Expert Details

Alcohol and Drug Impairment: DUI, Dram Shop, Forensic Toxicology, Sobriety Testing, and Alcohol Server Training

ID: 735660 Georgia, USA

As an expert witness and consultant, Expert offers a unique combination of scientific education and field law enforcement experience to the litigation of drug- and alcohol-induced human performance impairment. His perspectives integrate practical experience from hands-on evaluation of impaired subjects in live forensic evaluations and controlled training workshops, as well as a mechanistic understanding of acute drug intoxication from the field of clinical toxicology. He holds an MS from UFL College of Pharmacy.

In addition to his work in civil litigation support and law enforcement, Expert contributes regularly to advisory and consensus bodies in the fields of sobriety testing, forensic toxicology, and highway safety.

Expert's areas of practice include forensic toxicology, standardized field sobriety testing (SFST), dram shop, alcohol server training, DUI and DWI accidents, horizontal gaze nystagmus (HGN), alcohol impairment, drug impairment, alcohol intoxication, drug intoxication, NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration), impaired driving, drug recognition expert (DRE), marijuana impairment, cannabis impairment, human performance toxicology, false arrest, wrongful arrest, police procedures, and drug-facilitated sexual assault.

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Education

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution
Year: 2021	Degree: MS	Subject: Clinical Toxicology / Pharmaceutical Science	Institution: University of Florida College of Pharmacy
Year: 2011	Degree: MPA	Subject: Public Administration	Institution: Columbus State University
Year: 2004	Degree: Bachelor of Science	Subject: Psychology	Institution: Georgia State University

Work History

Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2017 to Present	Employer: Undisclosed	Title: President, Expert Witness and Consultant	Department:
Responsibilities: Expert provides consulting, expert testimony, and training -- primarily in the field of drug- and alcohol-induced human performance impairment. Key practice areas include dram shop liability, DUI/DWI crash litigation, workplace impairment challenges, sobriety testing, wrongful arrest, and police procedures. Services also include test interpretations, assessment or reconstruction of behaviors, alcohol calculations, evaluation of procedures, and review of evidentiary sufficiency or behaviors in context of relevant industry standards.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
Society of Forensic Toxicologists International Association of Clinical and Forensic Toxicologists International Society for Study of Emerging Drugs International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) IACP Drug Recognition Expert Section IACP Legal Officers Section International Association for Chemical Testing (2012-2015) Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police

Licenses / Certifications
ServSafe Alcohol Certified TIPS - On Site Alcohol Service Certified SureSell NOW - Safe alcohol service Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) DRE Instructor Intoxilyzer 9000 & 5000 Oper. CMI Breath Testing Instructor & Intoxilyzer 5000 Technician Master Instructor Trainer RADAR Operator LIDAR Operator Police Management Certificate Police Supervision Certificate Cooper LE Fitness Specialist

Professional Appointments
American Academy of Forensic Sciences: Academy Standards Board: Forensic Toxicology Consensus Body. Past Chair: International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP): Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) Section. National Safety Council: Alcohol, Drugs and Impairment Division Addresses substance abuse issues and makes recommendations to combat impaired driving problems through a variety of countermeasures. IACP Technical Advisory Panel At-Large Appointee One of 19 appointees responsible for providing advice and technical guidance to IACP and NHTSA on matters of impaired driving and updating and maintaining curriculum of sobriety testing programs. IACP Highway Safety Committee Appointed Member One of 30 international appointees to study, consider, and evaluate matters of policy, standards, and practices related to traffic programs and highway safety functions. Metro Atlanta Traffic Enforcement Network Coordinator Elected Coordinator of 62-agency network with the mission of improving traffic safety efforts in the Metro Atlanta area.

Professional Appointments

American Academy of Forensic Sciences: Academy Standards Board: Forensic Toxicology Consensus Body.

Past Chair: International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP): Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) Section.

National Safety Council: Alcohol, Drugs and Impairment Division
Addresses substance abuse issues and makes recommendations to combat impaired driving problems through a variety of countermeasures.

IACP Technical Advisory Panel At-Large Appointee
One of 19 appointees responsible for providing advice and technical guidance to IACP and NHTSA on matters of impaired driving and updating and maintaining curriculum of sobriety testing programs.

IACP Highway Safety Committee
Appointed Member
One of 30 international appointees to study, consider, and evaluate matters of policy, standards, and practices related to traffic programs and highway safety functions.

Metro Atlanta Traffic Enforcement Network
Coordinator
Elected Coordinator of 62-agency network with the mission of improving traffic safety efforts in the Metro Atlanta area.

Awards / Recognition
IACP 40 Under 40 Award MADD Golden Achievement DRE Instructor of the Year MADD DRE Gold Pin Recipient PCPD “DUI Pace Setter” Life Saving Commendation

Publications and Patents Summary
Expert Panels, Projects, Publications: Primary author of IACP Resolution: “Support of National Safety Council Position on Cannabis and Driving” IACP Highway Safety Desk Reference: Appointed to small group of subject matter experts to update, revise, and expand this publication of IACP Police Chief Magazine: Author of published articles: “Current Trends in Drug Impaired Driving” “IACP Resolution Addresses Cannabis and Driving” “Leveraging and Enhancing Alcohol Countermeasures to Reduce Drugged Driving”: Subject Matter Expert Workshop facilitated by AAA Foundation. Compiled, edited, and published a periodic newsletter for the Georgia DRE program Smart Approaches to Marijuana: Policy Advisor on development of model DUI-D statute recommendations

Publications and Patents Summary

Expert Panels, Projects, Publications:
Primary author of IACP Resolution: “Support of National Safety Council Position on Cannabis and Driving”
IACP Highway Safety Desk Reference: Appointed to small group of subject matter experts to update, revise, and expand this publication of IACP
Police Chief Magazine: Author of published articles: “Current Trends in Drug Impaired Driving”
“IACP Resolution Addresses Cannabis and Driving”
“Leveraging and Enhancing Alcohol Countermeasures to Reduce Drugged Driving”: Subject Matter Expert Workshop facilitated by AAA Foundation.
Compiled, edited, and published a periodic newsletter for the Georgia DRE program
Smart Approaches to Marijuana: Policy Advisor on development of model DUI-D statute recommendations

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Expert has been tendered and accepted as an expert witness by courts in the following areas: The effects of drugs on  human performance Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) Instruction of NHTSA impaired driving curricula Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Driving under the influence of drugs investigations Drug recognition DUI detection

Training / Seminars
Extensive track record of instructing on the effects of drugs and alcohol on human performance. See curriculum vitae for list. Extensive professional development training seminars. Highlights below, more complete list available on CV. Southern College of Optometry, Memphis, TN: Physiology of Eye Movements and Impairment   (2016) The Center for Forensic Science Research and Education: The Robert F. Borkenstein Course on the Effects of Drugs on Human Performance and Behavior (2012) The Robert F. Borkenstein Course on Alcohol and Highway Safety: Testing, Research and Litigation (2012) Institute of Police Technology and Management: Medical Foundations of Visual System Testing (2011) Breath Alcohol Testing Instructor and Intoxilyzer 5000 Technician (2012) National Restaurant Association: ServSafe Alcohol Certification National Hospitality Training LLC: Training for Intervention Procedures (TIPS)

Training / Seminars

Extensive track record of instructing on the effects of drugs and alcohol on human performance. See curriculum vitae for list.

Extensive professional development training seminars. Highlights below, more complete list available on CV.

Southern College of Optometry, Memphis, TN:
Physiology of Eye Movements and Impairment   (2016)

The Center for Forensic Science Research and Education:
The Robert F. Borkenstein Course on the Effects of Drugs on Human Performance and Behavior (2012)
The Robert F. Borkenstein Course on Alcohol and Highway Safety: Testing, Research and Litigation (2012)

Institute of Police Technology and Management:
Medical Foundations of Visual System Testing (2011)

Breath Alcohol Testing Instructor and Intoxilyzer 5000 Technician (2012)

National Restaurant Association:
ServSafe Alcohol Certification

National Hospitality Training LLC:
Training for Intervention Procedures (TIPS)

Fields of Expertise

dram shop, dram shop liability, date rape drug, drug identification, alcohol detection, alcohol related death, alcohol testing, alcohol tolerance, alcohol related injury, alcohol toxicology, blood alcohol content, driving under the influence, driving under the influence testing, law enforcement