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Criminal Record Expungement

Protect the integrity of your personal legacy with a definitive exit from the legal system

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Strategic Intervention to Restore Your Reputation & Legal Standing

California’s criminal record system can hinder your progress by recalling past mistakes just when you’re trying to move forward. Despite legislative changes that provide automatic relief, administrative errors can still affect your opportunities.

At Johnson Criminal Law Group, we take proactive steps to ensure your convictions are dismissed, protecting your privacy and professional identity without waiting for the state’s automatic processes.

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A Sophisticated Approach to Orange County Criminal Record Expungement

Overcome Barriers to Your Future

Transition your public legal record into a private memory with a high-level intervention

Fortify Your Professional Standing

Secure a dismissal that satisfies licensing board and corporate investigation standards

Take Control of the Process

Manage the petition process proactively to identify and correct administrative gaps

Fierce Representation for Urgent Situations

Leverage knowledgeable oversight to ensure that your legal status is permanently updated
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Refreshing & Life-Changing Experience

Ms. Johnson-Norris represented my wife and me in a motion for relative placement of our grandchild. This was part of a nightmarish case involving the SSA, a corrupt and broken system rife with cronyism, ineptitude and conflicts of interest. Ms. Johnson-Norris was recommended to us as an expert in this area and we are so grateful to her for how she helped us. I’m experienced in dealing with attorneys in commercial and civil issues through my career, but dependency court is a bizarre world where normal rules and rights do not apply. In OC, it is a closed system filled with bias, and outsiders are at a disadvantage. Ms. Johnson-Norris is highly respected in this world and highly effective. She is always professional and an excellent communicator, never failing to return calls and emails promptly as we navigated this valley of terror. She was always prepared with thoughtful, intelligent, reasonable, and realistic counsel. She continues to guide, represent, and help us as things wrap up. I can’t recommend her highly enough. She is highly credible and experienced in this area of law, and there are not many who are. We are so glad she represented us. Her guidance and insight were invaluable to our family, and her teaming with the other counsel for our family was highly effective.

A Juvenile/Child Custody client

Lauren Johnson-Norris is extremely knowledgeable in family court. She communicates with you as a client and is realistic in your options and outcomes. She helped us get our kids returned to us and sort through the maze of dependency court and social services.

Karen I., a Juvenile client

Ms. Johnson-Norris is an aggressive, professional and effective attorney. Thank you for your legal assistance. Her follow-through is to be commended, and she always returns phone calls and quickly replies to email. The outcome would not have been the same without Ms. Johnson-Norris as my attorney. I would highly recommend Ms. Johnson-Norris to friends and family in need of legal advice. Thank you!

M.B., a Family client

Ms. Johnson-Norris has been a ‘guardian angel’ in our case from the first second we spoke. She’s dedicated such intense time and detail into making sure everything is handled perfectly. Our case has not been finished (yet), and we’re just in the initial stages, but we are already extremely confident in her abilities. Our case is extremely sensitive in nature, but Ms. Johnson-Norris has shown compassion, composure, and extensive knowledge, which is always super comforting. I can say with certainty that Ms. Johnson-Norris will handle our legal needs from the beginning to the end. Also, Ms. Johnson-Norris is really easy to get ahold of. She returns phone calls and/or emails very quickly, which is also a very comforting factor, and something I wanted to point out about her.

Jill, a Juvenile client

Lauren Johnson-Norris was not only responsive, she was compassionate and reasonably priced. I would highly recommend her. She negotiated with the district attorney and brought the case to a win/win.

Shannon, a Criminal Defense client

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Criminal Record Expungement FAQs

How do I initiate the process to get a record expunged in California?
Successfully navigating the expungement process requires a thorough audit of your sentencing record to ensure all probationary requirements have been satisfied, enabling a definitive dismissal that stabilizes your professional standing.
For adults, the record is modified to show a dismissal, which is critical for background check clearance in private employment. Our firm treats both processes as a strategic counter-operation to insulate your legacy from the systemic “stains” of the past.
Recent shifts in California expungement law have expanded eligibility, but the process is not always perfect. To maximize your clearance trajectory, we often pair the expungement petition with early probation termination. This dual-layered strategy shortens the state’s period of oversight and initiates the clearance of your record at the earliest possible window, bypassing the standard, slower “grinding gears” of the court.
For more severe felony cases where a standard expungement is insufficient, we may pursue a Certificate of Rehabilitation. This serves as an official declaration of your integrity and acts as a sophisticated bridge toward a Governor’s Pardon, providing the highest level of sovereign restoration available.
We don’t just file paperwork; we manage the integrity of your record, ensuring that the state’s modification of your history is permanent and legally formidable.

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