Blago’s Last Stand
Last week I read an interesting article in the newspapers about former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. With his sentencing date coming up soon, he and his wife have been furiously campaigning the public to send in letters of support for the convicted Governor. I can only assume that Blago hopes to have a Miracle on 34th Street moment in which thousands of letters are dumped [...]
Tagged: blagojevich > Chicago > conviction > criminal > criminal record > felony > felony convictions > Governor > Governor's pardon > Illinois > judge > Quinn
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Limitations To Expungement, Sealing of Criminal Records is Important
By: Kelly Cass During the early morning hours of Sunday, March 13, New York City Police responded to a 911 call for what they believed was a relatively routine domestic incident: a woman had a fight with her ex-boyfriend and she was worried about her safety. When four officers arrived on the scene, the woman told them she had gotten into a fight with her [...]
Tagged: arrest > Background > Battery > Brooklyn > clients > conviction > criminal > criminal record > domestic > domestic battery > Expunge > Illinois > judge > Law > NYPD > pardon > police > Seal > suspect > violent
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Misinformation and Misunderstandings about Expungement/Sealing VERY Common
Misinformation and Misunderstandings about Expungement/Sealing VERY Common (Part One of an Ongoing Series) By: Rachael Temes It is amazing how many people contact our law firm with incorrect beliefs about expungement or sealing of their criminal record based on what other people (in some cases lawyers) have told them. For example, one caller recently told me, “You know, the FBI never expunges or seals anything [...]
Tagged: arrest > arrest record > arrests > conviction > convictions > criminal > criminal history > criminal record > Illinois expungement > Illinois sealing > Seal > seal my record > sealable convictions > sealing > xpunged.com
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Doctor with Misdemeanor Battery Conviction Attempts to Seal in DuPage County
By: Kelly Cass An Illinois physician, Dr. Angelo Consiglio, is currently attempting to seal his 2005 misdemeanor conviction for battery so that he can practice medicine “without restriction” in the Florida Keys. The doctor was sentenced to 1-year of probation after he pleaded guilty to battery for groping his female patient during a sinus procedure in 2004. As of now, the decision to seal his [...]
Tagged: Background > Battery > conviction > criminal > criminal record > DuPage > Governor's pardon > Guilty > Illinois > misdemeanor > probation
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Recent study shows many people in Cook County may be eligible for expungement
By: Kelly Cass A recent study by the Disproportionate Justice Impact Study Commission shows that in 2005 — the most recent year for which comprehensive information is available – the majority of all arrests in Cook County (where Chicago is located) was for Felony Class 4 Possession of a Controlled Substance (“PCS”). A Class 4 Felony is the least severe of all felony charges in [...]
Tagged: arrest > arrest record > class 4 > clemency > conviction > criminal > criminal record > Dismissed > dismissed arrests > drug > Expunge > felony > jail > pardon > possession > probation > Seal
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