Certificate of Relief from Disabilities: The purpose is to encourage the licensure and employment of people with convictions.

 

• Provides a person relief of any disability, forfeiture, or bar to employment that is automatically imposed because of a conviction. 

• The conviction can still be considered by a court, administrative body, or licensing authority as to discretionary decisions.

• The specific provisions governing a certificate of relief from civil disabilities are in Correction Law Section 701. 

• It creates a presumption of rehabilitation concerning the offense in the conviction.  Correction Law Section 753(2)

 

Our office will gladly interview clients interested in seeking a certificate of relief from civil disabilities.  This applies to both clients we represented on the convictions as well as people that we did not represent.  We could not represent a person who was a co-defendant of one of our clients since that would be a conflict.

 

If you are interested, please call our office for an appointment at (914) 286-3400.