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Cable

There are 1,755 television stations based out of the US, making their way to approximately 90% of the population. With 44% of households subscribing to a cable service in 2019, there is a lot that goes into delivering these services. Installation equipment, underground construction, procurement processes, system design, and installation are a few of the important areas that our cable experts have deep knowledge of.

Cancer

Approximately 1,735,350 new cases of cancer were diagnosed in the US in 2018, with 609,640 individuals dying as a result of the disease. Our cancer expert witnesses, speakers, and consultants are scholars, researchers, and physicians from prestigious universities and medical facilities worldwide. They are involved in cutting-edge research and development and are knowledgeable in all types of cancer, including their causes and prevention, and their research is widely published.

Cardiology

Every year, 610,000 individuals die of heart disease in the US. This makes heart disease the leading cause of death for both women and men in the country. Cardiology is a field of medicine that focuses on heart disorders such as heart disease, in addition to specific areas of the circulatory system. Our cardiology experts are leading cardiologists and thought leaders in universities, hospitals, and research facilities around the country.

Cardiovascular

Cases involving the circulatory system, such as the heart and blood vessels, often require a cardiovascular expert. Our cardiovascular experts have worked as surgeons, nurses, pharmaceutical executives, nutritionists, chemists, pharmacologists, and more.

Cardiovascular Disease

In the United States, someone dies as a result of cardiovascular disease every 37 seconds, which totals approximately 647,000 deaths a year. This means that cardiovascular disease is the cause of 25% of deaths in the country. Our cardiovascular disease experts have worked as surgeons, nurses, geneticists, cardiologists, epidemiologists, and more.

Cell Biology

The cell is known as the basic unit of life, and cell biology is the sector of biology that focuses on both the function and structure of cells. As with any extremely complicated subject, a great expert has the ability to communicate the intricacies of the topic to every individual in the courtroom.

Ceramics

There are two primary types of ceramics, advanced and traditional. Advanced ceramics necessitate modern processing techniques and include carbides, oxides, nitrides, and other materials that can act as superconductors. Traditional forms of ceramics, refer to objects composed of cement and clay and are commonly found in wall tiles, roofs, dishes, crockery, etc. When considering ceramics experts, law firms are typically looking for an expert with experience in construction, materials science, engineering, product design, and geochemistry.

Chemicals

Chemicals are specific substances that possess a constant chemical composition, as well as characteristic properties, and chemicals experts are often retained to lend their expertise to cases that involve chemical engineering, materials safety, environmental issues, product development, and more. Our chemicals expert witnesses are scholars and researchers from prestigious universities as well as industry professionals who have experience in federal, industrial, and academic laboratories, have consulted with major and small companies worldwide, and have testified as expert witnesses.

Chemistry

Chemistry experts are often retained in order to lend their expertise to cases that involve workplace safety, product liability, patents, pollution, and more. Our chemistry expert witnesses, speakers, and consultants are scholars and researchers from major universities as well as industry professionals with experience in consulting with start-up to major industrial firms in pharmaceutical sciences, biotechnology, agricultural chemistry, and other areas.

Child Abuse

In the US every year 2.9 million cases of child abuse are reported, and approximately five children die as a result of child abuse. Our child abuse experts are leading minds at universities, hospitals, and research facilities around the country.

Child Development

Child development is unique to every individual trial and includes psychological, emotional, and biological changes that take place between birth and adolescence. Our child development experts have been successfully retained for consulting on human development, neuroscience, psychology, education, and more.

Children

Experts on children are often retained to lend their expertise to cases that involve marriage, psychology, trauma, juvenile criminal justice and more. Our children experts have worked as social science professionals, clinical psychologists, substance abuse professionals, marketing ethics consultants, to name just a few.

China

Our China expert witnesses, speakers, and consultants are scholars and researchers from major universities and industry professionals who have served as expert witnesses and provided consultation for import and export companies dealing with trades with China as well as executives from numerous multinational corporations, such as Amoco, Ford, General Motors, GTE, Kellogg, Motorola, Owens-Corning, Procter & Gamble, and Whirlpool.

Chiropractic

It is estimated that 27 million Americans are treated by a chiropractor every year, as 1 million adjustments are performed every business day. Our chiropractic experts have worked at universities, private practices, hospitals, and research facilities around the country.

Civil Engineering

Civil engineering is a discipline within professional engineering that focuses on the design, construction, maintenance of both private and public infrastructure. Civil engineers are often retained in order to lend their expertise to cases that involve buildings, airports, tunnels, dams, roads, water systems, and bridges.  Our civil engineering expert witnesses, speakers, and consultants are scholars, researchers, and industry professionals with extensive experience in teaching, research, and industrial positions.

Civil Rights

The topic of civil rights is pertinent to just about every part of modern society and culture, requiring a deep historical and legal knowledge. Our civil rights experts are leading minds at universities, research centers, law firms, and consulting firms around the country.

Claims

The three most common types of claims are policy, value and factual. A claims expert is typically retained in order to help identify claims and provide opinions on claims handling and compliance. Our claims experts have worked as underwriters, adjusters, fraud examiners, arbitrators, and more.

Climate Change

The increase in carbon emissions has resulted in a rise in earth’s average surface temperatures by 1.62 degrees Fahrenheit since the late 19th century, and most of the warming has taken place over the past 35 years. Our climate change experts have worked at universities, non-profits, and renowned research facilities around the country.

Clinical Coding

Clinical coding is the analysis of clinical statements for the purpose of assigning standard codes through a classification system. This process is a critical piece of health information management and is carried out by a health information professional. Our coding experts have worked as professors, consultants, clinical coders, medical record technicians, diagnostic coders, clinical coding officers, and nosologists.

Coaching

Coaching experts are commonly retained for their expertise in risk management, coaching best practices, ethics, and development. Our coaching experts have worked as safety and liability consultants, management consultants, university professors, psychologists, high school coaches, and college coaches.

Cognition

Our cognition expert witnesses, speakers, and consultants are scholars and researchers from major universities and professionals whose study of mental processes and mechanisms span the disciplines of psychology, neuropsychology, psycholinguistics, computer science, business, advertising, marketing, education, and law, among others. They are published authors of books and scholarly articles in their respective fields.

Combustion

Combustion experts are typically retained for their expertise in the area spontaneous fires or explosions, as they have storied experience reconstructing combustion conditions in order to determine the origin or cause. Our combustion experts have worked as mechanical engineers, consultants, professors, origin investigators, chemists, and compliance officials.

Commercial

There is a range of cases that commercial experts are retained for, including real estate, banking, valuation, and more. Our commercial experts have worked as commercial lenders, real estate professionals, valuation consultants, to name just a few.

Commercial Real Estate

Commercial real estate includes office buildings, retail space, multifamily apartments, undeveloped land, and other nonresidential properties (ie. stadiums, airports, hotels, medical facilities, self-storage spaces, etc). Our commercial real estate experts have been retained to provide opinions on contracts, valuation, liability, investments, building management, and more.

Communication

Our communication expert witnesses, speakers, and consultants on communication are scholars and researchers from major universities and industry professionals who have worked many years in the television, radio, and newspaper industries and consulted with organizations such as McDonnell Douglas, Merrill Lynch, Paramount Pictures, Fiat, Cracker Barrel, Xerox, and Eastman Kodak. They are experienced expert witnesses, frequent speakers at numerous state and national professional conferences, authors of numerous scholarly articles and books, as well as political campaign consultants.

Communications

Our communications expert witnesses, speakers, and consultants are scholars and researchers from major universities and industry professionals who have worked many years in the television, radio, and newspaper industries and consulted with organizations such as McDonnell Douglas, Merrill Lynch, Paramount Pictures, Fiat, Cracker Barrel, Xerox, and Eastman Kodak. They are experienced expert witnesses, frequent speakers at numerous state and national professional conferences, authors of numerous scholarly articles and books, as well as political campaign consultants.

Compensation

Compensation experts are often retained in order to lend their expertise to cases that involve employment, wages, regulatory compliance, and monetary benefits. Our compensation experts have consulted for public and private organizations, profit and nonprofit organizations, large and small companies; testified in numerous litigation support cases in both federal and state courts; and authored numerous articles and award-winning books.

Compliance

It is estimated that organizations of all sizes spend an average of just under $10,000 per employee annually on regulatory costs, and the costs of being non-compliant are even higher. Most organizations need to adhere to compliances, which is largely due to the increasing amount of regulations required for operational transparency. Our compliance experts have worked as accountants, university professors, consultants, FDA investigators, environmental compliance officers, banking professionals, and more.

Composition

Composition experts are often retained for copyright issues, as they have vast experience analyzing compositions and applying their music theory, songwriting, arranging, and music history knowledge to determine whether infringements were made. Our composition experts have worked as professors, commercial composers, and professional performers.

Computer

Computers have revolutionized nearly every field of expertise allowing practitioners to gather, organize, visualize, assess, and act on data as never before — each of these developments becoming its own industry. Our computer experts have been retained due to their deep knowledge and experience working as electrical engineers, software engineers, programmers, professors, IP consultants, and more.

Computer Forensics

It is estimated that by 2021 cybercrime will account for $6 trillion in damages. There are ransomware attacks every 14 seconds, and on average it takes companies over 6 months to notice a data breach. Computer forensics experts are able to reconstruct digital information in order to analyze and solve computer-related crimes.

Computer Networking

Networking in business is the interaction of businesspeople and business owners to recognize, create, and act on business opportunities, share information and locate potential business partners. Computer networking is a group of computing devices that are connected through cables, wires, and wireless service to communicate and share resources.

Computer Science

Our computer science expert witnesses, speakers, and consultants are scholars, researchers, and industry professionals who have extensive knowledge of all aspects of computer science, dating back to the Apollo space program at NASA and extending forward as they explore and define the future with today’s cutting edge research and technology. Their work has been supported by organizations such as the National Science Foundation, NASA, DARPA, Microsoft, Ford, IBM, Lockheed-Martin, Lucent, Department of Treasury, the National Institute of Justice, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, the U.S. Army Research Lab, the U.S. Army High-Performance Computing Center, the U.S. Air Force (USAF), Boeing, Kodak, and Allstate.

Computer Security

Every business that has some level of digital operations is concerned with computer security. By 2023, half of all the data breaches globally will occur in the US. Our computer security experts have been retained in order to help provide their opinions and apply their expertise to the extremely complex area of information technology.

Concrete

Concrete is one of the primary materials used in construction, as it is used for walls, foundations, roofs, and more. Our concrete experts have been retained for their experience ensuring that standards are adhered to and reviewing damage when it does occur. These experts have worked as professors, civil engineers, materials consultants, structural engineers, and concrete designers.

Conservation

It is estimated that every hour, 240 acres of natural habitat is destroyed, leading to a significant decline in biological diversity. Our conservation experts have had extensive experience with the management of forest resources in the developing world, bee populations, river conservation, marine mammals, to name just a few.

Construction

Our construction expert witnesses, speakers, and consultants are scholars and researchers from major universities as well as professionals in the construction industry and nationally recognized consultants and testifying experts. They have extensive experience with residential, commercial, and industrial projects; clients include business owners, developers, attorneys, manufacturers, marine contractors, oil companies, design professionals, public and government agencies, sureties, insurance companies, school districts, construction contractors, and others.

Construction Management

Construction managers are an essential part of all construction processes, as they supervise the project from beginning to end. These individuals oversee the planning, budgeting, and coordination of construction projects and are called upon as expert witnesses in order to speak to damages, defects, valuation, inspections, contract disputes, and more. Our construction management experts have worked as consultants, educators, directors of construction associations, architects, general contractors, civil engineers, and more.

Consulting

Consultants provide professional advice across a wide range of industries, making them ideal expert witnesses in a variety of different cases that involve a number of focus areas. Our consulting expert witnesses, speakers, and consultants are scholars, researchers, inventors, and professionals from major universities, private organizations, and government agencies worldwide.

Consumer Behavior

Our consumer behavior experts have worked with industry giants such as Procter & Gamble and Ketchum Communications, have conducted market research studies for various private and public sector companies, have provided expert testimony, and are prolific authors of scholarly articles, college textbooks, and trade books.

Contracts

More often than not, contracts revolve around financial agreements, and many individuals or businesses have the unfortunate experience of handling unexpected contract termination or breaches of contract. Our contracts experts have deep experience from both business management and finance perspectives, as they have worked as educators, contract negotiators, international fraud consultants, and contract translators and interpreters.

Control

Our control expert witnesses, speakers, and consultants are scholars and researchers from major universities as well as industry professionals whose knowledge spans multiple disciplines ranging from mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, automotive and manufacturing engineering, acoustical engineering, industrial engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, plastics engineering, and environmental engineering to horticulture, entomology, energy conservation, business management, law, and violence and injury protection.

Control Systems

Control systems manage and direct the actions of various other devices that can include thermostats, industrial boilers, and a number of other systems. Our control systems expert witnesses, speakers, and consultants are scholars and researchers from major universities as well as industry professionals.

Copyright

Patent Expert

Our copyright expert witnesses, speakers, and consultants include scholars from major universities, lawyers, scientists, engineers, computer experts, and other industry professionals with extensive knowledge in copyright matters worldwide. They have had years of practical experience in the litigation of intellectual property cases, including trials and appeals, before United States courts, the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) arbitration tribunals and been retained by the Federal Judicial Center (the federal agency charged with continuing education for federal judges) to deliver seminars in patent, trademark, and copyright law to local federal districts.

Corporate Finance

Our corporate finance expert witnesses, speakers, and consultants are scholars from major universities and industry professionals, including lawyers, investment bankers, and a former deputy attorney general of the state of Hawaii. They have lectured worldwide; are prolific authors of best-selling textbooks and other books, articles, and studies; have consulted with numerous firms and banks, including Dow Chemical, Aetna, Anheuser-Busch, IBM, Texas Instruments, Arco Chemical, Time Warner, General Foods, Wells Fargo, and Citicorp as well as with the FBI, SEC, IRS, and other agencies; and have served as expert witnesses and provided litigation support in a variety of cases.

Corporate Governance

Every industry has its own standards for corporate governance to abide by, as corporate governance establishes a set of processes and relations by which corporations are controlled. Our corporate governance expert witnesses, speakers, and consultants are scholars from major universities, corporate and securities law attorneys, and other industry professionals.

Corrosion

It is estimated that the annual global cost of corrosion is $2.5 trillion, which demonstrates the need and importance of corrosion management experts. Our corrosion experts have worked as engineering consultants, architects, design consultants, educators, and more.

Cost

Our cost expert witnesses, speakers, and consultants have expertise in a broad spectrum of disciplines, such as management, finance, accounting, economics, insurance and risk management, agricultural economics, civil engineering, medicine and health sciences, pharmacoeconomics, and telecommunications, among others. These experts have consulted for a wide range of business and governmental clients and provided testimony in legal, arbitration and regulatory proceedings in numerous venues; spoken to various industry and government groups; and published award-winning books and numerous articles related to costs in their respective fields.

Credit

In April of 2019 the revolving debt of Americans reached $1.06 trillion, with most of this debt falling into the category of credit card balances. The most common reasons for the retention of credit experts are regulatory issues, banking policies, securities, financial statements, due diligence, and more. Our credit experts have worked as real estate consultants, economic consultants, credit managers, asset recovery specialists, and mortgage underwriters.

Crime

While crime rates have been falling in the US, there were still approximately 1,206,836 violent crimes and 7,196,045 property crimes nationwide in 2018. Ourcrime expert witnesses, speakers and consultants are professionals from various industries and backgrounds which include but are not limited to: law enforcement, forensics, sociologists, legal professionals, psychologists, mental health experts, and security.

Criminal Justice

There are currently 2.2 million individuals in prison in the United States, making this country the global leader in incarceration. A big factor in the 500% rise in incarceration over the previous 40 years has been the creation and implementation of new laws and policies. Our criminal justice experts have worked as program evaluators, policy advisors, educators,  psychologists, probation officers, consultants, and more.

Criminology

The scientific study of the causes, control, consequences, and prevention of criminal behavior is known as criminology. Our criminology experts have worked as sociology professors, researchers, consultants, and leading educators in the realm of criminology.

Critical Care

Critical care medicine focuses on the diagnosis and management of conditions that are life-threatening and often require comprehensive monitoring and potentially life support. Critical care medicine has seen a significant rise in costs over the last 20 years, as healthcare costs rise in the country. Our critical care experts have worked as physicians, educators, quality management consultants, and registered nurses.

Culture

Our culture expert witnesses, speakers, and consultants are primarily scholars from major universities whose diverse knowledge of the subject is extensive and ranges from the study of culture in anthropological, sociological, historical, and psychological contexts to its impact on business, education, politics, science and medicine, literature, and religion. Their expertise spans the globe, for example, from Japanese business culture to Jewish life in Russia to New York City graffiti artists.

Cytometry

The practice of cytometry refers to the measurement of cell characteristics through a focus on cell size, cell count, cell cycle phase, and cell morphology. Our cytometry experts specialize in flow cytometry, cell sorting, hematology analysis, laser patents, microfluidics patents, and optics patents. Our cytometry experts have successfully testified for both plaintiffs and defense in a variety of cases, and are prolific international authors and lecturers.