SEATTLE CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER

Saturday, August 29, 2015

FIRST NONPROFIT LAW FIRM IN WA SERVING CLIENTS WITH MODERATE MEANS IN CIVIL LEGAL MATTERS

During my years as a criminal defense attorney, people often asked me about expungements. An expungement is the common term people use when there are talking about removing a criminal conviction from a person's record by filing a motion to vacate the conviction. Expungements can be expensive and the public defender will not do expungements because they are not criminal matters. Although the case that resulted in a conviction is a criminal matter, a motion to vacate is a civil matter. There can also be a motion made to seal the records if you don't qualify for an expungement. I just wanted to announce that Puget Sound Center For Law is the first nonprofit law firm in the State of Washington to handle civil matters for clients of moderate incomes between 125% and 600% of the federal poverty level. The civil matters the firm handles include expungements, landlord-tenant law, employment law and wills/trusts & probate. All of the fees are at substantially reduced rates, making civil legal services and the justice system within the reach of the average person with moderate income. The firm has already begun taking clients and the firm's website is at www.pscfl.org