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Geoffrey S Mearns, JD

Geoffrey S Mearns is Dean of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law He joined the law school in 2005 from the Cleveland office of Baker &

Hostetler LLP, where he headed the firm’s national Business Crimes and Corporate Investigations team Before entering private practice, he

had a distinguished nine-year career as a prosecutor with the U.S Department of Justice From 1997 to 1998, he served as Special

Assistant to the U.S Attorney General in the prosecution of Terry Nichols, convicted of bombing the Oklahoma City Federal Building Dean

Mearns was a member of the Committee on Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Sciences His B.A is from Yale University, and his J.D is

from the University of Virginia

Sy m po si um Pane lists

Valerie E Caproni, JD

Valerie E Caproni has been the General Counsel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation since 2003 Previously, she was an Assistant U.S

Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York In the U.S Attorney’s Office, she served as Chief

of Special Prosecutions and Chief of the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section before becoming Chief of the Criminal Division Ms

Caproni’s B.A is from Newcomb College of Tulane University; her J.D is from the University of Georgia

The Honorable George (Woody) Clarke, JD

George “Woody” Clarke has been a judge on the California Superior Court in San Diego since 2003 Prior to his appointment by Governor

Gray Davis, Judge Clarke was a Deputy District Attorney of San Diego for over two decades He was among the first prosecutors to grasp the

potential of DNA to exonerate or convict persons charged with criminal actions, and he is now a national expert on and proponent of the use

of DNA as evidence In 1995, he was a member of the prosecutorial team in the O.J Simpson trial, the case credited with advancing media

and public awareness of DNA evidence During his years in the office of the District Attorney, he was also one of the first prosecutors to use

and introduce blood-group evidence into the courtroom He is the author of Trials and Justice and Science: Triumphs of DNA Evidence

(Rutgers University Press 2008), a memoir of his years as a Deputy District Attorney Judge Clarke’s undergraduate degree is from the

University of California at San Diego, and his law degree is from the University of San Diego.

Marcella Farinelli Fierro, MD

Marcella Farinelli Fierro, M.D., is a forensic pathologist and the former chief medical examiner for the Commonwealth of Virginia and

Professor of Pathology and Professor and Chair of the Department of Legal Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University As Chief

Examiner, she oversaw the investigation of all violent, suspicious and unnatural deaths in Virginia from 1994 until her retirement in 2007 She

is a past-president of the National Association of Medical Examiners and a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences The

recipient of many awards for her work in forensic pathology, Dr Fierro’s recent activities include establishing child and maternal mortality

review teams and the National Violent Death Reporting System and Family and Interpersonal Violence surveillance programs in Virginia Dr

Fierro is the model for mystery writer Patricia Cornwell’s fictional pathologist, Kay Scarpetta She was a member of the NAS Committee on

Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Science Committee Her undergraduate degree in biology is from D'Youville College in Buffalo, New

York; her M.D is from the State University of New York in Buffalo

Barry A.J Fisher, MS, MBA

Barry A J Fisher is the Crime Laboratory Director for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, a position he has held since 1987 He is

an accomplished author and frequent lecturer on forensic science issues and a past-president of the American Academy of Forensic

Sciences He has served as president of the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors and the International Association of Forensic

Sciences His current interests include the interrelationship between forensic science and the law, as well as public policy issues concerning

the timely delivery of quality forensic science support services to the criminal justice system He is the author of Crime Scene Investigation

(CRC Press 2003), now in its seventh edition, and Forensics Demystified (with D Fisher and J Kowloski) (McGraw Hill 2006) His

undergraduate degree is from City College of City University in New York, his M.S is from Purdue University, and his M.B.A is from California

State University, Northridge

Paul Giannelli, JD, LLM

Paul C Giannelli, the Albert J and Richard W Weatherhead Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University, teaches Evidence and

Scientific Evidence He served as both a prosecutor and defense counsel in the military Professor Giannelli has written extensively in the

field of evidence and criminal procedure, especially on the topic of scientific evidence The coauthor of nine books, including Baldwin’s Ohio

Practice, Criminal Law (West Co 2d ed 2001) (4 volumes) (with Katz, Lipton & Crocker) (new edition in preparation), his work has been cited

in hundreds of court opinions and legal articles, including decisions of the United States Supreme Court Professor Giannelli also serves as

co-chair of the ABA Ad Hoc Innocence Committee to Ensure the Integrity of the Criminal Process and as Reporter to the ABA Criminal Justice

Standards Task Force on DNA Evidence Recent articles include Comparative Bullet Lead Analysis in Criminal Justice (Summer 2008) and

DNA Profiling, in “And Justice for All?” Lessons Learned from the Duke University Lacrosse Players’ Rape Case (M Seigel, ed.)

(forthcoming) Professor Giannelli’s B.A is from Providence College, his M.S.F.S is from George Washington University and his J.D and

L.L.M are from the University of Virginia

Terry H Gilbert, JD

Terry H Gilbert, a partner in the Cleveland firm of Friedman & Gilbert, is one of the state’s most prominent criminal defense attorneys,

specializing in both high-profile criminal defense and civil rights litigation Mr Gilbert has represented police misconduct defendants as well as

persons accused of all types of criminal offenses in both state and federal courts His clients have included Russell Means and Vernon

Bellecourt of the American Indian Movement and Sam Reese Sheppard in his suit against the State of Ohio for the alleged wrongful

imprisonment of his father, Dr Sam Sheppard He is a cooperating attorney with the National Innocence Project, as well as the Center for

Constitutional Rights He has lectured widely on DNA, the law and media, and policy misconduct remedies In 2002, Mr Gilbert received the

John Minor Wisdom Award from the American Bar Association Litigation Section Mr Gilbert’s B.A is from Miami University, and his J.D is

from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University

D Christian Hassell, PhD

David Christian (Chris) Hassell was named Laboratory Director for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in June 2008 He joined the FBI from

Oklahoma State University Multispectral Laboratories where he led the Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation division, a

multidisciplinary interagency complex focused on the testing, evaluation, and implementation of defense, homeland security, energy, and

intelligence systems Previously, he served as Assistant Vice President for Science and Technology at Applied Marine Technologies

Incorporated Prior to that position, he led programs in analytical chemistry, instrumentation development, and forensics and attribution for

weapons of mass destruction at Los Alamos National Laboratory During this time, he also served as a subject matter expert for

chemical/biological warfare on the Iraq Survey Group His Bachelor of Science degree is from Brigham Young University; his Ph.D in

analytical chemistry is from the University of Texas

Peter M Marone, MS

Pete M Marone is the Director of the Virginia Department of Forensic Sciences He joined the Department in 1978 and served as the

Department’s Central Laboratory Director until 2005, when he was named Director of Technical Services He is a member of the American

Society of Crime Laboratory Directors and serves on its DNA Credential Review Committee; he is also a member of the American Academy of

Forensic Sciences and serves on its Forensic Education Program Accreditation Commission He is Chair of the Consortium of Forensic

Science Organizations, the national organization that represents the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, American Association of Crime

Laboratory Directors, National Association of Medical Examiners, Forensic Quality Services, International Association for Identification, and

the American Association of Crime Laboratory Directors Laboratory Accreditation Board Mr Marone was a member of the NAS Committee on

Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Science Committee His Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees are from the University of Pittsburgh

Kenneth F Martin, MS

Kenneth F Martin is Detective Lieutenant and Commanding Officer of the Crime Scene Services Section of the Massachusetts State Police

In addition to overseeing the state’s seven CSSS laboratories, he supervises the investigation of major crime scenes throughout the

Commonwealth, often traveling to the scenes of crimes to assist in the processing of various types of physical evidence in local He also

assists in processing the bodies of homicide victims at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for various types of physical evidence and is

certified by the International Association for Identification as a Senior Crime Scene Analyst, a blood stain analyst, a footwear examiner and a

latent print examiner He is an adjunct Instructor of Anatomy and Neurobiology in the Forensics Program at Boston University School of

Medicine and a frequent guest lecturer Detective Lieutenant Martin is presently the Chairman of the Board of the 7000-member International

Association for Identification, the world’s oldest and largest organization of forensic identification investigators, examiners, analysts and

technicians His B.S is from Northeastern University, his B.A is from Bridgewater State College, and his M.S is from Anna Maria College

Anne-Marie Mazza, PhD

Anne-Marie Mazza joined the National Academies in 1995 and served as Senior Program Officer with both the Committee on Science,

Engineering and Public Policy and the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable In 1999, she was named the first Director of

the Committee on Science, Technology, and Law In 2007, Dr Mazza was given responsibility for the National Academies Science and

Technology Graduate Policy Fellowship Program Dr Mazza was the study director for the NAS report on “Identifying the Needs of the

Forensic Science Community” and has also served as the study director on numerous other Academy reports including Science and Security

in a Post-9/11 World; Reaping the Benefits of Genomic and Proteomic Research; Intentional Human Dosing Studies for EPA Regulatory

Purposes: Scientific and Ethical Issues; The Age of Expert Testimony: Science in the Courtroom; and Observations on the President’s

Fiscal Year 2000 Federal Science and Technology Budget Between October 1999 and October 2000, while continuing as director of CSTL,

she served as a Senior Policy Analyst at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Before joining the Academy, Dr Mazza

was a Senior Consultant with the Resource Planning Corporation She received her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D degrees from George Washington

University

Kenneth E Melson, JD

Kenneth E Melson was named Director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) in the U.S Department of Justice in

2007 EOUSA is the office that serves as a liaison between the Department of Justice and the 93 United States Attorneys located throughout

America and its protectorates He began his career as a state prosecutor in Arlington County, Virginia, where he rose to the position of Deputy

Commonwealth’s Attorney In 1983, he joined the United States Attorney=s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia; in 1986, he became the

First Assistant United States Attorney, a position that he retained for 21 years On three occasions, he has been the acting or interim United

States Attorney He is a Past President and Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences He currently participates

on behalf of the Department of Justice on the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board He has been

an adjunct professor at George Washington University for almost 30 years, teaching law and forensic science courses at both the law school

and the Department of Forensic Sciences and is an Adjunct Instructor of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the Boston University School of

Medicine’s Forensic Program His B.A is from Dennison University, and his J.D is from George Washington University

Jane C Moriarty, JD

Jane Campbell Moriarty, University of Akron School of Law Professor of Law, teaches Evidence, Expert Evidence, Employment Discrimination

and Professional Responsibility Prior to joining the Akron Law faculty, Professor Moriarty practiced law in Boston and Pittsburgh and clerked

for the Honorable Ralph J Cappy, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania She is the author of numerous publications,

including the two-volume Psychological and Scientific Evidence in Criminal Law (Clark Boardman Callaghan etc., 1997-2006), Expert and

Scientific Evidence: Cases and Materials (Aspen, 2007) (with co-author John M Conley), and Misconvictions: When Law and Science

Collide (NYU Press, forthcoming 2009) Recent pertinent articles include Flickering Admissibility: Neuroimaging Evidence in the U.S.

Courts, Behavioral Science & Law (2008); "Misconvictions": Science and the Ministers of Justice, Nebraska Law Review (2007); and

Forensic Science: Grand Goals, Tragic Flaws, and Judicial Gatekeeping, ABA Judges' Journal (2005) (with co-author Michael J Saks)

Professor Moriarty’s B.A and J.D are from Boston College

Carole S Rendon, JD

Carole Schwartz Rendon joined the Cleveland law firm of Giffen & Kaminski in 2007 Her practice focuses on criminal defense and white

collar criminal defense in federal and state court, complex commercial litigation, appellate litigation and professional disciplinary

representation Before entering private practice, Ms Rendon was an Assistant U.S Attorney in Boston, Massachusetts, where she was a

member of the Organized Crime Strike Force Unit from 1988 until 1994 and was Chief of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force

from 1994 until 1997 In 2008, she was appointed Chair of the Community Council of the Justice System Reform, a county-wide effort to

improve the administration of criminal justice in Cuyahoga County She has been named an “Ohio Super Lawyer,” is a member of the National

Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and of the ABA, the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, where she is a former chair of its

Section on Women in the Law and its Section on Criminal Law Ms Rendon’s B.A., summa cum laude, and J.D., cum laude, are from

Northwestern University

Marvin E Schechter, JD

Marvin E Schechter is a solo practitioner who has specialized in criminal defense matters in state and federal trial and appellate courts for

over 30 years Previously Mr Schechter held several positions with the Legal Aid Society of New York, including Deputy-Attorney-in-Charge

of the Criminal Defense Division of Kings County, New York He serves on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Criminal

Defense Attorneys and the Executive Committee of the Criminal Justice Section of the New York State Bar Association and is the founder of

Getting Out/Staying Out, a program providing educational and employment opportunities to young adults detained at Rikers Island

Correctional Facility Mr Schechter has been an adjunct professor of trial advocacy at Fordham University School of Law and lectures on

criminal defense law at Hofstra University, Cardozo Law School, Fordham University School of Law, CUNY Law School, and in a variety of

community venues Mr Schechter was a member of the NAS Committee on Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Science Committee He

received his undergraduate degree from Bernard Baruch College and his J.D is from Brooklyn Law School

Robert C Shaler, PhD

Robert C Shaler is Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Director of the Forensic Science Program at the Pennsylvania State

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University Previously, he taught at the University of Pittsburgh, where, on a grant from the National Institute of Justice, he studied the

individualization of bloodstain analysis evidence From 1978 to 1986, he directed the forensic serology laboratory for the New York City

Office of Chief Medical Examiner He returned to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner of New York in 1990 to establish the largest forensic

lab in the country He was working in the office of the New York City Chief Medical Examiner when, on September 11, 2001, terrorists

attacked the World Trade Center Dr Shaler assumed the responsibility for identifying the remains of the 2,749 people who died in the

attacks In 2005, he published a book, Who They Were, Inside the World Trade Center DNA Story: The Unprecedented Effort to Identify the

Missing (Free Press 2005) Among his current research interests is a project to quantify the biological response to trauma and stress and

apply whole genome sequencing to the analysis of physical evidence He served on the NAS Committee on Identifying the Needs of the

Forensic Science Committee Dr Shaler’s B.A is from Franklin and Marshall College; his M.S and Ph.D are from Pennsylvania State

University

Jay A Siegel, PhD

Jay A Siegel is Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Professor and Director of the Forensic and Investigative

Sciences Program at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and

the recipient of its Paul Kirk Award for Outstanding Service to the Criminalistics Section Current research interests include issues in forensic

analytical chemistry such as analysis of ink dyes, analysis of fibers and analysis of cosmetic products He is a frequent contributor to

academic and science journals, editor-in-chief of The Encyclopedia of Forensic Science (Academic Press 2000) and author of Forensic

Science: The Basics (Taylor & Francis 2006) and Fundamentals of Forensic Science (with M Houck) (Taylor & Francis 2006) Dr Siegel

served on the NAS Committee on Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Science Committee His B.S., M.S and Ph.D are from George

Washington University

James R Wooley, JD

James R Wooley is a partner in the corporate criminal investigations unit of the Cleveland office of Jones Day Mr Wooley served 10 years

as an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S Department of Justice, where he investigated and prosecuted complex criminal cases

involving racketeering, conspiracy, murder, fraud, obstruction of justice, money laundering and other federal crimes As an AUSA, Mr Wooley

prosecuted the landmark federal case on the admissibility of forensic DNA evidence Thereafter, he was appointed to serve on the National

Institute of Justice’s Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence He also served on the Ohio DNA Advisory Council He has testified before

the United States Senate Judiciary Committee and both houses of the Ohio legislature regarding DNA evidence Ohio state court judges

have twice appointed Mr Wooley to act as Special Prosecutor in their investigations of alleged misconduct by county prosecutors in homicide

cases In 2004, a federal judge appointed him to serve as Special Master to oversee an audit of certain casework undertaken by the

Cleveland Police Department Crime Laboratory His B.F.A is from the University of Cincinnati, and his J.D is from Case Western Reserve

University School of Law

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