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Edward Michael Burch

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Avvo Rating6.5
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Licensed for 12 years
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About Edward

Practice areas

AppealsAdministrative lawCriminal defenseFederal crime
  1. Federal crime: 40%

    Asset Forfeiture Defense (representation of claimants seeking return of property seized by the government on ground that property is connected to crime, usually drug trafficking)

    12 years

  2. Criminal defense: 25%

    Focus on drug related criminal cases

    12 years

  3. Administrative law: 20%

    re: asset forfeiture

    5 years

  4. Appeals: 15%

    12 years

Languages spoken

English

Contact

101 California Street Suite 2450
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Law Offices of David M. Michael

101 California Street Suite 2450
San Francisco, CA, 94111

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License
StateStatusAcquiredUpdated
CAActive200810/27/2020
We have not found any instances of professional misconduct for this lawyer.
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Awards
Award nameGrantorDate granted
Julia Raymand McCulloch Memorial - Excellence in Const. LawUniversity of New Mexico School of Law2006
Work Experience
TitleCompany nameDuration
Associate AttorneyLaw Office of David M. Michael2007 - Present
Associations
Association namePosition nameDuration
National Association of Criminal Defense LawyersMember2008 - Present
NORML National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana LawLegal Committee2008 - Present
Education
School nameDegreeGraduated
Univ of New Mexico SOLlawN/A
Univ of California BerkeleyundergraduateN/A
Legal cases
Case nameOutcome
People v. $91,000 (appx)Obtained the return of all of the seized funds on behalf of client
People v. $10,000 (appx)Obtained the return of all of the seized funds on behalf of client
People v. $224,000 (appx)Obtained the return of approxiately $200,000 on behalf of clients
United States v. $29,000 (appx)Obtained the return of half of client's seized funds
United States v. $10,000 (appx)Obtained the return of more than half of the funds on behalf of client

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An excellent forfeiture attorney

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Edward Burch was a competent and thorough attorney in my forfeiture case - which was successful. I'll always be grateful to him and would highly recommend his services to all.

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Catherine Vais, Criminal defense Attorney on Nov 4, 2009
Relationship: Worked together on matter

I endorse this lawyer's work. He is professional, knowledgeable, and an expert in his field. I would recommend him to anybody with criminal issues.