Criminal Expert Witnesses in Virginia

This qualified expert in criminology and controlled substances earned her BS in chemistry from the University of North Carolina Wilmington and her MS in forensic sciences from George Washington University. She is certified as a forensic alcohol analyst and a chemical analyst and is active in her field as a member of professional associations including the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors and the Association of Forensic Quality Assurance Managers. She formerly worked as a forensic scientist I and II at the Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Department and as a forensic lab director at the Wilmington Police Department. She is currently a consultant at a crime and controlled substances consultancy in NC.

This highly qualified expert is the owner of a major digital forensics company in North Carolina. He has worked in the technology field in different positions since 1987. He is a certified continuing education instructor specializing in cell phone and computer forensics and a certified digital forensics examiner. He has attended 5+ digital forensics training conferences and published 3+ professional publications on cell phone forensics. He is a member of multiple professional associations, including the American Society of Digital Forensics & eDiscovery, the High Technology Crime Investigation Association and the National Association of Investigative Specialists. He is also a former associate private investigator at Scott & Associates Investigations.

A 17-year veteran of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), this expert served as the Regulatory Counsel to the Associate Commissioner for Regulatory Affairs, and previously, in scientific, inspectional, compliance and criminal and civil enforcement capacities as an FDA Consumer Safety Officer (CSO), Compliance Officer (CO), a Senior Special Agent (SA) with the Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) and as an analytical regulatory microbiologist. During his last three years at FDA he spearheaded the agency's integration efforts with Customs and USDA on crosscutting interagency enforcement and operational issues; served as the FDA's point-person in managing the intersection of imports and FDA's new bioterrorism regulations; established joint agency and industry working groups to evaluate counterfeiting and tampering risks to food and drug distribution supply chains; was the agency lead in its strategic planning efforts to reinvent the FDA's import programs; wrote the initial statement of work and acted as program manager over the FDA's new PREDICT, risk-based electronic entry screening system; and directed the development of the FDA's agency-wide Risk-based Import Strategic Plan designed to improve compliance of foods, dietary supplements, drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, and biological products imported into the U.S. As CEO of a FDA consulting firm and Founder of an affiliated law firm, he currently represents domestic and foreign companies of all sizes, assisting them in identifying USDA, FDA, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and state requirements. He focuses his practice on FDA matters, including but not limited to: matters relating to FDA inspections, FDA criminal, regulatory and administrative enforcement actions for medical devices, drugs, cosmetics, alcohol, tobacco, dietary supplements, and foods.