Deandreas, a local businessman and former Moran Center client as a juvenile, returned for support with clearing his record. As a young person, Deandreas’ parents worked several jobs, and he says his time without supervision led to his “being introduced to a lifestyle” that got him into trouble.

At 15, Deandreas was caught with a gun and had Tom Verdun at the Moran Center as his defense attorney – who he says became a mentor to him.

With time, the Moran Center worked with Deandreas on his case and preventing future incidents, and years later when he returned for record remediation.

Deandreas now owns his own local business, DM Investments, which operates a construction company where he has become a mentor to other justice-involved young people in their lives and careers.

“We invest in our community, and people,” Deandreas says. “A lot of people, when they don’t have things to do, they get in trouble, so we like to mentor people” – as he does, himself, as a volunteer with Chicagoland Prison Outreach’s vocational program.

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