Matthew Charles Faucette

We approached Mr Faucette for a possible early expungement in 2015 before the new NC expungement law passed in 2017. Beyond the consultation, we didn't hear much from him after we paid the fee, which was three times of that from another lawyer we used later on to file the expungement in 2017. I u...nderstand that it may have been more difficult before the law was passed, but what was concerning was that it was difficult to hear from him or get a straight answer after the fee was paid. If we did receive a response, it wasn't a concrete no, this can't be done, or yes, we can move forward either. It wasn't until the law passed and I reached out about it, that I received an almost immediate response and was quoted another fee to have it filed. We decided to go with another attorney and the record has since been expunged, and we have moved on. It was an expensive lesson learned.

I hired Mr. Faucette for a DWI with misdemeanor child abuse charges (because I had minors in the car at the time) that I had incurred last year. After talking to a few lawyers that seemed doubtful about my case, I felt better and more confident after my consultation with Mr. Faucette. One of the main... reasons why he was hired was because he stated that he "loved the Lord" and was willing to work with me on payments. Throughout this nearly year-long ordeal, he was very hard to get ahold of, and would often leave my texts unanswered. He would say he would call me at certain times, but would never call. He eventually was able to get the child abuse charges dropped and got a good, lenient judge who gave us what we asked, for which I am grateful; however, I was left with a bad taste in my mouth. He just seemed like he was unconcerned. In addition, I was let go from a new job because, although the child abuse charges were dropped, my employer Googled me and saw that I had those charges previously. I texted Mr. Faucette to ask his advice as to how I can go about getting this information taken down, and I have yet to receive a response (it's been over a month). Given my previous interactions with him, I don't think I am going to get. I think that Mr. Faucette is a very knowledgeable lawyer; however, I am dissatisfied with the overall service I received.

He lied to me. don't hire him for anything other than criminal law, I made that mistake and he gave my opponent free legal advice and helped him strike a better deal than what he was asking for. My opponent committed perjury but Faucett disregarded that entirely just to get rid of my case. A complete... waste of money.

I hired and paid him to do an expungment. Of course the payment was received but the expungement was never processed. I attempted to call and email him for an update and the status but he gave me some run-around answer that was not consistent with the courts. He never refunded me the money I paid h...im to do the expungement as he stated he would.