Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

Re: felony disclosure

Records are forever. Whoever told you otherwise doesn't know what he is talking about, as is usual. However, you may be able to get the conviction expunged, IF no prison time was sentenced, and it wasn't a domestic violence or sex crime. If successful in doing so, you would then be able to say 'no' to conviction on most private employment applications. Contact me if serious about trying to do so.

Re: felony disclosure

It depends what the question is asking. If your prospective employer is asking whether you ever committed a felony, rather than whether you committed one in the last 10 years, then you would be lying by not revealing it. If they catch you lying, then you will not get the job.

What matters is whether you have "expunged" your felony conviction. If your conviction qualifies - for example, if you received a probationary sentence without going to state prison - then a lawyer could handle the expungement process. It would cost you a modest fee. You could also try to do it yourself.

Expungement allows you to say you were never convicted if asked on a job application.

Jacek W. Lentz, Esq.

310.273.1361

www.lentzlawfirm.com