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Over the past decade, the requirements for getting a criminal conviction set-aside or expunged from your record has been made easier. Years ago, if you had more than one conviction, you could never get anything set aside or expunged. The law then changed allowing a person to expunge a felony even if they had two minor misdemeanors committed when ...

Picked up a new client today. If he ever wants to give you gambling advice or other legal counsel, run.

Art ignored a speeding ticket he receive a couple years ago and as Courts do when you ignore a ticket other than parking, they send you a few notices including one to inform you that there is a warrant out for your arrest. In addition, ...

It's Halloween next week. And with all the parties that happen that night, the police will be out in full force. And if you do the slightest thing wrong while driving and a police officer happens to see you, you have a good chance of being pulled over. You see, the Police officer wants to smell you and your car. Or, he wants to look into your eyes ...

Yesterday I published the Schmierlaw Criminal Defense Lawyer quiz. I plan on posting some cases each month along with the fact patterns. This month I have posted four cases. Assume you are the Defense Lawyer and your job is to spot the issues and determine if you can prevail on any of them. Examine the evidence. For instance, was the evidence ...

We just added a new page to the website called the Schmierlaw Quiz. You can access through the "Home" menu or the "Site Map". Every couple of weeks, we will post a new case with a new set of fact patterns. These are real cases with real results of what really happened. When any person comes to Schmierlaw with a problem, we ...