Recent Successes in the Court Room

My client's BMW was seized by Madison Police and they began a forfeiture proceeding on it. We successfully negotiated a release of the very expensive vehicle pending the final hearing.

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My client's brand new BMW I8 was seized from her driveway in Missouri. We won the forfeiture case against the vehicle.

My client's vehicle was seized after he was arrested with felony amounts of cannabis and an uncased firearm in his vehicle. We obtained his vehicle back and avoided forfeiture.

My client was stopped by the Illinois State Police for a traffic violation. His car was searched and a felony amount of cannabis was discovered. He also had $49,500 in cash. The State moved to forfeit the cash. We filed a motion to dismiss and won.

My client was stopped by the Illinois State police and they removed nearly $50,000 US currency from his vehicle. They undertook forfeiture proceedings. The State provided an inaccurate notice to my client. We filed a motion to dismiss and it was granted.

Two clients were charged with money laundering after $178,000 was discovered in a secret compartment in their truck. They were stopped by drug interdiction agents. We obtained a full dismissal of the charges against them.

Three separate clients on unconnected cases all won their forfeiture cases. The State had to give back $106,000, vehicles, smaller amounts of cash, and a vehicle.

My client was driving her mother's car and was arrested for possession of a controlled substance. The police seized the car. They erred when they served her with notice and a setting for the probable cause hearing more than 14 days after the seizure.

On June 4, 2019 my client's vehicle forfeiture case was dismissed.

I was able to win a forfeiture case against my client's aircraft.

Obtained a Dismissal of a Real Estate Forfeiture 2/09/18