Gulf Shores, Alabama Expungement Lawyer | Jordan M. Copeland

Jordan Copeland • July 22, 2020
Gulf Shores Alabama Expungement Lawyer

Expungements of prior arrest records in Gulf Shores Municipal Court

Gulf Shores, Alabama Expungement Lawyer, Jordan M. Copeland represents clients in the Petition for Expungement process that had prior charges in the City of Gulf Shores, Alabama Municipal Court. An expungement in Gulf Shores (Baldwin County), Alabama will clear your record of a prior arrest from certain eligible charges to the extent of Alabama’s expungement law. Our Gulf Shores Expungement Lawyer, Jordan M. Copeland, and his law office has had many successful petitions for expungement granted for locals and out-of-state clients that have had prior charges in the Gulf Shores Municipal Court. At the time of this blog post (July, 2020) a mandatory requirement to be eligible to petition for an expungement of a prior criminal charge in Gulf Shores, Alabama is the case must have resulted in a non-conviction (dismissed, nolle prossed, found not guilty at trial, etc.). There is only one limited exception under Alabama law for victims of human trafficking that were convicted of certain crimes while being trafficked. Many people are unaware that a prior case that resulted in a dismissal or other non-conviction in Gulf Shores Municipal Court will continue to show the record of the arrest on your criminal background check, unless an Order of Expungement is issued by the Circuit Court of Baldwin County.


A petition for expungement from a prior arrest in Gulf Shores, Alabama is filed in the Circuit Court of Baldwin County and the petition requires certain information and mandatory exhibits be attached. In Alabama, even if your prior charge is eligible to be expunged, the District Attorney has a right to object and the Circuit Court has discretion to grant or deny a petition for expungement. Therefore, Gulf Shores, Alabama Expungement Lawyer, Jordan M. Copeland and his law office focus on providing each client with a custom petition for expungement that details the positive factors provided by Alabama’s Expungement Law and the grounds that the Court can consider unique to each client. Our Gulf Shores, Alabama Expungement law office prepares petitions for expungement that include more than the minimum information for each client. Our goal is to draft an extraordinarily strong petition for expungement, unique to each client, to put each client in a very good position for a successful outcome. Also, certain offices must receive service of process of the petition for expungement, which we provide. At our law office, each Gulf Shores, Alabama 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 Gulf Shores expungement client the individual representation they deserve.


Hundreds of thousands of visitors vacation to the gulf waters and white sand beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama. Hundreds of visitors and locals every year are arrested by the Gulf Shores Police Department and charged with misdemeanors and other violations in the Gulf Shores Municipal Court. Many of these cases include: Domestic Violence, 3rd degree, DUI, Possession of Marijuana, 2nd degree, Minor in Possession of Alcohol, Reckless Endangerment, Public Intoxication, among others. If your charges did not result in a conviction, depending on other criteria, you may be eligible to retain Gulf Shores, Alabama Expungement Lawyer – Jordan M. Copeland to represent you in a petition for expungement.


If you are a local to Gulf Shores, Alabama, live elsewhere in Alabama, or are out of state and previously were arrested in Gulf Shores for a charge that resulted in a non-conviction, you may be eligible to retain our law firm to represent you in a petition for an expungement of the arrest record. For out of state and out of area clients, the best part is our representation for your petition for expungement can be accomplished remotely. Our Gulf Shores expungement representation process will not require you to meet at our law office, unless you wish.


Also, if you are reading this blog post and you have a current, pending case in the City of Gulf Shores Municipal Court where you are the Defendant, you can contact our law office regarding representation in your case. We know how important your record is to your future. Feel free to contact the Law office of Gulf Shores, Alabama Expungement Lawyer, Jordan M. Copeland via our contact page on this website, via email at jordan@orangebeachlawyer.com or by phone at (251) 545-3637 to discuss your 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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