The quick answer is that lawyers are not supposed to lie, but they canât necessarily prevent their clients from lying. Iâll get to the details in a minute â honestly--but first Iâm happy to tell you that the podcast version of this article is brought to you by Go To Meeting.
Fingerprints on paper, cardboard and unfinished wood can last for up to forty years (per actual casework histories) unless exposed to water (and contaminate transfer prints can even then sometimes persist).
FIngerprints were not needed for EAs when I got my EFIN very late in 2007. I was waiting until the last minute (well, 45 days before mid-January e-filing opened) for reasons I won't put in print. However, I received my EFIN in something like 12 days or something surprisingly short.