Odalys Fontenot
Of counsel
Odalys practiced criminal law in New Orleans for years before she came to Memphis. Now she runs the firm's record-clearing work and its misdemeanor docket, and makes sure an old charge stops costing clients jobs.
Odalys handles expungements from start to finish, along with misdemeanor assault, theft and drug charges. She pulls a client's full record before the first meeting, because people often have a charge they've forgotten, and she meets clients in Spanish as easily as English.
Leads
- Expungement and record clearing
- Misdemeanor charges
- Spanish-speaking clients
On the record
Admissions and training
Bar admissions
Louisiana
1996
Tennessee
2011
Courts
Shelby County General Sessions Court
Shelby County Criminal Court
Orleans Parish Criminal District Court
Education
J.D., Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
1996
B.A., Louisiana State University
1992
Languages
English
Spanish
Memberships
Memphis Bar Association
How Odalys runs a case
Odalys starts with the record, from every court, and sends the client a list: what can be cleared now, what can be cleared later, and when.
She files the petitions, serves the prosecutor and handles the hearing if the court holds one. Most clients never have to come to court for an expungement.
When the order is signed, she sends it to the agencies that keep copies, so the charge comes off everywhere it should.
Talk to Odalys
Call the main line and ask for Odalys by name.