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Even if the judge is sympathetic to your reason for needing an expungement, the judge can only grant an expungement if your situation meets the requirements for an expungement. You may always file the case without an attorney (?pro se?).
Do you need a lawyer to expunge your record? Nope. Most people can file and successfully process their own Texas expungement without an attorney.
Consider Getting A Certificate Of Actual Innocence There's getting your criminal record expunged, and then there's getting a ?Certificate of Actual Innocence?. This is considered the most powerful form of expungement.
Why might I not be able to expunge or seal my record? An offense under any of the following Texas Penal Code Sections: 19.02 (murder) 19.03 (capital murder) 20A.02 (trafficking of persons) 20A.03 (continuous trafficking of persons) 22.04 (injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual)
With limited exceptions, a person cannot get a criminal record expunged if they were convicted of a felony, one of the many consequences of a felony conviction. Most offenses that involve children, sexual assault, and violent acts such as criminal assault, are not eligible for record sealing in Texas.