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Name: Richard B. Jones
Law Firm: Jones Law Office
Address: 898 W. Calle de los Higos
City: Tucson
State: AZ
Country: USA
Zip code: 85745
Phone:  (520) 777-6103
Fax: (520) 743-9817
E-mail: rick@tucsondefense.com
Website URL: tucsondefense.com

Qualifications and Credentials

State/foreign bar licenses: Arizona 1983

Admitted to U.S. Supreme Court? Yes

Federal court admissions: Arizona (1983); W.D. Michigan (1998); S.D. Texas (2001); E.D. Wisconsin (2007); E.D. Michigan (2008); 9th (1985); 6th (1999); 5th (2002)

Law school: University of California, Davis      1983

Undergrad: Economics   University of California Santa Barbara    1980

Other degrees: National Criminal Defense College

Years defending forfeiture cases: 19 years
 
Number of forfeiture cases handled: 100+

Published forfeiture opinions: United States v. $493,850.00, 518 F.3d 1159 (9th Cir. 2008).

Types of cases handled:

 X  Forfeiture Trials        X Forfeiture Appeals

 X Criminal Trials             X Criminal Appeals Civil litigation

 __ Constitutional Rights
Experience handling the following types of forfeiture issues

X  criminal forfeiture – federal    X criminal forfeiture – state

 X civil forfeiture – federal            X civil forfeiture – state

 X innocent owners                        X innocent lienholders

 X innocent spouses                        X innocent landlords

 X money laundering                             

 X cash transaction reporting violations

 __ IRS forfeitures proportionality constitutional defenses