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Criminal & Identification — California

Expert witnesses and forensic consultants in criminal cases and identification matters, profiled in this directory, may provide criminal forensics services and consult in forensic laboratory testing procedures, breathalyzers and intoxication levels, drugs and alcohol levels, drugs in biological fluids, DNA and blood evidence, crime scenes, ballistics and guns, computer forensics, audio and video forensics, voice identification, fingerprints, firearms forensics, questioned documents and forged signatures, and related forensic matters. These criminal law California expert witnesses may also specialize in issues of premises security and premises liability, crime foreseeability, mental health and gun violence, stalking, domestic violence, criminology, police procedures and police misconduct, interviews and false statements, false confessions, jails and prisons, death in custody, private investigators and surveillance, sub rosa, and related matters in the identification of people and property.

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Theron L. Vines III — Pure Gold Forensics

Forensic DNA expert with private testing facility, A2LA accredited forensic biology laboratory under the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 guidelines.

Areas of Expertise: DNA Forensics

Tel: (909) 793-3820

Limited public information. For more, contact us.

Shannon J. Johnson, PharmD

Pharmacist, 20 yr, opines as an expert witness in: drug injury causation, pharmacy standards of practice and malpractice, drug-related medical malpractice, medication error event reconstruction, drug product liability, drug-related civil defense.

Areas of Expertise: Alcohol, Drugs, DUI

Tel: (619) 339-2254

Limited public information. For more, contact us.

Sheila Lowe, M.S.

Forensic handwriting examiner, 40+ years of experience. Court qualified in handwriting authentication and personality assessment. Taught Handwriting Examination/Analysis at University of California, Riverside and UC Santa Barbara. Rate: $350 per hr.

Areas of Expertise: Handwriting

Tel: (805) 658-0109

Limited public information. For more, contact us.

John R. Kitchens

Arson, Fire and Explosion Investigation expert. Certified Fire Investigator by CCAI, IAAI. NAFI Fire and Explosion Investigator and Vehicle Fire Investigator. Experienced 35+ years in 4500+ fire investigations. Rate: $200 per hr.

Areas of Expertise: Fire, Arson & Explosions

Tel: (805) 216-2569

Limited public information. For more, contact us.

MBA DNA Consulting, LLC

Forensic DNA case review, expert witness testimony, trial preparation, witnessing of consumptive testing, media commentary and consulting

Los Angeles, CA

Robert L. Beegle, III

Cellular data recovery, cell tower and records analysis, mapping, GPS analysis, as well as audio, video and still image forensics. Court-qualified expert witness. Court Appointed/Law Enf.: $200/hr. consultation, $250/hr. testimony. Retained: $250/$300.

Areas of Expertise: Computer & Digital Forensics; Digital Forensics

Tel: (530) 387-3825

Limited public information. For more, contact us.

John M. Jenks — Jenks & Associates Forensic Addiction Services

Drug usage, possession, treatment expert. Private Investigator. Member, LA Superior Court Expert Witness Panel. Rate: $150/hr.

Kimi J. Lent — Gang expert

Gang Expert. LA Superior Court Expert Witness Panel. Rate: $150/hr, $175/hr testimony. Investigate and analyze gang allegations, interviews, consultation, recordings and social media analysis, court testimony, mitigation and Franklin hearing reports.

Global Forensic Services, LLC

Forensic document examination, ink dating, questioned documents, ink analysis, ink/paper age, alteration, fraud, forgery, piracy, counterfeiting, crime scene analysis, trace evidence, arson, explosives, handwriting, trial preparation, cold case, Daubert

San Luis Obispo, CA

David W. Rismann — David Rismann Consultants Inc.

Qualified Computer Forensics, Computer & Software Expert. 25+ yrs experience with computers/software/programming, 13+ with computer forensics. Handled 150+ cases, civil/criminal, state/federal. Member, LA County Superor Court Panel of Experts.

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Aug 25 — Failing to examine a plaintiff, failing to review all of the plaintiff’s medical records, and citing "facially irrelevant" medical literature will can — unsurprisingly — get a medical expert witness tossed, as in this case.

Credentialing Expert Witnesses In Unlicensed Professions

Oct 19 — Qualifying as an expert witness can be a bit slippery in matters without clearly defined expert witness requirements, as this premises-liability case exemplifies.

Expert Witness Testifying About ‘Mortal Sin’ Leads to Call for Mistrial

Aug 26 — Massachusetts bars the use of religious beliefs from being used to attack or support the credibility of a witness, but that did not stop forensic psychologist Dr. Kirk Heilbrun, a prosecution rebuttal witness, from trying in the Lindsay Clancy trial.

Federal Rules Committee Still Reviewing AI Expert Witnesses

Aug 26 — After more than three years of review, the federal Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules has decided not to advance proposed Rule 707 artificial intelligence (AI) evidence, opting instead to gather further input.

New AI-Discovery Rulings: Risks for Experts

Oct 26 — Two federal courts examining very similar facts — experts using AI to help prepare their reports — have reached different conclusions about what has to be turned over. Unsettled law leaves the expert’s AI workflow dependent on which court is asking.