Bergen county expungement lawyer Katherine O’Brien has been practicing expungement law for her entire career and is committed to helping those with criminal convictions on their records by providing them with a fresh start. If you live in Bergen County and are interested in expunging your criminal record, call us today to discuss your eligibility for expungement or continue reading our website to find out more about expungements in Bergen County.
Eligibility for Expungement in Bergen County
If you are wondering whether or not you are eligible to expunge your record, you should always speak with a Bergen County expungement attorney. While the internet contains a lot of information regarding eligibility for expungement, you should know that there are exceptions to every rule. Moreover, the laws in New Jersey relating to expungement eligibility change frequently. Not all websites, however, are updating their information accordingly. For these reasons, you should always run your particular eligibility concerns by an experienced Bergen county expungement lawyer.
At Katherine O’Brien Law, we provide complimentary consultations. During one of these sessions, you can speak directly to Bergen county expungement lawyer Katherine O’Brien who will review your criminal record and determine whether you are eligible for expungement.
Bergen County Expungement Procedure
If you would like to read more about expungement eligibility in New Jersey, you will find many resources addressing these issues throughout our website. We created a comprehensive guide on How to Expunge Your Criminal Record in Bergen County as well as a Guide to Expungement Eligibility in New Jersey, which explains expungement eligibility. We also created an Expungement Eligibility Chart which outlines the laws regarding expungement eligibility in New Jersey.
Local New Jersey Law Firm
At Katherine O’Brien Law, we are a local New Jersey law firm serving the entire State of New Jersey. There are several “national” law firms located in outside states such as Texas, Florida, or California that are targeting the New Jersey expungement market. When you retain an outside law firm to handle your New Jersey expungement, you may not be getting the most qualified representation. These firms are focused on other state laws and may not be very familiar with New Jersey courts. Think about it: it just doesn’t make sense to retain a law firm in California or any other state to represent you with your New Jersey expungement.
Moreover, we represent clients in every city in Bergen County, New Jersey, including: Allendale, Alpine, Bergenfield, Bogota, Carlstadt, Cliffside Park, Closter, Cresskill, Demarest, Dumont, East Rutherford, Edgewater, Elmwood Park, Emerson, Englewood, Englewood Cliffs, Fair Lawn, Fairview, Fort Lee, Franklin Lakes, Garfield, Glen Rock, Hackensack, Harrington Park, Hasbrouck Heights, Haworth, Hillsdale, Ho Ho Kus, Leonia, Little Ferry, Lodi, Lyndhurst, Mahwah, Maywood, Midland Park, Montvale, Moonachie, New Milford, North Arlington, Northvale, Norwood, Oakland, Old Tappan, Oradell, Palisades Park, Paramus, Park Ridge, Ramsey, Ridgefield, Ridgefield Park, Ridgewood, River Edge, River Vale, Rochelle Park, Rockleigh, Rutherford, Saddle Brook, Saddle River, South Hackensack, Teaneck, Tenafly, Teterboro, Upper Saddle River, Waldwick, Wallington, Washington Township, Westwood, Woodcliff Lake, Wood-Ridge, and Wyckoff.
Bergen County Expungement Lawyer
Bergen County expungement lawyer Katherine O’Brien is not only experienced but also offers affordable expungement services.
If you lost a job or were denied a career promotion due to your criminal record don’t let high expungement fees prevent you from advancing in your career. Our all-inclusive fee to handle your Bergen County expungement is only $895.00. In addition, we provide flexible payment plans and can start working on your Bergen county expungement for as little as $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.
