One disclosure should not define a career.
Expungement removes eligible customer dispute information from CRD, which is what BrokerCheck publishes. It is a narrow, rules-driven remedy: an arbitration panel must find a recognized ground, and a court generally must confirm the award before FINRA will act. ClearScope Counsel LLC handles defined Rule 2080 matters for brokers and registered representatives on a flat fee.
Please do not send CRD detail, settlement documents, or other sensitive records until we have completed a conflicts check. A preliminary inquiry does not create an attorney-client relationship.
Three grounds, and the panel must agree unanimously.
A panel may award expungement of customer dispute information only on a recognized ground. Dissatisfaction with the complaint, or the fact that it settled, is not one of them.
Factually impossible or clearly erroneous
The allegation could not have happened as described, or rests on a specific, demonstrable factual error.
Not involved
The registered person was not involved in the alleged sales practice violation, forgery, theft, misappropriation, or conversion of funds.
False
The claim, allegation, or information is false.
Grounds are set by FINRA Rules 12805 and 13805, which require unanimous findings and a written explanation identifying the evidence relied upon.
Disclosure expungement, scoped before you commit.
Flat fee starting at $7,500, confirmed after a scoping call
- Eligibility review against Rule 2080’s narrow standards
- Drafting and filing the expungement request
- Hearing preparation, even for unopposed matters
- Coordination of any required court confirmation, filed in Missouri
FINRA’s own filing and hearing fees are separate, paid directly to FINRA, and not included in this flat fee. Court filing fees for the confirmation petition are also separate.
Scope outside Missouri. FINRA arbitration is a private forum, so the arbitration itself can be handled for advisors registered in Missouri, Iowa, and Indiana. The Rule 2080 confirmation is a separate court proceeding. This firm appears in Missouri courts only and does not arrange local counsel elsewhere, so a confirmation petition outside Missouri would need separate counsel of your choosing.
From occurrence review to a confirmed order.
Scoping call
We identify the occurrence, the procedural posture, and the deadline that applies before quoting a fee.
Eligibility review
Whether a recognized ground is supportable on the evidence, and whether the request is barred.
Filing
The request is made in the customer arbitration or as a straight-in request under Rule 13805, whichever the posture requires.
Recorded hearing
You appear, the panel reviews the record and any settlement documents, and it must make specific written findings.
Court confirmation
Rule 2080 generally requires a court order confirming the award, with FINRA named and served unless waived. Handled here in Missouri; elsewhere this step needs separate counsel.
Investor representation comes first here.
ClearScope Counsel LLC is primarily an investor-side FINRA practice. Expungement matters are accepted selectively and screened for conflicts with the current investor-side docket. Some requests will be declined for that reason, and we will say so early rather than late.
Want the rules in full first?
The expungement requirements guide walks through the three grounds, which FINRA rule applies to your posture, the straight-in deadlines, what cannot be expunged, and the Rule 2080 court step.
Questions brokers ask first.
Expungement removes eligible customer dispute information from the CRD system, which is what BrokerCheck publishes. It is governed by FINRA Rules 12805 and 13805 and generally requires an arbitration award plus a court order confirming it under Rule 2080.
Eligibility review against the narrow Rule 2080 standards, drafting and filing the expungement request, hearing preparation including for unopposed matters, and coordination of any required court confirmation. The fee starts at $7,500 and is confirmed in writing after a scoping call.
No. FINRA’s filing and hearing fees are separate, paid directly to FINRA, and not part of the flat fee. Court filing fees for the confirmation petition are also separate.
No. FINRA arbitration is a private forum, so the arbitration itself can be handled for advisors registered in Missouri, Iowa, and Indiana. The Rule 2080 confirmation is a separate court proceeding. This firm appears in Missouri courts only and does not arrange local counsel elsewhere, so a confirmation petition outside Missouri would need separate counsel of your choosing. That limit is identified at the scoping call, not after you engage.
No. Investor and claimant representation is the practice priority here. Expungement matters are accepted selectively and screened for conflicts with the current investor-side docket, and some will be declined for that reason.
Rule 13805 sets a two-year limit after a related customer arbitration or civil litigation closes, and a three-year limit after a customer complaint was first reported to CRD where no arbitration followed. Transitional deadlines apply to older disclosures, so the sooner a disclosure is reviewed the more options remain.
No. An attorney-client relationship begins only after conflicts are cleared and a written engagement agreement is signed.
Have the occurrence reviewed while the options are still open.
Straight-in deadlines run from the close of the customer matter, not from the day it starts affecting your career. A scoping call establishes what applies to your disclosure. No attorney-client relationship is created until conflicts are cleared and an engagement agreement is signed.