Name:
Richard M. Barnett
Law Firm:
Address: 105 West F Street
Suite:
City: San Diego
State: CA
Country: USA
Zip code: 92101
Phone: 619-231-1182
Fax: 619-233-3221
E-mail: richardmbarnett@gmail.com
Qualifications
and
Credentials:
State/foreign
bar licenses: California
Admitted to U.S. Supreme Court? yes
Federal court admissions: United States Court of Appeals for the
Fifth, Ninth and Tenth
Circuits. United States District Court: District of Arizona; Central,
Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California; District of
Colorado; District of Indiana; and the Western District of Michigan.
Law school: University of San Francisco: 1975
Undergrad: San Diego State University: 1972
Other degrees:
Types of cases handled: forfeiture trials; forfeiture appeals;
criminal trials; criminal appeals;
Experienced in these forfeiture issues: federal criminal
forfeiture;
state criminal forfeiture; federal civil forfeiture; state civil
forfeiture;
innocent owners; lienholders; innocent spouses; landlords; money
laundering;
cash transaction reporting forfeitures; IRS forfeitures;
proportionality;
constitutional defenses;
Years defending forfeiture cases: Over 30 years.
Number of forfeiture cases handled: Over 400 cases
|
Types of
cases handled: |
X Forfeiture
Trials
X
Forfeiture Appeals __Criminal Trials
__Criminal Appeals Civil
litigation __ Constitutional Right |
| 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 X
IRS forfeitures proportionality constitutional defenses |
Published forfeiture opinions:
United States v. Real Property,
972 F.2d 1346 (9th Cir. 1992); United
States v. Hooper, 229 F.3d 818 (9th Cir. 2000); United States v. One 1997 Toyota Landcruiser,
248 F.3d 899 (9th Cir. 2001); United
States v. $80,180 in U.S. Currency, 46 Fed.Appx. 564, 2002 WL
31098467; United States v. $57,790
in U.S. Currency, 180 Fed.Appx. 604, 2006 WL 1586331; United States v. $38,167 in U.S. Currency,
221 Fed.Appx. 518, 2007 WL 582291; United
States v. $40,955 in U.S. Currency, __F.3d__, 209 WL 174911.
Forfeiture seminars taught: California Attorneys for Criminal
Justice, NORML, Various seminars and lectures to local bar groups