Protecting Your Record Through Conditional Discharge and Expungement
For many criminal offenses, the risk of punishment on the current charge should not be the only of your worries. First offenders, especially, will often benefit from pre-trial diversion programs or sentencing alternatives that present no prospect of jail time.
Even on so-called minor criminal charges, the real problem is one that might not show up until years after the arrest and disposition — the creation of a public criminal record that can cost you job opportunities, access to higher education, advancement in a military career, employment and lending opportunities or a security clearance.
To understand the impact of a current criminal problem and your options for keeping it off your record, contact Atlanta expungement attorney Tracy Teiger at the Teiger Law Center. With offices in Alpharetta, Cumming, Canton and Gainesville. Our law firm is convenient to clients throughout the northern portion of the Atlanta metro area. With more than 20 years of criminal defense experience, Tracy Teiger knows how to make the most of your opportunities to protect your record.
Alpharetta Lawyer for Criminal Records Protection: Call 678-807-7456
Eligibility for expungement in Georgia does not depend so much on the offense being charged as it does on the way it turns out, or its disposition. Our law firm therefore works to achieve the disposition in a given case that maximizes our client's opportunity to have the record of the offense expunged. In other words, the record of the offense, the arrest and the conviction will be invisible to the public if an order of expungement is granted.
The dispositions that can lead to expungement vary from one kind of case to another, and from one offender to another. We can explain whether you are eligible for pre-trial diversion, felony first-offender programs, or conditional discharge in drug cases. Different programs have different requirements, and it is not always easy to complete them successfully. However, most people find that the effort is more than worthwhile to keep their records clean.
We look ahead toward expungement and protecting a client's record from the very beginning of a criminal defense engagement. We also represent people whose problems with the criminal law occurred years ago, but only lately have begun to cause practical difficulties for them. To learn about your potential eligibility for expungement on a past or current criminal charge, contact the Teiger Law Center, in Alpharetta, Cumming, Canton and Gainesville.
