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Expert in Food & Drug Administration Rules, Policies, Procedures for Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals
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Summary of Expertise:
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Expert is an FDA compliance expert with 28 years experience in the field. He served the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as an Investigator concentrating in compliance for pharmaceuticals and medical devices as well as pre-market development of drugs and devices including clinical investigators, sponsor/monitors, institutional review boards, Good Laboratory Practices, and pre-approval inspections. He served as a supervisory investigator supervising medical device and drug experts and specialists. Expert served as a compliance officer reviewing and evaluating evidence, recommending legal action, drafting complaints and assisting the United States Attorney in prosecution of legal actions. Other responsibilities included service as a criminal investigator assigned to the Department of Justice, and training of FDA investigators and foreign officials. Expert taught food and drug law as an adjunct professor of law. He also served as the chair for the Chicago Bar Association FDA Law Committee. He has authored a chapter in an expert treatise, and has been requested and provided training to industry and academia. For more than ten years he has provided litigation support services as a consultant and expert for plaintiff and defense clients. Cases have revolved around compliance with FDA requirements in pre-market development, testing, approval, manufacturing, use, and and post-approval reporting for medical devices and pharmaceuticals. Cases have included fraud and misrepresentation, personal injury, breach of contract, product liability, medical malpractice, libel, and Qui tam actions. Expert has also provided regulatory compliance consulting to industry including corrective action plan design and implementation.
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities: Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Chicago, Illinois;
Rockford, Illinois;
Aurora, Illinois;
Naperville, Illinois;
Joliet, Illinois;
Elgin, Illinois;
South Bend, Indiana;
Gary, Indiana;
Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
and Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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1992
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J.D.
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Law
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The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois
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1983
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M.S.
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Biology
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The Universityh of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas
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1999 to
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(Undisclosed)
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Consultant/Expert
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Expert performed inspections, reviewed and evaluated evidence, wrote expert opinions, and provided deposition. Using his extensive experience in on line research of FDA data bases he located and evaluated FDA documents as relevant to litigation support projects.
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1997 to 2010
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Expert's Firm, Attorney at Law
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Attorney
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He counseled clients in FDA requirements for marketing drugs and devices regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. Expert represented clients to FDA officials and the United States Attorney in civil and criminal actions. And he negotiated consent decrees with the government, and negotiated immunity and non-target letters for grand jury witnesses.
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1999 to 2003
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The John Marshall Law School
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Adjunct Professor of Law
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Expert taught food and drug law to law students.
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1983 to 1997
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U.S. Food & Drug Administration
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Investigations/Management/Compliance
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Investigator/Supervisory Investigator/Compliance Officer
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Conducted inspections and special investigations of regulated parties. Supervised investigators. Evaluated evidence, drafted complaints, made referrals to the United States Attorney, and assisted United States Attorney in prosecution of civil and criminal actions.
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1981 to 1983
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The University of Texas at El Paso
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Biology
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Teaching Assistant
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Expert taught freshman biology labs and senior level classes in statistical analysis of biological phenomena.
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1979 to 1981
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The University of Texas at El Paso
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Biology
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Research Assistant
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Expert collected field specimens, designed and carried out laboratory experiments, analyzed data, and wrote scientific reports. Results were included in an environmental impact statement relevant to planned developments at White Sands National Monument, New Mexico.
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Licenses/Certifications
Expert earned a Certificate of Professional Achievement in Mediation Training. He was appointed to Illinois State Bar and the Federal Bar for the Northern district of Illinois.
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Professional Appointments
Expert was Chair for the Chicago Bar Association Food, Drug, and Consumer Product Regulatory Law committee in 2004 and 2003. He was Adjunct Professor of Law at The John Marshall Law School, Chicago from 1999 through 2003.
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Awards/Recognition
Expert was awarded the Regional Directors Citation for excellence, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 1993.
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Publications and Patents Summary
Expert is the author of a chapter in an expert treatise on dug injury, and an article in the peer review journal for the Association of Clinical Research Professionals.
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Selected Publications and Publishers
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- The Monitor
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- in Drug Injury: Liability, Analysis and Prevention, 2nd Ed. Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company, Inc.
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1983 to 1997
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U.S. Food & Drug Administration
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Investigator, Supervisory Investigator, Compliance Officer, and Federal Grand Jury Investigatory
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Expert performed inspections and special investigations of regulated industry, gathered evidence and provided fact testimony in Federal District Court. He also supervised an investigative staff consisting of drug and medical device specialist and national experts. He also served as a compliance officer, reviewing and evaluating documentary and laboratory evidence, drafting complaints, making referrals to the United States Attorney and assisting the United States Attorney in prosecuting cases. He also served a special term as a Federal Grand Jury Agent performing criminal investigations. That included subject identification, location, surveillance, search and seizure, and criminal trial support.
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Expert is currently serving as a compliance expert for the plaintiff in a libel suit. The defendants (corporate and individuals) published a series of newspaper articles of manufacturing and distributing unsafe pharmaceutical products. To date he has reviewed and evaluated production request (discovery) documents as well as FDA records he located on the FDA web site to evaluate the plaintiff's compliance with FDA law and regulations.
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Expert is currently serving as a compliance expert for the plaintiff in a fraud misrepresentation suit. He located, reviewed and evaluated FDA records relevant to defendant medical device manufacturer's compliance with FDA law and regulations relevant to the manufacturer's financial interest disclosure of clinical investigators. He wrote an expert opinion and was deposed.
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Expert served as a compliance expert for the relators in a Qui tam action. He reviewed and evaluated production request records as well as records he located on the FDA web site. He wrote an opinion letter on the state of compliance for the defendant medical device manufacturer, which was published to the United States Attorney.
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Expert was the litigation consultant for the plaintiff/defendant (cross complaints) in a breach of contract case. He inspected a pharmaceutical manufacturing and testing facility, conducted a GLP (Good Laboratory Practices) inspection, reviewed and evaluated bioavailability and bioequivalence testing programs, and reviewed and evaluated numerous ANDA (Abbreviated New Drug Application) approvals.
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Expert was the litigation consultant for the relator in a Qui tam action. He reviewed and evaluated clinical trial documents for evidence of violations of FDA law and regulations. He advised the attorney significance of violations as well as probable FDA response.
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Recent Client Requests:
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Expert in intota for consulting on on Experimental Design.
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FDA expert forconsulting on FDA audit inspection.
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Expert Witness Experience Summary:
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Expert has performed on-site inspections of manufacturing and testing facilities, reviewed and evaluated documentary evidence, provided written reports, and provided a deposition. A few cases have been in state courts (Illinois and Ohio). Cases have included product liability, personal injury, libel, breach of contract, medical malpractice, and Qui tam actions in federal and state courts.
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Recent Litigation Client Requests:
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Expert for consulting on GCPs and FDA Issues: Arditi vs Mannkind.
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Pharmaceutical regulatory forensic expert for consulting on GCPs, potential fraudulent clinical data.
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Expert for a free initial screening call regarding expert testimony,
litigation consulting and support, forensic services, or any related expert witness services.
A few litigation needs include product liability, personal injury, economic loss, intellectual property
(patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright), and insurance matters. Remember, your initial screening
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Expert is free.
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1999 to 1999
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Maylaysia
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Expert performed an on-site visit of a medical device manufacturer in Taiping. He was there as the compliance expert for the defendant medical device distributor in a breach of contract case. His duties included supervision of a medical device manufacturing expert, and identification and procurement of production request documents. Upon returning stateside, he evaluated the documents (8,000 pages), formed and wrote an opinion on the manufacturer's state of compliance with FDA law and regulations as well as the validity of the plaintiff's medical device product approvals.
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Training/Seminars
Expert has provided training to physicians, nurses, and post-graduated medical students. Venues have included The University of Chicago, Rush Medical University, and the University of Illinois Peoria. He taught food & drug law at the John Marshall Law School, Chicago. He has been a frequent invited guest speaker to professional and trade associations including the Regulatory Affairs Professional Society, The Association of Clinical Research Associates, The Chicago Bar Association, and The Drug Information Association. He is the author of a chapter in the expert treatise on drug injury.
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