EXPERIENCE:
By training and experience, Dr. Lashner is a specialist in English syntax and linguistic analysis of communication content (i.e., content analysis). Formerly a university teacher, she is the owner and principal researcher at the company, Media Analysis & Communications Research which has been operating for more than twenty years. Her publications include a book and assorted articles in learned journals. She has been qualified as an expert on content analysis and has given testimony at trials and depositions.
SPECIALTIES:
Her specialties include linguistic analysis of newspapers, television, books, letters, scripts, interviews, advertisements, catalogs, manuals, contracts, secretly taped conversations, other discourse, and more--to identify meanings, inferences, innuendoes, bias, actual malice, damage to reputation, effectiveness of retractions, similarity to other documents, copyright infringement, plagiarism, breach of contract, authorship, and fraud.
Documents are evaluated as to words, phraseology, grammar, syntax, rhetoric, figurative language, juxtapositions, patterns, context, sources, attributions, spelling, punctuation, and other such factors of the linguistic environment.
APPLICATION:
Dr. Lashner's expertise is applicable to cases involving: LIBEL, SLANDER, INVASION OF PRIVACY, COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT, PLAGIARISM, IDENTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP, INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS, and in CRIMINAL CASES involving secretly taped conversations.
SERVICES:
Her forensic services include case evaluations, analyses and reports, discovery assistance, and testimony.
Her research is valid for plaintiffs and defendants; and services are offered throughout the United States.
CREDENTIALS:
Dr. Lashner holds the Ph.D. degree in Communications earned at Temple University and the B.S. and M.S. degrees in English/Education earned at the University of Pennsylvania.
She is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Scientists and has presented an assortment of speeches and workshops to a variety of organizations.
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: Ph.D.-Communications (Temple University)
M.S.-English/Education (University of Pennsylvania
B.S.-English/Education (University of Pennsylvania
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: American Academy of Forensic Scientists;
National Forensic Center.
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: Asst. Professor of Communications,
School of Communications, Temple University
Instructor of English
Pennsylvania State University
Consultant, Effective English
U.S. Civil Service Communication Training Division
Teacher of English; Public Speaking
Cheltenham High School
WORKSHOP AND SPEECHES
"Knowledge is not Enough: Analogies, Metaphors, Slang and other Rhetorical Devices to Explain Science." American Academy of Forensic Scientists
"Effective Communication to Clarify Your Message,"
National Forensic Center
"Winning the Job: How to Win an Keep Your Client's Confidence," National Forensic Center
"Content Analysis, A Reearch Methodology,"
American Telephone & Telegraph Research Group
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: Innumerable times over more than twenty years.
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: English Syntax;
Content Analysis of newspapers, television, magazines, books, letters, manuals, advertisements;
Linguistic Analysis of Various Documents;
Libel, Slander, Invasion of Privacy;
Copyright Infringement;
Interpretation of Contracts;
Analysis of Secretly Taped Messages.
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: Approximately 75 percent.
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: Approximately 25 percent.
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: Approximately twenty-one times.
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: August 10, 2004.
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: Unknown - Often cases are settled prior to actual testimony.
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: Four times.
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: More than twenty years.
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: Case Evaluations / Initial Reviews;
Analyses and Reports;
Discovery Assistance;
Testimony.
Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: Information provided upon request.
Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: Information provided upon request.
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: Information provided upon request.
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: Information provided upon request.
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: Information provided upon request.
