville, Bloomfield, Brantwood, Brookdale, Caldwell, Cedar Grove, Clinton, East Orange, Elm Park Village, Essex Fells, Fairfield, Franklin, Glen Ridge, Hutton Park, Irvington, Livingston, Llewellyn Park, Maplewood, Meadow Village, Millburn, Montclair, Montclair Heights, Morehousetown, Newark, Newark Heights, Newstead, Newstead North, North Caldwell, Northfield, Nutley, Oak Island Junction, Orange, Pleasantdale, Roseland, Roseville, Saint Cloud, Short Hills, Silver Lake, South Orange, Two Bridges, Upper Montclair, Verona, West Caldwell, West Orange, Westville, White Oak Ridge, and Wyoming.
Affordable Fees!
Not only is Essex County expungement lawyer Katherine O’Brien highly experienced, but she also offers affordable expungements. If you are currently unemployed or were denied a job opportunity due to your criminal record do not let high attorney fees prevent you from being able to move forward.
We charge an affordable fee of only $895.00 for our all-inclusive expungement services. We also offer flexible payment plans are can start working on your case with only $350.00 down.
Our Guaranteed Expungement Service* includes all of the following:
When we handle your expungement, our service includes not only obtaining the actual court order expunging/sealing your records but we will also:
- Guaranteed Expungement* or Your Money Back! We are so confident in our services that we will guarantee expungement or we will refund our legal fee in full.
- Obtain non-certified dispositions for your records. Before expunging/sealing your record, you should obtain your case dispositions for your files since, once the records are ordered expunged/sealed, you will likely not be able to obtain them. Should you ever be required to disclose or need access to your expunged/sealed records for any reason, it will be tough, if not impossible, to obtain them once your cases have been expunged/sealed. As part of our representation, we will obtain non-certified case dispositions on your behalf. Moreover, should you require certified case dispositions (usually required for immigration proceedings), we can also obtain those on your behalf for an additional fee.
- Ensure that your expunged/sealed records are removed from private databases. As part of our representation of you, we will not only obtain an order expunging/sealing your records and ensure that your records are removed from the applicable state agencies’ databases, but we will go the extra mile by providing – at no additional cost – the invaluable service of making sure that the various online, private background check databases (such as Checkr, Truthfinder, Sterling, etc.) have removed your expunged records from their databases. Other law firms either do not offer this service at all or charge upwards of $200 to $400 additional for this service. At Katherine O’Brien Law, when we say that we will handle your expungement/sealing from start to finish for a flat fee price, we mean it, and we go above and beyond for our clients to ensure their expunged records are removed for good from all possible sources.
- Ensure that your expunged records are removed from government databases. After the court orders your expungement and the expungement order is served on the applicable government agencies, such as the police department that arrested you, the applicable court, the probation office, the county prosecutor, etc., the expungement lawyers at Katherine O’Brien Law will go above and beyond by confirming that your records were actually removed from the applicable databases. You would not believe how frequently we have found the state agencies to have failed to properly update their databases – despite proper service of the expungement order by our office. Shockingly, we have found that approximately one-third of the time, government agencies have failed to remove expunged records from these databases properly. We cannot stress how important it is to verify, post-expungement, that the state agencies, such as the municipal courts, have removed your records per the expungement order.
- Offer free lifetime record removal services. Finally, despite our diligent and proper handling of your case and our dedication to ensuring that your records have been appropriately removed from the state and private databases, with the advent of the internet and information sharing, it is possible that an Internet background check company might improperly reveal your expunged record. Should this happen to you, we offer a free lifetime record removal service to our expungement/sealing clients. We will immediately reach out to the relevant background check company on your behalf and demand that they remove your expunged records from their system and correct any reports issued on your behalf. Other law firms provide you with a form letter and instructions on how to do this yourself.
*The use of the word “guaranteed” in attorney advertisements specifically refers to a refund policy and does not imply a guarantee of any particular outcome in your legal case. Legal cases are inherently unpredictable, and the result of any legal matter cannot be assured. Katherine O’Brien Law guarantees that you will receive a full refund of our legal fee if you do not obtain the desired outcome. This guarantee applies solely to the refund and not to the success or outcome of your case. Please also be advised that if expungement was denied for your failure to disclose your entire criminal record, the guarantee does not apply. For more information and to discuss your specific legal situation, please consult with one of our experienced attorneys.
