Medicolegal Expert Consultant / Investigations

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Board Certified Legal Investigator Certified in Medicolegal Death Investigations Co-Developer / Certified Forensic Death Investigator CDITC Certified Forensic Science Investigator CV - http://dab-cv.deathcasereview.com Dean A. Beers, CLI, CFDI-Expert, has been a legal investigator since October 1987 and a Medicolegal Death Investigator since 2002. His extensive experience in these areas is rare in the profession. Dean's clients benefit from a thorough methodology of reviewing official investigations conducted by law enforcement and coroner/medical examiner offices. This approach includes analyzing reports, records, and photographs to form detailed findings and opinions. As a deputy coroner investigator, Dean has personally investigated over 150 death scenes, assisted in over 400 autopsies, and participated in investigating nearly 600 non-autopsied cases. Primary Areas of Expertise: - Medicolegal Death (or Bodily Injury) - Catastrophic Injuries - including Accidental Death & Dismemberment - Autopsy Reports & Photos - Insurance Denial Appeals & Death Claims - Firearms Gunshot Wounds & Trajectories - Edged Weapons, Knives & Injuries - Blunt Force Injuries - Mechanism of Death - Cause of Death - Manner of Death - Homicide, Suicide & Accident - Amended Death Certificates Background Experience - From late 2002 to mid-2008, Dean worked as a deputy coroner and autopsy assistant in Colorado medical examiner offices, following an internship and training period. Since 2008, he has partnered with his wife, Karen, specializing in expert medicolegal consultations and legal investigations across the United States. Their focus is on personal injury, negligence, and death cases in civil, criminal, and probate litigation, and also denied life insurance benefit appeals, and family questioned deaths. Over the years, he has provided favorable expert consultations to public defenders and alternate defense attorneys, helping secure positive life insurance benefit appeals. His expert testimony has been recognized in multiple courts covering fatal and non-fatal events. Death and Serious Bodily Injury Investigations Dean's work has also included handling more than 1,100 cases that were not taken for jurisdiction, as well as cases requiring the collaboration of multiple investigators. Additionally, Dean's expertise covers forensic investigations, such as bridging crime scene evidence with autopsy findings. Dean's background includes over 5,000 hours of full-time experience specific to death investigations, injuries, and negligence, not counting internships or part-time work. He has also received over 600 hours of law enforcement academy training and 1,200 hours of forensic investigative training. Since 2008, Dean has continued to enhance his skills and education beyond certification requirements, co-developing the Certified Forensic Death Investigator (CFDI) program with his wife, tailored for criminal defense investigations.