F.E.A.R.'s Forfeiture Attorney Directory

     Asset forfeiture victims who have recently had their property seized need information and competent legal advice, and they need it immediately. As any experienced forfeiture lawyer knows, the crucial first month or so after the forfeiture process begins is fraught with perils for the pro se victim -- they can end up waiving their right to a jury trial or lose the case by default, just from not knowing what to do. Finding a lawyer experienced in asset forfeiture defense is very difficult for most forfeiture victims. This on-line Forfeiture Attorney Directory provides enough information about qualified forfeiture lawyers to allow them to shop around and find the right lawyer for them.
 

Note to forfeiture victims: FEAR compiled this attorney directory for your convenience in finding a source of experienced forfeiture lawyers, but you have to check out the lawyer's credentials for yourself. These lawyers do not work for FEAR.  FEAR does not vouch for their competence or expertise. The information displayed on each Attorney Directory listing was written by the attorney, and was submitted on the honor system.  FEAR does not separately verify the accuracy of the information on the attorneys' listings.  However, if it comes to our attention that any of the information an attorney provides is false, we immediately take down the attorney's listing. But unless and until that happens, it's up to you to check credentials. 
 

     Please do not call lawyers on this list to ask questions about FEAR materials or the website. Lawyers listed in the Attorney Directory are not required to give free legal advice, or even to offer a free initial consultation. Some of the attorneys are willing to consult by the hour for a fee.  Please check their listings for details. It is up to each individual attorney to set their own policies.  Please be courteous if an attorney says they do not give free legal advice.  There are plenty of free self-help materials on this website, which will answer most of your questions. 
 

     We need all of you experienced forfeiture lawyers to purchase a listing now.  An attorney directory listing costs $100 per year, but it will quickly pay for itself in new client referrals. More and more, new forfeiture victims turn to the internet to find help, and when they plug the word "forfeiture" into any search engine, they find the FEAR website. This makes the FEAR Attorney Directory the ideal place to attract new forfeiture cases. 
 

     To purchase a listing in the Attorney Directory, pay the fee using Paypal then download this form, and fill it out using a word processor, save it as an RTF file and email it to to FEAR at the following link. Your page will be posted after your payment is received.
  

Listing by State and City

We regret that so few attorneys are now listed, but FEAR's finances require us to enforce attorneys' annual fee.
Victims: if find a good forfeiture lawyer, please encourage him or her to purchase a listing, so that other forfeiture victims who need experienced counsel may benefit.

Most--if not all--of the attorneys on this list are able to take on federal cases outside their own state.  

California

Brenda Grantland - Mill Valley

Jacek W. Lentz - Los Angeles

Shawn R. Perez - San Clemente
Daniel M. Smith - San Diego
Isaac Safier - San Francisco


 
Florida

Sebastian Ohanian - Coral Gables
Leslie M. Sammis - Tampa

Georgia

Joshua Sabert Lowther - Atlanta

 

Indiana

Jeff Cardella - Indianapolis