Lawyers in Paterson, NJ

Are you calling these doctors strictly to get the gun thing fixed? just call again and say you're looking to get a clean bill of health from prior "minor age" behavior, and get a good job and clean my record.

Evan Nappen, the attorney you initially called and the one you should really go with, likely has a psychiatrist that he works with on a regular basis. You're going to need to sit down with that psychiatrist for at least one session so he can determine whether or not he feels allowing you to have a firearm would present a danger to yourself or to others. Once that's been determined Nappen will begin the legal work of having your record expunged. It is not a quick process, so if you're serious then you need to understand there's no quick solution. ​ And $3,500 is not that expensive for an attorney. Speaking as someone who's had need for an attorney in the past, $3,500 is actually pretty cheap.

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How old are you now?

Was this mental health commitment court ordered? If it was your parents that took you, you should be fine. If it was court ordered you are fucked for getting a gun in NJ or just move to another state.

Advise: do some lawyer shopping and expect to pay at least what you were quoted. I want to use this as an example to anyone on this subreddit that gives the advice “just answer no to the mental health question it’s none of their business anyway” that your advise is shit.

For a regular criminal expungement people pay at least 2500 or more. Yours is signifigsntly different and equires doctors and additional legwork for the lawyer that sounds like a fair price. Additionally once your denied nj its very hard to get that reversed and could possibly never get a FID in the state. I would say 3500 would be a deal as opposed to never being able to excersize your right.

Hate to say it, but "have you ever been committed" really does mean *ever.* Like, since you were born. If it's yes, then you have to answer yes, unless you have a lawyer specifically tell you it's ok to say no. Now, even if you do clear this up, you will also have the joy of having to answer "yes" to question 27 on the form, and explain that one. Sorry to tell ya, but at this point you **are** going to have to get a lawyer involved if you want to get this cleared up. No ifs ands or buts about it. Both to help you get through this application, and to make sure you know how to handle any future applications for pistol permits or (gods willing) carry permits in this state and other states. >I have tried calling all of the doctors in my area and none will write this letter. Likely because none of them have any history with you, nor do they know anything about you to be able to make that determination. And as I've mentioned in previous comments to others, it's gonna be hard to find both a doctor in this state that isn't anti-gun, **and** willing to run the risk of being held responsible for some rando who contacted them out of the blue saying "hey I was committed before but can you write me a letter saying it's okay for me to have a gun?" From their perspective, that's kinda risky in this political environment. The lawyer is the way to go. Of course he's gonna have a psychiatrist who can evaluate you and sign off, because that doctor has a lawyer backing him up! It does suck that this is gonna be so expensive. Obviously hindsight is 20/20, but this needs to be a warning for anyone who applies in this state: if you think you can only "technically" answer a question on that form, then you need to ask for legal help before you do commit to that answer. Otherwise it could come out harder and more expensive for you to clean up the resulting mess.

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Not trying to be a dick but isn’t one of our main points about gun control that we need to have better enforcement of current policies, not add more stricter control measures? Isn’t this guy being denied that enforcement system working? I realize the red flag was when he was a minor, and that’s it’s been 12 -13 years since, just playing devils advocate here. Not saying that it’s fair or right.

Kristie Morrone not a lawyer but have been a landlord for 35 years. What is your problem? Nj has a booklet that is very specific .

Most information can be found here. http://www.lsnjlaw.org/.../pages/manuals/tenantsrights.pdf

This is the NJ official Guide. http://www.nj.gov/.../codes/publications/pdf_lti/t_i_r.pdf

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