october 14

What the Department of Justice Is Looking for in Expert Witnesses

Speaker: Joseph Russoniello, Esq.
U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California
Joseph Russoniello is serving his second term as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California. From 1982 to 1990, Russoniello served his first term in this position. He was Dean of the San Francisco Law School for five and a half years until July 2007. Until his recent appointment he was a member of the National Review Board of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. He received a B.S. degree from Fairfield University in 1963 and received a J.D. degree from New York University in 1966. Russoniello has been a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was assistant district attorney for the City and County of San Francisco until 1975.

Fior d'Italia
2237 Mason Street
San Francisco, CA
in historic San Remo Hotel

6 PM

Cost:
$50 Member
$60 Non-member

november 11

Dos and Don’ts from the Front Line of Testifying: A Financial Expert’s Perspective
• Working with counsel to manage risks
• Maximizing the expert witness' contribution
• How to work within a budget
• How to avoid Daubert or otherwise being disqualified

Speaker: Brian Napper
Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting
Brian Napper is a Senior Managing Director in FTI Consulting Forensic and Litigation Consulting Practice in San Francisco and is the product leader of FTI’s intellectual property practice. He has testified many times as a financial expert in evaluating and quantifying economic damages stemming from the alleged infringement of patents, trademarks and copyrights and the alleged misappropriation of trade secrets.

Scott’s Seafood
2 Broadway
Jack London Square
Oakland, CA

6 PM

Cost:
$50 Member
$60 Non-member