Mental Health Commitment Expungement Attorney List

**GeneralRaptor2002** · August 16th, 2019, 06:55 PM

In case anyone here is looking for a good attorney to use for an expungement of a mental health commitment/relief from the prohibition from possessing a firearm due to a mental health commitment in Pennsylvania, here is a good place to start.
If you are a mental health commitment expungement attorney or know someone who is but isn't on the list, please let me know and I'll be glad to add them.

Brian Zeiger
1500 John F. Kennedy Blvd,
Suite 620a Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: 215-546-0340

Despoy & Robertson
314 Allegheny Street
Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania 16648

https://www.despoyandrobertson.com/

Phone: 814-317-5252
Fax: 814-317-5305
Email: Use the contact form on the website

J. Michael McCormick
314 Center Avenue
PO Box 64
Verona PA 15147
412-828-8490
J.Michael@pagunlaws.com
http://www.pagunlaws.com/Expunge_Civil_Commitments.html
(There is some really good information on that website, first attorney I contacted because he’s the first one who comes up when you type “302 Expungement” into Google.)

Jonathan S. Goldstein
11 Church Road, Hatfield, PA 19440
+1-610-949-0444
jonathan@goldsteinlp.com
https://goldsteinlp.com/attorney/jonathan-goldstein/

Jon S. Mirowitz
161 E Duncannon Street
Philadelphia, PA 19120- 3511
215-324-0603

Joshua G. Prince (sigforlife on the forum)
Main Location:
646 Lenape Rd
Bechtelsville PA 19505
Phone 610-845-3803 ext 81114
Toll Free 888-313-0416
Fax 610-845-3903
https://www.princelaw.com/
Email: Use the form on the website.

Lapman Law
2 Public Square
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701
reception@lapmanlaw.com
Phone: 570-371-3737

Mazza Law Group
2790 West College Avenue Suite 800
State College PA 16801
Phone: 814-237-6255

McShane Firm
3601 Vartan Way 2nd Floor
Harrisburg PA 17110
Phone: (717) 547-9267
Fax: (717) 657-2060
Email using the form on the website below:
https://www.pennlago.com/restoring-y...02-commitment/

Michael Antonio Giaramita
101 West Chester Pike Suite 1A
Havertown PA 19083
MIKE@GLAWPA.COM
Phone: 484-558-0076
https://www.glawpa.com/

Michael P. Gottlieb (The one I used for my successful 302 expungement)
319 Swede Street
Norristown PA 19401
(Across the street from the courthouse)
610-279-4200
http://michaelpgottlieb.com/
To email him, use the form on the website.

Philip G. Kline Jr. (GunLawyer001 on the forum)
519 Juniper Street
Quakertown PA 18951
215-538-4444

Scaringi Law
MAIN LOCATION
2000 Linglestown Road
Suite 106
Harrisburg PA 17110
https://www.scaringilaw.com/mental-health-law/
Phone: 717-775-7195
Email: Use the form on the website.

Just a word of warning from my attorney and I: DO NOT USE A LAWYER WHO DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO DO A MENTAL HEALTH EXPUNGEMENT PROPERLY. They could mess it up and it will be expensive.

**GeneralRaptor2002** · August 16th, 2019, 09:29 PM

Can we make this a sticky? (since lots of people here are asking about 302 expungements) Or if not this, a regular list of gun lawyers (with indicators next to their names with their specialties, i.e. MHX for mental health expungement, P for pardon, VUFA for the defense of violations of the uniform firearms act, NFA for National Firearms Act, FFL for Federal Firearms License etc.)?

**gnbrotz** · August 18th, 2019, 07:14 AM

Great idea, but with the warning from your own attorney in mind, who decides if a particular lawyer "knows how" to properly serve in a particular area?

If I want to put "John Smith" on the list, and somebody else here had a bad experience with "John" in their own case, what happens?

**JenniferG** · August 18th, 2019, 03:37 PM

I bet they'll be pretty busy with the up and coming new background checks and Red Flag laws.

**Bang** · August 18th, 2019, 04:23 PM

I'm guessing finding an attorney (on your own) who has a track record of successful 302 expungements is difficult due to client-attorney privacy issues?

**gnbrotz** · August 18th, 2019, 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by Bang

I'm guessing finding an attorney (on your own) who has a track record of successful 302 expungements is difficult due to client-attorney privacy issues?

An attorney could make a claim as to numbers/wins/losses, etc., but couldn't hand out a list of names and numbers for verification. The same would apply to any attorney and/or area of practice.

**GeneralRaptor2002** · August 18th, 2019, 08:19 PM

You're certainly right that there are problems with handing out a list of lawyers. Some lawyers have a list of client reviews, but as we all know lists of reviews can be very unreliable. I wanted to make this list to make it easy for someone who needs to find a lawyer for a mental health expungement to find what they need. I was struggling to find a lawyer near where I live for my 302 expungement (the first lawyer I contacted was on the other side of the Commonwealth) until someone on PAFOA mentioned that they used someone in Norristown, which is about a half-hour drive from where I live. The way I found these attorneys was:
1: Looking on court docket search websites to see which lawyers were handling the 302 expungement cases
2: Typing in "302 Expungement" "Mental health expungement" etc. into google to see which law firms and lawyers would come up.

I should add: HIRE AN ATTORNEY AT YOUR OWN RISK. It is your money, do your research before hiring a lawyer.

**GeneralRaptor2002** · August 18th, 2019, 08:21 PM

Originally Posted by JenniferG

I bet they'll be pretty busy with the up and coming new background checks and Red Flag laws.

You're certainly right, however, every lawyer that does 302 expungements also does something else, usually firearms law and criminal defense. They're always busy with something.