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We specialize in Recorded Evidence Analysis, Enhancement and Restoration Services of Video, Audio, Sound, Voice, Surveillance and Time Lapse Recordings; both digital and analog; through the use of custom and professional analysis systems.

 We provide qualified expert witness services to assist litigation support, public defenders, law enforcement, attorneys, government, and the general public.

Our goal is to help you get the most from your recorded evidence.   Call now to get started.

Memberships, Affiliations and Training:

• American College of Forensic Examiners (ACFE)
• American Board of Record Evidence (ABRE)
• Audio Engineering Society (AES)
• Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE)
• Law Enforcement Video and Emergency Services Video Association (LEVA)
• New York Institute for Forensic Audio (NYIFA)
• Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE)
• Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado (PPIAC)

FORENSIC EXPERT WITNESS - PHOTOGRAPHY

Professor Jeff Sedlik has decades of experience at the highest level of professional photography including advertising, corporate, editorial and stock. He is a respected and acknowledged authority on photography having served as Past National President of professional photography's leading trade organization, "Advertising Photographers of America". Professor Sedlik is also an experienced Expert Witness.

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Jacqueline A. Joseph, BA, CDE is a board certified examiner of documents and handwriting. She has been a practicing forensic science researcher since 1992 and has published 23 papers in peer reviewed and legal journals. Her knowledge on a wide variety of topics (Including: Guidelines for Attorneys, Forensic Disguise, Signature Disputes, and Expert Opinions) has allowed Ms. Joseph to lecture in the Criminology Department at Portland State University and to various professional groups throughout America and Canada.

Ms. Joseph has given expert witness testimony in courts, arbitrations and depositions, and maintains professional memberships in legal and forensic associations.

Services Include:

• Forgery Detection and Defense
• Court-Qualified Testimony
• Signature Investigations
• Trial Consulting
• Forensic Laboratory
• Civil and Criminal Cases
• Forensic Document Examination

ADVANTAGE REPRESENTATIVES (based in Los Angeles) assists plaintiff personal injury attorneys by providing reliable, experienced forensic observers to accompany clients (as an attorney's representative) during their Independent/Defense Medical Examination. Our primary function is to uphold limitations, audio-record, document and evaluate the IME/DME. We are also available for expert witness testimony at deposition, arbitration or trial.

Specifically requested by hundreds of personal injury lawyers, Dr. Magarian is readily familiar with many local orthopedic and neurologic defense experts and can thereby provide valuable insight about their particular style and technique.

Since 1988, Dr. Magarian's gracious and professional demeanor, along with discerning and experienced attention to detail, have ranked her as one of the most sought-after independent observers in Southern California.

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About Data Chasers, Inc.:

• Intellectual property claims, including allegations of patent, copyright, trademark and trade dress infringement, that require analyses of consumer opinions, behavior, and potential confusion
  
  
• Fraud and misrepresentation allegations, such as false advertising, that require analyses of potential customer confusion
  
  
• Class certification issues involving analysis of whether claims or defenses of the representative parties are typical of those of the putative class
  
  
• Alleged anti-competitive behavior and antitrust violations, which require a definition of the relevant market based on consumer use and alternative products

Michael West is a Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Legal Investigator, and Certified Law Enforcement Instructor in Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. With 30 years of investigative experience, Mr. West has worked with commercial firms, local, state and federal agencies including the Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General's Office, the US Attorney, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations and others. He is considered an expert at evaluating the investigative practices of investigative agencies.

Mr. West has investigated allegations into Ethics Violations, Corporate, Procurement and Medical Fraud and he is a former Computer Forensics Examiner who has conducted detailed analysis of millions of Medicare records for healthcare fraud investigations.

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Dr. Randall Atlas AIA , CPP is a registered architect, NCARB certified, and he practices criminal justice architecture and environmental security design. Atlas is a certified protection professional (CPP) with the American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS), and is an appointed member of the ASIS Security Architecture and Engineering Committee. Atlas has his doctorate in criminology and a masters of architecture. Dr Atlas is a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Architecture for Justice Committee.

Dr. Atlas has taught CPTED (Crime Prevention through Environmental Design) and criminal justice courses at Florida International University, Florida Atlantic University, and the University of Miami, Keiser University, and he is a trainer with the National Crime Prevention Institute at the University of Louisville. Dr. Atlas has been a technical Assistance consultant with the National Institute of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, and the Florida Department of Corrections and U.S. HUD Drug Elimination CPTED Program.

He has conducted ADA accessibility compliance audits for private and public sector clients, and served as an expert witness on over 200 premises liability lawsuits.

Dr. Atlas has been a speaker and trainer at security conferences from New Delhi, India to Seattle, Washington and has written over 200 articles in various publications on security, safety, and counter terrorism issues.

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Stefan Boedeker, a Director with Berkeley Research Group, LLC (BRG,) specializes in the application of Economic, Statistical, and Financial Models to a variety of areas such as solutions to business issues, economic impact studies, and complex litigation cases.

Mr. Boedeker has extensive experience applying economic and statistical theories to class action related matters. His experience also includes applying economic and statistical theories and methodologies to employment related matters such as discrimination, wrongful termination, and wage and hour cases.

Mr. Boedeker provides Consulting and Expert Services to clients across a wide range of industries, including Healthcare, High Technology, Entertainment, Manufacturing, Retail, Real Estate, Insurance and Financial Services, and Federal, State and Local Governments. He has issued expert reports and has given deposition and trial testimony in state and federal court.

Areas of Expertise:

Securities

Management Consulting

Intellectual Property

Business Strategy

Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceutical

Strategy and Performance Improvement

Labor and Employment

Commercial Litigation and Damages

Statistical Consulting and Sampling

A senior clinical faculty member at Harvard Medical School, Harold J. Bursztajn, M.D., is active in patient care in medical, psychiatric and judicial education nationally. He is qualified in both state and federal courts and is nationally recognized as a distinguished impartial, clinical, ethical and forensic expert to P/D attorneys and institutions. Individual and multispecialty team consultations available.

OUR MISSION: To assist our clients SETTLE their Industrial Cases OUT OF COURT, which significantly reduces the time and cost of extensive litigation.

To provide compelling COURT TESTIMONY, documents and exhibits for the cases that eventually do go to Trial.

Since 1983, 94% of our 565 Industrial Cases have settled OUT OF COURT – as representatives for Insurers, Defense and Plaintiff Attorneys. Our group of Associates has in depth expertise in a broad spectrum of Industries – specializing in Industrial and Construction Safety, and Accident Reconstruction. Available worldwide for plaintiff and defense cases.

COMPANY PROFILE: Causey Engineering has been providing Expert Witness, Forensic Engineering, Investigation, and Litigation Support services NATIONWIDE since 1983. Our experts have hands-on industrial and construction, field and office experience.

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Company Background:Coloney Bell Engineering provides consulting & engineering services to clients throughout the United States. With the combined backgrounds and experience of our principals and staff, we are able to respond to many types of engineering assignments.

Allow us to be your company for consulting and investigative engineering services.

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William R. Ducharme is a Residential Construction Document and Conflict Resolution Consultant. His CDT, CCA and CCS certifications qualify him among the best in his field, as only a distinguished group in the nation hold all three certifications with an extensive residential construction background.

Mr. Ducharme's experience includes Residential Construction, Managment of Construction Operations, Design and Construction Management, Residential Construction Conflict Resolution, and Residential Design Project Conflict Resolution. He has over twelve years of experience managing client relations during project development, construction, and close-out and his project management consultation includes custom home construction, high-end residential renovations and custom home design.

Since 2005, Mr. Ducharme's time has been devoted to developing written construction documents and specifications designed to avoid disputes. His services are available to homeowners, architects, builders and attorneys looking for conflict resolution assistance or construction documentation on high-end residential homes.

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Since 1984, Dr. Richard Parent has been providing consultations and testimony for both plaintiff and defense and has testified in local, state and federal courts around the country. He has lectured and continues to lecture on causation related to toxic exposures. He is board Certified in Toxicology by the American Board of Toxicology and the Academy of Toxicological Science and is also Regulatory Affairs Certified and a recognized expert in Toxicology in the European community. Dr. Parent sits on several editorial boards of toxicology journals and has over one hundred peer-reviewed publications and abstracts.

In addition to litigation support, Dr. Parent has been been heavily involved in Product Safety programs including Toy Safety, and other programs related to consumer products and drugs. Further, he is involved in the REACH program in helping chemical companies to be compliant with pending European legislation and has been helping Toy manufacturers with a pro-active program of Toy Safety.

Recent litigation activities have included sampling and health evaluation of over one thousand persons living next to a PCB and dioxin contaminated site in Mississippi, occupational evaluation of workers involved in the production of PVC, with specific emphasis on clinical tests to identify possible early stages of liver cancer and health surveys, blood testing and clinical evaluation of those exposed to Dioxins from Creosote sites. These massive projects have involved team efforts involving a physician, a toxiclogist, phlebotomists and nursing assistance.

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Ray Horak is an Independent Consultant with a General Practice in Wireline and Wireless Telecommunications and Related Fields such as the Internet and Voice over IP. His 35+ years’ experience includes management and executive positions with Southwestern Bell, CONTEL, and Executone prior to forming The Context Corporation.

Ray has authored the best-selling Communications Systems & Networks, (John Wiley & Sons, 1997, 2000, and 2002), Telecommunications and Data Communications Handbook (Wiley-Interscience, 2008), and Webster’s New World Telecom Dictionary (Webster’s New World, 2007). He was Senior Contributing Editor for Newton’s Telecom Dictionary (12th through 21st Editions). He has written hundreds of technical white papers, case studies, articles, and columns for major print and electronic publications such as CommWeb, Computer Telephony, Network World, The Prepaid Press, and Teleconnect. He also has served as Technical Editor for several book-length works, including Deploying Secure 802.11 Wireless Networks with Microsoft Windows (Microsoft Press, 2003). He currently is the Technology Editor for Telecom Reseller Magazine.

Ray regularly teaches public and private seminars and has spoken before tens of thousands of telecom and IT professionals in the US and abroad as a conference keynoter, seminar and tutorial leader, panel chair, and panelist at major industry conferences such as ComNet and Networld+Interop.

He also has provided litigation support as a consulting expert and testifying expert in a number of cases involving product / service misrepresentation and intellectual property (patent; copyright, and trademark / service mark infringement). Those cases have involved a broad range of technologies, including DSL, E911, fax, PBX, push-to-talk (PTT), Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), videoconferencing, VoIP, and voice processing.

Ray Horak is known for his ability—both in print and in person—to translate highly complex technical subject matter into plain-English, commonsense, and thoroughly understandable terms for technical and lay audiences, alike.

Coulter Medical Imaging has been creating scientific presentations for the medical, legal, and academic communities since 1976. Mr. Coulter is a board-certified medical artist with a national reputation for excellence and accuracy in rendition. He holds a master's degree in Medical and Biological Illustration from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

With the input of our graphic artists and photographers, we are able to meet your needs and surpass your expectations.

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Victor Republicano, Jr., CPA is an accounting and consulting practitioner, who has provided professional services to business owners, corporate management, lawyers and their clients, since 1977.

Mr. Republicano provides assistance in all phases of the litigation process, from strategy sessions early in the dispute, through settlement negotiations, and trial. Among his distinguishing achievements is his Diplomate status from the American Board Forensic Accounting and the American College of Forensic Examiners. Mr. Republicano has extensive experience in providing litigation consulting services and expert testimony in a wide variety of areas. His litigation consulting projects have included damage assessment and analysis, inspection and reconstruction of accounting records, pre-trial preparation, expert testimony, witness preparation, courtroom assistance, and post-trial consultation with counsel. He has served as an expert witness in over 100 cases, including matters in state and federal court, administrative proceedings, and alternative dispute resolution forums.

Mr. Republicano is experienced in small business consulting, accounting and auditing, publicly traded companies, and litigation services. His industry experience includes: Ag-Chem, Construction, Distribution, Financial Institutions, High-Tech, Manufacturing, Network Marketing, Non- Profit Organizations, Professional Services (Architects, Engineers, Law Firms, etc), Securities and Retail. Mr. Republicano has assisted a variety of companies with IPO's, private placements and statutory filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. He also has provided extensive consultations to entrepreneurs and others and other non-public business owners regarding mergers and acquisitions, inventory control systems, credit and collections management, and property lease analyses.

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Professional consultation for schools, attorneys and individuals. Court-qualified education administration, liability, school review and special education expert. More than 30 years experience in education. National practice.

DOCTORATE: Rutgers University - Education Administration.

MASTERS: College of NJ - Special Education.

MASTERS: Franklin Pierce Law Center - Education Law.

LAWYERS - Document review. Case analysis, development and litigation support. Expert reports. Deposition and trial testimony. School evaluations and comparisons for matrimonial issues.

SCHOOLS - Liability and management assessments. Policy review and recommendations. Program review and development. Special seminars.

ExpertWitnessOpinion.com provides the best possible expert(s) and support staff with which to confront your opponent. Our pro-active approach maximizes awards and minimizes damages while protecting your most important asset: Your reputation

Our approach eliminates the problem of paying for expensive services without getting the results that you need. We use affordable support staff to do much of the legwork for the true experts – and the key word there is “true”. We also gather various opinions from research of case law which is pertinent to your case. In this fashion you will avoid being black marked by the courts as "expert shopping" while still being well informed and knowing the options. We do not hesitate to prepare our case, then review with true experts and if warranted, review again with additional experts. These behind-the-scenes-experts or peer reviewers assure that your team has the best possible information, techniques, and strategies to confront your opponent(s). We treat each case like it was our own life on the line, or we do not take the case.

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