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- Category: Articles
- Ferraris, Frangelica And Forfeiture, Oh My!
- And The House Said: Let There Be Justice, Forfeiture And H.R. 1658
- Applying The Brakes On A Runaway Train: Forfeiture And Recent Supreme Court Developments
- Steven L. Kessler’s Article Discussing The Recent Revisions To New York’s Primary Civil Forfeiture Statute
- Steven L. Kessler's Article: Taking the Profit Out of Crime Published in The Champion
- Category: In The News
- Category: Asset Forfeiture
Testimonials:
Notable Cases:
- United States v. Fishman et al., __ 4th __, 2025 WL 2692069, 2025 U.S.App.LEXIS 24432 (2d Cir. Sept. 22, 2025)
- McIntosh v. United States, 601 U.S. 330 (2024)
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Walsh, et al., 17 N.Y.3d 162, 927 N.Y.S.2d 821 (2011)
- Trofimov v. Furmanov, 38 A.D.3d 530, 832 N.Y.S.2d 67 (2d Dep’t 2007)
- Kempf v. Magida, 116 A.D.3d 736, 982 N.Y.S.2d 916 (2d Dep’t 2014)
- Spota v. Astra Motors, 28 A.D.3d 471, 813 N.Y.S.2d 194 (2d Dep’t 2006)
- Cuomo v. Levy et al., _ Misc.3d _ (Sup. Ct. Kings County, Nov. 12, 2009) (Ingram, J.)
- United States v. Swartz Family Trust, 67 F.4th 505 (2d Cir. 2023)
- United States v. Real Property Located at 1407 North Collins Street, Arlington, Texas, 901 F.3d 268 (5th Cir. 2018)
- United States v. Cosme, 796 F.3d 226 (2d Cir. 2015)
- United States v. Kogan, 2022 WL 3362452, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 145659 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 15, 2022):
- United States v. Rodriguez-Perez, _ F. Supp. 3d _, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6413 (S.D.N.Y., Jan 11, 2019) (Swain, J.)
- United States v. Surgent, _ F. Supp. 2d _, 2009 WL 2525137, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 72563, 04-CR-364 (E.D.N.Y. Aug 17, 2009) (Gleeson, J.)
- Remigio v. Kelly, _ F. Supp. 2d _, 2005 WL 1950138, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16789, 04-CV-1877 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 2, 2005) (Dolinger, M.J.)
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Walsh, et al., 658 F.3d 194 (2d Cir. 2011)
- Starr Indemnity & Liability Company v. United States (Jet Zee), _ F. Supp. 3d _, 2019 WL 4305529, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 155656, CCB-18-3226 (D. Md. Sept 11, 2019) (Blake, J.)
- United States v. Richard Peterson, 820 F. Supp. 2d 576 (S.D.N.Y. 2011) (Chin, J.)
- United States v. $660,200 in United States Currency, More or Less, 423 F. Supp. 2d 14 (E.D.N.Y. April 6, 2006) (Azrack, M.J.)
- United States v. Currency Aggregating $829,964.10, _ F. Supp. 2d _, 2005 WL 1586093 (N.D. W.Va. June 6, 2005) (Keeley, J.)
Publications and Articles:
- Steven L. Kessler is interviewed live on June 25, 2025 by Eva Pilgrim on ABC News’ show, “Burden of Proof”, regarding the forfeiture aspects of the government’s case against Sean “Diddy” Combs.
- Civil and Criminal Forfeiture: Federal and State Practice (WestGroup) was first published in 1993 and has been updated annually for 30 years.
- New York Criminal and Civil Forfeitures (LexisNexis) has been updated annually since 1996.
- Taking the Profit Out Of Crime: Forfeiture
- Steven L. Kessler’s article discussing the recent revisions to New York’s primary civil forfeiture statute was published in the New York Law Journal.
- Steven L. Kessler’s article discussing the United States Supreme Court’s recent decisions regarding criminal forfeiture was published in The Champion
