New Lease on Life: Attorney Elizabeth Carpenter Wins Petition to Remove Client from Sex Offender Registry A Louisiana man now has a “new lease on life” by no longer having to register with local authorities as a sex offender, thanks to the efforts of Elizabeth B. Carpenter, Esq. The man, now in his late 30s, was only a freshman in college when he was convicted of felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile in the late 1990s following intimate contact with a minor who was only a few years younger than him. Earlier this week, Carpenter successfully argued a motion [...]

  Attorney Elizabeth Bagert Carpenter is proud to announce that she is now a member of the National College for DUI Defense (NCDD). The NCDD is a professional, non-profit corporation dedicated to the improvement of the criminal defense bar, and to the dissemination of information to the public about DUI Defense Law as a specialty area of law practice. The National College is headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama. College members represent the most experienced DUI defense attorneys in the country. The original Founding Members funded the establishment of the college and are among the top DUI practitioners in the United States. [...]

  A former Metairie security guard pleaded guilty Friday to 42 counts of video voyeurism after admitting he hid video cameras in ladies' restrooms at his building. Judge Donald Rowan Jr. sentenced Frank Denmam Hill Jr., 45, to two years in prison, according to court records. Hill, of Metairie, will also have to register as a sex offender, said his attorney, Elizabeth Carpenter. "Mr. Hill is not a dangerous man by any means," she said. "He needs to get himself some help rather than being locked up for years and years"   Read the rest of the story here.   [...]

In the wake of the 2014 changes to Louisiana expungement laws, New Orleans criminal defense attorney expands her expungement services in the interest of offering more affordable options to her clients. You can read the rest of the news article here.     If you are interested in having a criminal record expunged, contact New Orleans expungement attorney Elizabeth Bagert Carpenter.  

The National Academy of Criminal Defense Attorneys (NACDA) named her one of Top 10 Louisiana criminal defense attorneys under the age of 40. The academy, based in Washington, D.C., is an organization devoted to recognizing the top criminal defense attorneys in the nation. In addition, attorney Carpenter was included on the Top 100 list of Louisiana criminal defense trial lawyers by The National Trial Lawyers, which is headquartered in Dothan, Alabama. This group is composed of the premier trial lawyers from across the United States who exemplify superior qualifications as criminal defense or civil plaintiff trial lawyers. "It's an honor [...]