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Name: Brenda Grantland

Law Firm: Law Office of Brenda Grantland
Address: 669 Northern Avenue
City: Mill Valley
State: CA
Country: USA
Zip code: 94941
Phone: 415-381-6105
E-mail: bgrantland (at) brendagrantland.com
Website URL: www.brendagrantland.com

Qualifications and Credentials

State/foreign bar licenses: California

Admitted to U.S. Supreme Court? yes

Federal court admissions: most federal circuit courts of appeal and district courts in California

Law school: George Washington University National Law Center 1981

Undergrad: University of Alabama, BA

Experience in forfeiture defense and related subjects: I have handled a wide variety of forfeiture cases under various statutes. I also have experience representing crime victims in criminal cases under the Crime Victims Rights Act and Mandatory Victim Restitution Act.

Place an “x” next to the types of cases you handle:	_x_ Forfeiture Trials _x_ Forfeiture Appeals ___ Criminal Trials _x_ Criminal Appeals _x_ Civil litigation & Appeals _x_ Constitutional Rights
Place 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 _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
How long have you been defending forfeiture cases? Continually since 1983	How many forfeiture cases have you handled? Hundreds if not thousands
Case names and citations to your published forfeiture opinions:	Shelden v. U.S., 7 F.3d 1022 (1993), U.S. v. 9844 S. Titan Court, 75 F.3d 1470 (1996), U.S. v. Aguirre, 264 F.3d 1195 (10th Cir. 2001), U.S. v. Star Sloop Sailboat “Flash II,” 458 F.3d 16 (1st Cir. 2006), on remand 517 F.Supp.2d 546 (D. Mass 2007).
List any publications about forfeiture you have authored (or co-authored):	California Asset Forfeiture Law & Procedure, published 2018; Your House Is Under Arrest, 2nd Ed., ebook published 1-14-2017; Asset Forfeiture: What To Do When Police Seize Your Property, 2nd Ed., ebook published 11-1-2016; FEAR's Asset Forfeiture Defense Manual, 2001 (coauthored with Judy Osburn and Susan Raffanti); Forfeiture 101 DVD (2009). See also her law review articles republished on this website, in the FEAR Law Library, under Law Review Articles.
List any classes or seminars on forfeiture which you have taught:	NORML National Legal Committee Conference, Aspen Colorado, May 2015; Drug Policy Foundation seminars on forfeiture - 1992, 1994, 2000; Oxford Club seminar 1996; numerous public speaking engagements to nonprofit organizations and clubs, numerous radio talk shows.
List any pro bono or volunteer work you have done for F.E.A.R.:	FEAR newsletter editor - 1992-1994, FEAR Board president - 1994 - 1996, 1998-present, FEAR Board of Directors - 1993 – present.
List any other volunteer or pro bono work you have done involving forfeiture:	Answered questions from victims who called FEAR – 1993 to 2010; pro bono work and amicus briefs on double jeopardy 1994-1996; amicus brief in Supreme Court in Libretti v. U.S. (1996). Lobbied for forfeiture reform on the state and federal level - 1992 to present.
List any honors or awards you have been given	Who's Who In America, Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in American Women - early 2000s to present. Who's Who In America Lifetime Achievement Award 2018. The Superlawyers, 2018.

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