My technical background includes study and hands-on experience in building and maintaining electrical devices and electronic systems such as: remote control devices, security and alarm systems, wireless microphones, signal distribution panels, carrier-current transmitters, sound and public address systems, computer and data processing equipment, radio and television equipment, automotive electronics, tape recorders, radar and lidar, cellular telephones, and video surveillance devices.
I have contributed to a variety of legal matters based on electrical devices and electronics technology including: electric shock, electrical wiring, surveillance monitoring, lightning damage, disputed recording tapes, questioned acoustical audibility, radio broadcasting interference, traffic radar, voice recognition, police laser radar, pocket paging systems, patent questions involving electronic circuits, accident reconstruction, automobile control systems, telephone communication, computer-controlled machinery.
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Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: Bachelor of Electrical Engineering
Master of Science in Applied Science
Master of Business Administration
Licensed Professional Engineer
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Fellow of the American College of Forensic Examiners
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: Guest lectures at University of Pennsylvania, Seton Hall University School of Law, other seminars
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: Well over 100.
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: Electrical machinery and electronic systems.
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: 50%
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: 50%
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: Many times.
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: Recently.
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: Many times.
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: Many times.
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: Twenty-five.
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: Analysis, consulting, field work, lab work.
Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: $160.
Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: $160.
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: $160.
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: $160.
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: Intercity travel is charged at half the actual transit time.
