Category: Law And Legal Expert Witness
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Law And Legal Expert Allowed to Opine on Firm Management
This case features a collapsed Ponzi scheme, more than 200 investor-victims, and a federal equity Receiver. The Receiver sued Baker Donelson law firm and two of its former employees— individuals now with federal criminal convictions—for aiding and abetting, civil conspiracy, and other claims under Mississippi law. She seeks to hold them accountable for “the unsustainable…
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Law And Legal Expert Was Not Allowed to Opine on Notaries
This case features a collapsed Ponzi scheme, more than 200 investor-victims, and a federal equity Receiver. The Receiver sued Baker Donelson law firm and two of its former employees— individuals now with federal criminal convictions—for aiding and abetting, civil conspiracy, and other claims under Mississippi law. She seeks to hold them accountable for “the unsustainable…
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History Expert’s Testimony on Discriminatory Motivations Admitted
For well over a century, the Commonwealth of Virginia has disobeyed a federal law designed to protect the right of former enslaved people to vote. When the United States started to readmit the rebellious slave states after the Civil War, Congress feared that the former Confederate powers would invent new crimes with which they could…
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Law And Legal Expert’s Industry Standards Opinions Admitted
Plaintiff, Greenwich Insurance Company, is a Delaware-based insurance carrier that issued two excess coverage insurance policies to Mirador Master Association, Inc. (“Mirador Master”), a Miami Beach-based condominium association. The first excess policy was in effect between July 17, 2020, and January 4, 2021, and the second covered the period from February 2, 2021, to July…
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Law And Legal Expert’s Testimony on OPDA’s Practices Admitted
This litigation arises from Plaintiff Raymond Flanks’ (“Plaintiff”) wrongful conviction for first-degree murder in 1985. In particular, Plaintiff alleged that the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office (“OPDA”) secured his wrongful conviction in violation of his constitutional rights by withholding material exculpatory evidence. Laurie Levenson is a law professor who was retained by Plaintiff to testify…
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Law And Legal Expert Was Barred From Opining on the Trust Agreement
The Plaintiff, Christopher Ayash, is a named beneficiary of the Patricia Louise Ayash Living Trust (“Trust”), created by his late mother (“Grantor”) in 2002. The Trust also named two of the Grantor’s other sons as beneficiaries. The Defendants, David Barnette and Karl Hamm, serve as Trustees. The Trustees are directed to divide and hold the…
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Legal Expert Was Barred From Opining on Good Time Credits
This litigation arises from Plaintiff Raymond Flanks’ (“Plaintiff”) wrongful conviction for first-degree murder in 1985. Plaintiff alleged that the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office (“OPDA”) secured his wrongful conviction in violation of his constitutional rights by withholding material exculpatory evidence. Plaintiff retained Robert Lancaster, a lawyer, as an expert in Louisiana parole and pardon law.…
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Legal Expert’s Testimony on Life Insurance Investor Practices Excluded
Stranger originated life insurance (“STOLI”) policies, specifically, “involve speculators collaborating with an individual to obtain a life insurance policy in the name of that individual and then selling some or all of the death benefit payable upon the death of the insured to stranger investors.” On March 3, 2023, Plaintiff Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. (“Ameritas”…
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Expert Testimony on the Functions of a County Attorney Admitted
Defendant Howard Keith Hall is the former County Attorney of Pike County, Kentucky. Hall is a current Pike County Circuit Court Judge. The United States charged Hall with two counts of mail fraud and one count of theft of government funds. The charges stem from an alleged scheme in which Hall hired Attorney A1 as…
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Expert Testimony on Legal Ethics Excluded
Robert I. Toussie alleged that he and his brother Michael entered into an agreement (the “Participation Agreement”) with Coastal Development, LLC (“Coastal”), an entity run by Richard Fields in 2000 to finance the development of casinos in Florida. However, Coastal/Fields promptly, and repeatedly, breached the terms of the Participation Agreement by not paying the Toussies…
