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 member of the Alabama Trial Lawyers Journal. Ford is also a certified mediator (1992-present), previous adjunct professor of Workers' Compensation Law at the University of Alabama School of Law (1997-2004), and co-founder and past chairperson of the Alabama State Bar Workers' Compensation Law Section.
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Philip Fulton
Philip Fulton is an expert on personal injury law and has 24 years of experience representing injured workers and victims of disability. He is the author of the well-known treatise on workers' compensation, Ohio Workers Compensation Law, published by Anderson Publishing Company (1991, 1998). He is past chairperson of the Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association Workers' Compensation Section, and has twice been chairperson of the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers' Workers Compensation Section.
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Elaine Hightower Gagliardi
Elaine Hightower Gagliardi writes frequently on estate planning and is the author of How to Save Time and Taxes Handling Estates, published by Matthew Bender, and is co-author, with Martin Burke and Mike Friel, of the five-volume treatise, Modern Estate Planning, Second Edition, published by Lexis Publishing. As an Associate Professor at The University of Montana School of Law, Gagliardi teaches courses in Estate planning, business organizations, business transactions, and nonprofit organizations.
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Paul Edward Geller
An attorney based in Los Angeles, Paul Edward Geller is one of the leading authorities on copyright law. He has been the general editor of International Copyright Law and Practice since the book's initial publishing in 1988. In addition to his post as editor, Geller uses his own expertise in copyright law to author the introduction chapter for the publication. He also serves as an expert counsel in litigation, media transactions, and strategic planning.
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Michael Gerrard
Michael Gerrard has 27 years of experience in New York environmental law. He is the general editor of the Matthew Bender publications Environmental Law Practice Guide (1992) and the four-volume Brownfields Law and Practice: The Cleanup and Redevelopment of Contaminated Land (1998), both named "Best Law Book of the Year" by the Association of American Publishers.
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Carl Gilmore
Carl Gilmore has authored numerous books and articles on family law, including Illinois Parentage Law (2002), Understanding the Illinois Child's Representative Statute (2001), and Valuation of Leases as Property in Divorce Proceedings (1995). As an editor, he has overseen Family Advocate topics such as "What Your Children Need Now" (2003) and "The Federalization of Family Law" (2001). He has also served as the consulting attorney for LexisNexis Publishing's Disputed Parent Proceedings.
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Jerome Gilson
As a senior partner at Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione, Jerome Gilson is one of a leading expert on trademark law, handling trademark trials and appeals in the federal courts, as well as before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. He also mediates trademark disputes and handles a wide variety of counseling and drafting in the field. Gilson is the author of the renowned Trademark Protection and Practice, an eleven-volume treatise published by LexisNexis. He is also the author/co-author of articles in numerous publications, including American University Law Review, Trademark Reporter, Euromoney, Southwestern Legal Foundation Patent Law Annual, and the CBA Record.
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Joseph Gitlin
Joseph Gitlin's has extensive experience in family law, including divorce and adoption, which he is has shared through many publications, including Gitlin on Divorce: A Guide to Illinois Matrimonial Law, third edition, published by LexisNexis with a cumulative supplement published annually, Adoptions: An Attorney's Guide to Helping Adoptive Parents, published by Callaghan & Company (now part of West Group) and Illinois Matrimonial Law System, published by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. He is also charged with authoring the Gitlin on Divorce Reports, issued semi-monthly, edits the IICLE's Child Custody Litigation (1998, 2004) and writes a twice monthly column on family law topics for the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. Gitlin is a delegate to the American College of Family Trial Lawyers, co-dean and founder of the Institute for Training New Lawyers, a fellow at both the International and American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and an attorney with Gitlin, Haaff & Kasper Lawyers, Woodstock, Illinois.
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Michael Glancy
Michael Glancy is an expert on Social Security claims and a disability advocate with more than 23 years experience representing social security disability claimants. He is editor of the Matthew Bender publication, Social Security Practice Guide. He is also a consultant to the Legal Council for the Elderly, and a founding member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Glancy is very politically and socially active in his community.
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Norman Harned
Norman Harned is a member of Harned, Bachert & Denton LLP, and is admitted to practice law in Kentucky (1965), the US District Court Eastern District of Kentucky (1968), the US District court Western District of Kentucky (1968), and the US Court of Appeals 6th Circuit. He has published articles in the Kentucky Law Journal and Kentucky Bench and Bar, as well as with The Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Co.
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Joan Heifetz Hollinger
Joan Heifetz Hollinger, Lecturer in Residence at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, is one of the leading experts on adoption law and practice, and is the principal author and editor of the three-volume treatise Adoption Law and Practice, Lexis Publishing. She is also the editor of Families by Law: An Adoption Reader, the author of ABA guide to the Multiethnic Placement Act, and writes the "Legal Intersections" column for the interdisciplinary journal, Adoption Quarterly.
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Karl B. Holtzschue
Karl B. Holtzschue is an expert in all aspects of real estate law and realty transactions, including public and non-profit developments. He is the author of Matthew Bender's Purchase and Sale of Real Property and the editor of the New York State Bar Association's Residential Real Estate Forms (with Matthew Bender). In addition, he authored Holtzschue on Real Estate Contracts (PLI). Holtzschue is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and is listed in Who's Who in America and other similar publications.
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Lester Horwitz
Lester Horwitz is one of the top patent attorneys in the country. He has 40 years of private law firm experience doing patent prosecution in the U.S. and internationally, and is currently a patent law consultant and testifying expert. He is the author of Patent Office Rules and Practice, as well as co-author of Patent Prosecution: Procedure and Tactics and co-editor of Intellectual Property Counseling and Litigation.
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Jeff Ifrah
Jeff Ifrah is co-author of the LexisNexis Treatise Federal Sentencing for Business Crimes, as well as the author of articles appearing in the National Law Journal, Legal Times, AHLA Health Lawyers News, American Criminal Law Review, Champion and the BNA Health Care Fraud Reporter. He is Of Counsel for Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP and a member of the firm's Corporate Compliance, Government Investigations and White Collar Defense Practice Group.
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Ami Jaeger
A founder and principal in the BioLaw Group, Ami Jaeger is a nationally recognized expert in assisted conception. She is an advisor to state governments and national groups on emerging issues in reproductive genetics and embryonic research; a consultant to the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Congress and various state legislators; and an author of numerous publications on reproductive technologies, collaborative reproduction and genetic privacy. Her work with the Genetics and Public Issues Program was cited by President Clinton as the basis for change in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's policy regarding employer use of genetic information.
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Andrew Janquitto
Andrew Janquitto is the author of Maryland Motor Vehicle Insurance, Lexis Law Publishing Company (2nd ed., 1999). His other publications include Uninsured Motorist Coverage in Maryland, and Insurer's Duty to Defend in Maryland. He is also a member of the firm, Mudd, Harrision & Burch. Knowledgeable in the areas of insurance Law, appellate practice, labor and employment, and litigation, Janquitto previously served as an adjunct professor at the University of Baltimore Law School (1999-1996), University of Maryland School of Law (1997-1998), and University of Baltimore Law School (2001-2002).
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Denis Paul Juge
Denis Paul Juge is the author of Louisiana Workers' Compensation, a treatise published by Lexis Law Publishing. He is also the co-author of LABI/Workers' Compensation Desk Book, and numerous articles in the Loyola Law Review and Louisiana Law Review. He is an attorney with the Employer's Defense Counsel of Louisiana, and an adjunct faculty member at Loyola University School of Law.
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John Kawczynski
John Kawczynski is an advisory board member of Benefits Review Board Service Longshore Reporter, published by Matthew Bender. He is the author of the article "The First 90 Days - Strategies for Reducing Your Workers' Compensation Costs under the Longshore Act," in Maritime Executive Magazine (1998), and also a Proctor of Admiralty and partner in the New Jersey firm Field, Womack and Kawczynski.
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Rhonda Kay
An experienced appellate practice attorney, Rhonda Kay has written course materials for various bar association seminars including the prestigious "Decisions" seminar, which advises attorneys throughout New York State on recent changes and developments in the law. In addition, she has co-authored a chapter in a product liability treatise.
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Peter Kelso
Peter Kelso is a leading expert on asbestos law and is the senior editor of the LexisNexis Mealey Publications: Asbestos Liability Report, Asbestos Bankruptcy Report, and International Asbestos Liability Report. He personally developed the concept of and launched the Asbestos Bankruptcy Report and International Asbestos Liability Report. He has also created conferences on asbestos and other litigation for the Wall Street financial community, and is considered a leading expert on recent asbestos-related tort-reform efforts on the state and federal level.
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William Kenworthy
William Kenworthy is an administrative law judge with the Social Security Administration's Office of Hearings and Appeals and author of the LexisNexis publications Transportation Safety and Insurance, Third Edition and Killer Roads, Second Edition (1999). He has also written for the Transportation Law Journal and is the author of Occupational Safety and Health Law (1992) and a chapter on transportation in Legal Compliance Checkups (1990).
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Richard Kissiah
Richard Kissiah's is a workers' compensation expert whose legal career spans more than 25 years, including a partnership at Drew, Eckl & Farnham before settling into his current position at Kissiah & Lay. In addition to working as an attorney, he serves as a volunteer faculty member at Emory University School of Medicine and an attorney instructor for the Certified Workers' Compensation Professional Program (CWCP).
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Daniel Kowalski
Daniel M. Kowalski is a leading expert on immigration law. He is editor-in-chief of Bender's Immigration Bulletin and update editor of Matthew Bender's Immigration Law and Procedure: Desk Edition, as well as a private immigration attorney in Austin, Texas. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (1997-2004), and was recently recognized by the University of Southern California's Annenberg School of Communication and the Institute for Justice and Journalism as a recipient of one of 16 Border Justice Fellowships.
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Bruce Kramer
Bruce Kramer is the Maddox Professor of Law at Texas Tech University and co-author of Matthew Bender publications Manual of Oil and Gas Terms: Annotated Manual of Legal, Engineering, and Tax Words and Phrases (2003); Williams and Meyers Oil & Gas Law; Williams and Meyers Oil and Gas Law, Abridged Second Edition; The Law of Pooling and Unitization; and Cases and Materials on Oil and Gas Law. He has published over 40 law review articles and contributed chapters to several legal treatises.
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Kurt Kumli
Kurt Kumli is the supervising deputy district attorney of the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office and an expert on juvenile law. He is co-author of California Juvenile Courts Practice and Procedure and a contributing author to California Forms of Pleading and Practice, both published by Matthew Bender and Company, Inc. Kumli is on the faculties of the San Jose State University, National District Attorney's Association, California District Attorney's Association, and the Police Officers Standards and Training Association. He is also an instructor for the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the Juvenile Law Institute at the University of California, Riverside.
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Mitchell Lathrop
Mitchell Lathrop is National Environmental Counsel for Duane Morris LLP and the author of Insurance Coverage for Environmental Claims. Throughout his longstanding legal career, Lathrop has authored and received publication for more than 50 articles and books relating to his area of expertise. He is an arbitrator certified by the AIDA Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society and the National Arbitration Forum.
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Michael Lefkowitz
Michael Lefkowitz is an expert on drug product liability and litigation with more than five years experience researching, writing and giving speeches on mass torts involving major brand name drugs and the drug industry in general. He is the editor of three Mealey's Litigation Reports - Arthritis Drugs, Fen-Phen/Redux, and Thimerosal & Vaccines. He previously served as editor of two additional Mealey's litigation reports on diabetes drugs and Propulsid. He has 15 years of experience as a court and news reporter for the Daily Local News in West Chester, Penn.
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Douglas M. Mancino
A partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emory, Douglas Mancino is an expert on the application of tax law to non-profit organizations and managed care law. He is the author of Taxation of Hospitals and Health Care Organizations and co-author of Taxation of Exempt Organizations. He has been recognized by The National Law Journal as one of the nation's leading managed care lawyers and by the Los Angeles Business Journal as one of Southern California's top 100 health care executives.
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James Marsh
James R. Marsh is a respected expert on paternity and adoption law. He is the author of Federal Paternity Proceedings in Disputed Paternity Proceedings and Federal Impact on Adoption in Adoption Law and Practice. He is a Partner of Marsh & Gaughran LLP, publisher of the Children's Law Blog, and a senior fellow at the Center for Adoption Research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is also the founder, former executive director and current board member of the nationally recognized Children's Law Center in Washington, D.C., which received the Outstanding Legal Advocacy Award during his tenure.
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Patrick Martin
Patrick Martin is an energy law expert and Campanile Professor of Mineral Law at Louisiana State University Law Center. He is co-author of the Matthew Bender publications Manual of Oil and Gas Terms: Annotated Manual of Legal, Engineering, and Tax Words and Phrases (2003); Williams and Meyers Oil & Gas Law; Williams and Meyers Oil and Gas Law, Abridged Second Edition; and The Law of Pooling and Unitization. He is also the co-author of three casebooks, Jurisprudence: Text and Readings on the Philosophy of Law (1995), Oil and Gas Cases and Materials (1992, 1996) and Economic Regulations: Energy, Transportation and Utilities (1980), as well as numerous articles on oil and gas law and energy regulation.
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Doug McCoy
Doug McCoy is the contributing editor of Pictorial, Managed Care Strategies, and is the author of numerous publications on Workers' Compensation, including his most recent book, Workers' Compensation: The Survival Guide for Business, published by LexisNexis. Other books and articles he has written include Claim Management Best Practices, Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens, HIV in the Workplace, Fraud Awareness, Americans with Disabilities, Art of Negotiations Training, Utilization Management Training, and the nationally recognized Workers Compensation Training Program.
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Merritt L. McKeon
Merritt L. McKeon is an international and interstate family law and appeals expert. She is a contributing author to the Matthew Bender publications Relocation Cases (2002) and Domestic Violence, Domestic Abuse, and Child Custody (2003). She is also co-author of Stop Domestic Violence: An Action Plan for Saving Lives and author of "Domestic Violence Primer" published in the Orange County Lawyer Magazine (2002) and The Impact of Domestic Violence on Child Custody Determination in California: Who Will Understand?
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Allan McLaughlin
Allan D. McLaughlin is senior vice president and chief technology officer of LexisNexis Group, U.S. He is responsible for all information infrastructure technology and customer service functions for LexisNexis, a leader in legal, news and business information services. McLaughlin was named one of the "25 Most Influential CTO's in the U.S." by InfoWorld Magazine (2002), and one of the top "100 Technology Executives in the World" by Computerworld Magazine (2003).
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Roger Milgrim
Roger Milgrim is a leading intellectual property expert and is the author of two multi-volume Matthew Bender intellectual property treatises: Milgrim on Trade Secrets (1968), generally regarded as the standard treatise in the field, and Milgrim on Licensing (1990), both of which are supplemented. He is also a partner of the New York law firm Paul, Hasting, Janofsky & Walker, where he chairs the intellectual property and technology group, and has been an adjunct professor of law at the New York University School of Law since 1974.
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Rebecca Morgan
Rebecca Morgan is the successor co-author of Matthew Bender's Tax, Estate and Financial Planning for the Elderly, and its companion forms book, as well as a co-author of LexisNexis' Planning for the Elderly in Florida. She has also written several law review articles and given numerous presentations on legal issues affecting the elderly. Morgan is the Boston Asset Management Faculty Chair in Elder Law at Stetson University.
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David Nimmer
A leading expert on intellectual property and copyright law, David Nimmer has updated and revised Matthew Bender's Nimmer on Copyright, the standard reference treatise in the field, first published in 1963 by his late father, Professor Melville B. Nimmer. He has also contributed to numerous other books, including Le lisibile et l'illsibe (2003), Matthew Bender's Cases and Materials on Copyright and Other Aspects of Entertainment Litigation (2002), Artefacts and Intellectual Property (2001), Copinger and Skone James on Copyright (1991), On Multimedia: Technologies for the 21st Century (1990), Droit des affaires (1989) and International Copyright Law and Practice (1989 -1998).
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Timothy Payne

Tim Payne is the vice president of acquisitions and integrations at LexisNexis and has nearly 20 years experience in the legal information industry. He is currently responsible for evaluating acquisition opportunities and developing post-acquisition integration and operating plans. Payne then leads the execution of the integration plan to merge the acquired company into LexisNexis.
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Edward Pitts
Edward Pitts is co-author of Matthew Bender's New York Workers' Compensation Handbook (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004), the only comprehensive treatise on the subject in print. He is a founder and current president of the Injured Workers' Bar Association and a partner in the Syracuse law firm of Daly & Pitts, where he has exclusively represented injured workers for the past 15 years.
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Larry Pozner
Larry Pozner is a practicing attorney and is regarded as one of the most knowledgeable experts on cross examination. He is a legal analyst to CNN and co-author of the LexisNexis publication Cross-Examination: Science and Techniques, Second Edition, as well as the Michie audiotape series Killer Cross-Examination Techniques. He is also the co-author of Michie's Advanced Cross-Examination CD-ROM and Matthew Bender's Advanced Cross-Examination Techniques DVD. He is a partner at Hoffman, Reilly, Pozner & Williamson.
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Alan N. Resnick
Alan N. Resnick is a nationally recognized expert on bankruptcy law. His writings have been cited in more than 150 judicial opinions, including opinions from the U.S. Supreme Court. He is the Benjamin Weintraub Distinguished Professor of Bankruptcy Law at Hofstra University School of Law and is editor-in-chief of Collier on Bankruptcy, 15th Edition Revised. He also serves as Of Counsel to the law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP. Resnick was appointed by Chief Justice William Rehnquist to serve as Reporter to the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States, a position he held from 1987 to 1999. He has been on the Advisory Committee since 1999.
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Rufus von Thülen Rhoades
Rufus von Thülen Rhoades is an international tax law expet and is co-author of Rhoades & Langer, U.S. International Taxation and Tax Treaties, a six-volume treatise published by Matthew Bender & Co., New York, revised four times a year. He is an international tax authority with LexisNexis and practicing attorney in all facets of tax planning and federal and state income tax matters, involving both controversy work with the Internal Revenue Service and the California Franchise Tax Board on a wide variety of issues. He was appointed by the Internal Revenue Service as one of four Californians to the Internal Revenue Service panel of arbitrators (30 nationwide).
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Diana Richmond
Diana Richmond is a certified family law specialist with more than 26 years experience in nearly every aspect of family law, including complex marital property issues, spousal and child support, child custody and premarital agreements. She serves as editorial consultant to the Matthew Bender publications California Family Law Practice and Procedure, 2nd Edition and California Family Law Monthly, for which she writes bimonthly commentaries. A partner of Sideman & Bancroft LLP since 2001, she is an experienced family law advocate at both the trial and appellate levels and often works as a mediator, settlement conference facilitator or private adjudicator for family law and related controversies.
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Michael Roberts
Michael Roberts is the author of Alabama Tort Law and its various editions and supplements, as well as numerous articles for law reviews and journals. He has more than 26 years of experience in tort law and is a partner with the law firm of Cusimano, Keener, Roberts, Kimberley & Miles, P.C., in Gadsden, Alab., an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association and the president of the Etowah County Bar Association.
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Blanca Rodriguez
Blanca Rodriguez is a partner at Kreindler & Kreindler and is an expert in the areas of general tort litigation, aviation litigation and appellate practice. She is widely recognized for her legal expertise on the Warsaw Convention Treaty and its modifications. She is the revision editor to Lee Kreindler's Aviation Accident Law, published by Matthew Bender, and the co-author and general editor of a three-volume book titled New York Law of Torts, West Publishing. Her articles have also been published in the American Bar Association Journal and Maritime Law Journal.
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Paul Salafia
Paul Salafia is a LexisNexis legal expert and author of The New Hampshire Workers' Compensation Manual published by LexisNexis. Widely recognized as one of the leading authorities on workers' compensation law, Salafia is a shareholder of Divine Millimet. He practices in the area of workers' compensation defense, specifically the defense of workplace injuries on behalf of employers in state and federal administrative agencies and courts.
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Bart Schwartz
Bart Schwartz is a LexisNexis legal expert specializing in corporate governance. He is the general editor and contributing author of the new Matthew Bender publication, Corporate Governance: Law and Practice, a comprehensive and practical guide to critical corporate governance topics. He is also the author of Implementation Procedures for the New Certification Requirements, in Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 with Analysis, published by LexisNexis (2002); and co-author of the New York Law Journal's "New Rules on 'Rapid' Disclosure" under Sarbanes-Oxley (2004) and "Procedures of Audit Committee Oversight of Company's Compliance with Law and Regulations" (2004).
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Margie Searcy-Alford
Margie Searcy-Alford is an Alabama trial attorney with more than 28 years of legal experience. She is the principal author and editor-in-chief of the four-volume set of law books, A Guide to Toxic Torts, and a contributing author to the four-volume set, Drug Product Liability, both published by Matthew Bender. She represents cases on topics ranging from serious personal injury to drug products to estate planning, however is nationally recognized for her work in the area of toxic torts including chemical poisoning and drug product liability.
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Cary Sklaren
Cary Sklaren has more than 30 years of high profile product liability, asbestos, general tort and commercial litigation experience. He is a co-author of the Matthew Bender publication Products Liability, as well as numerous products liability and litigation treatise chapters, articles and papers. He is also an adjunct professor of law in products liability at New York Law School and a member of Herzfeld & Rubin, PC.
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David Smith
David Smith is an expert on RICO and forfeiture cases. He is the author of Matthew Bender's Civil RICO (1985) and Prosecution and Defense of Forfeiture Cases (1985). He is a co-chair of the NACDL's Forfeiture Abuse Task Force and vice-chair of the ABA's RICO, Forfeitures and Civil Remedies Committee. He is also a partner of the law firm English & Smith and has litigated several significant U.S. Supreme Court cases.
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Jed Somit
Jed Somit is an adoption law expert and is a hearing officer for the Alameda Assessment Appeals Board, judge pro tempore for the Alameda County Municipal & Small Claims Courts and a sole practitioner in a general civil practice. He previously served as an instructor of contract law at Oakland College of Law (1988-1990), professional consultant (1981-1983) and partner in Ibershof & Somit, a general business practice firm (1980-1981). He is also the past director of Hestia House, a non-profit public benefit corporation concerning adoption (1986-1994) and the Independent Adoption Center (1983-1984).
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Henry J. Sommer
Henry J. Sommer has authored numerous publications relating to bankruptcy law, including Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Guide, Collier Family Law and the Bankruptcy Code, and Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Practice. He serves as editor-in-chief of Collier on Bankruptcy, 15th Edition Revised, and the entire line of Collier bankruptcy publications. From 1991 to 1998, he was a member of the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States. Sommer has been called to testify before the House and Senate Judiciary Committees and the National Bankruptcy Review Commission. He has also appeared as a bankruptcy expert on local and national media broadcasts.
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Peter M. Sweeny
Peter M. Sweeny is the author of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Case Finder, 3rd Ed., published by LexisNexis, which is used as a reference tool by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission and by workers' compensation attorneys and insurance companies throughout the state. He is also the author of "Avoiding The Pitfalls Of Vocational Rehabilitation In Virginia Workers' Compensation Cases," published in the Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Spring, 2004). Sweeny has been practicing workers' compensation in Virginia for over 27 years and has frequently lectured attorneys and others on workers' compensation issues.
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Joseph Swimmer
Joseph Swimmer is responsible for developing strategy and product plans for LexisNexis technology applications designed to facilitate knowledge sharing and efficiency within large law firms throughout the United States. Before joining LexisNexis, Swimmer practiced regulatory and transactional energy law with Davis Wright Tremaine LLP in San Francisco, Calif. Prior to DWT, he practiced corporate law with Shartsis, Friese & Ginsburg LLP, also in San Francisco.
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Lorraine Power Tharp
An expert in real estate, banking law and commercial lending, Lorraine Power Tharp serves as president of the New York State Bar Association and has been a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers for more than ten years. Tharp was a practice consultant for New York Real Property Service, and is the author of "Lender Liability - Erosion of the 'Golden Rule," New York State Bar Association Real Property Section Newsletter (1988), and "Update on Fleet Factors," New York State Bar Association Real Property Section Newsletter (1990).
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Darrell Van Deusen
Darrell Van Deusen is a labor and employment law expert who has authored several industry publications, including his treatise on the Family and Medical Leave Act and the non-discrimination chapter of the Matthew Bender book, Drafting the Union Contract. He is the general editor of Matthew Bender's Employment Discrimination Expediter and serves on the editorial board of Matthew Bender's Labor and Employment Bulletin. Van Deusen is on the faculty of The Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers (MICPEL) and frequently teaches employment law to legal professionals throughout the state.
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Stephen Vaughan
Stephen Vaughan is the author of the chapter Texas Workers' Compensation Law in Concurrent Federal Jurisdiction, published by Matthew Bender (1990). His other works include "Defining Injury Under the Longshore Act" in the Association of Trial Lawyers of America's Annual Convention Coursebook (2003); "Fees for Services" in The Longshore Textbook, 4th Edition (1999); "Third Party Settlements After Cowart" in the Association of Trial Lawyers of America's Annual Convention Coursebook (1997) and Texas Litigation Primer, published by the Trial Advocacy Institute at the University of Houston Law Center (1996).
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Michelle Vivona
Michele Vivona is the Chief Operating Officer of LexisNexis, and is responsible for all operational aspects of the CourtLink® and File & Serve products, as well as Applied Discovery operations.
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Stephen James Wagner
Stephen James Wagner is an editorial consultant to Kirkland, Lurvey, Richmond & Wagner, California Family Law Practice and Procedure, Second Edition, and also to the California Family Law Monthly and the California Family Law Trial Guide. He is the author of numerous articles in family law legal journals. He is also a partner in the California law firm of Dick & Wagner as well as a certified Family Law Specialist in the state of California.
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Ronald Weiss
Ronald Weiss is author of the Matthew Bender publication, New York Workers' Compensation Handbook (2001). He is also the managing partner of Hamberger & Weiss, where he devotes 100 percent of his practice to workers' compensation litigation. Before joining Hamberger & Weiss, he was a partner at Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber (1977-1991). His honors include being named to the Best Lawyers in America in Workers' Compensation Field (1995 - present). He is a Managing Partner, Hamberger & Weiss, and is admitted to practice law in New York (1978) and the U.S. District Court Western District of New York (1978).
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Frank Woodside
Frank Woodside is a drug product liability expert and is the the editor of the four-volume treatise Drug Product Liability, published by Matthew Bender and an adjunct professor of law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. He is also a clinical professor of pediatrics Emeritus at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and chair of Dinsmores & Shol, LLP's products liability practice group.
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Stephen Yale-Loehr
Steven Yale-Loehr is well-known and repsected immigration law expert and is the co-author of Immigration Law and Procedure, the leading multi-volume treatise on immigration law, and a bi-monthly immigration column for the New York Law Journal. He also teaches immigration and asylum law at Cornell Law School, and is of counsel at True, Walsh & Miller in Ithaca, N.Y.
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