Technically, anyone can handle an expungement on their own. But I have found that most people who do it on their own don’t word the order properly, they don’t get all of the necessary information in the petition, or they don’t serve all the proper agencies, which triggers an automatic objection from the prosecutor, requiring them to file it all over again. In my experience, when people who have tried to do it on their come to see me, it’s because the prosecutor would not let things go through, so I take over and ensure everything is done properly.