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Current Projects

SciLawForensics, Ltd. current projects:

  • Advisory member of the Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission (FEPAC). Committee accredits educational institutions offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in forensic science.

  • Public Member of the Forensic Specialties Accreditation Board (FSAB). The Board establishes a mechanism whereby the forensic community can assess, recognize and monitor organizations or professional boards that certify individual forensic scientists or other forensic specialists.

  • Director of Outreach for the National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and Law (NCSTL) at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, FL
    • Director, Forensic Science Training for Capital Litigators (May 2009 Tampa, FL and November 2009 Phoenix, AZ)
    • Co-Author of Law 101, primer for forensic experts
    • Faculty for "DNA for Defense Attorneys" online training tool

  • Developing specialized interactive training tools (best recommended practices guides, CD-Roms) for law enforcement and criminal justice arenas including:
    • DNA for officers of the court
    • DNA for law enforcement
    • Digital Evidence in the courtroom
    • Digital Evidence training tools for officers of the court
    • Investigative uses of high technology
    • Investigating high technology crime
    • Trainer for Office of Victims of Crime (OVC) DNA For Law Enforcement in Sexual Assault Crimes Course (8 hours)
    • Trainer for Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) DNA for Law Enforcement Course (16 hours)
    • Contractor to National Institute of Standards and Technology, Office of Law Enforcement Standards (NIST/OLES)
      • Provide support for Digital Evidence and DNA portfolios
      • Serve as liaison between NIST and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) to facilitate adoption of various standards for the forensic science community
    • Retained expert for the defense in State v. Jackson, Florida
    • Defense Expert Arizona v. Tankersley, post conviction appeal
    • Defense Consultant State v. Corey Posley-Wells, MN 2008, murder 1, DNA issues
    • Defense Consultant Commonwealth v. Brian D. Knippers, MA 2008, multiple sexual assault charges, DNA issues
    • Defense Consultant Commonwealth v. Vincent Wadlington, MA 2009, homicide, DNA issues
    • Defense Consultant Commonwealth v. Jonathan Pittman, MA 2009, homicide, DNA issues
    • Defense Consultant Commonwealth v. Robert Vacher, MA 2009, homicide, DNA issues
    • Defense Consultant People v. Eddie Montanez, CA 2009, death penalty, DNA issues
    • DNA Testimony, State v. Mitchell, homicide, Farmington, ME, 2009 (DNA testing conducted in 1997)
    • Defense Consultant US v. Karras, VA 2010, sexual assault, military court martial, DNA issues
    • DNA Consultant Commonwealth v. Luis Lopez, MA 2010, homicide, DNA issues
    • Faculty, National Student Leadership Conference, College Park, MD Summer 2008, Summer 2009 (presented the following lectures for several different sessions):
      • Crime Scene Investigation
      • Forensic Science and the Law
      • Careers in Forensic Science
    • Conference Co-Chair, Center for American and International Law Conference - Actual Innocence: Establishing Innocence or Guilt, Plano, TX
    • Guest Commentator, the Nancy Grace Show, CNN Headline News (Caylee Anthony case, July 28, August 5, 7, 12, 28, 29 2008)
    • DNA 101, live on The Scott Farrell Radio Show, 820AM Tampa, FL (December 17, 2008, January 21, 2009))
    • Forensic DNA, presented at the Forensic Science for Capital Litigators Conference sponsored by NCSTL and BJA, Tampa, FL http://www.ncstl.org/education/Capital%20Litigation
    • Specialty Lecturer (Forensic Science) for Sixth Star Cruise Line
    • Advisory Board Member, Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Science and Law (2007 - present)
    • Member, NIJ Technical Working Group on General Forensics (2007 - present)
    • Member, NIJ Technical Working Group on Human Bias in Latent Print Examination (2009 - present)

Upcoming projects:

  • Sexual Abuse and Assault: Adult Victims; Biological Evidence: Identification, Collection, Preservation and Use in Courtroom Testimony, book chapter to be published by GW Medical Publishing, 2010

  • Crime Scene Investigation CD-ROM

Past projects:

  • Faculty: Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners/Sexual Assault Response Team Annual Conference, Tampa, FL, (May 30 - June 2, 2007)
    • When Things go to Hell; A Facilitated Discussion to Address Problems SARTS Face
    • Working with Evidence Besides DNA: Thinking Outside the Box
    • Crime Lab Results (Investigative Scenario)

  • Director of Outreach for the National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and Law (NCSTL) at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, FL

  • Chair, Criminalistics Section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) 2009-2010

  • Ethics in Forensic Science: Interdisciplinary Symposium Co-Chair, American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX

  • Consultant to Northern Kentucky University developing forensic science program

  • Advisory Member, Field Identification Drug Officer (FIDO). (Joint task force between federal, state and local law enforcements agencies to reduce backlogs of laboratory drug testing by using off-the-shelf technologies for on-site field drug testing by law enforcement officers)

  • Coordinator of Annual Conference on Science, Technology and the Law held in Tampa, FL September 11-15, 2005

  • Coordinator of Annual Conference on Science, Technology and the Law held in Tampa, FL November 2-5, 2006

  • Technical Working Group on Education and Training in Digital Evidence (TWGEDDE) - Consultant Program Manager to West Virginia University

  • Guest lecturer, Scientific Evidence Class at Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, FL "DNA; Did You Get All You Know From CSI?"

  • Faculty, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners/Sexual Assault Response Team Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA

    • DNA Evidence, Collection, Storage and Analysis: Making Headway with the Backlogs

    • DNA Evidence Identification, Collection, Preservation and Analysis: What the Laboratory Can (and Can't) Do For You

  • Coordination, planning, development and facilitation of the 5th annual National Conference on Science and Law (held in Tampa, FL March 14-17, 2004). Conference is co-sponsored by the West Virginia University Forensic Science Initiative, the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section, the National Center for State Courts, the Federal Judicial Center, the National Academies, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

  • Program management support to the Forensic Resource Network (FRN), a consortium of federal grantees involved in forensic science training and education. FRN members: National Forensic Science Technology Center (NFSTC), West Virginia University Forensic Science Initiative, Marshall University Forensic Science Center, National Center for Forensic Science (NCFS).

  • Faculty, Rural Law Enforcement Institute Sexual Assault for Law Enforcement 1 week Course "Forensic Laboratory Evidence Collection (DNA)"