Right. However, civil suits awards in that case should then be awarded from any assets confiscated.
The point being: the taxpayer is no more guilty in this case than the drug dealer, but Civil Suits don't get filed by Lawyers against drug dealers (they are afraid of the hunt). Taxpayers are always an easy target, and the Lawyer doesn't risk his life like he would trying to appropriate the funds from a drug dealer.
I didn't know civil suits could do that in this case.
Sounds like a fair deal to me.
Thanks for the education on that issue.