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In THE LAYMAN’S GLOSSARY: Terms Relating to the Forensic Examination of Handwriting, Signatures and Documents , handwriting expert witness Jacqueline A. Joseph, CDE, Board Certified Examiner of Handwriting & Documents, writes:

This glossary has been designed to meet the needs of those seeking to gain the meaning of common forensic terms and to understand the jargon used during the examination of questioned handwriting and signatures…

Because it would be impracticable to include all forensic terms in a work of this size and scope, this work includes many of the common terms relating to the examination of questioned handwriting and signature examination. It does not include terms relating to laboratory equipment, ink differentiation or other methods involving aspects beyond the examination of handwriting and signatures. However, it is my intention to publish expanded editions in the future….

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In Why Neurology Expert Witnesses are Uniquely Beneficial to Litigators with Medical Cases, Mednick Associates writes:

While most physicians tend to focus on a specific area of medicine, there are some specialties, like neurology, where the specific meets the general. Mednick Associates highlights the top 5 areas where neurology expert witnesses can help litigators.

Read more: http://www.prweb.com/releases/prweb2012/10/prweb10076590.htm

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Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper Brian Bragonier is expected to testify in the Fremont County, WY, case against William Dean Barnes. Barnes is charged with aggravated vehicular homicide in the death of an 11 year old girl who was getting off a school bus in 2011. Bragonier is a recorded vehicle data expert witness and will speak about downloading the information from the system on Barnes’s truck.

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Electrical engineering expert witness Richard Bonyata testified that a refrigerator, not a stove, might have caused a fire in a Texas home day care that killed four children and injured three. Jessica Tata, charged with murder, left children in age from 16 months to 3 years old alone with hot oil cooking on the stove and went shopping at Target.

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Expert witness Professor Matthew Hickman testified in the brutality case against the city of Chicago. Bartender Karolina Obrycka was beaten by off-duty policeman Anthony Abbate and the police department is charged with covering up the videotaped attack. The criminal justice expert witness is a criminal justice professor at Seattle University.

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In Your Competitive Advantage, leading authority on expert witness marketing and founder of Expert Communications Rosalie Hamilton writes:

A competitive advantage can be merely a perceived advantage. You can use this to your benefit. A large engineering firm may have many different specialties of engineers, along with its own testing facilities. Alternately, a sole practitioner engineer can promote himself as being more responsive to the attorney, more personally involved in each case, and possibly less costly. Learn to articulate your competitive advantage in a professional manner.

Read more: http://www.expertcommunications.com/

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Liability insurance experts may consult on issues involving general liability insurance, umbrella policies, bodily injury coverage, and more. The property-casualty insurance trade organization, The American Insurance Association, urged safety and preparedness ahead of hurricane Sandy which included:

• Make an inventory list of your home’s contents. It is best to photograph or videotape your items.

• Examine your roof carefully, looking for worn, curled or missing shingles. If you cannot inspect your roof easily, look for moisture or surface discoloration in your attic.

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Patents expert witnesses may opine on patent infringement, software patents, invention patents, and more. In A Guide to the Legislative History of the America Invents Act: Part I of II, Joe Matal, Judiciary Committee Counsel to Senator Jon Kyl, describes the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act and provides a guide to legislative materials.

Read more: http://www.uspto.gov/aia_implementation/guide-to-aia-p1.pdf