Name: Chad Van Cleave
Attorney at Law
Address: P.O. Box 999
City: Cameron
State: Texas
Country: USA
Zip code: 76520
Phone: (512) 497-0604
Fax: (512) 852-4755
E-mail: theonomist@gmail.com
Website URL: www.drugandgunlawyer.com
Qualifications and Credentials
State/foreign bar licenses: California
Admitted to U.S. Supreme Court? No
Federal court admissions: Admitted to practice
before Federal Courts in the Western District of Texas, Northern
District of Texas, Eastern District of Texas, Southern District of
Texas, Northern District of Florida, Northern District of California,
Eastern District of California, and before the United States Courts of
Appeals for the Fifth and Tenth Circuits.
Law school: Oak Brook College of
Law and Government, 2002
Experience in forfeiture defense and related subjects: Federal
Asset Forfeiture Cases Only. Federal Criminal Asset Forfeiture;
Federal Civil Asset Forfeiture; Federal Administrative Forfeiture.
| Place an “x” next to the types of cases you handle: |
_x_ Forfeiture Trials _x_ Forfeiture Appeals _x_ Criminal Trials _x_ Criminal Appeals Civil litigation _x_ Constitutional Rights |
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an “x” next to the types of forfeiture
issues you have had experience handling: |
_x_ criminal forfeiture – federal __ criminal forfeiture – state _x_ civil forfeiture – federal __ civil forfeiture – state __ innocent owners __ innocent lienholders __ innocent spouses __ innocent landlords _x_ money laundering __ cash transaction reporting violations __ IRS forfeitures proportionality constitutional defenses |
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How long have you been defending forfeiture cases? 6 years |
How many forfeiture cases have you handled? 20 |
| List any other volunteer or pro bono work you have done involving forfeiture: | Consulting with indigent claimants on their forfeiture matters. |