PROPERTY MANAGEMENT EXPERT

Depositions: 800+

Mediations & Arbitrations: 100+

Trial Testimony: 80

More than 10,000 properties inspected.

RETAINED BY 300 LAW FIRMS IN 17 STATES

California, Arizona, Nevada, Florida

Texas, Ohio, New Jersey, Colorado

Idaho, Hawaii, South Carolina, Alabama, Washington

North Carolina, Tennessee, Montana, Pennsylvania

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Standard of Care; Custom and Practice

Building & Safety Codes

Fair Housing Practices (FEHA)

Personal Injury (Slip, Trip & Fall)

Premises Liability

Landlord/Tenant

PROPERTY TYPES

Apartments Managed: 25,000+

Homeowners Associations Units Managed: 100,000+

Commercial Buildings Managed: 1,250,000 sq.'

Shopping Centers

Mobile Home Parks

Hotels & Motels: 850+ Rooms

Parking lots and Parking Structures: Personal Injury; Snow & Ice

Sandra J. Higelin is the owner of Ask The Expert Nurse, Inc. A consulting service providing guidance on Pathways to Health and a Wound Care Advisor to the healthcare and legal communities. She is a legal nurse consultant working with elder neglect/ elder abuse cases especially dealing with pressure ulcer prevention & management, nutrition, dehydration, falls, and nursing standard of care. Ms. Higelin can also offer legal consultation on a variety of medical malpractice issues in acute care, long-term care, home health, and hospice. Ms. Higelin provides Legal Nurse Consultation and Expert Witness Services to the legal community. She also offers Healthcare Consultation, Wound Care Consultation, Clinical Support, and Educational programs. Other Professional Experience includes:

Clinical Nurse Specialist / Medical-Surgical and Geriatrics.

General Clinical Support & expertise to interdisciplinary healthcare team.

Established standards for patient care and evaluation of interventions to improve care through the development, implementation, and evaluation of policies and procedures, protocols and programs.

Consultant for Clinical Issues, Risk Management, Patient Relations, and Regulatory Compliance.

Licensure And Certification:

Registered Nurse Licensure: California

Clinical Specialist Gerontological Nursing (California)

Certified Wound Care Nurse (CWCN)

Certified Legal Nurse Consultant (NACLNC)

CARL BRYANT, RN, CLNC is a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant with more than 20 years of experience in the health care industry and 12 years of case review and investigative experience.

Cornerstone Medical Legal Consulting assists Attorneys-Clients and/or Health Care Providers by screening of investigating cases for merit while defining compliance to regulatory codes, professional practices and community standards.

Areas of Expertise

Consultant and Expert Witness

Review, analysis, and summarization of depositions, witness reports or other work products

Serve as liaison between attorney-client, health care providers, testifying experts, parties witnesses and other consultants

Preparation of witnesses and experts

Preparation of interrogatories for cross or direct examination or other work products

Provision of simple or in-depth reports

Identification and recommendation of potential defendants

Coordination and attendance of me

Dr. Ron Martinelli, Ph.D., BCFT, CFA, CLS, is a former Criminal Justice Training Center Director and current Police / Corrections Practices, Criminal Investigations and Use of Force Instructor Consultant with a unique combination of extensive field experience and academic credentials that attorneys, judges and juries appreciate and commend. He has been representing agency defense and concerned plaintiff clients since 1991.

Dr. Martinelli serves as chief legal consultant, police practices expert and trial specialist. He has an impressive and diverse law enforcement background in police, corrections, probation and private security practices and training and premises liability. Dr. Martinelli is an experienced police practices expert qualified in Federal and State Courts who specializes in 4th, 8th and 14th Amendment litigation. He is skilled in incident reconstruction, evidence gathering, discovery, forensic legal analysis ans testimony. Dr. Martinelli is also a Board Certified Expert in Forensic Traumatology, an AELE Certified Litigation Specialist in Police/Corrections Practices and a Certified Force Analyst through the Force Science Center, Minnesota State University.

Dr. Martinelli has been referred to by attorney clients as "the expert's expert." He has a 90% case WIN ratio with over $120 Million saved defending agencies and over $30 Million recovered for plaintiff's since 2004 alone. He provides attorneys, State Attorney General Offices and municipalities with superior consulting and expert witness services in the fields of law enforcement practices, liability, negligence, litigation, criminal prosecution and criminal defense. Police practices and forensic expert to the States of NV, NM, NE, WV, Denver, Miami Beach and numerous municipalities. Forensic expert consultant to CNN Headline News, Discovery and History Channels.

Areas of Expertise:

Arrests

Search & Seizure

Use of Force / Excessive Force - All Levels and Weaponry

Officer Involved Shootings(OIS)

In-Custody Deaths

Criminal Investigations

Police Practices, Training & Supervision

Adult & Juvenile Corrections

Law Enforcement Negligence

Civilian Self-Defense, Security, Foreseeable Harm

Insurance Cases.

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Dr. Gary Freedman-Harvey, PhD, is a licensed Psychologist with over 22 years of experience. He specializes in the areas of Geriatrics (Geropsychology), Elder Abuse Assessment, Mental Capacity Assessment, Undue Influence, and Forensic Evaluations. With geriatric psychology as his primary focus for the past 12 years, he has conducted over 1,000 assessments. Dr. Freedman-Harvey offers services to probate attorneys, trust litigation attorneys, County Counsel, District Attorneys, and Public Defenders. He has provided Expert witness testimony and written reports for probate conservatorships in Superior Courts of Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside Counties.

Expert Services Include:

• Psychological Evaluations for Mental Capacity and Suspicion of Undue Influence Related to Contested Estates, Wills and Trusts
• Determinations of Grave Disability Due to a Mental Disorder
• Evaluation of Disability
• Issues of Chronic Illness
• Issues of Quality of Life
• Issues of Least Restrictive Care

Expert Witness Testimony / Forensic Settings

• Expert witness testimony for retrospective psychological evaluation and opinions related to civil suits, mental capacity to amend a trust, to enter into a contract, testamentary capacity, and suspicion of undue influence
• Expert witness testimony provided for Writs of Habeas Corpus hearings requested by involuntary psychiatric patients
• Expert witness testimony provided for mental health conservatorships in Superior Court - 500+ appearances
• Sworn declarations regarding mental capacity and capacity to make informed medical consent, quality of care issues for elderly, and the need for conservatorship

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John H. Fullerton, MD, MRO, CMD, CFP, FACP, AGSF, FAAHPM is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Addiction Medicine and Hospice & Palliative Medicine.

Dr. Fullerton maintains active medical licenses in both California and Florida and holds additional national certificates of added qualifications as a Certified Medical Director (CMD) at multiple levels of care locally and in Home Care (AAHCP).

Dr. Fullerton is a certified Clinical Forensics Expert, who has participated in nationally recognized Elder Abuse Cases, including the cases of "lay caregivers" misguidedly criminally charged with homicide or manslaughter after caring for a loved one at home with advanced dementias. He has been vetted by the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, the Office of The Inspector General, and the FBI to perform the duties of a government expert in cases of Criminal Healthcare Fraud. He has served as a key expert witness in the continuing efforts of 'Operation HEAT' and been on the winning side of three criminal convictions.

Over roughly the past twelve years, Dr. Fullerton has provided independent medical expert testimony and clinical forensic medical testimony in approximately 200 cases (and reviewed over 1,000 cases). He has focused his medical expertise in mostly Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Determinations of Medicare Medical Necessity matters, and Civil & Criminal cases alleging Elder Abuse (including homicide) at either discovery, deposition or at trial testifying for both plaintiff and defense cases, respectively.

Areas of Expertise:

Adult Hospital Medicine Ambulatory Care - Internal Medicine & Geriatrics Geriatric Approaches to Gero-Psychiatry Immuno-Compromised Host 1 Treatment Long Term Care - SNF Sub-Acute Rehabilitation Assisted Living - Secured Dementia Units

LTC / Hospice Medical Directorships Hospice & Palliative Care Units Home Care Elder Abuse Defense Cases Preventable Falls Pressure Wounds / Pain Management Addiction Medicine - Forensic Toxicology / DUI Defense Cases

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Dr. Adel Shaker is a Diplomate of The American Board of Pathology and holds certification in Anatomic Pathology and Forensic Pathology.

He has over 25 years of experience as practicing, fully licensed pathologist with extensive training in forensic pathology and testifying as an expert witness in over one hundred cases. He earned his law degree and was involved in national and international high profile cases. Dr. Shaker is fluent multilingual in Arabic (all dialects), Kiswahili, and English.

In addition, Dr. Shaker is experienced in determining Cause, Mechanism and Manner of Death involving Wrongful Deaths, Medical Malpractice / Therapeutic Misadventure, Child / Elder Abuse cases, and evaluation of variable Injuries, Trauma and Wounds. He furnishes review of Autopsy Reports, Sexual / Body Assaults, Anthropology, Toxicology, Custody / Nursing Home Death, Suicide, Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Police Intervention, and Middle East Culture litigation.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

North of San Francisco 35 Wolfe Grade Kentfield, CA 94904 (415) 461-4845

Oakland 300 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza,Suite 700 Oakland, CA 94612 (510) 465-3300

NATIONWIDE / INTERNATIONAL
Dr. Raffle has opined, testified and conducted
IMEs in States and provinces throughout North
America and abroad.


Stephen M. Raffle, M.D., a Board Certified Forensic Psychiatrist, has over 38 years of experience offering his expert opinion in Federal and State jurisdictions. Dr. Raffle has consulted for attorneys, insurers, employers and judges. His track record and experience is impressive: over 5000 psychiatric evaluations, 700+ depositions, 150+ trials, a successful clinical practice, teaching career at U.C. Medical School, and Hastings College of the Law postgraduate course "Trial and Appellate Advocacy" for 11 years instructing attorneys about the direct and cross-examination of expert witnesses.

Stephen M. Raffle, M.D. and Associates' expertise includes, but is not limited to the following:

Chronic Pain Psychosomatic Medicine Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Psychogenic Pain Traumatic Brain injury and other Dementias False Memory Syndrome Malingering Emotional Distress: Intentional & Unintentional infliction Emotional Distress: Evaluation of Fitness For Duty Risk/Threat Workplace Violence Assessment Wrongful Termination Discrimination (ADA, Title VII, EEOC) Harassment (sexual, etc.)

Employment Litigation Medical Malpractice Substance Abuse Testamentary Capacity Undue Influence (including Cults) Toxic Exposure Catastrophic Injury Temporary and Permanent Disability Need for Treatment Sexual Molestation Childhood and Adolescence Disorders Medical Records Review Assist in Preparation for Cross-examination of Expert Witness

Licensed in California.

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Thomson Reuters Expert Witness Services' healthcare and personal injury division features a team of experts - physicians, healthcare administrators, reimbursement specialists, health organization experts, health insurance experts, and other healthcare personnel - with broad, extensive experience and expertise in medical and administrative malpractice issues, physician practice operations, hospital management, health insurance and TPA issues, Medicare and Medicaid, medical billing and collections, fraud and abuse, managed care and other areas.

Our Healthcare Specialists are experienced healthcare experts who consult on litigation issues and testify as needed. Thomson Reuters Expert Witness Services utilizes a team of individuals with specific expertise and areas of knowledge, to fully serve the needs of the legal community.

Areas of Expertise:

Audit Medical Standards of Care Dental Standards of Care Geriatrics and Nursing Home Care Standards Long Term Care Standards Health Insurance Health Insurer-Provider Relations Managed Healthcare (HMO, PPO)

TPA (Third Party Administrator) National Accreditation Guidelines Medicare / Medicaid Federal Employees Health Benefits Program CDH (Consumer Driven Health Plans) ERISA, COBRA, EMTALA, HIPAA Physician / Hospital Joint Ventures Qui Tam and False Claims Act

Representing Both Plaintiff and Defense, Our Services Include:

• Review Case for Merit
• Analyze Medical and Administrative Events
• Identify Causation
• Address Standards of Care
• Research Relevant Literature
• Interpret Contracts in Light of Industry Standards
• Evaluate Case Strengths and Weaknesses
• Develop Deposition Strategy
• Prepare a Defensible Report
• Articulate Complex Issues to Triers of Fact