DNA expert witness Dr. Mark W. Perlin testified in Beaver County, PA, in the 1979 cold case against Gregory Scott Hopkins. The murder case against Hopkins in the death of his girlfriend Catherine Janet Walsh was reopened due to modern DNA technology. Perlin testified regarding DNA evidence at the scene…
In Avoid This Expert Report Writing Error, construction site expert witness William Gulya, Jr., President & CEO, Middlesex Trenching Company, writes: As an experienced expert report writer and testifying expert I recommend that attorneys make sure their expert avoids this common expert report writing error. It is vital that an…
Juvenile justice system expert witness Paul DeMuro testified in a Polk County, FL, federal trial over the constitutional rights of juveniles at the Polk County jail and the conditions under which they are held. Representing the Southern Poverty Law Center in a class action suit, DeMuro described conditions at the…
Firearms expert witness Bryce Linskey testified in the Danbury, CT, murder trial of Robert Bell. Bell is accused in the shooting death of his wife Svetlana Bell in their home in December 2012. Mr. Linsky, now with the armed school security provider Direct Contact Solution LLC, is a retired sergeant…
Attorney and accounting expert witness Michael Wagner testified last week in the lost profits case between Samsung and Apple. Apple is asking for $114M in lost profits over a touch screen feature. Yesterday Samsung asked Judge Lucy Koh to stop the retrial after the US PTO said an Apple patent…
In 3 Tips for Improving your Expert CV, Rosalie Hamilton, the leading authority on expert witness marketing and founder of Expert Communications, offers advice on the form and content of your CV including: Read your CV as though you were reading someone else’s CV, with three or four others having…
Transportation safety expert witnesses may provide reports regarding transportation brokering, bus & truck safety, highways, transportation engineering, and transportation infrastructure. On its website, the American Transportation Associations describes how technology is changing the trucking business: The analysis and utilization of data is changing the driver, vehicle and operational landscape for…
Arson detection expert witnesses will testify in the Gatesville, TX, murder trial of David K. Allen who is accused of killing his wife, Paula Allen. Fire investigators have already classified the mobile home fire as intentionally set. The former preacher’s trial has been delayed from November 2013 to February 2014.…
Pharmacology expert witnesses may provide reports and expert witness testimony concerning clinical pharmacology, generic drugs, patented drugs, pharmaceutical companies, and associated matters. It was recently announced that the state of Vermont will receive almost $1.4M in the consumer fraud lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Pharmaceuticals. The DOJ charged…
Dr. Robyn Porterfield and her partner industrial psychology expert witness Dr. Bob Rose write about the benefits of knowing about the services of Industrial Psychologists. Judging from the scarcity of Industrial Psychologists (often called IO Psychologists) on legal websites many practitioners may know little, if anything about what they do.…