Withdrawal of Guilty Pleas

Legal Help If a Prior Guilty Plea is Jeopardizing Your Future

At the Moore Law Firm, our criminal defense attorneys represent people who are experiencing problems in their professional life or with an immigration matter because of an unwise guilty plea in a previous criminal case.

• A prior guilty plea can stand in the way of a professional license.
• It can disqualify you from citizenship.
• Can stand in the way of your employment.

Our clients come from all walks of life-doctors and medical professionals, legal professionals, financial professionals, as well as immigrations applying for naturalization. What they have in common is the fact that they made a mistake earlier in life and pled guilty to a criminal charge.

Perhaps you received bad advice from another lawyer. Maybe you never consulted an attorney because you didn't understand the long-term and serious consequences of pleading guilty. Prior to 2000, immigrants were not advised that a criminal case could have an impact on their immigration and naturalization status. For some offenses, such as a domestic violence charge, you will be facing a deportation proceeding!

Whatever the reason, if you are facing problems with your professional licensure or your citizenship paperwork because of a prior guilty plea, contact the San Jose or Fresno law office of the Moore Law Firm to schedule a free consultation about your ability to withdraw a guilty plea. Call 1.866.687.5142.

Our phones are answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
You can ALWAYS reach an attorney.

Few of our clients know they have a problem. They fill out an application to receive a professional license or they fill out citizenship paperwork, they submit it to the proper authorities, and then find themselves blindsided when they are declared ineligible because of something that happened years before.

You May be Able to Withdraw a Guilty Plea

There are several circumstances in which it's possible to withdraw a guilty plea and have it set aside but in order to know if it can be done in your case, we need to analyze the case to which you pled guilty. By reviewing transcripts of the original case (if they are available), we can often determine if a client was improperly advised.

Your defense lawyer will review what was done, whether it was done according to proper procedures, if you had legal counsel or waived your right to legal counsel. If the legal representation you had was effective or if there were issues that weren't discussed or defenses that weren't explored. If we find problems in any of these areas, it may be possible for your guilty plea to be set aside.

Once a guilty plea has been set aside, immigration authorities will usually accept that and a citizenship application can continue. Once a guilty plea has been set aside, we typically find that licensing authorities allow people to obtain professional licensure.

Before you let those years of education go to waste.

Before you lose all that work and study for citizenship

Contact an experienced defense lawyer at the Moore Law Firm for a free consultation and case evaluation. We are conveniently located in both San Jose, capital of Silicon Valley, and Fresno, capital of Central Valley.