[Revised 8/7/03 by Leon Felkins]
Name:
Jeffry K. Finer
Law Firm: Law Offices of JEFFRY K FINER
Address: West 505 Riverside
Suite: 600
City: Spokane
State: WA
Country: USA
Zip code: 99201
Phone: 509 747-4900
Fax: 509-838-2050
E-mail: jeffry@finer-bering.com
URL: http://finer-bering.com/
State/foreign bar licenses: Washington State
Admitted to U.S. Supreme Court? yes
Federal court admissions: 9th Cir.
Law school: University of New Mexico 1984
Undergrad: Yale , 1977
Other degrees:
Types of cases handled: forfeiture trials; forfeiture appeals;
criminal trials; criminal appeals; civil cases; constitutional rights;
Experienced in these forfeiture issues: federal criminal
forfeiture; state criminal forfeiture; federal civil forfeiture; state
civil forfeiture; innocent owners; innocent spouses; money laundering;
cash transaction reporting forfeitures; proportionality; constitutional
defenses
Years defending forfeiture cases: Since 1987
Number of forfeiture cases handled? over 100; only about 8 to
fact hearing
Published forfeiture opinions: United States v. $405,089.12
(companion to United States v. Ursery)
Publications on forfeiture: Wrote a section of FEAR's manual on
double jeopardy
Forfeiture seminars taught: University of New Mexico, 1995;
WACDL, 1996;
Federal Defenders of Easter Washington, 1995
Pro bono or volunteer work for FEAR: co-authored portions of the
manual
Other volunteer work involving forfeiture: