United States v. Moffitt, Zwerling & Kemler, P.C.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

This detinue and conversion action is in reality yet another chapter in a lengthy criminal forfeiture saga. The saga grows out of the payment of $103,800 of attorneys’ fees to Moffitt, Zwerling & Kemler, P.C. (the “Law Firm”) by a client who obtained the money through drug trafficking. 1 Until now, the government’s forfeiture efforts have relied solely on the federal scheme for criminal forfeiture set forth in 21 U.S.C. § 853. Previous chapters in the saga chronicle these efforts, which have not been entirely successful. Because the Law Firm spent…