Brenda Abrams
Brenda Abrams is a leading expert on family law with special expertise in Florida divorce law. She is an editor and contributing author of Florida Family Law, a five-volume publication cited as the leading authority in the field. She serves as the editor for The Family Law Reporter, a monthly-published guide on statutory and case law; Family Law Handbook; a practice guide; and Florida Family Law Automated Forms, an interactive software program for attorneys. Abrams has also authored a one-volume guide, titled Everything About How to Divorce in Florida, which explains legal procedure and substantive law to non-lawyers and pro se litigants interested in self-representation.
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Owen Anderson
Owen Anderson is a nationally respected energy law expert and co-author of LexisNexis' seven-volume treatise Kuntz, A Treatise on the Law of Oil and Gas (1996 to present) and a contributing author to Water and Water Rights, Second Edition(2001). He is the editor/co-author of the second edition (2000) and co-author of the first edition of International Petroleum Transactions, and the author of numerous articles published in legal publications.
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Jeff Atkinson
Jeff Atkinson, whose writings have been cited by the United States Supreme Court, has more than 27 years of experience in family law. He is the author of the two-volume treatise, Modern Child Custody Practice, LexisNexis, The American Bar Association Guide to Family Now, and more than 50 articles on legal and public policy issues. Atkinson currently teaches at DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, Ill., and serves as a professor-reporter for the Illinois Judicial Conference, responsible for training Illinois judges in family law and legal ethics.
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Daniel Bailey
Dan Bailey is a leading authority on corporate director liability and other governance issues. He is the co-author of the two-volume, Liability of Corporate Officers and Directors, Seventh Edition, published by LexisNexis publishing (2002). He is also a contributing author of Handbook for Corporate Directors, (1985), the author of numerous articles on D&O liability and insurance, and the author of the ACE Report, a quarterly publication by ACE Insurance Limited. In addition, he has authored numerous booklets published by the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies and the National Union Fire Insurance Company on the topics of liability loss prevention and liability exposure.
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Kirby Behre
Kirby Behre is an expert on white collar crime, having represented and defended corporations and individuals in civil and criminal investigations of government contract fraud, securities fraud, bribery, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations and antitrust violations. He is the co-author of the Matthew Bender treatise Federal Sentencing for Business Crimes, and has published articles in the National Law Journal, HealthCare Law, Legal Times, Public Contract Law Journal and the Computer Law Reporter. He is also general counsel to Big Brothers/Big Sisters and is a member of Paul Hastings' Corporate Compliance, Government Investigations and White Collar Defense Group. He
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Bruce Bergman
Bruce Bergman is the author of Matthew Bender's Bergman on New York Mortgage Foreclosures (1990), as well as more than 260 articles on mortgage foreclosure, real estate and construction law. He also writes regular columns on mortgage foreclosure in both the New York Law Journal and the New York Property Law Journal. Bergman serves as an adjunct associate professor of real estate at New York University's Real Estate Institute, a faculty member of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America's School of Mortgage Banking and a special lecturer on law at Hofstra Law School.
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Steven Birnbaum
An expert in workers' compensation, Steven Birnbaum is an advisor for the Benefits Review Board Report published by LexisNexis and served as the editor of Longshore Textbook, published by the Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company in 1997. Birnbaum is certified by the State Bar of California as a specialist in workers' compensation.
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Marianne Blair
Marianne Blair is a legal expert on family law and Professor of Law at the University of Tulsa College of Law. She is co-author of Family Law in the World Community and International Family Law, Conventions, Statues, and Regulatory Materials (2003). She is also contributing author to Adoption Law and Practice, the leading treatise on adoption law, and has had her articles published in the North Carolina Law Review, Notre Dame Law Review and Family Law Quarterly.
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Thomas Bohan
Thomas Bohan is a respected expert on accident reconstruction with extensive experience in both law and forensic science. He is the director of MTC Forensics in Portland, Maine, as well as the editor of Matthew Bender's Forensic Accident Investigation: Motor Vehicles (2001-2004) and author of Forensic Engineering Science: Crashes and Collapses published by Facts on File as part of its Forensic Science Series (2005). He is also founder of Bohan, Mathers & Associates, the leading intellectual property law firm in Maine, and a certified diplomat to the International Institute of Forensic Engineering Sciences.
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David Callies
David L. Callies is the Benjamin A. Kudo Professor of Law at the William S. Richardson School of Law, where he teaches property, land use, and state and local government law. He holds law degrees from the University of Michigan (J.D., where he served as editor of the Journal of Law Reform) and Nottingham University (LL.M. in town planning law) and is a life member of Clare Hall College, Cambridge University.
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Robert Clifford
Robert Clifford is a general litigation expert, and author of California Automobile Insurance Law and the annual revisions for California Tort Law, both published by LexisNexis. He is also a contributing author to several other Matthew Bender and LexisNexis publications, including California Mechanics' Lien Law, Construction Industry Practice and California Insurance Law and Practice. He is also the co-author of California Trial Techniques, author of California Insurance Disputes and contributing author to publications of the California Continuing Education of the Bar on contested probate proceedings.
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Dona Cohn-Payne
Dona Cohn-Payne has more than 21 years of experience practicing automobile and premises liability law. She has experience in all aspects of civil trial practice and has handled over a thousand personal injury cases involving automobile and motorcycle collisions, premises liability, defective product liability and medical malpractice. She is co-author of Matthew Bender's California Automobile Collision Handbook, now in its fourth edition (2000) and a contributing editor to the Matthew Bender publications California Forms of Jury Instruction, The Art of Advocacy and California Forms of Pleading and Practice.
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David Collins
David Collins is LexisNexis' internal practice area expert for labor and employment, bankruptcy, and banking product lines in large law firm markets. He is responsible for the publication of Lexis Banking Bulletins and LexisNexis Hot Topics. Additionally, he is the ghost author of Law Firm Evolution.Merger Mania.
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Susan Cooke
Susan Cooke is a leading environmental law expert and editor-in-chief and principal author of Matthew Bender's The Law of Hazardous Waste: Management, Cleanup, Liability and Litigation. She is also co-editor and contributing author of two editions of the Massachusetts Environmental Law Handbook, as well as the author of a number of legislative and regulatory proposals that have now been adopted. She is a partner in the law firm of McDermott, Will & Emery, LLP, where she heads the environmental practice. She also counsels industrial and commercial companies on a wide range of environmental compliance issues.
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Greg Cusimano
A respected expert in personal injury and liability, Greg Cusimano is a contributing editor of the Michie publication Alabama Tort Law (2000). He is co-host of the five-video series "Commanding the Courtroom," recently released by the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and author of numerous legal articles. He has also served on the editorial advisory board of The Alabama Lawyer and has been a Practitioner in Residence at the University of Alabama School of Law (1992).
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Michael Dale
Michael Dale has written extensively on juvenile law and is the author of Family Litigation Guide with Forms and the two-volume text, Representing the Child Client, both published by Matthew Bender, as well as more than 70 articles addressing juvenile and children's law topics. As a faculty member at Nova Southeastern University Law Center, he teaches family and juvenile law, civil procedure, conflicts of laws, intensive trial advocacy, judicial administration and international litigation.
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Paul DerOhannesian
Paul DerOhannesian has more than twenty years of experience representing and providing counsel to child-related trials and investigations. He is the author of Sexual Assault Trials, a two-volume book published by LexisNexis now in its second edition. He is also contributing author and editor to the Manual for the Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse, National Center for the Prosecution of Child Abuse and Neglect(1994), contributing author to the National College of District Attorney's Analytical Trial Advocacy: A Practical Approach for Prosecutors (1996), and author of Establishing Victim Credibility in Acquaintance Rape Cases, The Practical Prosecutioner (1998).
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Joseph Devine
Joseph Devine is a trial attorney specializing in insurance defense. He is co-author of Lexis Publishing's California Automobile Collision Handbook (2001-2004) and consulting editor on Matthew Bender's California Forms of Jury Instruction (2004), "Automobiles" article for the Pleading and Practice series (1999) and "Direct Examination of Parties and Witnesses" for the Advocacy series (2002). He is also a senior trial attorney with Kern, Noda, Devine & Segal, an AV rated insurance defense firm specializing in litigation.
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David Dilenschneider
David Dilenschneider is director of litigation product and content development for LexisNexis. He helps determine how LexisNexis can best serve litigators throughout the country, particularly in terms of products and services. In addition to engaging in strategic planning, he also conducts presentations to demonstrate how litigators can best utilize the valuable resources available online from LexisNexis. He has conducted hundreds of such presentations for thousands of attendees in cities all across the country - including presentations to offices of 20 of the top 25 law firms in the NLJ 250.
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Roger Dodd
Roger Dodd is a criminal law and litigation expert, and is regarded as one of the most knowledgeable experts on cross examination. He is co-author of the LexisNexis publication Cross-Examination: Science and Techniques, Second Edition, Michie audiotape series Killer Cross-Examination Techniques, Matthew Bender Advanced Cross-Examination Techniques DVD and the Michie Advanced Cross-Examination CD-ROM. He is also a regular contributor to Trial magazine.
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John Dubreuil
John Dubreuil has more than 30 years experience in claims management at an executive level. He is the author of the treatise, Florida Workers' Compensation Handbook, published by the Matthew Bender/LexisNexis Publishing Company. Dubreuil's professional experience includes service as the senior vice president of claims for a major insurance carrier, an independent consultant, expert witness, legal researcher and court certified mediator.
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Donald Farber
Widely recognized as one of the foremost theatre lawyers in the United States, Donald Farber is the general editor and author of the theatre volumes of the ten-volume Matthew Bender publication Entertainment Industry Contracts. He is also the author of seven other books, including Common Sense Negotiation - The Art of Winning Gracefully; From Option to Opening; Producing on Broadway; Actor's Guide: What You Should Know About the Contracts You Sign; Producing, Financing and Distributing Film and Producing Theatre: A Comprehensive Legal and Business Guide.
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Thomas Fitzhugh
Thomas Fitzhugh is a maritime law expert with more than 27 years of experience handling longshore claims. In addition to serving as the president and principal seminar presenter of the Longshore Institute Inc., he serves as General Counsel to the Maritime Security Council, and is an adjunct professor of maritime law at Texas A&M University. He also supervises the updates of the Longshore Procedure Manual and Brahm Court Index, and is the editor of The Longshore Newsletter.
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Steven Ford
A founding partner in Ford, Martin & Abernathy, Steven Ford has more than 26 years of experience in workers' compensation law. He is the co-author of Alabama Workers' Compensation Law and Handbook published by Lexis Law Publishing (1999, 2004) and an editorial board