Emanuel Kapelsohn, President of The Peregrine Corporation, is an internationally recognized firearms training consultant. Since 1980, he has instructed over 15,000 police and security officers, federal agents, military personnel and civilians throughout the United States and abroad.
Holding a degree with honors from Yale University and a law degree from Harvard, Mr. Kapelsohn is a practicing trial attorney in addition to his firearms consulting.
He is a vice president and director of the International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors, member of the Police Marksman Association National Advisory Board, and charter member and staff instructor of the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers. He is certified as a law enforcement instructor in handgun, shotgun, patrol rifle, countersniper rifle, submachine gun, defensive tactics, handgun retention, baton, pepper spray, less lethal impact munitions, Taser, FATS, psycho-motor skill design, use of force, and as an executive protection specialist. He has for many years been a regular featured presenter at regional, national and international instructor conferences.
Mr. Kapelsohn has consulted, developed training programs and materials, and certified instructors and armorers for several leading firearms manufacturers. He has authored over 100 published articles on firearms and training, is Associate Editor of "Standards & Practices Reference Guide for Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors," and principal author of "Firearms Training Standards for Law Enforcement Personnel."
Mr. Kapelsohn's activities also include litigation consulting and expert testimony in cases involving firearms and use of force. He has testified in state and federal courts throughout the country, and by invitation before both houses of Congress. Mr. Kapelsohn has worked in both civil and criminal cases and has been retained by attorneys for plaintiffs, the prosecution and defense. Subjects on which he has testified include gun accidents, firearms safety, gun handling procedures, gun storage, firearms design, operability, trajectories, velocities, ballistics, ricochets, ejection patterns, proximity testing, gunshot evidence, bullet wounds, recreation of shooting scenes, bullet penetration, shooting range safety, hunting accidents, holsters and other shooting products, self defense, knives and other weapons, involuntary muscular contraction and accidental discharge, police and security firearms training, tactics and procedures, etc.
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: Yale University, B.A. cum laude. English Literature (1974)
Harvard Law School. Juris Doctor (1977)
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors (IALEFI): vice president and board of directors member, chairman of several committees
American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers (ASLET): charter member, staff instructor
National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA): member
American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS): member
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: Approx. 20 years extensive national and international teaching and speaking experience on firearms, firearms training, use of force and related topics.
Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: No.
Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: Over 95
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: See biographical information above.
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: 25
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: 75
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: 15-20
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: 2000?
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: 27
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: 27
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: 20
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections, risk assessments and security surveys, firearms inspection and testing, deposition and trial testimony, training, preparation of training materials and training aids, product literature, warnings, etc.
Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: 235
Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: 235
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: see below
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: see below
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: Deposition time $1,500 per day.
Trial time $1,950 per day.
Travel time (non-local) $150 per hour.
Plus all travel and other expenses.
References
John Renzulli, Esq.Renzulli & Rutherford
300 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017-5947
(212) 599-5533
Christopher Orlando, Esq.
Vice President and General Counsel
O.F. Mossberg & Sons
7 Grasso Avenue
North Haven, CT 06473-9844
(203) 230-5387
Carl D. Poplar, Esq.
215 Fries Mill Road
P.O. Box 8320
Turnersville, New Jersey
(856) 227-5575
John Morris, Esq.
142 W. Broad Street, Suite B
Bridgeton, New Jersey 08302
(856) 453-1000
Ronald L. Grimm, Esq.
Ambrose, Wilson, Grimm & Durand
607 Market Street
Ninth Floor
P.O. Box 2466
Knoxville, TN 37901-2466
(615) 544-3000
Paul Januzzo, Esq.
Vice President and General Counsel
Glock, Inc.
6000 Highlands Pkwy.
Smyrna, Georgia 30082
(770) 432-1202
