Baldwin County, AL Expungement Lawyer

Jordan Copeland • June 10, 2019

Expungement Lawyer in Baldwin County, Alabama

Expungement Lawyer in Baldwin County Alabama

Baldwin County, AL Expungement Lawyer, Jordan M. Copeland represents clients through the petition for expungement process in Baldwin County, Alabama. An expungement in Alabama will clear a record of a prior arrest from certain eligible charges to the extent of Alabama’s expungement law. Our law office has successful obtained expungements for many locals and out-of-state clients in the Baldwin County Circuit Court. Baldwin County, Alabama Expungement Lawyer, Jordan M. Copeland represents each client through the expungement process with a customized Addendum portion to each petition that provides the Circuit Court with the positive details about each client that the Court may consider under Alabama’s Expungement Law.

Our law office strives to provide each client with a custom petition for expungement that will highlight the positive criteria why the client should be granted an Order of Expungement by the Baldwin County Circuit Court. At our law office, each Baldwin County expungement client is not just a case number, each client is a person seeking to clear their name from a prior arrest record for family, career, and/or personal goals. We give each expungement client the individual representation they deserve. Our goal is to present these details to the Baldwin County Circuit Court on behalf of each client in their custom petition for expungement.

A petition for expungement filed in Baldwin County or elsewhere in Alabama, requires certain information and mandatory exhibits be attached to the petition. Also, certain mandatory entities must receive service of process. Our Baldwin County Expungement law office prepares petitions for expungement that include more than the minimum information for each client, detailing the relevant positive information that can be considered by the Circuit Court under Alabama’s expungement law.

At the time of writing this blog post in June, 2019, currently only certain non-convictions are eligible to petition for an expungement of an arrest record under Alabama law. Many people are unaware that a prior dismissed case in Baldwin County still shows the record of the arrest on a criminal background check, unless an Order of Expungement is issued by the Circuit Court of Baldwin County. These prior non-conviction cases could be from the Baldwin County District, Circuit, or Municipal Courts within Baldwin County. Currently in Alabama, if your case resulted in a conviction (plea of guilty or finding of guilty at trial) in a District or Circuit Court, it is not eligible for expungement and your best remedy may be an Application for Pardon.

Hundreds of people every year have arrests from cases in the Municipal Courts of Orange Beach, Gulf Shores, and other municipal courts in Baldwin County that result in a dismissal, nolle pross, or other forms of a non-conviction. Many of these cases are misdemeanors that include: Domestic Violence, 3rd degree, DUI, Possession of Marijuana, 2nd degree, Minor in Possession of Alcohol, Reckless Endangerment, Public Intoxication, among others. If these charges did not result in a conviction, depending on other criteria, you may be eligible to retain our Baldwin County expungement law office to represent you in a petition for expungement.

Additionally, if you had prior non-violent felony charges in the District or Circuit Courts of Baldwin County that did not result in a conviction, depending on other criteria, these charges may be eligible to retain our Baldwin County expungement law office to represent you in a petition for expungement. Currently, at the time of writing this blog post in June, 2019, “violent felonies” (as defined by Alabama statute law) are only eligible to petition for an expungement IF the person was acquitted (found not guilty) after a trial. Non-violent felonies that resulted in a non-conviction in Baldwin County may be eligible to petition for an expugement, subject to certain statutory waiting period with no other convictions prior to a petition being filed.

If you are a local to Baldwin County, Alabama, live elsewhere in Alabama, or live out of state and previously were arrested in Baldwin County for a charge that resulted in a non-conviction, you may be eligible to retain our law office to represent you in a petition for an expungement of the arrest record. Feel free to contact the Law office of Baldwin County, AL Expungement Lawyer, Jordan M. Copeland via email at jordan@orangebeachlawyer.com or by phone at (251) 545-3637 to discuss you case further.

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Orange Beach, Alabama Expungements for Licensed Professionals

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Our law firm is experienced in representing Licensed Professionals that have been arrested in Orange Beach, Alabama (and Baldwin County) through the process of seeking an expungement. Since Alabama first passed an expungement law in 2014, our law Firm has successfully represented hundreds of Licensed Professionals from across the United States seeking to have a prior arrest record expunged in the State of Alabama. If you are a Licensed Professional with a previous arrest in the Orange Beach, Alabama, we know negative career consequences can result. Our law Firm has successfully obtained expungements for Licensed Professionals in most every career field. Some of the positions considered to be Licensed Professionals include: Attorneys, Real Estate Agents and Brokers, Certified Public Accountants (CPAs), Engineers, Pharmacists, Registered Nurses (RNs), Medical Doctors (MDs), and Physician’s Assistants (PAs), Nurse Practitioners, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs), amoung others. Many Licensed Professionals and future Licensed Professionals are unaware that even if your prior criminal charge in Alabama was dismissed or did not result in a conviction, the record of your arrest will remain on your criminal background report unless it is removed via an Order of Expungement from the proper Court in Alabama. As a Licensed Professional, even certain arrest records for violations and misdemeanors can have substantial negative impacts on licensing and career advancement. Our Orange Beach, Alabama Expungement Law Firm has successfully obtained expungements of prior Alabama arrests records for professionals in many types of drug and alcohol charges, including: Driving Under the Influence (DUI), Possession of Marijuana 1st and 2nd degree, Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance, Unlawful Distribution of a Controlled Substance, Unlawful Possession/Use of Drug Paraphernalia, Public Intoxication, among other crimes. Our Orange Beach, Alabama Expungement lawyers have also obtained expungements for professionals previously arrest for many types of personal and property crimes in Alabama, including: Domestic Violence, 3rd degree, Harassment, Resisting Arrest, Theft of Property 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th degrees, Possession of a Forged Instrument, among many others. The proper jurisdiction to petition to expunge eligible, prior Alabama arrest records is the Alabama Circuit Court of the county where the original charge was pending. No matter in what state you reside, Licensed Professionals previously arrested in Baldwin County, Alabama must petition to expunge said arrest in Baldwin County, Alabama to clear their criminal background the best as legally possible (if your case is eligible). Expungements are the focus of our Orange Beach Alabama Expungement Lawyer, Jordan M. Copeland – clearing criminal records to the extent of Alabama law for his clients. If you are a Licensed Professional, no matter in what state you reside, if your prior arrest was in Orange Beach, Alabama or surrounding areas in Alabama, our Orange Beach, Alabama Expungement Law Firm can represent you remotely through the entire Petition for Expungement process without a visit to our law office. Our Orange Beach, Alabama Expungement Lawyer’s goal is to have the Circuit Court grant your Petition for Expungement without the necessity of a court hearing. Although a hearing is possible, from our experience a vast majority of our cases are not set for a hearing because of no objection from the District Attorney’s office. In Alabama even if your case is eligible for an expungement, the District Attorney’s office has forty-five (45) days after the petition is served to file any objection with the Court. Therefore, our Orange Beach, Alabama Expungement Law Firm prepares custom petitions for expungement detailing the positive factors of each client giving the Court the detailed grounds for and reasons each client is seeking an expungement order from the Court. Our goal is to bolster you petition for expungement with our custom supporting packets for each petition. If you are a Licensed Professional that has had a prior arrest in Orange Beach, Alabama, or surrounding areas, that record of arrest will remain on your criminal background report unless you are granted an Order of Expungement in Alabama. You need an experienced Orange Beach, Alabama Expungement Lawyer to represent you through the legal process. Many Licensed Professionals across the USA that were previously arrested in Orange Beach, Alabama have already trusted our law firm to represent them through the petition for expungement process in Alabama. No attorney can ethically guarantee a result in any representation. Our experience and results in petitions for expungement representation in Alabama speaks for itself. Check out our Google Reviews on our Google Map Page titled “Orange Beach Criminal Defense Lawyer – J.M. Copeland”. For more information regarding your particular expungement eligibility, feel free to email us at: Jordan@OrangeBeachLawyer.com or call our office at: (251) 545-3637.
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