Expert No. 142817 – NY
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Expertise Description: Ph.D. - Consulting expert in language-related civil and criminal cases with more than 30 years experience in the field. Expertise includes: forensic linguistics, meaning of contracts, disputed authorship, libel, forgery, plagiarism, threat assessment, letters, emails, confessions, recorded speech, and sociolinguistics. Has consulted for FBI, many other law enforcement agencies as well as defense attorneys, Federal Public Defenders, and civil attorneys. Professor of linguistics, chair of his department, and director of graduate program in forensic linguistics. Member, International Association of Forensic Linguists (I.A.F.L.), Linguistic Society of America (L.S.A.), International Language and Law Association (I.L.L.A.). Ph.D. in linguistics. Twenty-five years expert witness experience. Has testified having qualified under both Frye and Daubert. Consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony.
Areas of Expertise:
BriberyForgeriesRecordings
ConfessionsLanguage LibelSemantics
ConspiracyLibelSociolinguistics
ContractsLinguisticsSolicitation of Murder
DefamationMeaningTrademarks
Disputed AuthorshipPatentsUndercover Recordings
Forensic LinguisticsPlagiarism
Representative Litigation Experience:
  • Evidence analysis in any type of case containing material language evidence.
  • Trademarks.
  • Meaning of contracts.
  • Meaning of statutes.
  • False and other invalid confessions.
  • Intercepted communications in criminal and counter-terrorism cases.
  • Murder-related letters.
  • Perjury testimony.
  • Letters threatening sitting judges and members of Congress.
  • Courthouse bomb-threat calls.
  • Solicitation to murder.
  • Espionage.
  • Bribery.
  • General threatening communications.
Licenses & Certifications:
Qualified as an Expert in Linguistics in numerous state and federal courts.
Advanced Linguistic Training, Linguistic Society Institutes
Thai Language, American University Alumni Association
Education:
DegreeSubjectInstitution
PhDLinguisticsColumbia College
M.PhilLinguisticsColumbia College
MALinguisticsColumbia College
BASociologyColumbia College
Professional Appointment/Association Affiliations: Professional Appointments/Affiliations:
  • International Association of Forensic Linguists
  • Columbia School Linguistics Society
  • International Language and Law Association
Other Career Highlights:
Numerous speeches on forensic linguistics.

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