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Wallace E. Maloney is the founder of and is now of counsel to the law firm of Maloney, Bean and Horn P.C. in Irving, Texas. He has litigated aviation crash and product liability cases for more than thirty-six years and has been lead defense counsel in a number of airline disaster cases in various venues in the United States. He served as the head of the United States' Justice Department's aviation defense unit for four years and was one of the original attorneys assigned to that unit at its formation. He is a licensed pilot with a commercial, multi-engine, instrument rating and is a long time member of the International Society of Air Safety Investigators. In addition to his membership as an attorney in several state bar associations, he is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and has been an active defense trial lawyer throughout his career.

T. Patrick Ford, Jr., is the senior partner in Ford and Sinclair, P.A. He has been board certified in civil trial law by the Florida Bar and the National Board of Trial Advocacy since 1983. Mr. Ford has lectured nationally on medical malpractice and nursing home abuse for the American Institute of Medical Law, the American Gerontologial Society and the Flordia Medical Directors Association and is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He is a former director of the Dade County and Coral Gables Bar Asociations, a member of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers and a sustaining member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Mr. Ford graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1965 and Columbia Law School in 1968. he joined the U.S. Navy JAG Corps in 1969 and served as a military judge in Pensacola and Key West, Florida until he entered private practice in Miami in 1973. Mr. Ford is a member of the New York and Flordia Bars, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Robert J. DiPasquale, CPA, CFE, is the director of the litigation services department and works in the Parsippany, New Jersey office of the Videre Group, L.L.P. His primary area of expertise is in forensic accounting and fraud-related matters. Bob is the past chairman of the board of regents of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and is a three-term past president of the New Jersey chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He has been retained to perform investigative services in cases involving embezzlements, criminal and civil matters including tax evasion, money laundering, Ponzi and investment schemes, as well as kickbacks, healthcare fraud, loan fraud, bankruptcy fraud, stockholder disputes, matrimonial and malpractice issues and in areas of economic damage computations. He has been appointed by the U.S. Trustees' office as an examiner, and by the courts as a forensic accountant. Bob has authored numerous articles, and has lectured extensively. Mr. DiPasquale received a B.S. degree in accounting from Fairleigh Dickenson. He joined the Videre Group, LLP in 1988 and became a partner in 1991.

Al Ristuccia is an owner and principal of Larsen AVR Group, Inc., a California corporation. He is retired from the IRS, Criminal Investigation Division, where he enjoyed more than twenty-two years as a special agent and supervisory special agent. Mr. Ristuccia has personally conducted and directed hundreds of investigations relating to a variety of matters including income tax fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud, stock fraud, money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act violations. He has participated in many federal trials resulting from his investigative activities. His participation has included assisting government counsel to prepare for trials and grand jury proceedings. He has also testified extensively during trials and before federal grand juries. Mr. Ristuccia is currently in private practice with his partner, Lynda Larsen. They operate a full-service, private investigations firm that specializes in all aspects of litigation support, serious financial fraud investigations and internal corporate investigations. They also deal with environmental and product liability issues.

Amy C. Steeby is a technical writer and analyst formerly employed in both the Life and P&C insurance industries. In addition to her published written work, Ms. Steeby has created classroom learning and sales force training tools. She has recently completed her MBA degree and is pursuing her Ph.D. in Educational Technology.

Andre Stuart is president of 21st Century Forensic Animations in Arlington, Texas. Since 1989 his company has provided high-end computer visualizations for legal, training, entertainment, marketing and general commercial purposes to clients throughout Canada and the U.S. After completing degrees in biochemistry and finance at the University of Texas in Arlington, Andre began a career in computer network development for a wide variety of industries. He joined 21st in 1990 as senior vice-president to assist in marketing and business development. His unique understanding of the needs of clients has allowed 21st Century Forensic Animations to become one of the premier computer animation companies in the nation. He became president of the company in 1996.

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Short Biography: Betty Jean Hall, chief administrative appeals judge of the Benefits Review Board, was appointed by the Secretary of Labor in 1994. Before her appointment, she served as executive director of the Occupational Safety and Health Law Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, from 1988 to 1994, and as executive director and general counsel for the Coal Employment Project from 1977 to 1988. Judge Hall received her law degree from Antioch School of Law (J.D., 1976) and her undergraduate degree from Berea College in Kentucky (B.A., 1968).

Bruce has been a New York State licensed private investigator since 1964 and is a Certified Fraud Examiner. He is president of Special Investigations, Inc., a New York City private investigation firm which he founded. Hulme is a past president of the National Council of Investigation and Security Services, Inc. (NCISS) and the Associated Licensed Detectives of New York State, Inc. (ALDONYS), and is a board member and Legislative Committee Chairman of both associations. He is editor of the ALDONYS Spotlight. He serves on the board of the New York City Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and is that association's legislative liaison. He serves in a similar capacity as a board member of INTELNET and is legislative liaison of the Society of Professional Investigators. He represents private investigators as that sector's board member of the International Association of Investigative and Security Regulators (IASIR). www.nciss.org

Short Biography: Mr. Calvin L. Zemsky, P.E. (1936 to 1997) was the president of Florida Engineering Consultants, Inc., a forensic engineering firm in Miami, Florida and was a licensed professional engineer in the states of Florida, New York and Illinois. He held both a Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Civil Engineering. He had over 35 years experience in the construction field, during which time he prepared hundreds of various types of construction accident claims. He also testified in hundreds of depositions as an expert witness. In addition, Mr. Zemsky served as president of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers (NAFE) and was a council of engineering specialty boards certified diplomat in forensic engineering.

Charles Morris, CLI, has been a staff investigator for the firm of Tomar, Simonoff, Adourian, O'Brien, Kaplan, Jacoby and Graziano, P.C. of Cherry Hill, NJ since 1985. He was formerly employed for over thirty years by the DuPont Company as a mechanic and chief railroad inspector and served as a union representative for the Chemical Workers Association at DuPont Chambers' Works in Deepwater, NJ. Charles was instrumental in drafting and passage of the New Jersey Right to Know Act. He earned his certified legal investigator designation in New Orleans, LA in January 1995.

Short Biography: Daniel J. Porter, Esq., completed undergraduate studies at the University of San Francisco, and his juris doctorate from Armstrong School of Law. His insurance career began in 1968, and he joined the State Compensation Insurance Fund in 1973. He has served in multiple capacities, including sales, underwriting and claims. His Longshore experience dates to 1977, including service as claim manager of the Longshore Department from 1983 through 1998. At the beginning of 1999, he transferred to the Internal Audit Department of the State Compensation Insurance Fund, where he is currently an associate management auditor.

David P. Roberts, FIPI, is an international investigative and security management consultant for British-American Security-Executive Consultants, Inc. The former owner of Churchill Consultancy Group, PLC, in the United Kingdom, he has also been responsible for the executive and personal protection of members of the royal families of Britain, Saudi Arabia and other middle-eastern countries, as well as for diplomats, and heads of commerce at Fortune 500 corporations. Whitney Houston is among the high profile entertainment industry clients he has protected. Mr. Roberts, a former police officer in the United Kingdom (including New Scotland Yard in London), has a B.Sc. from the University of Devonshire, and is a graduate of Police College, the Royal Air Force Academy, and the College of Further Education. A member of numerous professional associations, Mr. Roberts has also written several training manuals for personal protection officers.

Donald J. Nolan is the principal of a nine-member firm which provides quality legal representation and trial preparation for plaintiffs in serious personal injury and wrongful death liability claims. He has represented the rights of family groups in aviation disasters through his appointment and service on numerous plaintiffs' steering committees, trial teams, and as liaision counsel, including TWA Flight 800, US Air Flight 427, United Airlines Flight 585, and American Eagle Flight 4184. He is well established in his record of providing multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements in complex matters. Mr. Nolan was voted among the Leading American Attorneys by his peers and appears in Who's Who of American Law.

Douglas A. Swanson, Esq., of Portland, Oregon, received his J.D. from Northwestern School of Law in 1979. He specialized in workers compensation and cases involving the Longshore and Harborworkers Compensation Act.

Dr. Ewa Kubicka, ASA, is a Professor of Mathematics and Actuarial Program Director at the University of Louisville. She holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Western Michigan University. She regularly teaches classes preparing for the first four SOA actuarial exams. Dr. Kubicka is an author of over 30 papers published in refereed mathematical journals. She will teach the property/casualty portion of the SOA Course M exam. For more information about this instructor, go to www.math.louisville/~ewa/

Frank L. Branson is a member of the firm, Law Offices of Frank L. Branson, P.C.. He was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1969 and to the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973. He received his degrees from Texas Christian University (B.A., 1967) and Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1969; LL.M., 1974). His practice encompasses medical-legal engineering, business torts, personal injury, premises liability, professional negligence, medical-legal malpractice, and engineering liability. He is the author of "Annual Tort Survey of Texas Law," S.M.U. Law Review, 1986 , and coauthor of several articles published in Litigation and Trial magazines. Mr. Branson has served as prosecutor, State Bar Grievance Committee (1983, 1996), and chairman, Rules of Evidence Committee (1990). He is a master, American Inns of Court, member, Supreme Court Advisory Committee (1985 1990) and is listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1987 . His memberships include: State Bar of Texas (member: Pattern Jury Charge Committee, Volume III, 1982" Standing Committee of Pattern Jury Charges, 1984), Texas Trial Lawyers Association (member, board of directors, 1972 1994, Director Emeritus, 1994 ), American Trial Lawyers Association (member, board of governors, 1988 ), Southern Trial Lawyers Association (president, 1989), American Board of Trial Advocates (president, Dallas Chapter, 1982), Dallas Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1976 1977). Mr. Branson is also a fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and the International Society of Barristers.

Fred Hanscom, P.E., is director of the Transportation Research Corporation in Markham, Virginia. He has over thirty years of research experience conducting federally funded studies in traffic engineering and human factors. His educational background includes the MSCE degree and postgraduate credit in human factors engineering. He was a human factors representative to the authoring committee of the 2000 edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Mr. Hanscom has more than fifty refereed publications in four languages. He received the Institute of Transportation Engineers' Past President's Award for traffic engineering achievement. He has provided litigation consulting on over 175 cases in thirty states.

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Gilbert T. Adams, Jr., born Texas, July 1, 1942; admitted to bar, 1968, Texas; also admitted to practice before U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Preparatory education, Lamar University (B. S., 1964); legal education, South Texas College of Law (J. D., 1968). Fraternity: Delta Theta Phi. President, Student Bar Association, 1967 68. Recipient Silver Key, American Bar Association. co-editor, Texas Evidence Reporter, 1984 90. Supreme Court Advisory Committee, 1984 91. Member: Jefferson County Junior Bar Association (director, 1971 72), Fifth Federal Circuit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Personal Injury Advisory Commission, 1977 84; Lawyer Advertising Committee, 1979; Federal Judiciary Appointment Committee, 1979 83; Liaison Committee on Federal Rules of Evidence 1981 82; Administration of Rules of Evidence in Civil Cases, 1980 83; 1989 91; Administration of Justice Committee, 1984 87; 1990 92; chairman, Civil Trial Law/Personal Injury Trial Law Exam Commission, 1984 85); Southeast Texas Trial Lawyers Association (president, 1990); Texas Trial Lawyers Association (director, 1973 85; president-elect, 1985 86; president, 1986 87); the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (national program director, Young Lawyers Section, 1970 71; national chairman, state committeemen, 1971 72; secretary, Workers' Compensation Section, 1980; vice-chairman, 1981; chairman, 1982; board of governors, 1982 85; 1987 90; 1994 ; executive committee, 1984 85; 1986 87; co-chair, election committee, 1994 96); Texas College of Trial Advocacy (Executive committee and faculty, 1978 90); American Board of Trial Advocates (diplomat, 1993 ); Political Action Committee (board of trustees, 1995 96).

Glenn Grossman, Esq., is employed with California's State Compensation Insurance Fund as a staff counsel specialist. He has been certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, as a specialist in workers' compensation since 1993.

Dr. Henry C. Lee, Ph.D., is the Chief Emeritus for Scientific Services in the Department of Public Safety for the State of Connecticut. He joined the University of New Haven in 1975 and created the school's forensic science department, receiving tenure three years later. He served as that state's Chief Criminologist from 1979 to 2000 and was the driving force behind establishing a modern forensic laboratory. He has received numerous awards for his work and has helped the police around the world with over 6,000 cases. In 1992, Dr. Lee was elected a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. He is an editor for seven academic journals, including the Editorial Board of the Journal of Forensic Sciences. He has authored or co-authored 18 books, major chapters and reports; and he has published approximately 200 articles in professional journals.

Dr. Howard A. Harris is currently the director of the Forensic Science Program at the University of New Haven. His educational background is in chemistry (A.B., Western Reserve University; M.S.; and Ph.D., Yale University) and law (J.D., St. Louis University). He was admitted to and has maintained his membership in the Missouri Bar. Dr. Harris was a research chemist for seven years before entering the forensic field as the director of the New York City Police Department Police Laboratory. After holding that position for twelve years, he moved upstate to become the director of the Monroe County Public Safety Laboratory in Rochester. He held that position for eleven years before taking early retirement to make a career change to academics. He assumed his current position at the University of New Haven in the fall of 1996. Dr. Harris and his wife, Carolyn, have one daughter who graduated from Northwestern University.

Howard M. Acosta has been a civil trial lawyer for over twenty years. He is board certified by both the Florida Bar and the National Board of Trial Advocacy. A former Navy carrier and P-3 pilot, he also holds commercial instrument flight ratings. Mr. Acosta has obtained several multi-million dollar verdicts or judgments in aviation and medical malpractice cases. Prominent aviation cases include product defect claims involving the F-16 fighter, B-1 bomber, B-52 bomber, S-3 surveillance aircraft and numerous general aviation aircraft. Mr. Acosta obtained his law degree from the Florida State University in 1978. He is a solo practitioner in St. Petersburg, Florida and his memberships include the American Trial Lawyers Association, the Florida Academy of Trial Lawyers, the Florida and St. Petersburg Bar Associations. He has a longstanding Martindale-Hubbell "AV" rating.

J. Denny Shupe is a partner in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania office of Schnader, Harrison, Segal and Lewis, L.L.P. He is a member of the litigation department, chair of the aviation group, cochair of the Year 2000 practice group, and member of the mass torts and products liability and Internet and computer networking practice groups. He also is co-chair of the firm's recruiting committee. As chair of the aviation group, Mr. Shupe oversees aviation matters involving all of the firm's offices throughout the United States. His trial and appellate practice concentrates in aviation litigation, products liability, transportation law, commercial litigation, insurance and related matters. Mr. Shupe has represented domestic and foreign aircraft, engine and component manufacturers, airlines, air taxi operators and corporate aviation, and has represented clients in connection with National Transportation Safety Board investigations of aircraft and railroad accidents. He also handles litigation for insurance companies involving coverage disputes, fraud allegations, and other insurance liability claims. Mr. Shupe has lectured and presented papers on complex aviation and advanced trial issues for the American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Lawyer-Pilot's Bar Association, Southern Methodist University Air Law Symposium, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Mr. Shupe also serves as an adjunct assistant professor for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and lectures in aviation law and related topics. Before joining the firm, Mr. Shupe served over ten years on active duty with the United States Air Force. Mr. Shupe is a command pilot and has accumulated over 4,400 flight hours as a military command pilot and ground and flight instructor on a variety of jet aircraft. He also served in positions as an operations research scientific analyst, wing executive officer and military aidede-camp to two Air Force general officers. Mr. Shupe retired as a lieutenant colonel and pilot in the United States Air Force Reserve after twenty-three years of service. He was recalled to active duty with the Air Force and decorated for service as a pilot during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Mr. Shupe is an active member of the Forum on Air and Space Law of the American Bar Association, the Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association and the Aviation Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association. In addition, Mr. Shupe is a vice-president and member of the board of directors of the USO of Philadelphia, Inc. Mr. Shupe was educated at the U.S. Air Force Academy (B.S., distinguished graduate), Arizona State University (M.B.A., Beta Gamma Sigma), the University of Pennsylvania (J.D., summa cum laude, and editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review). He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and Maryland and before the United States Tax Court

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Jeffery Richardson, Sr. attended Michigan State University from 1963 to 1967 and then had a brief career in professional football with the world champion New York Jets, the Cincinnati Bengals, and the Miami Dolphins. In 1970, Mr. Richardson started working in the loss prevention field as an investigator in distribution security for Pathmark Stores, Inc. After mastering distribution and transportation security, he entered the retail arena in Brooklyn, the Bronx and Manhattan, where he helped to develop Pathmark's in-house plainclothes security staff, which has grown from a staff of four to a present store detective staff of over 245. As the vice-president of loss prevention for Pathmark Stores, Inc., one of Jeff's duties is to keep Pathmark's Loss Prevention Department up-to-date with the most modern techniques and equipment available. Mr. Richardson was the treasurer of the Northern New Jersey Chapter of ASIS from 1995 to 2000, has served on FMI's Loss Prevention Committee, and was the chairman of the New Jersey Food Council's Loss Prevention Committee for four years. Currently, he is serving on the Certified Forensic Interviewer advisory committee for the Center for Interviewer Standards and Assessment, Ltd. (CISA).

John Boyd, Esq., is the managing attorney of Boyd and Kenter, P.C., of Kansas City and Sedalia, Missouri, a law firm exclusively devoted to representing injured individuals and their families. He is a former Missouri workers' compensation administrative law judge and is past chairman of the Workers' Compensation and Workplace Injury Litigation section of ATLA. He is a member of the board of governors and a sustaining member of the Workplace Injury Litigation Group and a former vice-president and current governor of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys.

John C. "Rusty" Allman is a retired Navy fighter pilot and airline captain who has practiced aviation law since 1987. He became a fan of mediation during a five-year tour as grievance chairman representing the pilots of USAirways. In that period he reduced a backlog of over 200 grievances to near zero, obtaining over $30 million in settlements and awards for the pilot group, while improving labor-management relations by the introduction of interest based mediation. In 1996 Mr. Allman was asked by the National Mediation Board to set up an airline industry wide grievance mediation program. Over the past three years his program has received wide acceptance and he has participated in the successful settlement of hundreds of grievances on numerous airline properties.

In April 1993, Mr. Tiller became National Director of the Life Insurance Actuarial Consulting Practice of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP. While responsible for a wide range of actuarial and general consulting activities, he maintains his leadership role in reinsurance. He is frequently asked to review reinsurance activities on behalf of KPMG's clients and others. Mr. Tiller is currently an independent consultant. Mr. Tiller was on the original Section Council of the Reinsurance Section of the Society of Actuaries. He has since been elected to another term on the council and has served as an officer during both terms on the Council. In between, he served on the Council of the Nontraditional Marketing Section Council, including terms as Vice-Chair and Chair. In the past, Mr. Tiller served as Chair of both the Program and Continuing Education Committees of the Society, as well as a member of many committees and task forces. Among these are the committees for Services to Members, Research Policy, and Professional Development and the first Task Force on AIDS. He chaired the ACLI's special task force on taxation of reinsurance transactions in the early 1980's and served on an Academy task force on risk classification. He is currently on the Council of the Futurism Section. Mr. Tiller is a frequent speaker or discussion leader at industry meetings, including both actuarial and non-actuarial groups. He was a faculty member for the Society's seminars on reinsurance in 1981 and 1988.

John J. Palmatier, Ph.D., is a retired Michigan state trooper and military officer. For seventeen years he served in the Forensic Science Division of the Michigan State Police as a lie detection-polygraph examiner. Following his graduation from Saginaw Valley State University, Dr. Palmatier completed an interdisciplinary doctoral program in social science with cognates in developmental and experimental psychology, and criminal justice. While a member of the Michigan State Police, Dr. Palmatier finished his collection and analysis of voice data and then worked for a short time for Integritek Systems, Inc. in Florida. He is currently a visiting expert and lie detection researcher with the Institute of Automation, in the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, PR China.

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Mr. Turner has extensive experience conducting civil investigations, concentrating on financial fraud and computer crime cases. During his career, he has assisted hundreds of companies and organizations resolve fraud matters, primarily in the healthcare, banking, manufacturing, and service sectors. He is a Managing Director with Wilson & Turner Incorporated, where he specializes in the prevention and detection of financial fraud and employee crime issues. Mr. Turner was educated at Tulane University (BA, International Relations) and the University of Leicester (MSc, Security & Risk Management). Prior to co-founding WTI, he served in investigations management positions with regional, national and international investigations firms, with operational responsibility for thousands of investigations. Mr. Turner is an expert in the investigation and documentation of financial fraud and computer crime matters. He concentrates on the prevention, detection and resolution of financial fraud schemes, and specializes in commercial crime and fidelity bond claims. Working with Fortune 500 and other leading companies, his efforts have led to numerous multi-million dollar recoveries from fraud losses. He has been retained to provide expert testimony regarding fraud on behalf of governmental, public and private organizations for matters before U.S. State, Federal & Bankruptcy courts, as well as international courts. Seen on ABC News and CNN, he is a commentator on fraud related topics, including financial fraud schemes, employee fraud issues and complex fraud schemes, for the industry as well the national media. He has written and contributed to over three-dozen articles for professional publications of the risk management, security, investigation and claims industries. He regularly lectures in programs for the American Society for Industrial Security, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and other professional groups. In addition, he designs custom training programs for public and private companies. Mr. Turner is a Certified Fraud Examiner ("CFE"), a Certified International Investigator ("CII"), and is licensed as a private investigator. He is an active member of the American Society for Industrial Security; the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners; the American Bar Association; the American Society of Criminology; the Council of International Investigators; the International Investigators Network; and the National Council of Investigative & Security Services. He serves on the Editorial Boards of Fraud Magazine and The John Liner Review, and on the Audit Committees of Not for Profit Organizations.

Joseph Laski, CLI, is a certified legal investigator in Irvine, CA. with over twenty-five years of experience preparing major litigation for trial. He has earned the national CLI and state CPI specialization credentials. Since 1977, he has been a consultant on the California Private Investigator licensing exam. He served several terms as Los Angeles district governor and director for the California Association of Legal Investigators (CALI) who voted him "Investigator of the Year" in 1984. He has served as southwestern U.S. regional director and chairperson of the certified legal investigator committee for the National Association of Legal Investigators, Inc. (NALI) who awarded him the NALI Editor-Publisher award for his article, "Statements and Declarations." He teaches legal investigation at the University of California at Irvine, coaches Little League baseball and collects paperweights.

Joseph T. Cook, a former Navy combat pilot, has published a number of articles relating to aviation litigation. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and George Washington University, Mr. Cook began his legal career in the aviation litigation unit of the U.S. Department of Justice. In 1976 he became an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California, and served as a judge pro-tem for the Los Angeles Municipal Court from 1982 85. He has been an instructor for the U.S. Attorney General's Advocacy Institute and a lecturer for the University of Southern California Institute of Safety and Systems Management. Mr. Cook is admitted to the Virginia, California and the District of Columbia Bars, and has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Julius Bombet, CLI, CFE, was formerly with the Louisiana State Police and served as chief investigator for the Baton Rouge District Attorney's office for five years. He also has nine years of experience as a staff investigator for a large personal injury law firm. He served as national director of the National Association of Legal Investigators, Inc. (NALI) and as chairman and board member of the Louisiana State Board of Private Investigator Examiners, the state's investigative licensing authority. Mr. Bombet is the second vice-president for the National Council on Investigation and Security Services (NCISS). He was the recipient of the 1994 "Investigator of the Year Award" presented by the Louisiana Private Investigators Association. In 1998, the Global Investigators Network (GIN) presented their "Investigator of the Year Award" to him. In 1999, at the Northeast Super Conference, he was awarded the first "Julius Bombet Lifetime Achievement Award" for service to the investigative profession.

Kathlynn G. Fadely is Assistant Director of Aviation, Torts Branch, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. She received her B.S. in 1972 from the University of Georgia and her J.D. in 1976 from Emory University.

Kevin D. Murray, CPP, CFE, BCFE, has been solving electronic eavesdropping, security and counterespionage matters for business and government since 1973. His many written works include the electronic eavesdropping detection section of The Protection of Assets Manual; articles for Security Management magazine; and Business Snoops and the Top 10 Spybusting Tips They Don't Want You to Know. His chapter forms the basis for his college course, "Electronic Eavesdropping Detection and Industrial Espionage," created for the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. Mr. Murray is a board-certified forensic examiner and a board member of the International Association of Professional Security Consultants. He is on the advisory board of the Espionage Research Institute and is a certified protection professional (American Society for Industrial Security).

Laura Ferguson, CLI, has been a staff investigator for the Rochester, MN law firm of Muir, Heuel, Carlson and Spelhaug, P.A. since 1988. She has a B.S. in paralegal and has completed two years of business education. A member of the National Association of Legal Investigators, Inc. (NALI) since 1989, she has served as chairperson of the scholarship committee, and as a member of the CLI committee. An article she wrote for NALI's the Legal Investigator magazine won an Editor-Publisher Award in 1993. She earned her certified legal investigator designation in 1992. Laura is also a member of the Rochester Area Network of Women.

Lisa A. Blue graduated with her law degree from South Texas College of Law and her Ph.D. in psychology from North Texas State University. She also received her teaching degrees from the University of Virginia (Ed.S. and M.Ed., counseling) and the University of georgia (B.S.Ed., sociology-psychology). She specializes in toxic tort litigation with the firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. in Dallas, Texas. She also maintains a small practice as a counseling and forensic psychologist. Ms. Blue's numerous memberships include: American Board of Trial Advocates, president, Dallas chapter 1995; American Bar Association, Texas ABOTA president, 1998 1999, Texas ABOTA Trial Lawyer of the Year, 1999; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Texas Trial Lawyers Association, executive committee 1993 1997, Head of Amicus Committee 1996; Dallas Trial Lawyers Association; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, board of directors 1995 1996; American Psychological Association; Texas Psychological Association; Dallas Psychological Association; Public Citizen, board of directors 1999 2000; American Thoracic Association; American Bar Association; Task Force on the Judiciary, 1998; Supreme Court Task Force on Judicial Campaign Financial Reform, 1998; Dallas Bar Association, co-chair of CLE Committee, 1999.

Short Biography: Louis C. Tripoli, M.D. His many interests include bioterrorism and emerging infectious diseases, forensic and correctional medicine. At the time of this writing, he has been deployed as a Public Health expert working with the U.S. Marines 4th Civil Affairs Group, with the rank of Commander in the U.S. Navy. As a civilian, Dr. Tripoli holds the titles of Senior Vice-President of Correctional Medical Services, Chairman of Correctional Medicine Institute, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Infectious Diseases Division of Johns Hopkins University, and Adjunct Associate Professor at St. Louis University School of Public Health. He is board-certified in internal medicine and received a certificate in forensic medicine from the American College of Forensic Examiners. Dr. Tripoli obtained his undergraduate degree from Harvard and his doctorate of medicine from the University of Pittsburgh, where he also completed residency in internal medicine.

Ralph Haber, Ph.D., and Lyn Haber, Ph.D., formed their own consulting firm in 1988, Human Factors Consultants. In addition to business and military consulting, their legal consulting work includes problems of perception and memory, eyewitness testimony, and recovered memory, as well as human factors analyses of accidents, design, warnings and training. Both are adjunct professors of psychology at the University of California at Riverside and Research Associates in Psychology at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Between them they have published nine books and 275 scientific articles, and given 150 conference and convention presentations.

Lynn Wilson-Marks is recognized by state and federal courts as an expert in forensic document examination. She is the principal of Lynn Wilson-Marks and Associates of San Antonio, TX. Board certified and in practice since 1983, she is a past president of the Association of Forensic Document Examiners (AFDE) and has lectured extensively in the United States and Europe. Clients include attorneys, local and federal law enforcement agencies, financial institutions, corporations, medical professionals, security managers and investigators. She has published many papers for scientific, academic and legal disciplines, including two books published in the AmJur series. She served as a forensic consultant to Lawyers Cooperative Publishing from 1992 94. Currently, she serves as editorial assistant for the Journal of Forensic Document Examination.

Lynne Curtis, CLI, is a principal in Couger, Inc., an investigative firm in Vallecitos, NM, specializing in personal injury and criminal lawsuits. She is a licensed race-horse trainer with over thirty years' experience in the horse industry, and completed a solo cross-country horseback trip from Minneapolis to San Francisco in 1974. Her professional papers have been published and presented in various publications and conventions across the nation. She has served as a regional director of the National Association of Legal Investigators, Inc. (NALI), and was a member of, or chairperson of, NALI's certified legal investigator (CLI) committee from 1987 through 1994.

Marc S. Moller is a trial and appellate lawyer who has been a partner in the law firm of Kreindler & Kreindler LLP for more than twenty-five years. For most of his professional career he has represented plaintiffs in commercial aviation accident, mass disaster and other wrongful death and personal injury cases and won awards for them either through trial or settlement, many of which set records for recoveries in the jurisdiction in which the actions were filed. Mr. Moller is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, has been appointed Lead Counsel or Chairman of the Plaintiffs' Steering Committees in numerous mass disaster cases and served as Special Trial Counsel. Mr. Moller's extensive aviation litigation experience has led to awards and settlements in cases involving virtually every type of commercial and general aviation aircraft, corporate jet and charter aircraft, helicopters and military aircraft in operation today. His services also have been sought as a consultant to counsel in litigation brought outside of the United States when the United States jurisdiction requirements cannot be satisfied. Mr. Moller is presently the Plaintiffs' Liaison Counsel in tort litigation pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York arising from the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. By virtue of his involvement in 9/11 related litigation he has gained a unique perspective into the legal and practical issues the threat of terrorism presents to the aviation industry. As Lead Counsel for plaintiffs, Mr. Moller has been responsible, among other things, for conducting pre-trial discovery, trial of the plaintiffs' cases, the cross-examination of critical defense witnesses and experts, and negotiating settlements. To enhance the likelihood of litigation success he has developed innovative dynamic computer generated demonstrative evidence to promote jury understanding of technical issues related to liability and damages the firm have been privileged to represent. In addition to aviation related matters, Mr. Moller has represented clients in a variety of complex cases involving securities and class actions, business and commercial torts as well as pharmaceuticals, and consumer goods. A November, 2005 appellate court decision won by Mr. Moller affirmed the highest pain and suffering award in a personal injury case in New York. In the landmark In re Sabin Oral Polio Virus Vaccine Litigation Mr. Moller was successful in recovering substantial damages for children and adults who contacted polio from the Sabin live oral polio vaccine. The trial and appellate court victory in In re Sabin established the liability of the United States Government for regulatory violations and has become one of the most cited cases defining the scope of "discretionary function" exception to the U.S. Government's tort liability.

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Short Biography: Matthew J. Hassett is professor emeritus of mathematics at Arizona State University where he taught from 1966 to 1999. He worked in industry as health actuary from 1999 to 2005, and then returned to Arizona State to continue working with actuarial students. He has published papers in mathematical logic, mathematics education, finance and actuarial science. Dr. Hassett has co-authored an introductory statistics textbook, the probability textbook Probability for Risk Management and the ACTEX study guides for exams FM, MLC and MFE of the Society of Actuaries. He also has consulting experience in mathematical analysis of mortgage-backed securities and their derivatives. Dr. Hassett is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries.

Michael A. Gauger, Ph.,D., taught Mathematics, Probability, Statistics and developed an Actuarial Science program at UMass Amherst from 1971-2000. He has been an instructor for SOA Exam Prep Seminars since 1984 and is the author of the ACTEX Course 3 study manual. In his free time he enjoys tennis, cycling, kayaking and playing keyboards in a Jazz trio.

Michael C. McDermott has been working in the field of forensic audio analysis and voice identification since 1978. He has received training in forensic audio analysis from Rockwell International, Voice Identification, Inc., Kay Elemtrics, the Michigan State Department of State Police, the New York Institute of Forensic Audio to name just a few. Mr. McDermott is a member of the American College of Forensic Examiners. He is a past chairman of the Board of Recorded Evidence of the American College of Forensic Examiners, past chairman of the Voice Identification and Acoustical Analysis Subcommittee of the International Association for Identification, past chairman for the Certification Board for Voice Identification Examiners of the International Association for Identification. He is a certified expert in Voice Identification and Acoustical Analysis by the American College of Forensic Examiners, the International Association of Identification and the International Association of Voice Identification. Mr. McDermott is also a certified expert in the field of audio authentication by the American College of Forensic Examiners.

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Michael Curry is a sole practitioner in Austin, Texas. He received his J.D. and B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. He was admitted to practice in 1976. He specializes in mediation.

Michael L. Slack was born in Refugio, Texas in 1951. He was admitted to the Texas State Bar in1983 and is admitted to practice before the U. S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Ninth Circuits, the U. S. District Courts for the Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas. He received degrees from Texas A (B.S., with honors, aerospace engineering, 1973; M.S., aerospace engineering, 1974), and the University of Texas (J.D., 1983). He served as an aerospace engineer in the Structures and Mechanics Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, 1974 80. He is a member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association (past president and director, executive committee), the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (past chair, aviation section), the Lawyer-Pilot's Bar Association. He is also a senior member of the American Astronautical Society, a senior member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a member of the National Technical Committee, Legal Aspects of Aeronautics and Astronautics, A.I.A.A., 1985 present.

Michael S. Janoff has directed and conducted research for the National Academy of Sciences, the USDOT, state transportation agencies, consulting firms, A and E firms, manufacturers, attorneys and police departments. He provides expert witness services to attorneys and insurance companies in both civil and criminal matters. His areas of expertise include performance of and standards for street and vehicular lighting, effect of lighting on safety, visibility provided by lighting, visibility and performance of signals, visibility in adverse environments, conspicuity, and driver and pedestrian safety and performance. He has authored more than 140 journal papers and reports and given numerous presentations at professional meetings.

Michael Welner, M.D., is President of Welner Enabled Inc. Dr. Welner, one of America's foremost forensic psychiatrists, is responsible for a number of groundbreaking innovations. Dr. Welner's casework has spanned numerous areas of the criminal, civil, employment, and family law, often focusing on frontier issues. These include access areas such as the ADA and other disability rights matters. As founder of The Forensic Panel, he devised and implemented the first peer-reviewed protocols in the United States for forensic consultation. Under Dr. Welner's leadership, The Forensic Panel has achieved his vision of presenting 'the last word' to retaining attorneys, opposing counsel, and the courts. This has consistently helped to resolve cases without appearance at trial. Dr. Welner has lectured on numerous forensic and clinical issues as an invited speaker, of among others, the American Bar Association, American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology, International Bar Association, Pennsylvania and Texas State Senate Judiciary Committees, and various medical center Grand Rounds, at venues around the world. In his New York based clinical practice, Dr. Welner specializes in patients who fail to respond to treatment. Dr. Welner's patient advocacy, clinical foundation, and tenacious reliance upon evidence-based medicine guides Welner Enabled and the integrity of the project.

Monica Ziebell, CLI, is a staff investigator for the Rochester, MN law firm of Heuel, Carlson and Spelhaug, P.A.. She has a B.S. in paralegal from Winona State University, is a past president of the Minnesota Paralegal Association and current (1997) vice-president of membership for the Elgin chapter of Minnesota Jaycees. She earned her certified legal investigator designation in June 1994 and currently serves on the CLI and scholarship committees for the National Association of Legal Investigators, Inc. (NALI).

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Dr. Paul Green is a Research Professor in the Human Factors Division at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) and an adjunct faculty member in Industrial and Operations Engineering. He teaches several human factors courses including Automotive HumanmFactors and the Human Factors Engineering Short Course, a two-week summer course for practitioners. He has been at UMTRI since 1979 after he completed his Ph.D. (joint degree-Industrial & Operations Engineering and Psychology, University of Michigan). Paul's research concerns driver workload, the design of driver interfaces, especially for telematics (navigation systems, cell phones, and so forth) to promote safety and usability, and the development of guidelines for such.

Paul J. McAndrew, Jr. practices workers' compensation with the Paul McAndrew Law Firm of Coralville, Iowa. He received his J.D., with high distinction, form the University of Iowa in 1983. He has been a member of the Workplace Injury Group, 1997 date.

Peter F. Wade was a U.S. postal inspector for twenty-five years. At the time of his retirement he was assistant regional chief inspector for ciriminal investigations in the northeastern United States, Europe and the Caribbean. Previously, Mr. Wade was postal inspector in charge of the San Juan, Puerto Rico Division. For the past ten years he has been a private detective based in San Jose, Costa Rica and has specialized in due diligence investigations in Latin America.

Peter Hancock is Provost Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Psychology and at the Institute for Simulation and Training at the University of Central Florida. In his previous appointment, he founded and was the director of the Human Factors Research Laboratory at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of over 200 refereed scientific articles and publications and has edited numerous books including: Human Performance and Ergonomics in the Handbook of Perception and Cognition series, and Stress, Workload, and Fatigue. He is the principal investigator on the recently awarded Multi-Disciplinary University Research Initiative, on which he will oversee $5 million of funded research on stress, workload, and performance. His current experimental work concerns the evaluation of behavioral response to high-stress conditions. He is a fellow of and past president of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Short Biography: Ray Calafell, Jr., Esq., received his doctorate in jurisprudence from the University of Miami School of Law in 1977. Immediately thereafter he began practicing law as a plaintiff's attorney in Tampa, Florida. He joined a nationally renown Tampa plaintiff's firm in 1979 and remained with them as their Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act specialist and jury trial counsel for the next nine years. Opening his own firm in 1988, he has remained a specialist Longshore Act cases, including all of its extensions, Social Security disability cases, state workers' compensation act cases, and personal injury cases, representing only claimants. He is a member of the Florida Bar and the bars of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court. He is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell and is included in their publication Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. He is also included in the Florida Consumer Guidebook of Law & Leading Attorneys. He is board-certified in civil trial law by both the Florida Bar and the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Raymond M. Pierce retired as a Detective First Grade from the New York City Police Department in 1998. A longtime member of the NYPD, he had received an FBI fellowship in psychological profiling with the Behavioral Science Unit at the FBI National Academy. He then established the Criminal Assessment and Profiling Unit, and the Detective Bureau's Training Unit responsible for the yearly in-service training of NYC's three thousand detectives. He also was the primary lecturer and coordinator of the NYPD's Homicide Investigator's Course from 1986 to 1998. Mr. Pierce holds a bachelor's degree in behavioral science and a master's degree in forensic psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He is a contributing author to the Criminal and Civil Investigation Handbook, second edition, and has been the subject of two books and numerous media interviews. Among the specialties of his firm, RMP International, are psychological profiling, equivocal and wrongful death evaluation, statement and document analysis, expert testimony, and corporate fraud. He is a consultant to corporate security and private investigators, and to local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.

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Robert Joseph, CLI, is a certified legal investigator who owns and operates Alpha Services in Greenville-Simpsonville, South Carolina. He has over twenty years of tort liability investigative experience and has investigated numerous machine guarding accidents, mostly for plaintiffs.

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Robert Parke, CLI, has over thirty-four years of investigative experience, including law enforcement, insurance claims and legal investigations. He specializes in the investigation of serious personal injuries, wrongful death and fraud. He is a licensed commercial pilot with multi-engine instrument ratings, and is a former certified flight and instrument instructor and certified ground instructor. He has chaired several committees within the National Association of Legal Investigators, Inc. (NALI) and has served two terms as region-III director. He is located in Monticello, FL.

Robert Martin is an attorney at law, with special emphasis in litigation, including products liability defense, insurance law, and business litigation. For over twenty years, he has lectured throughout the United States and internationally on product liability issues, and is well known in the general aviation community for his work in drafting the General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994 (GARA). His law firm, Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace and Swartz, L.L.P., is located in Wichita, Kansas, with offices in Overland Park. Mr. Martin is a former military pilot and a past president of the Kansas Bar Association.

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Rockne W. Onstad is a trial lawyer representing plaintiffs since 1975. He has a bachelor's degree in microbiology, is a former naval aviator (rotary wing and fixed wing), captain in the United States Marine Corps, and Viet Nam veteran. He specializes in aviation and medical malpractice cases. He is an advocate in the American Board of Trial Advocates. He has four multimillion dollar verdicts and over twenty multimillion dollar settlements to his credit.

Ron A. Sprague is managing shareholder of the firm of Gendry and Sprague, P.C., in San Antonio, Texas. He holds a pilot's license issued in 1973, with a multi-engine and instrument rating, an engineering degree awarded by New Mexico State University, with honors, in 1976 and a law degree from the University of Texas in 1979. He is board certified in civil trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. As a captain in the Air Force, Mr. Sprague served as a judge advocate from 1979 through 1983. Since then, he has practiced civil trial law in Texas and has specialized in aviation law for the last fifteen years. Since 1996, he has taught the aviation law seminar at St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio as an adjunct professor. He has litigated many cases involving military aircraft, including aircraft as varied as the Blackhawk and Apache helicopters, the aged T-33 T-Bird and the giant C-5A Galaxy.

Sheila M. Shah (Lichtblau) is an associate with the law firm of Wright, Robinson, Osthimer & Tatum in San Francisco. She wrote part of Chapter 15 while defending the State of California, Department of Industrial Relations from Mr. Miller's claim.

Stephen C. Embryreceived his B. A. from American University and his J.D. form the University of Connecticut. He was admitted to the bar in 1975.

Steve Herman was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he attended Isidore Newman School. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College, where he was awarded Citations of Excellence in the study of Milton and Shakespeare, and won the Eleanor Frost Playwriting Competition with his one-act play, The Phoenix Sleeps Tonight. Herman was then named Order of the Coif at Tulane Law School, where he graduated, Magna Cum Laude, in 1994. After graduating from Tulane, Herman clerked for Justice Harry T. Lemmon of the Louisiana Supreme Court. He now practices law in New Orleans, with the firm of Herman Herman Katz & Cotlar, LLP. Developing a broad civil practice, Herman has handled everything from highway defect and products liability cases, to fire and flood loss cases, to attorney fee disputes and employment cases, to special appellate work before the Louisiana Supreme Court and other courts of appeal. He has recently focused on commercial, class action, insurance coverage and professional liability cases, representing both plaintiffs and defendants. Mr. Herman is the author of America and the Law: Challenges for the 21st Century, first published by Austin & Winfield in 1998, now available from Gravier House Press. He recently served as the President of the Civil Justice Foundation, a national non-profit organization dedicated to the support of grassroots organizations that protect workers, consumers, children, the environment, and access to the courts. In 2001, he was presented with a special CJF President's Award, as well as a Wiedemann-Wysocki Award from the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. He was recently named a 2007 Louisiana "Super Lawyer" in class actions and mass tort cases, and was a Finalist for TLPJ Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2005. An adjunct professor to the Loyola University School of Law, Mr. Herman has given numerous speeches on consumer fraud, tobacco, and managed care litigation; complex discovery, electronic discovery, and spoliation; preemption, privilege, trial preparation, deposition strategy, motion practice, class actions, and complex litigation. His works have been published in Winning Techniques of Successful Trial Attorneys, Tort Litigation, The Federal Lawyer, the Australian Products Liability Reporter, Sidebar, Louisiana Advocates, TRIAL Magazine and the Tulane Law Review. In addition, Steve has published three novels, The Gordian Knot, The Sign of Four, and A Day in the Life of Timothy Stone.

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Steve Cain started AFTI, Inc. in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin following twenty-two years as a special agent and a forensic specialist with both the U.S. Secret Service and IRS National Crime Laboratories. AFTI offers a variety of forensic services, although the majority of requests are for the identification of questioned voice recordings or issues relating to audio or videotape recording authenticity (i.e,. tampering or editing evidence). Steve is also board certi ed as a questioned document examiner. Steve received his B.S. at the USFA Academy in 1967 and later completed two masters of forensic science degrees at George Washington University and Antioch School of Law. He has completed two years of a Ph.D. in criminology at the University of Maryland. He has attended numerous specialized courses of instruction in forensics throughout the U.S. and is both board certi ed and court quali ed (federal and state) in a variety of disciplines. A member of several international forensic organizations, Steve has published more than twenty articles in forensics, investigative, and legal journals and has been a guest speaker at numerous national/international conferences regarding forensic examination technique. He has testi ed in over forty states, Hong Kong, Puerto Rico, and Canada in both criminal and civil cases and has examined over 20,000 cases.

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Steven D. Feinberg, M.D. Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine, American Board of Pain Medicine, American Board of Electrodiagnositc Medicine, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Palo Alto, California.

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Stuart J. Starry has practiced law in Houston, Texas, since graduating from Vanderbilt Law School in 1986. For five years he defended airlines and aircraft manufacturers at Beirne, Maynard and Parsons, prosecuting preemption motions, removals, and appeals. He successfully represented the defendants in O'Carroll v. American Airlines, 863 F.2d 11 (5th Cir. 1989) cert. denied, 409 U.S. 1106 (1989) and Baugh v. Trans World Airlines, Inc., 915 F.2d 693 (5th Cir. 1990). In 1991, he joined Fleming, Hovenkamp and Grayson and until 1997 devoted much of his time to plaintiffs' aviation litigation and appeals. He successfully argued the landmark Fifth Circuit case of Hodges v. Delta Airlines, 44 F. 3rd 334 (5th Cir. 1995) (en banc), which overruled his previous victory in Baugh v. Trans World Airlines. In 1997 he established his own practice. He then successfully argued on behalf of the plaintiffs in another significant en banc preemption appeal, this time in the Ninth Circuit. See, Charas v. TransWorld Airlines, 160 F. 3d 1259 (5th Cir. 1998) (en banc). Mr. Starry is a frequent lecturer and writer on federal preemption. He continues to handle aviation cases and appeals, along with a broad spectrum of cases involving product liability, serious personal injury, commercial disputes, securities fraud, and mass torts.

Susan B. Meek, J.D., M.D., is a physician, attorney and mediator. She teaches mediation at the University of Houston Law School and has been a faculty member of the A.A. White Dispute Resolution Center. She represents clients and engages in medical legal consulting for attorneys, physicians, hospitals and other allied medical personnel. In addition, she has been an expert witness for the Office of Hearings and Appeals dealing with medical issues, as well as an expert in fraud and abuse cases. Dr. Meek has been actively involved in negotiation, mediation and arbitration. Dr. Meek received her B.S. from the University of Illinois, her M.D. from Chicago Medical School, completed an internship at Mayo Clinic, a residency at Baylor and the University of Arizona and her J.D. at the University of Illinois Northern Campus. She currently is practicing ophthalmology, law, mediation, and has taught legal negotiations as well as mediation at the University of Houston School of Law. She has written books, papers and articles on numerous topics, and has participated in many speeches and seminars.

Thomas Crowley is a licensed private investigator in Florida and New York. He owns North American Investigation in Tampa, FL. A former owner of two full-service marine businesses in New York, he has also been a New York state trooper doing criminal investigations and supervising the narcotics squad in a ten-county area of upstate NY, as well as conducting gambling investigations. He has also investigated high-profile white collar crime and police corruption cases in major metropolitan areas of New York for the governor's office. Thomas has an M.A. in social psychology from Goddard College, a B.S. in criminal justice from Empire College, and has also attended the New York State Police Academy and the Municipal Police Training Academy in New York. He has been certified in court as an expert. He is a member of the National Association of Legal Investigators, Inc. (NALI).

Thomas Schelling is a professor at the School of Public Affairs, at the University of Maryland and previously was a professor of economics at Harvard University and Yale University.

Todd McFarren, Esq., received his J.D. from the University of San Francisco Law School in 1983. He is a member of the California Applicants' Attorneys Association (Chair, Health and Safety Committee), the Workplace Injury Studies Institute. He is a certified specialist in workers compensation law (State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization).

Tom Owen, a nationally known expert, served for many years on the board of the International Association for Voice Identification. He currently serves as chairman of the Audio Engineering Society's Standards Group WG-12 on Forensic Audio, and is the chairman of the American Board of Recorded Evidence. Tom Owen is also the head instructor for the New York Institute of Forensic Audio from 1992 to the present. A graduate of Bellarmine College in Louisville, Kentucky, Mr. Owen worked eleven years at New York City's Lincoln Center Archives as chief engineer, and has appeared on network television and on radio discussing audio and video matters. Mr. Owen has lectured in the U.S., Japan, China, Canada and England, and has had publications in the Audio Engineering Society Journal, the International Association for Identification Journal, and the College of Forensic Examiners, among others.

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W. Kip Viscusi is a George G. Allen professor of economics, Duke University, and associate reporter, American Law Institute Project on Compensation and Liability for Product and Process Injuries.

William L. Maynard has devoted his professional career to a specialized litigation practice, with twenty years of experience in handling complex, high-exposure and high-profile wrongful death cases in the general aviation arena. During this period, Mr. Maynard has established a reputation for developing and implementing successful discovery strategies and practices. Mr. Maynard graduated summa cum laude from the University of Houston Bates College of Law in 1973 where he was a member of the Houston Law Review. He is board certified in civil litigation by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is a founding partner of one of the largest litigation specialty firms in Texas, Beirne, Maynard and Parsons, L.L.P.