Protect Yourself, Protect Your Rights

Without a lawyer, there’s no one to represent your interests or protect your rights.

 
Why Hire an Attorney?
If charged with a crime, you could face incarceration, a criminal conviction on your record, and/or suffer dire consequences that can negatively affect your life. An experienced attorney can lessen the effect of being charged with a crime and even minimize the impact of a conviction.
Consequences of Criminal convction (even a Misdemeanor)

Employment
A criminal conviction can not only bar you from seeking and maintaining employment, it can cost you your job. In today’s competitive job market, a criminal conviction can mean the difference between getting the job and being passed over, no matter how minor the conviction.

Immigration
If you are not a citizen of the U.S. and are accused of a crime, you must seek legal advice to ensure you don’t lose whatever status you’ve already gained to become a citizen. There can be significant immigration consequences to many types of convictions. Don’t plead guilty to a crime without knowing all the consequences.

School
Applications for schools and grant money often ask if you’ve been convicted of a crime. If you have a criminal conviction on your record, even a misdemeanor, your education, career and future earnings can be adversely affected.

Military
Many people consider it an honor to serve their country in the Armed Forces, Coast Guard, and/or other Federal Service. If you are convicted of an offense, in particular a drug offense or domestic violence offense, you may be barred from serving your country. Any felony conviction can make you a prohibited possessor, which means you can’t have a firearm or ammunition. Hence, if you are a prohibited possessor, you cannot serve in the military because you will not be able to use a weapon. Drug, domestic violence and felony convictions can be a bar to serving your country, as well as other state and government appointments.

 Jail Time & Fines
A criminal conviction, even a low-level misdemeanor, can land you in the county jail because many crimes have minimum mandatory jail times. You may not even be allowed out for work release, which might cost you your job. In addition to being jailed, you can also be fined thousands of dollars.

Obtaining Loans
Conviction of a felony may subject you to prison time and fines and prevent you from applying for and receiving student loans, home loans, and more. The consequences of a felony conviction can adversely affect your career, life and future for years.

Voting
In the U.S., the right to vote is an important, critical freedom that gives you a say in how this country is run. If you’re a convicted felon, you may lose your right to vote.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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