My question involves criminal law for the state of: California, Orange County Recently graduated from Grad School, I am applying for jobs. A temp job was offered to me, where upon accepting the offer, the background check informed the prospective employer (and myself as I was totally unaware of the case) that there was a warrant for my arrest (put out in 2005) based on failure to appear. 2 additional charges are labeled misdemeanors. I have never resided in CA and the incident is isolated, and occured while on vacation. I moved shortly thereafter (from IL to IN), perhaps disrupting any follow up paperwork mailed out to me. The incident involved an over-zealous officer and my boyfriend and I having an argument in public while a bit tipsy. The charges are obscene: Assault and resisting arrest!
No longer moving forward with the temp offer, I have another job offer for full time work on its way. I have an attorney, but he doesn't know how long it will take to remove the warrant from the database, nor how long it will take to reduce/remove/resolve the charges. He is confident that it won't go to trial and the warrant will be recalled sooner rather than later. What can i expect in terms of timelines...a future job is on the line (one which requires a bkgrd check as well)? In your experience and considering the very brief explanation, can I tell the HR person about the pending case confident that its imminent resolution with confidence that it will be resolved within the a reasonably short period of time?
All in all, this is bad timing!

