Linnee is a Certified "Emergency Number Professional" by the National Emergency Number Association (9-1-1) with 38 years of experience in the design, management and operation of public safety emergency communications systems and staff, including major Enhanced 9-1-1 systems, Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) systems and large and small agency emergency dispatch procedures.
He has assisted both the plaintiffs and the defendant units of government on 13+ complex cases involving allegations of wrong-doings by the 9-1-1 system and/or those who operate it. The cases range from allegedly failed medical emergency responses, to allegedly improper responces to homicide incidents, to alleged failures in dispatch processes and practices resulting in major fatal fire losses. Of note was Linnee's involvement in the $100 million out of court settlement between several defendants (led by the City of Chicago) in the 69 West Washington Street (downtown Cihcago) high-rise fire in which 6 persons were killed.
Linnee has also provided consultation services to the news media in analyses of the 1996 Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, the 2007 San Francisco Zoo fatal tiger attack, and the 2008 Denise Lee homicide in Sarasota, Florida.
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: - Certified Emergency Number Professional by the National Emergency Number Association (NENA).
- Awarded "Life Member" status in the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO)
- Former Licensed Peace Officer (1970 - 1994) State of Minnesota.
- B.A. Degree, University of Minnesota (Communications), 1970.
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: * Long time member and former State Chapter President of NENA (National 911 professional group)
* Long time Commercial and Active class member of Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) and former International Executive Council Delegate
* Retired U.S. Army Officer (2 years Active and 18 years U.S. Army Reserve)
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: * Have taught numerous technical courses for police officers, fire fighters and emergency communications dispatchers.
* Often asked to provide technical briefings on emergency communications procedures and technologies to "lay" audiences like City Councils and County Boards of Commissioners/Supervisors.
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: Fifteen times.
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: Analysis of complex 9-1-1 call handling complaints.
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: 91%
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: 9%
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: Four times
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: 2008
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: Three times
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: Once as an Expert. Numerous times as a police officer and city department head.
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: Five
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: Consulting, case analysis, reports, site inspections, tape and CAD document review, policy and procedure review.
Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: $175
Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: $175
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: $150
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: $175
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: Travel is on a pre-paid or cost reimbursement basis, to be negotiated.
References
1. Don Rosenberg (For the plaintiff, settlement reached)Vogel and Rosenberg
630 3rd Avenue
New York, NY 10017
212-867-9595
2. Kent M. Lucaccioni (For the plaintiff, settlement reached)
Kent M. Lucaccioni, Ltd.
33 North Dearborn Street
Suite 2400
Chicago, IL 60602
888-765-0722
3. Steven H. DiNofolo (For the defendant County government - still in process)
Ottosen Trevarthen Britz Kelley & Cooper
300 South County Farm Road, Suite 300
Wheaton, IL 60187
630-510-2298
4. Bill Bates, Esq. & Misty Womack (For defendant...Outcome unknown)
Farrar & Bates, L.L.P.
211 Seventh Avenue North, Suite 420
Nashville, TN 37219
(615) 254-3060
5. Robert McCall Esq. (For the plaintiff, still in progress)
Baggett, McCall, Burgess, Watson & Gaughan
3006 Country Club Road
Lake Charles, Louisiana
800.256.1137
6. Frank Apodaca & Bob Rothstein from (For the plaintiff, still in progress)
Rothstein, Donatelli, Hughes, Dahlstrom, Schoenburg & Bienvenu LLP
1215 Paseo De Peralta
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504
(505)989-9759
fapodaca@rothsteinlaw.com
7. Lisa Herbert (For the plaintiff, still in progress)
Thacher, Proffitt & Wood LLP
Two World Financial Center
New York, NY 10281
212.912.7548
Lherbert@tpw.com
8. Jeff Tennyson (For the plaintiff, still in progress)
Tennyson Law Firm
Box 1462, Jackson, WY 83001
tennyson@wyoming.com
9. Robert Wilkins (For the plaintiff, stettlement reached)
Wiklins Law Firm
475 East Capitol Street
Jackson, MS 39207
(601)948-6888
rfw@robertfwilkins.com
10. Stephen Rappoport (For the plaintiff, still in progress)
RDC Law Firm
989 Waterman Avenue
East Providence, RI, 02914
(401)437-3000
rap@rdclegal.necoxmail.com
11. Jim Muldoon (For the defendant County government, case dismissed)
Pullin, Fowler & Flanagan Law
Jamesmark Building
901 Quarrier Street
Charleston, WV 25301
(304)344-0100
jmuldoon@pffwv.com
12. Colin H. Dunn (For the plaintiffs, settlement reached)
Clifford Law
120 N. LaSalle Street, 31st Floor
Chicago, IL 60602
(312)977-4535
CHD@cliffordlaw.com
13. Kevin Coluccio (for the plaintiff, still in progress)
* Paralegal is Kerri Gettman @ kerrig@strittman.com
Stritmatter Kessler Whelan & Coluccio
200 2nd Avenue West
Seattle, WA 98119-4204
(206) 826-8200
kc@stritmatter.com
