What RecordGone does

RecordGone is the consumer-facing record-clearing practice of the national law firm Higbee & Associates, founded in 2006 by Mathew K. Higbee and headquartered in Santa Ana, California. The firm serves individuals seeking expungement, misdemeanor and felony record sealing, probation termination, gubernatorial pardons, certificates of rehabilitation, and sex-offender registration relief; clients are typically consumer defendants rather than enterprise customers, and eligibility is gated on jurisdiction-specific statute rather than income or credit criteria. The firm operates across 18 states with offices in California (multiple), Phoenix, and Bensalem, supported by a multi-admitter bar footprint that allows it to take matters end-to-end without referral partners.

The service catalog is priced on a flat-fee basis: felony expungements at $1,025, misdemeanor matters starting at $49.99+, probation termination at $1,500, and pardon matters at $3,695, with add-on services including a $225 Expedited Record Clearance Update and a $215 Background Check Removal. A Privacy Service routes post-judgment takedown requests through more than 650 background-check providers, repositioning the firm from petition-filer to full lifecycle record-clearing provider. Consumer acquisition runs through paid digital, mobile apps on iOS and Android, and a free online eligibility test, with financing available via interest-free payment plans to broaden addressable demand. Marketing materials cite 30,000+ matters handled, a 96%+ California felony expungement success rate, and an A+ Better Business Bureau rating sustained for over 15 years; the technology stack is a proprietary online case management system with no disclosed AI/ML components, no public API, and no third-party model dependencies.

Name

RecordGone

Legal name

Higbee & Associates

Website

https://recordgone.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

RecordGone (Higbee & Associates) is a U.S. law firm that provides flat-fee expungement, record sealing, probation termination, pardon, and sex-offender registration relief services to individual consumers across 18 states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services - Criminal Record Expungement / Post-Conviction Relief

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Investigation and Personal Background Check Services (561611)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

eDiscovery, Litigation Support & Legal Hold (BPAEAPAE)

Keywords

• Criminal record expungement
• Post-conviction relief
• Record sealing services
• Background check removal
• Legal expungement firm

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Ana

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Service Fees - Flat Rate: One-time flat fees for legal services including felony expungement ($1,025), misdemeanor expungement ($49.99+), probation termination ($1,500), and pardon services ($3,695). Payment plans available with interest-free options.
2. Expedited Record Clearance Update: Optional add-on service to update 650+ background check companies within 14 days, priced at $225 for expunged/sealed records. Also removes records from 50+ people search websites for $215.
3. Criminal Defense Hourly Billing: For active criminal cases, firm charges flat fee for entire case or bills by hour at $180 per hour rate for legal representation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

RecordGone is a national law firm (a division of Higbee & Associates) that provides legal services to expunge, seal, or set aside criminal records for individual clients across 18 U.S. states. Its core engagement is post-conviction relief representation, supported by an exclusive Expedited Record Clearance Update service that pushes updates to 650+ background check companies within 14 days of court clearance. Add-on offerings include firearm rights restoration, background check removal, privacy/data removal, criminal defense, and state-specific services such as probation termination, pardons, juvenile record sealing, and Megan's Law removal.

Product overview

RecordGone is a national legal services firm (division of Higbee & Associates) offering a comprehensive suite of post-conviction relief and criminal record clearing services. The core offering is the Expungement, Record Clearing, Record Sealing, and Set Asides service, which serves as the primary platform. This core service is supplemented by add-on modules including the Expedited Record Clearance Update (which connects to over 650 background check companies), Background Check Removal, Felony Expungement, Misdemeanor Expungement, Firearm Rights Restoration, and Privacy Service. State-specific offerings include California services (Felony Expungement, Probation Termination, DUI Expungement, Pardon, Certificate of Rehabilitation, Megan's Law Website Removal, Sex Registration Termination, Juvenile Record Sealing, Criminal Defense) and services across 18 states including Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, and Washington. The firm also operates an online case management system and free eligibility test tool for client intake.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Expungement, Record Clearing, Record Sealing, and Set Asides
• Expedited Record Clearance Update
• Misdemeanor Expungement

Quantifiable outcome

• 30,000+ criminal records successfully cleared
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Nolo: Long-standing publisher of do-it-yourself legal guides, books, and attorney directories covering topics including criminal record expungement. Comparable to RecordGone as a consumer-facing legal information and service brand, though Nolo is primarily an editorial/reference incumbent rather than a practicing law firm.
• LegalShield: Subscription legal services plan providing members with access to attorneys for covered matters. Comparable as a consumer-facing legal access brand, though LegalShield operates a membership/prepaid model versus RecordGone's pay-per-case expungement focus.
• LegalZoom: Online legal services platform offering document preparation, business formation, and certain criminal-related filings. Comparable to RecordGone as a direct-to-consumer online legal brand serving individuals, though LegalZoom is a broad incumbent rather than a specialist in expungement.
• JustAnswer: Online marketplace connecting consumers with verified professionals including lawyers for on-demand advice. Comparable as a direct-to-consumer online legal access channel that can capture intent around expungement questions, though JustAnswer is a broad Q&A platform rather than a full-service law firm.
• Avvo: Online legal marketplace where consumers find and rate attorneys, including for expungement matters. Comparable to RecordGone through attorney-rating visibility (RecordGone holds Avvo's Superb rating) and the shared consumer acquisition channel of attorney directory search.
• Rocket Lawyer: Subscription-based online legal services platform with document templates and access to attorneys. Comparable to RecordGone's online, self-serve intake model targeting individuals, but operating as a broad legal platform rather than an expungement specialist.

Emerging players

• Code for America — Clear My Record: Nonprofit initiative that helps individuals clear eligible convictions using technology and pro bono attorney networks, primarily in California. Directly comparable to RecordGone's record-clearing mission, though operating as a nonprofit public-interest player rather than a fee-for-service law firm.
• BetterLegal: Online legal services provider focused on business formation and compliance filings with transparent flat-fee pricing. Comparable to RecordGone in its online, flat-fee, transparent-pricing approach to consumer legal services, though BetterLegal focuses on business rather than criminal record matters.
• Uptrust: Government-focused technology platform that automates record-clearing and pre-trial services for public defender and DA offices. Comparable to RecordGone as a record-clearing technology provider, though Uptrust sells B2G to government agencies instead of serving consumers directly.

Direct peers

• Higbee & Associates: Parent law firm of RecordGone and a national legal practice specializing in expungement and post-conviction relief. Directly comparable as the operating entity behind the RecordGone brand, sharing the same attorneys, case pipeline, and expungement practice area.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/recordgone
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/RecordGoneTV
• Facebookfacebook.com/RecordGoneCom
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/law-firm-of-higbee-&-associates

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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