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Graphic Design & Illustration, Copyright & Contract Expert Witness Services

ID: 740721 New Jersey, USA

Expert is a graphic designer, illustrator, and design educator with a career spanning more than four decades in the visual communications industry. Expert holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design from a respected art and design school.

Expert has provided graphic design, illustration, corporate identity, and web design services to a broad range of corporate, publishing, entertainment, and pharmaceutical advertising clients throughout an independent design career beginning in 1978, and currently operates an independent design firm. Expert has designed and illustrated more than 350 published book covers across adult trade, mass market, textbook, and young adult publishing categories, along with children's books for a major national museum institution and promotional materials for a global consumer brand's Olympic sponsorship campaign.

In parallel with commercial design work, Expert has maintained an extensive academic teaching career, holding adjunct, visiting, and tenured faculty appointments at multiple universities and art institutes over more than three decades, along with academic administrative roles including curriculum development, faculty governance, and admissions recruiting. Expert has developed original college-level courses on business practices for artists and designers, and has delivered numerous invited lectures and professional workshops on topics including freelance business practices, negotiation, and design technology.

Since 1999, Expert has provided expert witness services in copyright and contract disputes involving the graphic design and illustration industry, including case consultation, expert report and rebuttal report preparation, and deposition testimony. Expert has received numerous industry design awards, has exhibited artwork in dozens of juried and invitational exhibitions nationally and internationally, and has been the subject of multiple bibliographic features and press coverage recognizing Expert's design and illustration career.

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Education

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution
Year: 1978	Degree: BFA	Subject: Graphic Design	Institution: Tyler School of Art

Work History

Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2008 to Present	Employer: Undisclosed	Title: Founder and Principal	Department:
Responsibilities: • Provides graphic design, illustration, web design, and corporate identity services to clients. • Provides consultation, expert report and rebuttal report preparation, case analysis, and deposition testimony in copyright and contract disputes involving graphic design/illustration industry matters.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1989 to 2025	Employer: Pratt Institute & Various Universities	Title: Adjunct Professor	Department:
Responsibilities: Course Coordinator for Professional Practice Classes, Instructor in various classes at Sophomore, Junior and Senior levels, as well as instruction at the graduate level. Classes include: Professional Practice, Internship, Illustration, etc.

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Since 1999, Expert has provided expert witness services in copyright and contract disputes involving the graphic design and illustration industry, including case consultation, preparation of expert reports and rebuttal reports, case analysis, and deposition testimony.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
• Member, Graphic Design Advisory Committee, County College of Morris — 2012–Present • Member, Advisory Board, Center for Communication — 2004–Present • Chair, Education Council, Art Directors Club of New Jersey — 2010–2014 • Member, Board of Directors (Education Council), Art Directors Club of New Jersey — 2009–2014 • Member, Board of Directors (Chairman, Professional Practices Committee), Society of Illustrators — 1996–1999 • Member, Board of Directors (Chairman, Bulletin Committee; Editor-in-Chief, Bulletin), Society of Illustrators — 1993–1996 • Member, Scholarship Committee, Society of Illustrators — 1991–1995 • Member, Board of Directors (Chairman, Committee for Fund Development), Society of Illustrators — 1990 • National Vice-President, Graphic Artists Guild — 1985–1987 • Elected New York Representative to the National Board, Graphic Artists Guild — 1983–1985 • Member, Convention Committee, Graphic Artists Guild — 1984 and 1987 • Co-Chairman, Seminar on Negotiations and Contracts, Graphic Artists Guild — 1983 • Coordinator and Group Representative, Computer Graphics Seminar, Graphic Artists Guild — 1983 • Member, Grievance Committee, Graphic Artists Guild — 1982–1983 • Member, Advisory Board, Bronx Community College — 1984

Associations / Societies

• Member, Graphic Design Advisory Committee, County College of Morris — 2012–Present
• Member, Advisory Board, Center for Communication — 2004–Present
• Chair, Education Council, Art Directors Club of New Jersey — 2010–2014
• Member, Board of Directors (Education Council), Art Directors Club of New Jersey — 2009–2014
• Member, Board of Directors (Chairman, Professional Practices Committee), Society of Illustrators — 1996–1999
• Member, Board of Directors (Chairman, Bulletin Committee; Editor-in-Chief, Bulletin), Society of Illustrators — 1993–1996
• Member, Scholarship Committee, Society of Illustrators — 1991–1995
• Member, Board of Directors (Chairman, Committee for Fund Development), Society of Illustrators — 1990
• National Vice-President, Graphic Artists Guild — 1985–1987
• Elected New York Representative to the National Board, Graphic Artists Guild — 1983–1985
• Member, Convention Committee, Graphic Artists Guild — 1984 and 1987
• Co-Chairman, Seminar on Negotiations and Contracts, Graphic Artists Guild — 1983
• Coordinator and Group Representative, Computer Graphics Seminar, Graphic Artists Guild — 1983
• Member, Grievance Committee, Graphic Artists Guild — 1982–1983
• Member, Advisory Board, Bronx Community College — 1984

Awards / Recognition
• American Graphic Design Award, Graphic Design USA — won numerous times (book cover, promotional illustration, and invitation design projects) • Citation, State and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey — for graphic design achievement recognition • Award of Design Excellence, Art Directors Club of New Jersey — won multiple times (brochure and promotional illustration design) • Award of Design Excellence, Print Magazine's Regional Design Annual — won multiple times (book cover design) • The George W. Morville Award, Skylands Regional Juried Art Exhibition • Award of Excellence, The Visual Club Illustrators Only Awards Show (book cover design) • Cover Award Winner, Airbrush Action Magazine's Airbrush Excellence Competition • Silver Quill Award of Merit, International Association of Business Communicators • Award for Best Cover, Magazine & Bookseller's Magazine Cover Competition • Finalist and Semi-Finalist recognitions, RSVP National Self-Portrait Competition

Awards / Recognition

• American Graphic Design Award, Graphic Design USA — won numerous times (book cover, promotional illustration, and invitation design projects)
• Citation, State and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey — for graphic design achievement recognition
• Award of Design Excellence, Art Directors Club of New Jersey — won multiple times (brochure and promotional illustration design)
• Award of Design Excellence, Print Magazine's Regional Design Annual — won multiple times (book cover design)
• The George W. Morville Award, Skylands Regional Juried Art Exhibition
• Award of Excellence, The Visual Club Illustrators Only Awards Show (book cover design)
• Cover Award Winner, Airbrush Action Magazine's Airbrush Excellence Competition
• Silver Quill Award of Merit, International Association of Business Communicators
• Award for Best Cover, Magazine & Bookseller's Magazine Cover Competition
• Finalist and Semi-Finalist recognitions, RSVP National Self-Portrait Competition

Publications and Patents Summary
• 3 published books, including an authored educational lesson-plan book for art/design teachers and two illustrated children's books published as part of a major national museum institution's oceanic collection series. • 5 authored articles in industry trade publications and general press, on topics including creative-industry self-representation, illustration technique, and print quality. • Subject of 20+ bibliographic citations, articles, and press features across industry trade publications, academic press, and general media (including a graduate-level thesis profiling Expert's design mentor), spanning several decades. • Artwork held in the permanent collection of a U.S. federal military branch.

Publications and Patents Summary

• 3 published books, including an authored educational lesson-plan book for art/design teachers and two illustrated children's books published as part of a major national museum institution's oceanic collection series.
• 5 authored articles in industry trade publications and general press, on topics including creative-industry self-representation, illustration technique, and print quality.
• Subject of 20+ bibliographic citations, articles, and press features across industry trade publications, academic press, and general media (including a graduate-level thesis profiling Expert's design mentor), spanning several decades.
• Artwork held in the permanent collection of a U.S. federal military branch.

Fields of Expertise

copyright, computer graphics, graphic arts, medical illustration, magazine publishing, book publishing, intellectual property, trademark infringement, copyright infringement