Daniel M. Marble is a retired Licensed Clinical Social Worker. A graduate of the Columbia University School of Social Work, Mr. Marble founded two agencies: Kern Bridges Youth Homes and Juvenile Probation Psychiatric Services.

Mr. Marble's experience as a reviewer for the California Alliance of Child and Family Services as well as his experience as an expert witness, has afforded him a great deal of awareness of best practices and comunity standards for a wide range of child service agencies. His associate, John Steinfirst spent 20 yrs. as CEO of Fred Finch Youth Center a respected residential treatment program.

Following his retirement at the end of 1999, Mr Marble was trained as an expert witness by the Western Child Welfare Law Center.

Mr. Marble has eight years experience in working with both counsel for the plaintiff and counsel for the defense.

Daniel B. Kennedy, Ph.D., is FCA’s principal consultant and is Board Certified in Security Management. Dr. Kennedy has had extensive specialized training in various aspects of Criminal Behavior, Policing Operations, Corrections Operations, and Private Sector Security Management. He specializes in crime foreseeability issues, appropriate standards of care in the security industry, and analyses of the behavioral aspects of proximate causation.

Dr. Kennedy has testified in cases involving the appropriate standards of care for the use of deadly force, vehicle pursuits, emergency psychiatric evaluations, prisoner health care, prevention of prisoner suicide, positional asphyxia / excited delirium, and “suicide by cop.” He also evaluates numerous lawsuits concerning premises liability for negligent security in the private sector involving properties both in the U.S. and overseas.

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Michael T. Motley, Ph.D. has over thirty-five years of experience in the field of Communication, with specialization in the areas of public-speaking anxiety (stage fright), interpersonal communication, meaning, and psycholinguistics. He has developed an approach to reducing public-speaking stage fright that has been proven in several clinical trials to be the most effective therapy available. The method is successful in about 95% of severe cases and 85% of moderate cases.

Dr. Motley is a Professor of Communication with the University of California at Davis. He has authored almost 200 books, articles, and research papers in communication and psycholinguistics. He has won eighteen excellence awards for his research and was recognized as among the "Top 1%" of communication scholars of the 1970's, 1980's, and 1990's.

Areas of Expertise:

• Stage Fright Reduction
• Interpersonal Communication Skills
• Male / Female Misunderstandings
• Communication of Sexual Consent

Services Offered:

• Consultation and Advice in Above Areas
• Therapy for Public-Speaking Anxiety (Stage Fright)

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Employee Motivation & Performance Assessment, Inc.(EMPA) has designed Employee Assessments and has provided Survey Research Services for more than 7 million employees, including Performance / Skill Assessments, Employee Surveys, and Program Assessments. Its domestic and international clients span 45 countries and include large companies, non-profit organizations, and government agencies that have 1000 or more employees.

Dr. Palmer Morrel-Samuels is EMPA's founder and CEO. He is a Research Psychologist with over 25 years of extensive training and experience in Statistical Analysis and Assessment Design. He received a Master of Arts degree in Research Methodology from the University of Chicago, a Master of Philosophy degree and a Ph.D. in Experimental Social Psychology from Columbia University.

A well sought out expert, Dr. Morrel-Samuels has

• Testified before the U.S. Congress on employee motivation and its linkage to objective performance metrics,
  
  
• Provided assessment services for non-profit organizations (e.g., Blue Cross-Blue Shield, University of Michigan), government agencies (e.g., the Department of Justice), and Fortune 500 companies (e.g., FedEx, IBM, GM, California Edison, Bank of America, Xerox, Coca-Cola, and Disney),
  
  
• Been an expert resource for the New York Times, the Washington Times, and the Wall Street Journal,
  
  
• Conducted research for IBM, EDs, the University of Chicago and Yale University,
  
  
• Been a faculty member at Antioch Graduate School and the University of Michigan Business School
  
  
• Lectured extensively on survey design and organizational communication,
  
  
• Authored several patented employee and leadership assessments, and
  
  
• Published articles in The Journal of Experimental Psychology, Behavioral Research Methods, The Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, California Management Review, Physician Executive, and Harvard Business Review, among others.

Dr. Morrel-Samuels currently teaches courses on survey design and research methodology at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research and the School of Public Health. He is also serving as the President of the Workplace Research Foundation, a nonprofit responsible for the National Benchmark Study® - a nationwide survey that sets Benchmarks^TM and measures the causal linkage between employee motivation and subsequent stock return.

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