Annual

• Attended PACDL/PDA's Annual Joint seminar on Criminal Law-including Death Penalty Training (2001-2009) (16 hours of training each year)
• Attended Pennsylvania Bar Institute's (PBI)-Annual Criminal Law Symposium-including Death Penalty Training (2001-2009) (16 hours of training each year)

2010

Total Hours of Training/Instructing = 305 hours with 256.5 hours planned, total of 561.5 hours total

January

• Completed certification through American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science seminar presented through MediaLab, Inc. (Provider #578) entitled "Department of Transportation (DOT) Federally Regulated Urine Specimen Collection Training" (2.5 hours of P.A.C.E. contact hours)
• Completed certification through American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science seminar presented through MediaLab, Inc. (Provider #578) entitled "Confirmatory and Secondary Urinalysis Screening Tests" (1 hour of P.A.C.E. contact hours)
• Completed certification in Field Sobriety Assessment (16 hours of training)
• Attended the NCDD Winter Session-sit for ABA/PBA Board Certification administered through the NCDD in the recognized specialization of DUI defense (12 hours of training and 8 hours of testing)

February

• Attended Chromedia and SeparationsNow.com webinar with Professor Peter Schoenmakers "Introduction to Liquid Chromatography (1 hour of training)
• Attended Chromedia and SeparationsNow.com webinar with Professor Harold McNair "Introduction to Gas Chromatography: An Interactive lecture of the basics of gas chromatography" (1 hour of training)
• Attended Restek on demand webinar by Becky Wittrig & Amanda Rigdon "LC/MS in Forensic Toxicology: Selecting a Killer LC Column" (1 hour of training)
• Attended ThermoFisher Scientific webinar "Improve your GC/MS productivity NOW!: Use Advanced Chromatographic Techniques to Improve Traditional GC/MS Methods" (.5 hours of training)
• Attended Chromedia and SeparationsNow.com webinar with Christine Moore, Ph.D "Development of Triple Quadrupole Methods for Forensic Analysis of Drugs of Abuse in Blood and Oral Fluid" (1 hour of training)
• Attended ThermoScientific- Clinical MassSpec Consultants by Dr. Bori Shushan "Why LC-MS/MS for Forensic Toxicology Screening?" (.5 hours of training)
• Attended Illinois Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Professional Certification Association course by J. Randall Webber entitled "Driving Under the Influence: The effects of drugs other than alcohol" (2 hours of training)
• Attended Agilent Technologies, Inc. webinar by Peter J. Stone entitled "LC/MS Technology in the Forensics Laboratory 20090506 2018" (.5 hours of training)
• Attended Agilent Technologies, Inc. webinar by John Pellerin "Secrets of GC/MS ChemStation Revealed - Drugs of Abuse Testing Made Easy with Intelligent Sequencing (.5 hour of training)
• Attended Agilent Technologies, Inc. webinar by Peter J. Stone entitled "Forensic and Toxicological Analyses Using the Latest LC/MS Technology with Confidence and Speed-20091020 1813" (1 hour of training)
• Attended Agilent Technologies, Inc. webinar by Edward Kim entitled "HPLC Separation Fundamentals - Series 1-20090114 1803" (1 hour of training)
• Attended Applied Biosystems webinar by Michael Baynham entitled "Introduction to LC/MS/MS" (.5 hour of training)
• Attended Applied Biosystems webinar by Dr. Robert Ellis entitled "Advantages of Triple Quadrupole vs. Single Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry" (.5 hour of training)
• Attended Applied Biosystems webinar by Dr. Mauro Aiello entitled "Best Practices for Operating an API 5000 LC/MS/MS System" (.5 hour of training)
• Attended Applied Biosystems webinar by Nicola Oldroyd entitled "Improved Results from Integrating Real-Time PCR-based DNA Quantification with the AmpFLSTR® Yfiler™ PCR Amplification Kit in Sexual Assault Investigations" (1 hour of training)
• Attended Applied Biosystems webinar by Nicola Oldroyd entitled "Web Seminar: Extraction of High Quality Genomic DNA from Forensic Samples" (1 hour of training)
• Attended Applied Biosystems webinar by Dr. Michael D. Rhodes entitled "Web Seminar: Fundamentals of 2 Base Encoding and Color Space" (.5 hour of training)
• Attended Applied Biosystems webinar by Subodh Nimkar entitled "Utilizing the New 3200 Q TRAP® System, an Affordable High Performance LC/MS/MS System, in Forensic Toxicology" (1 hour of training)
• Hosted and co-presented at an approved PACLE seminar entitled "The Defense is the Science and Science is the Truth, The Truth About Forensic Science: An Introduction to Method Validation" with Janine Arvisu (8 hours of training)
• Attended Chromedia and SeparationsNow.com webinar with Lee Polite, Ph.D "Resolution in HPLC: A practical approach how to use the resolution equation to improve your separation" (.5 hour of training)
• Attended PACDL's "For the Experienced Seminar" (9 hours of training)
• Attended the American Academy of Forensic Science Annual meeting-Seattle, Washington (40 hours of training)
• Presented at the North Carolina Advocates for Justice "Advanced DWI Seminar" entitled "If You Want Blood (You've Got It): Understanding, Discovering and Presenting Errors in Blood Testing" (8 hours of training with 2 hours of lecturing)
• Attended Chromedia and SeparationsNow.com webinar with Lee Polite, Ph.D and Professor Peter Schoenmakers "Liquid Chromatography Master Class" (1 hour of training)

March

• Hosted and co-instructed The 3rd Annual TheMcShaneFirm.com lecture series on Defending the Citizen Accused of a DUI by the Government 2010 topic "Introduction to Breath Testing" with Mary McMurray (8 hours of training)
• Hosted and co-instructed The 3rd Annual TheMcShaneFirm.com lecture series on Defending the Citizen Accused of a DUI by the Government 2010 topic "Just Because You are an Expert…Doesn't Make You Interesting" small group work shop seminar with Dr. Paul Homoly, CSP (16 hours of training)
• Completed American College of Forensic Examiners International certification/seminar "A Behavioral Optometry/Vision Science Perspective on the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus Exam for DUI Enforcement (FESP0207)" by Eugene R. Bertolli, OD, FACFEI, DABCHS, CMI-V, CHS-V; Constantine Forkiotis, OD, FCOVD, FAAO, CHS-III; Dominic R. Pannone, OD, CMI-V, CHS-III; and Hazel Dawkins (1 hour of training)
• Completed American College of Forensic Examiners International certification/seminar "An Update on the Effects of Marijuana and its Potential Medical Use: Forensic Focus (FEFA0205)" by Sherwood O. Cole, PhD (1 hour of training)
• Co-instructed the Impaired Driving Specialists' seminar "NHTSA's Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Practitioner" (30 hours of instructing in trial advocacy, 30 hours of training)
• Attended Chromedia and SeparationsNow.com webinar with Dr. Harold McNair, Ph.D "Introduction to Gas Chromatography: Session 1: General Introduction; Session 2: Instrumentation; Session 3: Capillary Columns; Session 4: Detectors; Section 5: Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis" (1 hour of training)

April

• Attended NCDD/TCDLA seminar "Mastering Scientific Evidence" Houston, Texas (16 hours of training)
• Attended ThermoFisher Scientific and SpectroscopyNow.com webinar with Dr. Pascal Lemberge, PhD and Eric Tusseau "Rapid Screening: Analyzing 75 elements in 10 minutes without Sample Prep" (1 hour of training)
• Attended ThermoFisher Scientific and SpectroscopyNow.com webinar with Dr. Timothy O. Deschaines, PhD and Dr. Richard C. Wieboldt, PhD "Introduction to and Application of Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering for Research and Routine Analytical Environments" (1 hour of training)
• Attended ThermoFisher Scientific and SpectroscopyNow.com webinar with Dr. Thomas Moehring, PhD, Dr. Uwe Christians, MD, PhD and Helmut Muenster "Limits of sensitivity - What You Look For is What You'll Find! The Power of a Full Scan HR Qual/Quant Mass Spectrometer" (1 hour of training)
• Attended the Headlines Legal Marketing and GACDL seminar "Jan Semenoff Breath Alcohol Testing Device Mega Course" (20 hours of training)

May

• Instructed and moderated www.TheMcShaneFirm.com seminar "Introductory and Advanced Topics in Analytical Chemistry and Metrology in DUI/DWI/DUID-How an Analytical Chemist is your Best Friend" (7.5 hours of lecturing)
• Attended Chromedia and SeparationsNow.com webinar with Dr. Nick Snow, Ph.D "Introduction toSample Preparation" (1 hour of training)
• Attended the American Chemical Society course by Dr. Lee Polite, BA, MBA, PhD and Harold McNair, PhD "Forensic Applications of Chromatography (GC/HPLC) and Mass Spectrometry: Headspace Gas Chromatography with Flame Ionization Detector and Mass Spectrometry and High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (a lecture laboratory course)" (48 hours of training, 1 hour of instructing)
• Attended the 2010 Mid Atlantic Association Forensic Scientists Annual Meeting (40 hours of training)
• Received certificate of participation from the Mid Atlantic Association Forensic Scientists "Advanced Structure Euclidation (LC-MS, GC-MS, HPLC, FTIR, Raman Spectrometry)" Robert J. Ollis, Jr., Instructor

2009

Total Hours of Training/Instructing = 286.02 hours

January

• Attended the NCDD Winter Session (16 hours of training)

April

• Hosted Industrial Training and Design, Ltd's seminar "2009 Advanced Issues in Alcohol Testing Seminar" (16 hours of training)

May

• Attended the Maryland Criminal Defense Attorney's Association seminar "6th Annual Advanced DUI Seminar 'Everything You Need to Know About Medical Defenses and Blood Tests'" (8 hours of training)
• Attended and instructed at NCDD/GACDL/Headlines Marketing's "Advanced Forensic Blood and Urine Seminar" in San Diego, CA (42 hours of training); faculty included scientists Dr. A.W. Jones, BSc, PhD, DSc; Dr. Robert Baska, MD, JD; Wanda Sue Marley, RN, BSN, MS, CRNA, PhD; Dr. Alfred Staubus, Pharm D, PhD; Dr. Joseph Citron, MD, JD; Dr. Fred Hampikian, BSc, MS, PhD; Jan Semenoff, BA, EMT; Dr. Frederic Whitehurst, PhD and Ron Moore, B.Sc, JD [it covered topics including: Forensic Metrology; the proper setup and operation of a forensic lab; hospital blood testing; legal blood alcohol testing; venipuncture; urinalysis testing; crime lab errors; hospital lab errors; hospital blood analysis for ETOH and drugs; ELISA, FPIA, CEDIA, KIMS, RIA, EMIT, Vacu-Elute, Headspace Gas Chromatography, Liquid Gas Chromatography, Thin-layer Chromatography, GC-FTIR, Mass Spectrometry, Photo-eclectic analysis; pre-collection errors; collection errors; analysis errors; chain of custody, storage, transportation and delivery related issues; phramacokinetics; pharmacodynamics; solid dose sample drug analysis; post-mortem analysis; endogenous versus exogenous alcohol production; intake, absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (elimination) of alcohol and drugs; medical conditions that mimic intoxication; health factors and medications that increase expected BAC levels; Widmark Calculations using the Forrest Modification; scientific issues in alcohol testing in blood and other body fluids for forensic purposes; deciphering medical terminology; managing the treatment and emergency records; forensic testing issues for contraband plant material or "designer" drugs; pharmacological aspects of drugs other than alcohol; elimination kinetics (half lives, Michaelis-Menten kinetics); DNA evidence and various analytical laboratory issues]

June

• Hosted/participated the Impaired Driving Specialists' seminar "NHTSA's Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement" certification (the very first criminal defense and DUI attorney in the nation who received this certification) (16 hours of training)
• Hosted and co-instruct at the Impaired Driving Specialist's seminar "NHTSA/IACP Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) Advanced Course" (40 hours of training)

July

• Attended the NCDD Summer Session at Harvard Law School-Cambridge, MA (16 hours of training)

September

• Attended Pennsylvania Innocence Project Training (14 hours of training)
• Hosted and instructed a PACLE approved seminar entitled "How to Aggressively, Scientifically and Ethically Defend a Controlled Substances Accusation" (4 hours of training)
• Completed certification through American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science seminar presented through MediaLab, Inc. (Provider #578) entitled "Routine Venipuncture" (1.5 hours of P.A.C.E. contact hours)
• Completed certification through American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science seminar presented through MediaLab, Inc. (Provider #578) entitled "Phlebotomy" (4 hours of P.A.C.E. contact hours)
• Completed Pennsylvania Office of Open Records Statewide Training on the Sunshine Law and the Right to Know Law (2.5 hours of training)

October

• Attended NCDD/NACDL 13th annual seminar "DWI means Defends with Integrity" in Las Vegas (12.5 hours of training)

November

• Attended the American Chemical Society course by Dr. Lee Polite, BA, MBA, PhD "Gas Chromatography: Fundamentals, Toubleshooting, and Method Development (a lecture laboratory course)" (48 hours of training)
• Attended PerkinElmer Online Webcast Library: Training and Advances in GC and GC/MS Applications course entitled "Clarus 500 / Autosystem XL Instrument Familiarization" (1 hour and 10 minutes of training)
• Attended PerkinElmer Online Webcast Library: Training and Advances in GC and GC/MS Applications course entitled "Tools for Maximizing Productivity in Drugs-of-Abuse Analysis by GC/MS" (30 minutes of training)

December

• Attended PerkinElmer Online Webcast Library: Training and Advances in GC and GC/MS Applications course entitled "Blood-Alcohol Analysis by Headspace-GC" (45 minutes of training)
• Attended PerkinElmer Online Webcast Library: Training and Advances in GC and GC/MS Applications course entitled "Forensic Drug Testing by GC or GC/MS" (75 minutes of training)
• Attended PerkinElmer Online Webcast Library: Training and Advances in GC and GC/MS Applications course entitled "Arson Investigations by GC/MS" (40 minutes of training)
• Attended PerkinElmer Online Webcast Library: Training and Advances in GC and GC/MS Applications course entitled "Quality Testing for Volatiles in Beer and Wine by Gas Chromatography" (75 minutes of training)
• Lectured at the Connecticut State Public Defender's Conference on "Short Course on Blood Toxicology" and "Drug DUI cases - Can they be Defended?" (8 hours of training; 3 hours of lecture)

2008

Total Hours of Training/Instructing = 248.25 hours

January

• Completed CLIA General Laboratory Competency Assessment, CLIA Chemistry / Urinalysis Competency Assessment and Phlebotomy Training (24 hours of training)

March

• Became certified in DWI Detection and the Administration of the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests as recognized by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the International Association of Chiefs of Police, training by SFST expert Robert LaPier (32 hours of training)
• Hosted/Instructed "Breath Alcohol Training Certification" seminar performed by CMI/USDOT certified Instructor Jan Semenoff of Industrial Training and Design, Ltd. (21.25 hours of training)
• Re-certified as an Evidentiary Breath Alcohol Technician (BAT) for Intoxilyzer 5000, 400, SD-2 and SD-5 (All the McShane Firm, LLC attorneys became certified as BAT's)

April

• Attended 1st Annual NACDL seminar "Making Sense of Science" forensic training seminar where experts instructed on Computer Forensic Evidence, DNA collection and analysis, Sexual Abuse cases, the Forensics of Firearms, Arson Investigation, Crime Lab Errors, Crime Scene Analysis, Child Sexual Abuse, defending child pornography and criminal solicitation for sexual related cases involving children (like Dateline's "How to Catch a Child Predator" style cases), Homicide Investigations, Time of Death and Pathology, and Understanding Police Interrogations and Challenging False Confessions in Las Vegas, NV (12 hours of training)

May

• Hosted/co-instructed the Impaired Driving Specialists' seminar "NHTSA's Standardized Field Sobriety Testing/Drugs that Impair Driving" certification (All the McShane Firm, LLC attorneys became certified as practioners in SFST administration) (McShane was re-certified) (16 hours of training)

July

• Attended the NCDD Summer Session at Harvard Law School-Cambridge, MA (16 hours of training)
• Became Certified as a user of the Intoximeters Alco-Sensor FST (2 hours of training)
• Became Certified as an Instructor of the Intoximeters Alco-Sensor FST (3 hours of training)

August

• Attended the Lorman Education Service's seminar "Trucking Litigation and D.O.T. Regulations" [this is primarily a civil law focused seminar (Update on Impact of Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Hours of Service, Risk Management Issues for Hazardous Materials Transport, Overview of the D.O.T. and Its Impact on Interstate Trucking, The Emotional Side of Motor Carrier Litigation – Alcohol and Road Rage, Punitive Damages, Imputed Liability and Driver's Scope of Employment, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Potential Liability Based Upon Violations of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Act Regulations, Pros and Cons of Downloading ECMs)] (4 hours of training)

September

• Attended NCDD/NACDL 12th annual seminar "DWI means Defends with Integrity" in Las Vegas (12 hours of training)
• Hosted/co-instructed the Impaired Driving Specialists' seminar "NHTSA's Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Instructor" certification (All the McShane Firm, LLC attorneys became certified as Instructors in SFST administration) (32 hours of training)

December

• Attended NCDD/GACDL/Headlines Marketing's "Advanced Forensic Blood and Urine Seminar" in Atlanta, GA (42 hours of training); faculty included scientists Dr. A.W. Jones, BSc, PhD, DSc; Dr. Francis Gengo, Pharm D; Dr. Alfred Staubus, Pharm D, PhD; Dr. Joseph Citron, MD, JD; and Ron Moore, B.Sc., JD [it covered topics including: hospital blood testing; legal blood alcohol testing; urinalysis testing; crime lab errors; hospital lab errors; hospital blood analysis for ETOH and drugs; ELISA, FPIA, CEDIA, KIMS, RIA, EMIT, Vacu-Elute, Headspace Gas Chromatography, Liquid Gas Chromatography, Thin-layer Chromatography, GC-FTIR, Mass Spectrometry, Photo-eclectic analysis; pre-collection errors; collection errors; analysis errors; chain of custody, storage, transportation and delivery related issues; phramacokinetics; pharmacodynamics; solid dose sample drug analysis; post-mortem analysis; endogenous versus exogenous alcohol production; intake, absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (elimination) of alcohol and drugs; medical conditions that mimic intoxication; elimination kinetics (half lives, Michaelis-Menten kinetics); and various analytical laboratory issues].

2007

Total Hours of Training/Instructing = 59.25 hours

June

• Attended and passed the proficiency testing at the "Accident Scene Reconstruction Workshop" by Steven Rickard (6 hours of training)

August

• Became an Evidentiary Breath Alcohol Technician (BAT) - Intoxilyzer 5000, 400, SD-2 and SD-5 seminar performed by CMI/USDOT certified instructor Jan Semenoff of Industrial Training and Design, ltd. (21.25 hours of training)

2006

Total Hours of Training/Instructing = 56 hours

April

• Attended PACDL's Capital Cases III-Joint Annual Meeting-Defending Death Penalty cases (16 hours of training)

June

• Attended PBI's seminar "Driver Licensing Problems" hosted by PennDOT officials (8 hours of training)

2005

Total Hours of Training/Instructing = 54 hours

February

• Attended PACDL's seminar "Forensic Science Seminar" (8 hours of training)

February

• Attended PBI's seminar "Forensic Science Seminar-Capital Cases Session" (8 hours of training)

March

• Attended Lorman Education Services Seminar "Strategies in Handling DUI Cases Under the New Law in Pennsylvania" (6 hours of training)

2004

Total Hours of Training/Instructing = 47 hours

September

• Attended PACDL's seminar "Capital Cases I" (Pennsylvania's first ever training session for Death Penalty cases) (6 hours of training)

October

• Attended PACDL's seminar "The Patriot Act" (1 hour of training)

November

• Attended Lorman Education Services' seminar "Driving After Imbibing" (8 hours of training)

2003

Total Hours of Training/Instructing = 36 hours

September

• Attended PBI's seminar "Pennsylvania Evidence" (4 hours of training)

Future Training Planned

2010

Anticipated Total Hours of Training/Instructing = 561.5 hours

June

• Will attend the American Chemical Society course "Analysis and Interpretation of Mass Spectral Data" (16 hours of training)

July

• Will be the sole instructor for the Lorman Education Services teleconference "Pennsylvania DUI and DWI Case Update" (1.5 hours of instructing/training)
• Will attend the NCDD Summer Session at Harvard Law School-Cambridge, MA (16 hours of training)
• Will attend and instruct at IDS Consulting Inc’s seminar "Behind the Secrets of Highway Drug Interdiction" (16 hours of training, 2 hours of instructing)

August

• Will attend and instruct at the American Chemical Society Fall 2010 National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society the Title for the Session is: "The Lack of Legal and Forensic Suitability of Enzymatic Assaying for Blood Alcohol Concentrations in Prosecutions of Alleged Drunk Drivers" and Title for the presentation is: "Enzymatic assaying: The Indirect Measurement that is Non-specific to Ethanol that is Being Misapplied from the Clinical World into the Forensic Arena" (40 hours of training and 4 hours of instruction)

September

• Will attend Restek training seminar entitled "Restek GC/MS Training Seminar" (Cat.#: 65832) (8 hours of training)
• Will host and co-instruct "Just Because You are an Expert…Doesn't Make You Interesting" small group work shop seminar with Dr. Paul Homoly, CSP (16 hours of training)
• Will instruct and attend at the California DUI Lawyers Association annual Seminar-Palm Springs, FL (1.5 hours of instruction, 8 hours of training)
• Will attend National Patent Analytical System factory training in the BAC DataMaster (24 hours of training)

October

• Will attend NCDD/NACDL 13th annual seminar "DWI means Defends with Integrity" in Las Vegas (12.5 hours of training)
• Will attend National Patent Analytical System factory training in the BAC DataMaster (24 hours of training)
• Will attend TCDLA "8th Annual Forensics Seminar"- Houston Texas (15 hours of training)

November

• Will attend NACDL "Defending Drug Cases Seminar" (15 hours of training)
• Will instruct and attend at the South Carolina DUI Association annual meeting "Advanced DWI Topics" entitled "Using Science in the Courtroom: With or Without an Expert Science is the Truth" (2 hours of instructing; 16 hours of training)

December

• Will attend The Headlines Legal Marketing and GACDL seminar "Jan Semenoff Breath Alcohol Testing Device Mega Course" (20 hours of training)

2011

Anticipated Total Hours of Training/Instructing = 216.5 hours

January

• Will attend the NCDD Winter Session (12 hours of training)

February

• Will attend and present at the American Academy of Forensic Science Annual meeting-Chicago, Illinois (40 hours of training)

March

• Will attend and instructing at the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers 2011 Ohio Advanced DUI seminar (16 hours of training)
• Will attend the he Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (PITTCON) (40 hours of training)

May

• Will attend the 2011 Mid Atlantic Association Forensic Scientists Annual Meeting (40 hours of training)

June

• Will attended and instruct at the Minnesota Society for Criminal Justice (MSCJ) seminar "The DWI Defense Seminar for Minnesota" (2 hours of instruction, 8 hours of training)

July

• Will attend the NCDD Summer Session at Harvard Law School-Cambridge, MA (16 hours of training)

October

• Will attend NCDD/NACDL 14th annual seminar "DWI means Defends with Integrity" in Las Vegas (12.5 hours of training)