It’s a question that almost every veteran white-collar defense lawyer has been asked at some point by the spouse of a client facing conviction: “When this is over, if the government wins and he/she goes off to prison, what if anything will be left for me and our children?”

Most clients and their loved ones intuitively grasp that the government is likely to take away any ill-gotten gains resulting from the crime. But few appreciate that even indisputably legitimate assets are at risk.

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