In Security Experts: Litigation and Beyond, security expert witness Robert A. Gardner, CPP, writes: Regardless of the focus of your practice, there may be a place for a qualified security expert in your legal tool kit. Consider making these suggestions to your client: • Have a qualified security expert conduct…
Despite recent controversy over the use of Tasers, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department says the electroshock weapons have defused hundreds of possibly lethal confrontations and kept deputies and the public safer since deputies began using them in late 2005. Law enforcement officials say the stress exerted by a subject…
In Managing the Risky Business of Company E-mail Part1 internet expert witness Scott Greene, CEO of Evidence Solutions, Inc., writes that his company has documented, during the examination of electronic systems, employees who frequently say/save things into e-mails or store on a computer, things they would never say anywhere else.…
Joseph E. Bonadiman, PhD, PE, writes on Experience versus education in forensic engineering: Much like the argument for nature versus nurture in determining the outcome of an individual’s personality, experience versus education in forensic engineering is a subject of contention when it comes to choosing an expert witness. This article…
In Continental Valuations News, real estate valuation expert witness Robert D. Domini, MBA, MAI, writes: Inventories are beginning to come down in markets like, say, Fort Myers, Florida. You all remember the good old days when a 250-lot subdivision “sold out” in one day? At the peak, properties were appreciating…
In Security Experts: Litigation and Beyond, security expert witness Robert A. Gardner, CPP, writes: Q. How can a security expert help me? I don’t handle security related litigation. A. It’s true that security experts are most often retained for litigation. Expert opinions on issues of crime foreseeability, security adequacy, and…
Document examination expert witness Ronald N. Morris is a certified forensic document examiner and in this excerpt from Submitting a Handwriting Case for Examination, he writes on working with copies: Another reason why photocopies are problematic is the ability of a person to create or fabricate a completely fictitious document…
A. David Tammelleo, JD, a nationally recognized authority on health care law, writes in Caveat To Physicians Having Lasers In Their Offices: Recently, the development and refinement of the laser has opened a panorama of areas in which laser treatments can be used. However, whenever lasers are used they should…
In Managing the Risky Business of Company E-mail Part1 internet expert witness Scott Greene writes that his company has documented, during the examination of electronic systems, employees who frequently say/save things into e-mails or store on a computer, things they would never say anywhere else. Either having an employee delete…
Expert witnesses are used in a wide range of litigation and their opinions are often viewed as critical, yet few attorneys take the time to utilize the proper resources to find the right experts, evaluate their credentials, and/or assess the admissibility of their testimony. For example, one step in researching…