Enter your details, agree to the flat fee, and a licensed Massachusetts attorney builds your Petition to Seal — most are reviewed and signed within 24–48 hours (weekdays). It's free to start, there's no court fee to seal, and there's no deadline pressure — take your time.
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Your full Petition to Seal packet, reviewed & signed by a licensed MA attorney.
$149 one-time
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Where should we send your secure dashboard link? No password, ever. Your account is created the moment you continue — and the minute your payment clears, your attorney-reviewed intake unlocks.
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What you get
The fee
$149 — one-time flat fee for this engagement. No hourly charges, no hidden fees. Compare that to $1,500–$3,000+ for a private attorney.
Because this fee is under $500, Massachusetts does not require a formal written fee agreement (Rule 1.5(b)(2)) — this screen and your emailed receipt confirm the scope and fee.
What's not included
Representation or any appearance in court on your behalf — you file your own petition; we prepare it.
Filing or mailing the petition, or contacting the court or Commissioner of Probation, for you.
Any matter other than the single Massachusetts record sealing case you submit (M.G.L. c. 276 §§ 100A & 100C).
Expungement (M.G.L. c. 276 §§ 100E–100U) and any matter outside record sealing — if your matter is outside our scope, we'll tell you and refund you.
Any guarantee of a particular outcome. No one can promise your record will be sealed.
Full refund any time before the attorney begins reviewing your packet.
Once the attorney has reviewed and signed your packet, the flat fee is earned.
If we can't help you (a conflict, or your matter is outside our scope), you get a full refund.
Any unearned portion of a fee is returned, consistent with Mass. R. Prof. C. 1.16(d).
Fees are held in a Massachusetts attorney trust account (IOLTA) and earned only when the attorney reviews and signs your packet.
Attorney advertising. Massachusetts Record Sealing is a private law practice operated under the supervision of Patrick T. Donovan, Esq., a licensed Massachusetts attorney, and is not a government agency and not affiliated with the Commissioner of Probation, any court, or the Massachusetts Trial Court. Submitting information does not create an attorney-client relationship; the limited-scope engagement begins when you pay and is for the single record sealing case you submit (M.G.L. c. 276 §§ 100A & 100C). We cannot and do not guarantee any outcome. Responsible attorney: Patrick T. Donovan, Esq. · Privacy Policy.