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backgroundchecks.com, a leading provider of online background screenings, has teamed with Higbee & Associates, the nation’s largest criminal record sealing and expungment law firm, to create the MyClearStart expungment program.

The exclusive partnership, one of the first of its kind in the background screening industry, gives backgroundchecks.com the ability to refer individuals to a trusted legal entity in the expungment world.

“With statistics showing that upwards of 85% of businesses perform background checks and that almost 25% of the U.S. population has a criminal record, the need is obvious,” said Craig Kessler, president of backgroundchecks.com. “We get daily calls from applicants who took probation or deferred adjudication, thinking that means the record isn’t available to the public. Unfortunately, it’s still out there.”

By offering free enrollment to all businesses, the MyClearStart program gives businesses the opportunity to ease a potentially awkward situation. With free peel-and-stick information pads, businesses can provide rejected applicants with all the information they need to begin the expungment process and make a positive change.

The relationship also allows for Higbee & Associates to expedite the updating of its clients’ criminal records. Mathew Higbee, founder of Higbee & Associates, said “We are able to quickly get our clients the relief the courts intended. Furthermore, we are able to quickly and easily get the record removed from backgroundchecks.com’s US OneSEARCH® – one of the nation’s largest criminal databases. We’re helping to solve a problem that the government doesn’t have the resources to solve.”


Individuals can take a free eligibility test at www.backgroundchecks.com/clearmyrecord : .

Business can sign up for MyClearStart at the same site.



About backgroundchecks.com

backgroundchecks.com serves thousands of customers nationwide, from consumers and small businesses to Fortune 100 companies by providing comprehensive screening services. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, backgroundchecks.com is home to the #1 online criminal conviction database in the industry. For more information about backgroundchecks.com and its products or services, please visit www.backgroundchecks.com : .



About Higbee and Associates

A national law firm with offices in 10 states, Higbee & Associates helps thousands of clients a year improve their lives by clearing their criminal record. The law firm’s web site, www.RecordGone.com : , is ranked as the most visited criminal defense law firm in the country by Alexa.com. For more information about RecordGone.com, please call 714-361-1967.



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