Name: Joshua Sabert Lowther, Esq.
Law Firm: National
Federal Defense Group
Address: P.O. Box 3162
City: Savannah
State: Georgia
Country: USA
Zip code: 31402
Phone: 866.380.1782
Fax: 866.819.7859
E-mail: jlowther@nationalfederaldefense.com
Website URL: www.NationalFederalDefense.com
Qualifications and Credentials
State/foreign bar licenses: Georgia
Admitted to U.S. Supreme Court? No
Federal court admissions:
US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
(GA, FL, AL);
US
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
(CO, KS, OK, NM, UT, WY and portions of
Yellowstone National Park that extend into ID and MT);
US
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
(AK, AZ, CA,
Guam, HI, ID, MT, Northern Mariana Islands, NV, OR and WA);
US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
(AR, IA, MN, MO,
NE, ND and SD);
US District Court for the District of Colorado;
US District Court for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia;
US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois;
US District Court for the North Dakota;
US District Court for the Eastern and Southern
Districts of Texas; and
US District Court for the Eastern
District of Wisconsin.
Law school: John Marshall Law School, Doctor
of Jurisprudence 1998
Undergrad: Bachelor of Arts/English
Literature, University of South Carolina
(Columbia) 1994
Experience in forfeiture defense and related subjects: I
aggressively and successfully have represented many clients
(both individual and corporate) in multi-million dollar asset
seizures and forfeiture actions.
| 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 |
| Place an “x” next to
the types of forfeiture issues you have had experience
handling: |
_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 __ 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? Continually since 1983 |
How many forfeiture cases have you handled? I have lost count |
| List any pro bono or
volunteer work you have done for F.E.A.R.: |
None for FEAR,
specifically, but I am available to do so if the claimant
demonstrates a genuine inability to afford counsel. |
| List any other volunteer or pro bono work you have done involving forfeiture: | Several federal (many districts) and state (Georgia only) forfeiture matters where the claimant has demonstrated a genuine inability to afford counsel. |