Dr. Sample is a retired Associate Professor in Adult Education and Human Resource Development at the College of Education, Florida State University. He has over 30 years experience designing, developing, implementing and evaluating training programs in government and business.
His recent book, Avoiding Legal Liability for Adult Educators, Human Resource Developers, and Instructional Designers (2007, Krieger Publishing) is the only current authorative reference text for this developing area of litigation.
Dr. Sample is qualified to assist in case preparation and testify in cases relating to negligent training and supervision, the adequacy of harassment prevention training, and audits of high liability tasks in law enforcement and corrections. Other areas of expertise include evaluating training programs designed to meet the requirements for the Federal Sentencing Guidelines (U.S.S.G 2005, ยง8A1.1) and the TEACH Act of 2002.
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: PhD, Adult Education with specialization in Human Resource Development (Florida State University, 1990)
MS, Human Resources (St. Thomas University,1975)
BS, Criminology and Corrections (Florida State University, 1965)
SPHR, Senior Professional Human Resources
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI)
Florida State Guardianship Association (FSGA)
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: See extensive listing of academic appointments, courses deeloped and taught at graduate and undergraduate colleges and universities.
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: Twice
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: Negligent referral and sex harassment (fast food).
Negligent training (police).
Sex harassment (case preparation, state agency)
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: Twice for plaintiffs attorney
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: Once for a respondent state agency
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: Once
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: Approximately 10 years ago.
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: None
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: None yet
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: About ten years ago, I had an opportunity to testify or provide case preparation assistance. I am just now entering this practice area again.
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: Case preparation assistance and testimony.
Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: $150.00/hr
Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: $100.00/hr
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: $500.00/hr
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: $750.00/hr
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: Per diem for overnight travel, mileage and flight costs, copying and incidental costs (fax, telephone, etc).
