Free Seminar: Remove & Expungement
of Criminal Arrests and Convictions- March 28 [new date] Edison
Library
7:00pm-7:45
COST: Free Complimentary
materials provided. Please bring a canned food donation, which
will be given to the St. Matthews Food Bank. You do not need to
be an Edison resident to attend.
Edison Library Main Branch 340 Plainfield Ave. Edison, NJ
08817
For info call 732-287-2298 x 228
To register go to
http://www.edisonpubliclibrary.net/index-ek.shtml
SPEAKER: Kenneth Vercammen, Esq.
(Author- Criminal Law Forms by the
American Bar Association)
The NJ statute on
expungement was revised effective April 18, 2016. If someone has been arrested or even had a
private criminal complaint signed against them in the Municipal Court, they
have a criminal record, even if the charges were dismissed or received a
Conditional Discharge Under NJ Law past criminal arrests and convictions can be
expunged/ erased under certain instances. This program will discuss the expungement
process. I served
as a Municipal Prosecutor and was amazed how minor criminal guilty pleas and
even dismissed charges can affect someone’s ability to get a job or advance a
career. Do you have children or someone you know or work with that
needs an expungement?
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Can’t attend? We can email you materials
More info: The Petition for expungement is filed in the
Superior Court. It takes a minimum of three months for the court to grant the
expungement. The requirements are very formal. There can be a waiting period
between 6 months up to 10 years after the criminal case is finished. For
someone who had a drug charge, they can hire an attorney apply for Expungement
6 months after the Conditional Discharge is complete. The statute requires
detailed notices served by the attorney on the State Police, Attorney General
and numerous other government entities.
Typical Court costs and Legal fees for expungement range
from $1,500-$2,500.
Kenneth
Vercammen is an Edison, Middlesex County, NJ trial
attorney where he handles Criminal,
Municipal Court, Probate, Civil Litigation and Estate Administration matters.
Ken is author of the American Bar Association's new book “Criminal Law Forms”
and often lectures to trial lawyers of the American Bar Association, NJ State
Bar Association and Middlesex County Bar Association. As the Past Chair of the Municipal Court Section he has served on
its board for 10 years.
Awarded the Municipal Court Attorney of the
Year by both the NJSBA and Middlesex County Bar Association, he also received
the NJSBA- YLD Service to the Bar Award and the General Practitioner Attorney
of the Year, now Solo Attorney of the Year.
Ken Vercammen is a highly regarded lecturer
on both Municipal Court/ DWI and Estate/ Probate Law issues for the NJICLE- New
Jersey State Bar Association, American Bar Association, and Middlesex County
Bar Association. His articles have been published by NJ Law Journal, ABA Law
Practice Management Magazine, YLD Dictum, GP Gazette and New Jersey Lawyer
magazine. He was a speaker at the 2013
ABA Annual meeting program “Handling
the Criminal Misdemeanor and Traffic Case” and serves as is the Editor
in Chief of the NJ Municipal Court Law Review.
For
nine years he served as the Cranbury Township Prosecutor and also was a Special
Acting Prosecutor in nine different towns. Ken has successfully handled over
one thousand Municipal Court and Superior Court matters in the past 27 years.
His private practice has devoted a
substantial portion of professional time to the preparation and trial of
litigated matters. Appearing in Courts throughout New Jersey several times each
week on Criminal and Municipal Court trials, civil and contested Probate
hearings. Ken also serves as the Editor
of the popular legal website and related blogs. In Law School he was a member
of the Law Review, winner of the ATLA trial competition and top ten in class.
Throughout his career he has served the
NJSBA in many leadership and volunteer positions. Ken has testified for the
NJSBA before the Senate Judiciary Committee to support changes in the DWI law
to permit restricted use driver license and interlock legislation. Ken also
testified before the Assembly Judiciary Committee in favor of the first-time
criminal offender “Conditional Dismissal” legislation which permits dismissal
of some criminal charges. He is the voice of the Solo and Small firm attorneys
who juggle active court practice with bar and community activities. In his
private life he has been a member of the NJ State champion Raritan Valley Road
Runners master’s team and is a 4th degree black belt.
KENNETH VERCAMMEN
ATTORNEY AT LAW
2053 Woodbridge Ave.
Edison, NJ 08817
(Phone) 732-572-0500
