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Kelly Keegan’s client was charged with two counts, a gross misdemeanor for distributing obscene materials and a misdemeanor for disorderly conduct, for allegedly providing lewd photographs to a tenant renting rooms in his home. Kelly was able to raise issues with aspects of the case in order to negotiate the dismissal of one count  and a stay of adjudication whereby the remaining count will be both dismissed and expunged upon successful completion of one year unsupervised probation.  

Kelly’s client was convicted in 2013 in Anoka County on a count of Fifth Degree Violation of Controlled Substance after police executed a search of her home on a tip from a confidential informant and allegedly found marijuana and psilocybin. Kelly successfully convinced the presiding judge that her client deserved the expungement. Kelly’s client plans to move soon to Colorado and will now be able to start fresh and find a job unburdened by her past conviction.

Kelly Keegan’s client was charged in 2014 with driving under the influence and driving with a blood alcohol concentration of .08 or more and ultimately pled guilty to the amended charge of Misdemeanor Careless Driving. Kelly’s client sought expungement mainly for  employment reasons. With previous experience as a Chief Mate on an overseas tanker, his dream is to become a harbor pilot, an expert who takes over as captain of large ships and guides them into port. A conviction could be the deciding factor keeping him from being selected in the highly competitive application process. The presiding judge considered Kelly’s arguments and the petitioner’s rehabilitation in granting the expungement request, which also included all driving records.

When Kelly Keegan’s client was 21 years’ old, she made a marijuana delivery for a man almost twice her age that she dated for a short time. She was charged with a felony fifth degree sale of a controlled substance, subjecting her to a lifelong firearm’s ban even though she was ultimately convicted of a misdemeanor. Since the offense, Kelly’s client met and married her husband of 24 years, became a manager at her place of employment for the last 17 years, supervising a staff of 17, and returned to school for a bachelor’s degree in business management. Kelly successfully convinced the court that there are no public safety concerns with restoring her client’s gun rights. Kelly’s client has always dreamed of joining her husband on deer and bear hunting trips, and spending time together with him practicing at the gun range. With Kelly’s assistance, she will now be able to do that, finally putting a long-ago mistake that continued to affect her life and relationships firmly behind her.

Kelly’s client, a registered nurse, was charged with Fifth Degree Procurement of a Controlled Substance by Fraud or Deceit and Theft of a Controlled Substance, for allegedly diverting Tramadol from the clinic where she worked. Both felonies were punishable with up to 5 years’ in prison and $10,000 fines. Kelly was able to negotiate a plea to just one of the counts, and also convince the court to stay adjudication, with the result that her client’s guilty plea to the remaining count will be dismissed upon successful completion of two year’s supervised probation. Kelly also negotiated a pre-agreed ‘automatic’ expungement upon request following discharge from probation.