Engaging Experts

Kevin M. Quinley is a thought leader in insurance claims. Currently, he is the Principal of Quinley Risk Associates in the Richmond, VA area and assists clients throughout the country. He has 40+ years experience in managing casualty claims and litigation. He has a BA from Wake Forest University and an MA from the College of William & Mary. In this episode… In this episode of our podcast Discu...

Dr. Jolie Brams is a Clinical and Forensic Psychologist and has assisted attorneys on matters with complicated psycho-legal issues. She views the role of a forensic psychologist as more than just an evaluator, but also as an educator to the attorney and tried of fact, and someone to provide creative and novel approaches to facilitate the resolution of a case. In this episode… In this episode of ou...

Kantha Shelke, Ph. D., CFS, founded Corvus Blue LLC, a Chicago-based food science and research firm, to assist progressive companies with strategic industry competitive intelligence, innovative new product/technology development and rapid commercialization of honestly healthful foods and food ingredients. She writes and lectures extensively with engagingly candid insights in the health, wellness a...

Michael A. Einhorn is an economic consultant and expert witness in the areas of intellectual property, media, entertainment, technology, trademarks, publicity rights, and product design. He received a B.A. from Dartmouth College, a Ph. D. in economics from Yale University, and is the author of Media, Technology, and Copyright: Integrating Law and Economics (Edward Elgar Publishers, 2004) and over...

Dr. BJ Hawkins has more than 30 years experience as a business executive in a variety of corporate structures.  She held profit and loss executive management positions with two Fortune 100 Corporations and C Suite positions in mid cap, closely held, family owned, and small businesses. Dr. Hawkins is a Licensed Professional Fiduciary with Court appointments as a Trustee, Special Needs Trustee, Esta...

Louis G. Fey Jr. has over 40 years of hands-on multi-line insurance industry experience, Lou is an expert on claim handling standards, claim practices, claim procedures, bad faith, underwriting standards and practice, coverage, policy drafting, and agency errors and omissions. Louis is a CPCU, CIC, AIC, at Fey Consulting LLC, helping clients identify defenses and strategies, clarify coverage issue...

Mike Slinn is an expert witness, specializing in computer hardware and software technology. He has been accepted as a software expert witness in US Federal courts and in the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, France. For more than 20 years Mr. Slinn as provided expert testimony under oath at trial, for hearings, and for depositions. The scope of h...

Larry Chiagouris has been called “a branding guru" an “All-Star marketing strategist”, and “a consumer behavior expert” by the media. His opinions on modern marketing practice have appeared in hundreds of media outlets throughout the world, including the Today Show, Fox News, and The Wall Street Journal.  He is one of the few marketing executives who, over the course of a career, has held sen...

Rich Sanders is widely considered to be one of the only “seasoned” experts that is qualified to opine on cryptocurrency-related cybercrime. Rich is seen as a subject-matter expert by the FBI and at the “top of the Rolodex” for Special Agents who have questions concerning blockchain-related cybercrime. Rich maintains extraordinarily strong working relationships with various law enforcement and regu...

Jane Downey, M.Ed, ARM is President of Clarity Concepts Inc, and provides Enterprise Risk Management consulting, insurance broker management, workers compensation claims reduction programs, and outsourced risk management along with leadership, mentoring and team training to corporations, universities and other organizations. Jane also serves as insurance expert witness in insurance related litigat...

Dr. Steven Feinberg is Board Certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the American Board of Pain Medicine and the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine. He is a California Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) and a past president (1996) of the American Academy of Pain Medicine.   In this episode…   On this episode of our podcast Discussions at the Round Table ,...

In this episode... Our guest today on Discussions at the Round Table is Pete Fowler, a construction consultant, professional cost estimator and President of Pete Fowler Construction Services, Inc. On this episode, Assistant Project Manager Michelle Loux speaks with Pete on how he got started working in construction management and expert witness consulting. Pete shares everything from his early and...

In this episode...   Our guest today on Engaging Experts is Teena Sankoorikal, whose work in technology related litigation has kept her consistently fascinated and inspired throughout her career.   Whether it be her early work on copyright related MP3 music software cases, or newsworthy trade secret and anti-trust cases, our conversation with Teena explores some of the cases that propelled Teena i...

In this episode...  Our guest Steve Chappelear was inspired by literature to start a career in law at a young age. From King Arthur and His Knights of The Round Table to To Kill a Mockingbird , Steve found a unique correlation between what excited him in these books and what excited him about the potential of working in law.  During this episode, Steve details how his love of reading naturally evo...

In this episode...  Matt Morr and Mudaser “Mo” Khan, commercial litigators at Ballard Spahr, reflect on expert persuasiveness (both reports and on the stand) and credibility (from body language to ensuring story consistency). They note that their favorite experts shine in two areas: first, they continually work on their writing and speaking skills, keeping at the forefront in the art of persuasion...

In this episode...   With over 35 years of experience as a litigator, Kirk Watkins has positioned himself as a nationally recognized lawyer. His experience in the industry has provided countless career lessons, and on this episode of Engaging Experts , he was generous enough to share some of his valuable insight.   Kirk discusses the launch of his career at Troutman Sanders and how he evolved over...

Jonathan Schwartz is a partner at Goldberg Segalla and chair of the firm’s Cyber Risk Coverage Practice. Jonathan was the former chair of the 2019 Insurance Roundtable and currently serves as the vice-chair of the Insurance Law Committee at the Defense Research Institute. In addition, He is a top-rated lawyer by Super Lawyers, he has the highest peer rating standard by Martindale Hubbell, AV preem...

Martin Cunniff is a partner in the Washington D.C. firm of Fields, PLLC. For over 30 years, Martin has led high-stakes litigation cases for both large national firms and high-powered litigation boutiques. Martin has extensive experience in teaching trial advocacy, including training hundreds of litigators, instructing expert witnesses at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, being on the faculty...

With over 30 years of experience, John Trimble has earned his reputation as one of Indiana’s most sought-after mediators. He is a Partner at Lewis Wagner, LLP, where he practices complex and catastrophic litigation. His areas of concentration include insurance coverage disputes, bad faith defense, lawyer and insurance agent malpractice, and more. John is the past president of the Association of At...

William H. Shawn, also known as Bill, is an internationally known lawyer with nearly 40 years of experience in his field. He is the Co-Managing Partner for ShawnCoulson, an international law firm with offices in Washington D.C., Brussels, and London. Bill earned his JD from The George Washington University Law School, where he now works as an adjunct professor of legal ethics and professional resp...

James Blick is the Co-founder of Erso Capital, a litigation finance firm that provides capital to companies and law firms. He is also the Head of US Operations at TheJudge, a litigation insurance and funding company. James is an expert in litigation financing and has over 15 years of experience in the industry. In both of his current roles, he seeks to help those with strong cases achieve their fi...

Ashish Arun is a legal tech entrepreneur based in South Delhi, India. He is the Principal Owner of Expert Witness Profiler and the Founder of Exlitem Research Consulting, both of which provide research to legal professionals. Ashish specializes in developing legal research databases and creating intuitive web applications that make use of the best technologies available today. He is currently work...

Brian Weinthal is a trial lawyer and Partner at the Chicago-based law firm, Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C. Brian got his start with the US Navy’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG Corps), where he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. From there, Brian worked for the law firms Gilbert LLP and Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP before joining Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serrite...

Thomas Cheng, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong, is currently a member of the Hong Kong Business Facilitation Advisory Committee and was an inaugural member of the Hong Kong Competition Commission. He assisted the Hong Kong government in drafting the city’s first comprehensive antitrust law. In addition, Thomas holds a number of international advisory positio...

Greg McConnell serves as the Senior Pro Bono Counsel at Winston & Strawn LLP, an international law firm with more than 950 attorneys in key financial centers around the world. As a previous Director and Staff Counsel at the American Bar Association Center for Pro Bono in Chicago, Greg found his calling in helping those who need it the most. In addition to his role at Winston & Strawn LLP,...