ARD Revocation Negotiated, Record Now in Expungement Process

A client was recently arrested at Pittsburgh International Airport upon returning to the U.S. to visit family. He had moved out of the area to the U.S. Virgin Islands and forgot about his existing case in the Pittsburgh area that required him to complete the ARD (Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition) program.

Because of this, our client was facing ARD revocation for failing to complete his community service and pay his fines. We defended our client in the revocation proceeding, and if we were not able to do so successfully, he would have gone to trial for charges that should have been dismissed.

We quickly made contact with the District Attorney’s office once we heard about the revocation hearing, and ultimately we attended three court dates in Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas to negotiate on our client’s behalf. We were able to secure an agreement for our client whereby, if he completed his community service and paid his fines, he would be readmitted to the ARD program. The client paid close attention to our advice this time, and his case is now closed. We’re now working to expunge his record.

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