This expert has over 35 years of experience in the mortgage industry and is certified by the National Mortgage Licensing System. She was formerly the president of the New Mexico Mortgage Lender' Association and board member of California Mortgage Bankers. Overt the course of her lengthy career, she has served as a branch manager at Countrywide Home Loans, Superior Lending, LLC, HomeTrust, PrimeLending, and Gateway Mortgage Grop, LLC. She also previously held the role of ...
This expert has over 12 years of experience in call center technology. She earned her BA in psychology from San Jose State University, followed by her MA in psychology and anthropology from ITP University. Over the course of her career, she has consulted for large companies such as Johnson and Johnson, Sirius XM, Apple Computers, and Charles Schwab, specializing in virtual contact center solutions and Genesys call center technology. Her most recent role was as a virtual ...
This expert is highly-qualified in the field of juvenile product design. He earned his BS in mechanical engineering technology and his MS in leadership and project management from Northwestern University. He has formerly served as a mechanical engineer for Design Continuum, U.S. Genomics, and Keurig Inc. He also served as a senior mechanical design engineer for PerinElmer Illustrations and the engineering manager for Ninja Kitchen at Euro-Pro Operating. Currently, this ...
This highly qualified expert has over 30 years of experience in outpatient clinic administration. She obtained her BS in business administration and psychology from Lincoln University. Later, she completed a master's in education, focused on counseling psychology and interdisciplinary gerontology, at the University of Missouri-Columbia. This expert is a licensed professional counselor in Idaho and Missouri. Formerly, she was the assistant program director and director of ...
This expert has over 20 years of experience as a cosmetology educator. She earned her cosmetology license from Stewart's School of Beauty and is a member of various professional organizations. She serves as the state captain representing Nebraska for the Professional Beauty Association and is on the advisory council for Nebraska Post-Secondary Career Schools. She has spent the majority of her career at a cosmetology school in Nebraska, where she has taught students and ...
This highly qualified expert earned his BS in finance from the State University of New York College of Oswego and his MBA in finance from New York University Stern School of Business. Formerly, he served as a senior strategist of investment and global private banking and vice president of institutional research at Merril Lynch. He also served as president at SJM Advisors. Currently, he is the chief compliance officer at an institutional fiduciary services and resident ...
This expert earned her BS in public relations from Illinois State University, and her MEd in human resources development from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She holds certification as a senior professional in human resources from the Human Resources Certification Institute, and earned the senior certified professional certification from the Society of Human Resources Management. She began her human resources career as a senior training specialist with ...
This highly qualified mathematician has over 30 years of professional experience in academia and hiring university professors. He earned his BS in engineering and his PhD in mathematics from Columbia University. He has published hundreds of journal articles, 8 books, and has 5 patents in his field. Formerly, this expert has served as an assistant and associate professor of mathematics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as a professor of mathematics at Harvard ...
This expert has nearly 30 years of experience in employee benefits consulting, recordkeeping and administration, with a particular emphasis on retirement plans. He earned his BA at the University of New Hampshire before serving as a senior consultant in the HRA division of Coopers and Lybrand Consulting. He then spent nearly 10 years as the vice president of retirement sales at Federated Investors, Inc. A certified employee benefit specialist, he currently serves as the ...
This grocery store operations expert has nearly 15 years of experience. Formerly, this expert served as a store director for Winn-Dixie. He then went on to hold several roles at Kroger, including as co-manager and unit manager. He briefly worked as a wine salesman with Artisan Vines Distributing before serving as an assistant store manager with The Fresh Market. He was promoted to store manager and eventually went on to manage Earth Fare. Currently, this expert is a ...
A Missouri college is in the process of suing an insurance company for its failure to provide coverage related to COVID-19 economic losses. The Lindenwood Female College of Saint Charles is suing Zurich American Insurance Company in a class action…
In response to denied business interruption insurance claims, thousands of small business owners have turned to legal action against their insurers—with mixed results. But one case, filed by a Louisiana restaurant group, has recently survived a summary judgment motion filed…
Construction litigation is a vast and varied practice area. There are countless disputes that can arise over the course of a building project that may require legal action—and a wide range of expert consultants. But recently, three specialties have emerged…
In early August 2020, Nevada lawmakers passed a controversial bill to issue COVID-19 health protections within the state’s hospitality industry. Senate Bill 4, signed into law by Governor Steve Sisolak on August 11, 2020, provides a number of health and…
On the heels of rolling executive orders from Governors across the country granting civil immunity to healthcare organizations and workers during the COVID-19 crisis, States are now moving to protect businesses as well. As of June 19, 2020, Louisiana, North…
One of the trickiest issues in wealth management today is in the area of product education. In most wealth management firms, there are two very distinct but interdependent divisions that are responsible for this education. The capital markets area that…
Finding the right construction defects and workmanship claims expert is a slippery slope for attorneys whose specialty is not construction. A typical strategy to find a construction expert is to retain an engineer or architect expert, since like attorneys, they are degreed…
Case: Teresa Hipple v. SCIX, et al., No. 12–1256, U.S. District Court Eastern District Pennsylvania; Aug. 13, 2014 Background: Defendant Clement Hipple founded SCIX in 1999 to market and sell Steel Seal, an automotive-repair product used to seal blown head…
Case: U.S. Fire Insurance Co. v. Kelman Bottles, No. 11cv0891, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania; Aug. 8, 2014 Background: Kelman Bottles owns a glass manufacturing facility. On the date in question, only one furnace was operating.…
Court: United States District Court for the District of Kansas Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Fish v. Kobach Citation: 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41755 Facts The case was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Kansas, and Dechert…
Court: Court of Appeals of Kentucky Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Hazard Nursing Home, Inc. v. Ambrose Citation: 2013 Ky. App. Unpub. LEXIS 596 Facts The respondent, an administrator of the deceased’s estate, filed a complaint against the appellant, a nursing…
Court: 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: First Tenn. Bank Nat’l Ass’n V. Barreto Citation: 268 F.3d 319 Facts The Small Business Administration (SBA) ran a program that guaranteed certain loans made by First Tennessee Bank to…
Court: United State District Court for Western District of Kentucky, Louisville Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Jackson v. E-Z-Go Div. of Textron, INC. Citation: 326 F. Supp 3d 375 Facts On July 25, 2010, an E-Z-Go personnel carrier vehicle rolled…
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Shaw v. United Airlines, Inc. Citation: 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 155838 This personal injury case involves a plaintiff who sustained injuries when she…
Court: Court of Appeals of Texas Jurisdiction: Fourteenth District, Houston Case Name: Cargotec Corp. v. Logan Indus Citation: 2018 Tex. App. LEXIS 10621 Facts In this case, the appellant, Cargotec Corporation, breached the confidentiality provision of a letter of intent…
This case involves the trust of an elderly woman with 3 children. Following her husband’s death, the woman engaged an attorney to prepare a trust, last wills and testaments, and related estate-planning documents. There was a provision written into the trust…
This case involves a construction company that had several ongoing residential projects with a county. These projects were interrupted when the county wrongfully disbarred the construction company prohibiting them from bidding, contracting, subcontracting, or performing work on any residential project for…
This case involves a man who was electrocuted by a live exposed wire on a construction site. On the day of the incident, construction had been halted in the morning due to rainy weather. In the afternoon, the rain stopped…