7:00pm-7:45
COST:
Free if you pre-register. Complimentary materials provided. Please
bring a canned food donation, which will be given to the Community Food Bank. Please email us if
you plan on attending or if you would like us to email the materials.
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?
South
Brunswick Library
110
Kingston Lane
Monmouth
Junction NJ 08852
732-329-4000 x 7637
https://www.facebook.com/events/1800395393542189/
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
