Mr. Mark A McFarland

Discovery Engineering
Boulder, CO 80305
Office: 720-593-1640
Introduction

Mark McFarland, PE, DFE, is a licensed and Board Certified electrical and telecommunications engineer. He provides expert consulting to plaintiff and defense counsel on civil and criminal cases nationwide.

Mark's practice covers a wide range of cases, typically involving electrical, electronic, software, cellular, GPS, and telecommunications evidence. He has worked with lawyers in several fields including: wrongful death, personal injury, product liability, securities fraud, homicide, sex trafficking, medical malpractice, class action, insurance claims, patent litigation, contract disputes, and more.

Mark has worked dozens of cases and has testified in court and depositions for civil and criminal trials.

Many of the cases he's worked have settled on his expert report.

Contact Mark at Discovery Engineering when you have litigation involving electrical, electronic, software, cellular, or GPS evidence.

* Licensed & Board Certified *

720-593-1640


Areas of Expertise
  • Cell Phones
  • Communications
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics
  • GPS
  • Internet
  • Networking
  • Software Engineering
  • Telecommunications
  • Wireless Technology

Expert Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
A: BSEE
MEng, Telecommunications
MEng, Engineering Management (Quality Sciences)
Professional Engineer
Board Certified Forensic Engineer
Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: National Academy of Forensic Engineers
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)
[Insurance] Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLMA)
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: "Cellular Evidence in Civil and Criminal Cases: Four Case Studies," Presented to
lawyer groups in San Fernando Valley, Westlake, San Fransisco, Los Angeles, and
Silicon Valley, CA. 2022–2023, Qualified for CA Bar continuing education credit.

"Distracted Driving: Determining Cell Phone Usage from Forensic Cellular
Records," National Academy of Forensic Engineering. July 2023, St. Louis.

"Insurance Implications of Cellular and GPS Evidence: Four Case Studies," Col-
orado Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter Society. January 2023, online.
Continuing education credit in CO, TX, & WY.

"Verizon’s Wireless Lease Agreement: What Is It, and What Does It Mean to the
Residents of Leyden Rock?," Leyden Rock Metropolitan District Special Meeting.
December 2019, Arvada, CO.

"Screening Experiments in Mobile Channel Measurements," International Sympo-
sium on Advanced Radio Technologies. July 2018, Broomfield, CO.

"Six Sigma Techniques to Validate and Generalize In-Building Path Loss Models,"
International Union of Radio Science (URSI). January 2018, Boulder, CO.

"Statistical Learning to Classify Six In-Building Propagation Environments," International Union of Radio Science (URSI). January 2018, Boulder, CO.

"Cell Towers: Their Present, Their Future", Broomfield City Council Meeting, March 2016, Broomfield, CO.

"In-Building Path Loss Model Analysis: Testing Assumptions and Identifying Outliers in Propagation Models," International Union of Radio Science (URSI), January 2016, Boulder, CO (session co-chair)

"In-Building Path Loss Modeling: An Application of Simple Linear Regression Analysis," University of Colorado Boulder, Guest lecturer for graduate course in applied statistics, March 2015, Boulder CO.

"Characterizing an S-band Marine Radar Receiver in the Presence of Interference," IEEE International Symposium in Electromagnetic Compatibility. August 2012, Pittsburgh, PA.

"Engineering Licensure: from Point A to P.E.," Metropolitan State College of Denver, April 2012, Denver, CO. (invited talk)

"Assessing the Quality of Recorded Surveillance Video," US Department of Homeland Security, February, 2009, Boulder, CO. (invited talk)

"A Subjective Video Quality Test Method for the Assessment of Recorded Surveillance Video," American Academy of Forensic Sciences. February 2009, Denver, CO.

"Assessing the Quality of Recorded Surveillance Video," Scientific Working Group on Imaging Technology. January 2007, Orlando, FL.




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: 25+
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES NATIONWIDE: electrocution, electrical engineering, cellular, GPS, electronics, comm systems, radio, wireless, cell phones, medical electronics, telecommunications, contract disputes,

Personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, insurance claims, class action suites, and more!
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: 60
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: 40
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: 1x
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: April 2023
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: Twice
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: Twice
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: Nine
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: Expert witness, consulting, testing, reports, inspections, analysis,
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: travel expenses, equipment rentals,

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Forensic Electrical & Telecom Engineer - Civil & Criminal Cases Nationwide - Plaintiff or Defense Meet Mark McFarland. Mark's practice covers a wide range of cases, typically involving electrical, electronic, software, cellular, GPS, and telecommunications evidence. He has worked with lawyers in several fields including: wrongful death, personal inj