Almost 10 years ago, there was a felony drug arrest made against me. Although I was arrested and charged, nothing came from it once we began the court proceedings (via a nolle prosequi determination).
I have since moved away from Illinois but this charge has now caused me to be denied a fingerprint clearance card with the State of Arizona; as such, it's jeopardizing my income, livelihood, and ability to better my self/family.
Is there a way for this to get expunged?
Does it fall off of one's record after 'n' amount of years?
Are there any lawyers/firms who would work with me, being how I'm out-of-state, in order to get this off of my record?
The State of Arizona's denial is stating that they're unable to determine the outcome of the charge which I believe is falsely causing them to believe it's somehow on-going.
I realize this is the worst time right now, with the Coronavirus shutting down many businesses and government firms, but I desperately need to get this arrest off of my record so I can continue to better my self and family.
I have a great job with the State and would be crushed if this caused me financial hardship because of one day ~10 years ago.
First, I suggest that you contact an Illinois attorney who can look into your old case, determine whether your records are expungeable and, if they are, help you to file a petition for expungement before the appropriate Illinois state court.
I do not know the significance of a fingerprint clearance card in Arizona, nor do I entirely understand why an Illinois record that should already show the nolle pros disposition should be standing in your way in Arizona, but that is something you will need to discuss with an Arizona attorney. In most cases, however, Illinois records for an arrest and charge that do not result in a conviction should be eligible for expungement upon proper petition and order of court.
In most cases, you should be able to have the arrest and case expunged from your record.
Please advise.
I designed a retail package for the 'A' company in 2009. The 'A' asked me to redesign his line of products (computer software: this company have offices in Irvine, the headquarter is inArizona). I gave a quote for redesign fee for the whole line; however, the 'A' doesn't have budget for re-design the whole line so he asked me to give him discount. So, I told him that I can redesign just 1 package and then he can ask his designer to carry it through out his line, this will be cheaper. He agreed and signed the contract. I complete the look-n-feel for the package. Since it is very close to 2009 CES show, the 'A' company needed the package rendering and sale sheet for the CES exhibit so I gave it to them. At the CES, I actually met the president which was also my main contact and asked what is the next step for finishing the package. He said the front/side/top/bottom of the package is fine and will supply me the info of the back for completing the package. However, he didn't. I think his intention was if I am not finished the package, I can not charge him for it. Through many emails and phone calls, he still wouldn't supply the info; therefore, I converted the package fee into hourly fee, took him to small claim court, and got a judgement. I am in process of collecting the judgement. So I actually sent him a final notice that I will request a Writ of Execution to levy his company's bank account. He called me back and told me that he has closed all offices in California and nothing I can do to collect the judgement money because his company is now out of state. Furthermore, I went onto his website and found out that he had used my package design and carried its concept through all the line of his products. This is a copyright infringement. Here are my questions:
1. Should I file a lawsuit? And is it worth it?
2. How do I calculate the amount?
3. As a moral issue, at least I can teach him not to rip off other designer in the future.
4. This case need to have an IP lawyer, are there any lawyer out there charge on contingency basis?
