Most felony DUIs can be expunged or removed from your record. If you are convicted of a felony DUI, you will typically be placed on probation for a period of three to five years. Once the probation is finished, we can typically petition the court to reduce the felony to a misdemeanor (known as “17b”) and then expunge it altogether so the conviction is removed and the case will show a not guilty result. In felony DUI cases where the result is state prison instead of probation, expungement is not available but there are other avenues to remove the conviction, though they are more difficult. Expungements are fairly simple and there is no reason to leave a conviction on your record when you are eligible for expungement. In some cases our clients need to have a case expunged before their probation is completed. In these cases, we petition the court for an early termination of probation and conduct hearings to demonstrate to the judge why our client deserves to have probation terminated early. Once it’s terminated, we expunge it immediately.