Defamation and Reputation Harm Expert Witness

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PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND Professional Employment * Journalist: New York Times Reporter * Public Relations: Eight years working for 3 of top 10 PR firms in U.S. * PR/Communications Firm: Owned PR firm in Los Angeles 42 years (also provided Advertising and Marketing services) Professional Areas of Specialization * First PR firm in nation representing legal profession (1978). Represented 130 law firms. Provided PR, marketing and litigation services. * Handled communications ("Court of Public Opinion") and provided support in 250-300 litigation cases/trials nationwide. * Acknowledged nationally for expertise in crisis communications and reputation damage repair (created and implemented 50-60 reputation damage repair programs.) * National reputation with news media for reputation management and repair, utilized as expert media information source, analyst and commentator by print and electronic media (both news and feature), wire services. (Example: during and between the O.J. Simpson criminal and civil trials, was interviewed dozens of times by media both in this country and around the world, providing analysis, insight and opinions.) Professional Affiliations * Public Relations Society of America (Executive Committee Member of Counselor’s Academy) * Public Communicators of Los Angeles (officer for five years) * Institute of Management Consultants (board member) Professional Communications * Lectures/Presentations – Lectured at universities (e.g. UCLA), to national conventions (American Bar Association) and at a variety of speaking forums (e.g. weekly/monthly meetings, seminars, symposiums) of a variety of professional and business organizations. * Publications – Written approximately 50 articles for a variety of local, regional and national general, business, professional and trade publications, online and offline, including newspapers, magazines, newsletters and websites (e.g. articles for two American Bar Association national publications, one a cover story. Professional Awards and Honors Mr. Fisher and his firm have received numerous awards from public relations and marketing organizations for its counsel and service to clients as well as honors from professions (e.g. legal profession) for its achievements. EXPERT WITNESS BACKGROUND (As of January 1, 2025) * Years of Service: 19 * Number of Cases: Over 100 * Case Locations: 31 states plus the District of Columbia * Testimony in Trials: Eight * Courts Testified In: Federal and State * Types of Trials: Jury and Bench * Testimony in Arbitration Hearings: Three Types of Cases * Defamation: 75 * Reputation Harm: 20 * Others: 11 (Journalistic standards/ethics, professional malpractice, failed performance, right of publicity violation, career damage, identify theft, overbilling, business relationship, business assets) Types of Defamation Cases Following is a list of the types of disputes leading to the defamation and reputation harm cases Mr. Fisher has had (who represented: P for Plaintiff, D for Defendant): * (D) Accused Plaintiff of being source of "Wiki Leaks" leak. * (P) Netflix series laid blame on Plaintiff for "Central Park Five" conviction. * (P) Student labeled rapist by Duke University. * (P) Accused of working with DOD to train military in torture techniques. * (D) Fox News accused by Dominion in voting machine controversy. * (P) Teacher accused by school district for role in Capitol Break-in. * (D) NRA accused of failure to pay. * (P) Doctor sued UnitedHealthCare for Accusation of Fraud. * (P) Morgan Stanley accused Plaintiff of Insider Trading. * (D) Female Journalist accused Defendant of sexual assault. * (P) Ex-husband of Tiffany Haddish claim of disparagement in her book. * (D) Production firm countersues Actor Ryan Peavey for disparagement. * (P) Major hospital chain sues to violation of Anti-Kickback statute. * (P) AAA caused lost business.