McShane Resume

2017 – Total Hours of Training/Instructing = 256 hours with 108 hours of instruction

February

• Attend and instructed at the PACDL “DUI and Motor Vehicle CLE Summit for Criminal Defense Practitioners” (8 hours of training with 1 hour of instruction) (Hershey, PA)

April

• Attend and instructed at the DUI Defense Lawyers Association (DUIDLA) national seminar (16 hours of training, 1 hour of lecturing)

June

• Attend and instructed at 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 Ioni-zation Detector and Mass Spectrometry and High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (a lecture laboratory course) XIX” (48 hours of training with lecturing) (Chicago, IL)

August

• Attend and instructed the American Chemical Society “Solid Drug Pre-consumption Form Forensic Analysis VI” by Heather Harris, MFS and Dr. Lee Polite, BA, MBA, PhD (24 hours of training with 3 hours of lecturing) (Chicago, IL)

September

• Attend and instructed at the American Chemical Society course “Driving Under the In-fluence of Drugs: Analytical Chemistry and Pharmacology V” by Dr. Jimmie Valentine, PhD and Dr. Lee Polite, BA, MBA, PhD (24 hours of training with 3 hours of lecturing) (Chicago, IL)

October

• Attended and instructed at the 2017 Indiana University Center for Studies of Law in Action Borkenstein Course on the Effects of Drugs on Human Performance and Behavior (40 hours of training, 4 hour of lecturing) (Austin, TX)

November

• Attended and instructed at 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) XIX” (48 hours of training with lecturing) (Chicago, IL)

December

• Attended Kembativ’s Brand “Introduction to Muay Thai” taught by J. Kelly McCann (16 hours of training) (Harrisburg, PA)

2016 – Total Hours of Training/Instructing to date= 270.25 training hours with 103 hours of lecturing

January

• Attended and hosted the “Hands-On Intensive DNA For Lawyers” course held at Boise State with Dr. Greg Hampikian, PhD (24 hours of training) (Boise, ID)

February

• Attended and received a certificate of completion for the Orchid Advisors “Course 101-Regulated Industry Orientation” (1.5 hours of training)
  
• Attended and received a certificate of completion for the Orchid Advisors “Course 102 – Firearm Types and Distribution” (1.5 hours of training)
  
• Attended and received a certificate of completion for the Orchid Advisors “Course 105-Retail Transactions and ATF Compliance” (1.5 hours of training)
  
• Attended and received a certificate of completion for the Orchid Advisors “Course 106-Retail Inspection Prep” (1.5 hours of training)
  
• Attended and received a certificate of completion for the Orchid Advisors “Course 110-NFA Deep Dive” (1.5 hours of training)
  

March

• Attended and instructed at 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) XIV”(48 hours of training with lecturing) (Chicago, IL)
  

May

• Attended the National Rifle Association Foundation 19th Annual National Firearms Law Seminar (8 hours of training) (Louisville, KY)
• Attended and received a Certificate of Completion for the International Firearm Specialist Academy course entitled “Silencers” (0.5 hours of training)
• Attended and received a Certificate of Completion for the International Firearm Specialist Academy course entitled “Any Other Weapons” (0.5 hours of training)
• Attended and received a Certificate of Completion for the International Firearm Specialist Academy course entitled “Destructive Devices” (0.5 hours of training)

June

• Attended and received a Certificate of Completion for the International Firearm Specialist Academy course entitled “Short barreled Shotgun-Rifle and Weapons Made from Shotgun-Rifle” (0.75 hours of training)
• Attended and received a Certificate of Completion for the International Firearm Specialist Academy course entitled “Firearm Curios and Relics” (0.5 hours of training)
• Attended and received a Certificate of Completion for the International Firearm Specialist Academy course entitled “Firearm Mechanical Operation” (0.5 hours of training)
• Attended and received a Certificate of Completion for the International Firearm Specialist Academy course entitled “Firearm Nomenclature” (0.5 hours of training)
• Attended and instructed the American Chemical Society “Solid Drug Pre-consumption Form Forensic Analysis V” by Heather Harris, MFS and Dr. Lee Polite, BA, MBA, PhD (24 hours of training with 3 hours of lecturing) (Chicago, IL)
  
• Attended and received a certificate of completion for the Orchid Advisors “Course 103 – Creating and Managing the Compliance Function”(1.5 hours of training)
• Attended and received a certificate of completion for the Orchid Advisors “Course 104 – Firearm Physical Security Ideas”(1 hour of training)
• Attended and received a certificate of completion for the Orchid Advisors “Course 107 – Manufacturing Inspection Prep”(1.5 hours of training)
• Attended and received a certificate of completion for the Orchid Advisors “Course 108 – Federal and State Regulations”(1.5 hours of training)
• Attended and received a certificate of completion for the Orchid Advisors “Course 109 – Marking Requirements and the ATF Trace”(1.5 hours of training)
• Attended and received a certificate of completion for the Orchid Advisors “Course 111 – Serialized Inventory Records”(1.5 hours of training)

August

• Attended and instructed at the American Chemical Society course “Driving Under the Influence of Drugs: Analytical Chemistry and Pharmacology V” by Dr. Jimmie Valentine, PhD and Dr. Lee Polite, BA, MBA, PhD (24 hours of training with 3 hours of lecturing) (Chicago, IL)
• Attended and presented at the 252nd ACS National Meeting (3 hours) (Philadelphia, PA)

September

• Attended and instructed at the 2016 Indiana University Center for Studies of Law in Action Borkenstein Course on the Effects of Drugs on Human Performance and Behavior (40 hours of training, 1 hour of lecturing) (Philadelphia, PA)

October

• Attended and instructed at 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) XVIII” (48 hours of training with lecturing) (Chicago, IL)

2015 – Total Hours of Training/Instructing to date= 313 training hours with 205.3 hours of lecturing

January

• Attended and instructed at 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) XIV” (48 hours of training with lecturing) (Chicago, IL)

February

• Attended, instructed, and moderated at the 68th American Academy of Forensic Science Annual meeting. Attend dozens of Toxicology and Jurisprudence Section Oral Presentations; presented “The Validity of Enzymatic Assay for Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) Determinations;” attended and participated at the AAFS/SOFT joint meeting; moderated 2 hours of Science and the Law of Psychiatric Disorders in the Jurisprudence Section (40 hours of training, 0.3 hour of lecturing, 3 hours of moderating) (Orlando, FL)

March

• Attended and instructed at the Fredric Rieders Family Renaissance Foundation seminar entitled “Confrontation: Bullcoming and Beyond”(4 hours of training with 0.5 hours of lecturing) (Wilmington, DE)
• Attended and instructed at the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association (PADDA) “Lunch-n-Learn Seminar series on Enzymatic versus Forensic Testing.” (1 hour of lecturing and 1 hour of instruction) (Harrisburg, PA)

April

• Attended and instructed at the American Chemical Society course “Driving Under the Influence of Drugs: Analytical Chemistry and Pharmacology III” by Dr. Jimmie Valentine, PhD and Dr. Lee Polite, BA, MBA, PhD (24 hours of training with 3 hours of lecturing) (Chicago, IL)

May

• Attended and instructed at the American Chemical Society “Solid Drug Pre-consumption Form Forensic Analysis V” by Heather Harris, MFS and Dr. Lee Polite, BA, MBA, PhD (24 hours of training with 3 hours of lecturing) (Chicago, IL)

June

• Attended and instructed at 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) XV” (48 hours of training with lecturing) (Chicago, IL)

August

• Attended and instructed at the American Chemical Society course “Driving Under the Influence of Drugs: Analytical Chemistry and Pharmacology III” by Dr. Jimmie Valentine, PhD and Dr. Lee Polite, BA, MBA, PhD (24 hours of training with 3 hours of lecturing) (Chicago, IL)

September

• Attended and instructed at the The South Central Pennsylvania Regional DUI Task Force and the Pennsylvania DUI Association’s “6th Annual DUI Law Enforcement Seminar” (8 hours of training with 1.5 hours of lecturing)
• Attended and instructed at the 2015 Indiana University Center for Studies of Law in Action Borkenstein Course on the Effects of Drugs on Human Performance and Behavior (40 hours of training, 1 hour of lecturing) (Tempe, AZ)

October

• Attended and instructed the American Chemical Society “Solid Drug Pre-consumption Form Forensic Analysis VI” by Heather Harris, MFS and Dr. Lee Polite, BA, MBA, PhD (24 hours of training with 3 hours of lecturing) (Chicago, IL)

November

• Attended and instructed at 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) XVI” (48 hours of training with lecturing) (Chicago, IL)

December

• Attended and instructed at 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) XVII” (48 hours of training with lecturing) (Chicago, IL)

2014 -Total Hours of Training/Instructing = 487.5 training hours with 199.8 hours of lecturing

January

• Attended and instructed at the American Chemical Society course “Driving Under the Influence of Drugs: Analytical Chemistry and Pharmacology I” by Dr. Jimmie Valentine, PhD and Dr. Lee Polite, BA, MBA, PhD (24 hours of training with 3 hours of lecturing) (Chicago, IL)
• Hosted, attended and instructed at the Impaired Driving Specialist course “Standardized Field Sobriety Test Instructor” by Anthony Palacios (32 hours of training with 3 hours of lecturing) (Harrisburg, PA)

February

• Attended and instructed at 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) XI” (48 hours of training with lecturing) (Chicago, IL)
• Attended Agilent Technology’s webinar entitled “Forensic Blood Alcohol Analysis” by Dr. Roger Frior, PhD (.5 hours of training)
• Attended and instructed and moderated at the 67th American Academy of Forensic Science Annual meeting. Attended dozens of Toxicology and Jurisprudence Section Oral Presen-tations as well as “Workshop #1: Designer Drug Detection in Forensic Toxicology: From Basic to Brilliant;” “Workshop #12: Root Cause Analysis: When Blaming the Analyst Completely Misses the Point;” presented “The Constitutionality of the Cold Case CODIS Hit and an Offender not on Probation or Parole” (40 hours of training, 0.3 hour of lecturing, 3 hours of moderating) (Seattle, WA)

March

• Attended and instructed at the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers 2014 Ohio Advanced DUI seminar (16 hours of training with 3 hours of lecturing) (Columbus, OH)
• Attended and instructed at the American Chemical Society 247th National Meeting & Exposition a symposium (4 hours of moderating with 1 hour of lecturing) (Dallas, TX)
• Attended and instructed at the NCDD/TCDLA seminar “Mastering Scientific Evidence” (24 hours of training with 1 hours of lecturing) (New Orleans, LA)
• Attended and instructed at the US Law Shield seminar “As a Legal Gun Owner, What Are My Rights?” (5 hours of training with 3 hours of lecturing) (Southampton, PA)

April

• Attended and instructed at the 99th Annual Meeting and Conference of Probate and Asso-ciate Circuit Judges and the Missouri State Judges conference (8 hours of training, 2.5 hours of lecturing) (Lake of the Ozarks, MO)
• Attended and instructed the American Chemical Society “Solid Drug Pre-consumption Form Forensic Analysis IV” by Heather Harris, MFS and Dr. Lee Polite, BA, MBA, PhD (24 hours of training with 3 hours of lecturing) (Chicago, IL)
• Attended and instructed at the North Carolina Advocates for Justice “Understanding Gas Chromatography and Blood Testing: Blood Testing in the Forensic World” (8 hours of training with 8 hours of lecturing)

June

• Attended and instructed at the US Law Shield seminar “As a Legal Gun Owner, What Are My Rights?” (4 hours of training with 3 hours of lecturing) (New Castle, PA)
• Attended and instructed at the US Law Shield seminar “As a Legal Gun Owner, What Are My Rights?” (4 hours of training with 3 hours of lecturing) (Rochester, PA)
• Attended and instructed at the American Chemical Society course “Driving Under the In-fluence of Drugs: Analytical Chemistry and Pharmacology II” by Dr. Jimmie Valentine, PhD and Dr. Lee Polite, BA, MBA, PhD (24 hours of training with 3 hours of lecturing) (Chicago, IL)

July

• Attended and instructed the Quebec criminal defense attorneys and members of AQAAD (Association québecoise des avocats et avocates de la defense) on “Scientific defenses to evi-dentiary breath test results” (Montreal, Canada) (8 hours of training and lecturing)
• Attended and hosted The 7th Annual TheMcShaneFirm.com lecture series on Defending the Citizen Accused of a DUI by the Government “Learning at the Footsteps of the Master-Cross Examination by Terry MacCarthy IV” (20 hours of training) (Tulsa, OK)

August

• Attended and instructed at the US Law Shield seminar “As a Legal Gun Owner, What Are My Rights?” (4 hours of training with 3 hours of lecturing) (Harrisburg, PA)
• attended and instructed at the US Law Shield seminar “As a Legal Gun Owner, What Are My Rights?” (4 hours of training with 3 hours of lecturing) (Harrisburg, PA)
• attended and instructed at the US Law Shield seminar “As a Legal Gun Owner, What Are My Rights?” (4 hours of training with 3 hours of lecturing) (Allentown, PA)

September

• Attended and instructed at the US Law Shield seminar “As a Legal Gun Owner, What Are My Rights?” (4 hours of training with 3 hours of lecturing) (Bethlehem, PA)
• Attended and instructed at the US Law Shield seminar “As a Legal Gun Owner, What Are My Rights?” (4 hours of training with 3 hours of lecturing) (Warminister, PA)
• Attended and instructed at the US Law Shield seminar “As a Legal Gun Owner, What Are My Rights?” (4 hours of training with 3 hours of lecturing) (Harrisburg, PA)
• Attended and instructed at the 2014 Indiana University Center for Studies of Law in Action Borkenstein Course on the Effects of Drugs on Human Performance and Behavior (40 hours of training, 1 hour of lecturing) (Philadelphia, PA)

October

• Attended and instructed at 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) XII” (48 hours of training with lecturing) (Chicago, IL)

November

• Attended and instructed at 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) XIII” (48 hours of training with lecturing) (Chicago, IL)

December

• Attended and instructed the American Chemical Society “Solid Drug Pre-consumption Form Forensic Analysis IV” by Heather Harris, MFS and Dr. Lee Polite, BA, MBA, PhD (24 hours of training with 3 hours of lecturing) (Chicago, IL)

2013-Total Hours of Training/Instructing= 437 training hours with 167.5 hours of lecturing

January

• Attended and hosted the American Chemical Society “Forensic Drug Analysis Course” by Heather Harris, MFS and Dr. Lee Polite, BA, MBA, PhD (24 hours of training with 3 hours of lecturing) (Chicago, IL)

February

• Hosted and instructed the Pennsylvania Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers webinar “Introductory to Evidentiary Breath Testing and Scientific Challenges” (1.5 hours of training with 1.5 hours of lecturing)
• Attended and instructed at the 66th American Academy of Forensic Science Annual meeting. Co-chaired Scientific Workshop #14 “Melendez-Diaz, Bullcoming, and Williams: Scientific Evidence and the Right to Confrontation” and presented “The Defense Perspective” at the workshop. Presented “EPA, GLP, and USP vs. Forensic Science: Where is the Commutability? Why Are There no Standardized Methods Across All of Forensic Science?” Attended many oral presentations. (40 hours of training, 4 hours of co-chairing a workshop, 1 hour of lecturing) (Washington, DC)

March

• Instructed at training for the Lebanon County Public Defender’s Office a workshop called “Enzymatic Assay: The non-forensic method of BAC determination” (2 hours of training with 2 hours of instructing) (Lebanon, PA)
• Attended and instructed at the NCDD/TCDLA seminar “Mastering Scientific Evidence”(24 hours of training with 1.5 hours of lecturing) (New Orleans, LA)

April

• Attended and instructed at the American Chemical Society 245th National Meeting & Exposition a symposium entitled “The Importance and Evidentiary Ramifications of Reducing Error in Forensic Analytical Chemistry: Metrology in the Courtroom” and a lecture entitled “The Traditional Landscape of Measurement Science in the Courtroom: Qualitative Measurement Uncertainty- The Myth of Infinite Precision and Total Accuracy” (40 hours of training with 4 hours of lecturing) (New Orleans, LA)
• Attended and passed the proficiency testing resulting in a certificate from the Quest Diagnostic Laboratory’s online training entitled “Oral-Eze® Oral Fluid Drug Testing Training”(0.5 hours of training)
• Attended and instructed at 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 with lecturing) (Chicago, IL)

May

• Instructed at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Webinar entitled “The Linear Dynamic Range Challenge: The myth of calibration in breath testing machines” (1.5 hours of training with 1.5 hours of lecturing)
• Attended and instructed at the American Chemical Society “Forensic Drug Analysis Course” by Heather Harris, MFS and Dr. Lee Polite, BA, MBA, PhD (24 hours of training and lecturing) (Chicago, IL)
• Attended LC/GC’s ChromAcademy webinar entitled “LC-MS Professional Development Webcast-What Your Method Says About You” by Tony Taylor and Dr. Tony Taylor, PhD (1 hour of training)May- instructed at PBI’s webinar entitled “What’s Wrong With Evidentiary Breath Testing”(1 hour of training and 1 hour of instruction)
• instructed at PBI’s webinar entitled “What’s Wrong With Evidentiary Breath Testing” (1 hour of training and 1 hour of instruction)
• Attended LC/GC’s ChromAcademy webinar entitled “Essential Guide: GC-MS/MS Analysis-What you need to know!” by Dr. Peter Tranchida and Josep Miqual Serret (1 hour of training)

June

• Attended the West Virginia University webinar entitled “An Overview on Trace Evidence: The Compelling Contribution of Microscopic Clues for Associative and Reconstructive Purpose” by Dr. Patrick Buzzini (2.5 hours of training)

July

• Instructed a webinar produced by the joint West Legal Edcenter and NACDL entitled “Gas Chromatography for EtOH in DUI cases” (1 hour of training and instructing)
• Attended and instructed at the NCDD Summer Session hosted at Harvard Law School (16 hours of training) (3 hours of co-instructing) (Cambridge, MA)

August

• Attended and instructed at the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers “Annual Criminal Defense Seminar” (24 hours of training with 1.5 hours of lecturing) (Knoxville, TN)
• Attended and instructed at 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)” (16 hours of training) (48 hours of training with lecturing) (Chicago, IL)
• Attended and instructed at the Pennsylvania Association for Drunk Driving Defense Attorneys Public Defender Training Institute “Standardized Field Sobriety Test Overview) with Anthony Palacios (1 hour of training and instructing)

September

• Attended and instructed at the 1st Annual Michigan OWI Attorney’s DUI seminar 8 hours of training with 1.5 hours of lecturing) (Detroit, MI)

November

• Will attended and instructed at the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association “Stuart Kinard Memorial Advance DWI Seminar” (16 hours of training with 3 hours of lectur-ing)
• Attend and hosted the “Hands-On Intensive DNA For Lawyers” course held at Boise State with Dr. Greg Hampikian, PhD (16 hours of training) (24 hours of training) (Boise, ID)

December

• Will attend and instruct at the Institute for Continuing Legal Education “Defense of Drinking Drivers Institute” (16 hours of training with 1.25 hours of lecturing)

2012-Total Hours of Training/Instructing= 639.5 hours including hours 204.55 hours of instructing

January

• Attended and instructed at at the Fredric Rieders Family Renaissance Foundation seminar entitled “Confrontation: Bullcoming and Beyond” (4 hours of training with 0.5 hours of lecturing) (Glenside, PA)
• Attended and instructed at the NCDD Winter Session presenting a talk called “Why there is no Science in Evidentiary Breath Testing” (16 hours of training with 1.25 hours of lecturing) (Orlando, FL)
• Attended LC/GC’s ChromAcademy webinar sponsored by ThermoScientific entitled “The CHROMacademy Essential Guide… Understanding Mass Alayzers-Traps and TOF’s” by Tony Taylor and Dr. G. John Langley, PhD (1 hour of training)
• Attended LC/GC’s ChromAcademy webinar sponsored by Parker/Batston entitled “Fast GC — Cut Your Analysis Time” by Dr. Lee Polite, PhD (1 hour of training)

February

• Attended and instructed at Lyons & Lyons Co., LPA “6th Annual Diving Into A DUI Case” presenting a talk entitled “Gas Chromatography with Mass Spectrometry” (12 hours of training with 4 hours of lecturing) (Key West, FL)
• Attended and presented at the 65th American Academy of Forensic Science Annual meeting. Attended many oral presentations and “Evening Session 1: The Casey Anthony Trial-From the Defense, Medical, and Scientific Viewpoint,” “Workshop #14: Using Pharmacokinetics to Analyze Forensic Toxicology Cases,” and “Workshop #18: Deadly by Design: Forensic Toxicology, Adverse Effects of Synthetic Cannabinoids, and Novel Designer Drugs (“Bath Salts”)” and presented “State Crime Laboratories — Open or Closed to Criminal Defense Attorneys?” (40 hours of training with 0.3 hours of lecturing) (Atlanta, GA)
• Attended and presented at the North Carolina Advocates for Justice “New and Creative Ideas for Winning DWI Trials” presented a talk entitled “Bullcoming and Confrontation: Now What?” (8 hours of training with 1 hour of lecturing)

March

• 2 day short course at PittCon 2012 entitled “Headspace Analysis-Theory and Practice” presented by Dr. Michael Markelov, PhD and Dr. Olga Bershevits, PhD and one day short course “Analytical Metrology” presented by Jerry Messerman, PhD (40 hours of training) (Orlando, FL)
• Attended and presented at the NCDD/TCDLA seminar “Mastering Scientific Evidence” presenting a talk called “Gas Chromatography with Mass Spectrometry for DUID cases” (8 hours of training with 2 hours of lecturing) (New Orleans, LA)
• Attended and lectured at the NACDL & CACJ seminar “5th Annual Forensic Science Seminar” presenting a talk called “Pharmacology for Lawyers” (16 hours of training with 1.5 hours of lecturing) (Las Vegas, NV)
• Attended and presented at the American Chemical Society 243rd National Meeting & Exposition presenting a talk called “Burning the accused at the stake? Is arson/explosive investigations scientific or modern day witchcraft?” and moderated a full day session “Forensic Science, Chemistry, and the Law.” (40 hours of training, moderating 8 hours with 1 hour of lecturing with poster session presentation) (San Diego, CA)

April

• Lectured at the Central Pennsylvania Paralegals Association Lunch and Learn Series a talk called “Modern Day Forensics in DUI cases” (1.5 hours of presenting)
• Attended and lectured at 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 and lecturing) (Chicago, IL)

May

• Attended and lectured at the Kansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers annual DUI training seminar presenting a talk called “Gas Chromatography for Lawyers” and “Why the Intoxilyzer 8000 is not scientific” (8 hours of training with 3 hour of lecturing)
• Attended and lectured at the TCDLA and Harris County, TX Public Defender’s seminar entitled “Understanding Blood Alcohol Testing: The Basics of Gas Chromatography” (8 hours of training with 5 hours of lecturing)
• Attended and hosted The 6th Annual TheMcShaneFirm.com lecture series on Defending the Citizen Accused of a DUI by the Government 2012 topic “Learning at the Footsteps of the Master-Cross Examination by Terry MacCarthy III” (20 hours of training) (Tulsa, OK)
• Attended and instructed at the American Chemical Society professional scientist short course entitled “Practical Gas Chromatography” with Dr. Lee Polite, PhD held in conjunction with ChemSpec 2012 (16 hours of training with 2 hours of lecturing) (Philadelphia, PA)
• Attended the Agilent webinar “The Challenges of Analytical Method Validation of Designer Drugs in Non-Biological Samples by GC/MS-20120515 1802-1” with Fran Diamond, PhD (105 hours of training)
• Attended the Agilent webinar “Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds in Biological Specimens using Headspace Sampling-20120229 2102-1” with H. Chip Walls, PhD (1 hour of training)
• Attended the Agilent webinar “Targeted LC-QQQ MS Screening of Cathinone Derivatives and Other Designer Drugs in Serum-20120419 1803-1” with Madeleine Swortwood, Ph.D. Candidate (0.5 hours of training)

June

• Attended and lectured at The California Public Defenders Association “Fourth Annual Two-Day DUI Defense Practice Institute” presenting a talk called “Pharmacology for Lawyers” (14 hours of training with 1.25 hours of lecturing)
• Attended and lectured at the annual National Judges Association (NJA) meeting presenting a talk called “Gas Chromatography for Judges” (2 hours of lecturing) (Tulsa, OK)
• Attended and lectured at the Nebraska Criminal Defense Attorney’s Association seminar “Advanced DWI seminar” presenting a talk called “Headspace Gas Chromatography with Flame Ionization Detector for Ethanol Concentration” (8 hours of training with 1.5 hours of lecturing)

July

• Attended the Forensic Magazine webinar “Good Weighing Practice™ for Forensic Laboratories” with Jack Wallace, Dr. Klaus Fritsch and Stephen Wilent (2.5 hours of training)
• Attended and lectured at 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 and lecturing) (Chicago, IL)
• Attended and lectured at the NCDD Summer Session held at the Harvard School of Law (16 hours of training, 1.75 hours of lecturing, with 3.5 hours of small group co-instructing) (Cambridge, MA)

August

• Attended and lectured at the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar seminar “Headspace Gas Chromatography with Flame Ionization Detector for EtOH determinations” (12 hours of training with 9 hours of lecturing)
• August-attended and organized a Presidential workshop entitled “Innocence: The work of Innocence Project” at the American Chemical Society 244th National Meeting & Exposition (40 hours of training with 4 hours of lecturing) (Philadelphia, PA)

September

• Attended and lectured at 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 and lecturing) (Chicago, IL)
• Attended the Thermo Scientific webinar entitled “Forensic Analysis: FT-IR, Raman and GC-IR Within Minutes” by Mike Garry (0.5 hours of training)
• Attended the George Mason University webinar entitled “Rapid DNA-The Evolution of Forensic DNA Analysis” by Dr. Joseph DiZinno, and Dr. Dennis Harris (1 hour of training)
• Attended and hosted The 6th Annual TheMcShaneFirm.com lecture series on Defending the Citizen Accused of a DUI by the Government 2012 topic “Learning at the Footsteps of the Master-Cross Examination by Terry MacCarthy IV(20 hours of training) Chicago, IL)
• Hosted and lectured at The Pennsylvania Association for Drunk Driving Attorneys (PADDDA) 1st annual Public Defender Institute(8 hours of training with 1 hour of lecturing) (Philadelphia, PA)
• Attended the ACS Department of Professional Education Sci-Mind webinar entitled “Sample Preparation for GC and HPLC: Solid Phase Extraction and Microextraction” by Dr. Nicholas Snow(1 hour of training)

October

• Attended and lectured at the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers annual DUI Seminar (16 hours of training with 4 hours of lecturing)
• Attended the Forensic Magazine and Bruker sponsored webinar entitled “Trace Analysis by Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy” by Dr. Thomas J Tague, Jr. PhD and David Exline (1 hour of training)
• Attended the LC/GC and Agilent Technologies sponsored webinar “Comprehensive Analysis of Wine-from test to taste” by Roberta Danzi (1 hour of training)
  
• Attended the RTI International Forensic Science Education webinar entitled “Fundamentals of Immunoassay Testing Used in Toxicology” by Peter Stout, PhD, D-ABFT (1 hour of training)
  

November

• Attended the Elsevier and Clincia Chimica Acta webinar “Measuring Designer Drugs of Abuse” by Alan H.B. Wu, PhD and Roy Gerona, PhD (1 hour of training)
• Attended and lectured at the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association “Stuart Kinard Memorial Advance DWI Seminar” (16 hours of training with 8 hours of lecturing)
• Attended the Josh Karton Communication Arts for the Professional Symposium (24 hours of training) (Denver, CO)

December

• Attended and lectured at the Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia’s Defense of Drinking Drivers Institute” (16 hours of training with 1.5 hours of lecturing)
• Attended and hosted The 6th Annual TheMcShaneFirm.com lecture series on Defending the Citizen Accused of a DUI by the Government 2012 topic “Learning at the Footsteps of the Master-Cross Examination by Terry MacCarthy V” (20 hours of training) (San Antonio, TX)

2011-Total Hours of Training/Instructing= 675 hours including 200.75 hours of instructing

January

• Hosted and instructed at a national webinar “The Scientific Truth About HS-GC-FID and the Pharmacology of ETOH, Marijuana and Benzodiazepines” (6.5 hours of training with 3.5 hours of lecturing)

February

• Attended and instructed at the North Carolina Advocates for Justice “New and Creative Ideas for Winning DWI Trials” a talk entitled “The Science of DWI: Three Never Fail principles of cross-examining any “expert” on science or Paul Glover”(8 hours of training with 1.5 hours of lecturing)
• Instructed as a special guest lecturer at the Methodist University in North Carolina a talk entitled “So You Want to Be a Forensic Scientist… The Real Courtroom World and Words of Advice as to How to Make Sure You Have a Long and Happy Career” (1 hour of lecturing) (Fayetteville, NC)
• Hosted and instructed at a national webinar “The Replay of ‘The Scientific Truth About HS-GC-FID and the Pharmacology of ETOH, Marijuana and Benzodiazepines’” (7.5 hours of training with 4 hours of lecturing)
• Attended LC/GC’s Chromacademy webinar with Tony Taylor and Dr. Kevin Shcug, PhD “Essential Guide to…. Electrospray Ionization (ESI) for LC-MS (Part 1)” (1 hour of training)
• Attended the American Society for Quality (ASQ) webinar “How to Calculate the Risk of a Decision: Shainin B versus C” by Richard Shainin (1.25 hours of training)
• Attended and instructed at the 63^rd American Academy of Forensic Science Annual meeting-Chicago, Illinois. Attended various poster session presentations, and “Workshop #8: Method Validation and Estimating the Uncertainty of Measurements in the Modern Forensic Lab for Compliance with ISO/IEC 17025: 2005,” “Workshop 18: K2 and Beyond: A Synthetic Cannabinoid Primer,” “Breakfast Session 2: Coping with the CSI Effect ,” and “Workshop 21: Blood Alcohol Concentration Evidence: Extrapolation, Interpretation, and Testimony in the Post-NAS Era.” I presented a talk entitled “E23: Gastroesophageal Reflux in BrAC Measurements” (40 hours of training with .75 hours of lecturing) (Chicago, IL)

March

• Attended and instructed at the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers 2011 Ohio Advanced DUI seminar (16 hours of training with 3 hours of lecturing)
• Attended and instructed at the TCDLA “Masters of Cross Examination Seminar” along with faculty which included Racehorse Haynes, Dick DeGuerin, Gerry Goldstein, Kent Shaefer, Greg Westfall, Vivian King, Scrappy Holmes, Terry MacCarthy and Dan Cogdell (16 hours of training with 1 hour of lecturing)
• Instructed at the OACDL bonus seminar “Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, Integration, and Metrology” (5.5 hours of lecturing)
• Attended LC/GC and ThermoFisher Scientific webinar with Dr. John Gilbert and Dr. Joe DiBussolo “Improving Efficiency in High Sample-Volume Laboratories Using Turbulent Flow Chromatography & LC Multiplexing” (1 hour of training)
• Attended and instructed at the American Chemical Society 241^st National Meeting & Exposition “False Convictions and Bad Pharmacology: The Danger of the Drug Recognition “Expert” Protocol in Driving Under the Influence of Drug Prosecutions: A call for meaningful validation” and 2^nd presentation with a poster session: “False Accusation the Issues of Residual Mouth Alcohol, and the Non-specificity and Non-selectivity of Roadside Portable Breath Testing devices that use ElectroChemical-based Detectors” (40 hours of training with 4 hours of lecturing with poster session presentation) (Anaheim, CA)

April

• Attended LC/GC and Dionex Scientific webinar with Frank Steiner, PhD. and Professor Gérard Hopfgartner, PhD. “On-Line SPE-UHPLC for High Sensitivity/High Speed Chromatography Analysis”(1 hour of training)
• Attended LC/GC and ThermoFisher Scientific webinar with Dr. John Gilbert and Dr. Joe DiBussolo “Improving Efficiency in High Sample-Volume Laboratories Using Turbulent Flow Chromatography and LC Multiplexing”(1 hour of training)
• Attended LC/GC and Dionex webinar with Dr. Bruce E. Richter, Ph.D. and Dr. Douglas E. Raynie, Ph.D. “Innovations in Automated Sample Preparation” (1 hour of training)
• Attended LC/GC and ThermoScientific webinar with Dr. Katharina Rentsch “Save Time on Toxicology Screening with an Easy LC/MS Method”(1 hour of training)
• Attended and instructed at the NCDD/TCDLA seminar “Mastering Scientific Evidence”(24 hours of training with 1 hour of lecturing) (New Orleans, LA)
• Attended LC/GC and Waters webinar with Mr. Neil Spooner “New Developments and Insights on the Use of Dried Blood Spot (DBS) Sample Technology”(1 hour of training)
• Hosted and instructed a national webinar “The Scientific Truth About Hospital Blood: Enzymatic-based assay”(3.5 hours of lecturing)

May

• Attended RTI International, Inc. and the National Institute for Justice webinar with Jeri Ropero-Miller, Ph.D. DABFT and Craig Sutheimer, Ph.D. entitled “Specimen Validity Testing The U.S. Experience in Workplace Drug Testing”( 1 hour of training)
• Attended and presented at the TCDLA “DWI Defense Project-DWI Science: What You Must Know to Win!” (8 hours of training with 1.5 hours of presenting)
• Attended LC/GC and PerkinElmer webinar with Dr. Sean Daugherty, PhD “Expanding Your Lab Capabilities and Productivity with the Latest Generation LC/MS”( 1 hour of training)
• Attended and hosted The 4^th Annual TheMcShaneFirm.com lecture series on Defending the Citizen Accused of a DUI by the Government 2010 topic “Learning at the Footsteps of the Master-Cross Examination by Terry MacCarthy”( 20 hours of training) (Chicago, IL)
• Attended and instructed at the Maryland Criminal Defense Attorney’s Association seminar “7th Annual Advanced DUI Seminar” (8 hours of training with 1.5 hours of presenting)
• Attended the NCDD webinar entitled “NCDD Serum Ethanol False Positive Due to NADH”(1.5 hours of lecturing)
• Attended LC/GC and Shimadzu webinar with Dr. Nicholas H. Snow, PhD “Faster GC… or Fastest”(1 hour of training)

June

• Attended The Chromatography Forum of Delaware Valley 2011 “Hands-on” Chromatography short Course entitled “Advanced LC and Lab with Hands-on LC/MS”(24 hours of training) (Collegeville, PA)
• Attended and instructed at The California Public Defenders Association “Third Annual Two-Day DUI Defense Practice Institute”(14 hours of training, with 1 hour of lecturing)
• Attended and instructed at 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 lecturing) (Chicago, IL)
• Attended LC/GC and Crawford Scientific webinar with Dr. Mike Swartz, PhD and Scott Fletcher “Introduction to Analytical Method Validation: Chromaotgraphic Method Validation” (1 hour of training)
• Attended LC/GC and ESA webinar with Dr. Andries Bruins, PhD and Professor Dr. Uwe Karst, PhD “Electrochemistry-Mass Spectrometry as a Tool for Drug Metabolism” (1 hour of training)
• Attended LC/GC and Waters webinar with Lauren Wood “Empower 3 Chromatography Software: New Tools and Calculation Capabilities to Enhance Productivity” (1 hour of training)

July

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

August

• Attended and instructed at the TCDLA seminar “Top Gun DWI Defense” (8 hours of training with 1 hour of lecturing)
• Attended and instructed at the Impaired Driving Specialists seminar “2^nd Annual DUI Training Super Symposium” (32 hours of training with 2 hours of lecturing) (Alpharetta, GA)
• Attended, hosted a workshop, and lectured at the American Chemical Society 242nd National Meeting & Exposition 40 hours of training with 10 hours of lecturing with poster session presentation) (Denver, CO)
• Attended the American Chemical Society Short Course entitled “Introduction to Modern Mass Spectrometry” (16 hours of training) (Denver, CO)

September

• Attended Spectroscopy and Bruker webinar with Dr. Jim Koers, PhD and Professor Dr. Kefei Wang, PhD “A Compound-Based Approach to Simplify Method Development and Data Processing for Multiple Residue Analysis by GC-MS-MS” (1 hour of training)
• Attended LC/GC and Thermo Scientific webinar with Dr. Hans Joachim Huebschmann and Dr. Paul Silcock “Are you selective enough? Aspects of selectivity with a particular focus to GC-MS/MS” (1 hour of training)
• Attended and instructed at 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 and 1 hour of lecturing) (Chicago, IL)
• Attended the Restek training seminar entitled “Restek Comprehensive Capillary GC Seminar-Catalog #65851” (8 hours of training) (Pittsburgh, PA)

October

• Attended and instructed at Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association “Stuart Kinard Memorial Advance DWI Seminar” (16 hours of training with 5.5 hours of lecturing)
• Attended and instructed at the OACDL seminar “Ohio Superstars” (8 hours of training with 1 hour of instructing)
• Attended and instructed at the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers annual DUI Seminar (16 hours of training, 1 hour of instructing)

November

• Attended and instructed at 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 and lecturing) (Chicago, IL)
• Attended LC/GC’s Chromacademy and Thermo Scientific webinar with Scott Fletcher and Dr. Kevin Schug, PhD “The CHROMacademy Essential Guide… Quadrupole Analyzers and MS/MS Analysis”(1 hour of training)
• Attended the LCGC North America and Bruker Daltonics, Inc. webinar by Ed George entitled “Effective and Efficient Application of GC-MS in Food Testing, Environmental, and Pharmaceutical Applications”(1 hour of training)
• Attended and lectured at the ATF-developed and Pennsylvania State Police Fire Marshall Unit produced “Arson for Prosecutors Class”(8 hours of training, 2 hours of instructing) (Lewistown, PA)

December

• Instructed and attended at the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association seminar entitled “There will Be Blood: Winning DUI Blood Cases” (8 hours of training with 6 hours of instructing)
• Attended and instructed at the Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Annual DUI Seminar (8 hours of training with 2 hours of lecturing)

Total Hours of Training/Instructing= 685.25 hours with 153.25 hours instructing

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-sat 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) (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

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-lectured 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) (Harrisburg, PA)
• 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) (Gettysburg, PA)
• Attended the American Academy of Forensic Science Annual meeting [attended sessions including: Workshop #2: Tools for Controlling Cognitive Biases in Casework; Workshop #17: Fires and Explosions: A Multidisciplinary Overview of Investigative Methods, Mental States of Perpetrators and Psychological Trauma to Victims; Workshop #12: Attorneys and Scientists Bridging the Gap in the Courtroom; Workshop #23: Good Measurement Practices in the Proper Use and Calibration of Balances and Pipettes and Plenary Sessions](40 hours of training) (Seattle, WA)
• Lectured 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 3^rd 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) (Harrisburg, PA)
• Hosted and co-instructed The 3^rd 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) (Orlando, FL)
• 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 based Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Practitioner“(30 hours of instructing in trial advocacy with 30 hours of training) (Orlando, FL)
• 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) (New Orleans, LA)
• 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) (Atlanta, GA)

May

• Instructed 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) (Harrisburg, PA)
• Attended Chromedia and SeparationsNow.com webinar with Dr. Nick Snow, Ph.D “Introduction to Sample 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 with 1 hour of instructing) (Chicago, IL)
• Attended the 2010 Mid Atlantic Association Forensic Scientists Annual Meeting [including: Plenary Session Topics; all Criminalistics Session meetings; Keynote Speaker speech; and Fire Debris Roundtable] (40 hours of training) (State College, PA)
• 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 (State College, PA)

June

• Attended ThermoFisher Scientific webinar by Dr. Bori Shushan and Dr. Joe Bussolo entitled “LC-MS Analysis in Forensic Drugs-of-Abuse and Pain Management Testing: Improve Confidence, Sample Throughput, and Reliability” (.75 hours of training)
• Attended ThermoFisher Scientific webinar by Dr. Thomas Moehring and Dr. Uwe Christinas “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)
• Completed American College of Forensic Examiners International certification/seminar “Antidepressant Withdrawal Syndrome and DUI Evaluation (FEFA0607)” by Henry Spiller, MS, DABAT, FACFEI, DABFE, and Tama S. Sawyer, PharmD, CSPI (1 hour of training)
• Attended the American Chemical Society course “Analysis and Interpretation of Mass Spectral Data” (16 hours of training) (Philadelphia, PA)

July

• Attended and instructed at IDS Consulting Inc’s seminar “Behind the Secrets of Highway Drug Interdiction” (16 hours of training with 2 hours of instructing) (Alpharetta, GA)
• Attended ChromAcademy webinar presented by GC/LC “GC Theory and Instrumentation Introduction” (1.5 hours of training)
• Attended ChromAcademy webinar presented by GC/LC “GC Theory and Instrumentation of GC Chromatographic Parameters” (3 hours of training)
• Attended ChromAcademy webinar presented by GC/LC “LC/HPLC The Theory of HPLC Band Broadening” (3 hours of training)
• Attended ChromAcademy webinar presented by GC/LC “GCTheory and Instrumentation of GC Band Broadening” (3 hours of training)
• Attended ChromAcademy webinar presented by GC/LC “GC Theory and Instrumentation of GC Gas Supply and Pressure Control” (2 hours of training)
• Instructed at the Lorman Education Services teleconference/webinar “Pennsylvania DUI Case Law Update: A Massive Paradigm Shift-The Post Melendez-Diaz and Post-Chase World” (1.5 hours of instructing with training)
• Attended the NCDD Summer Session held at Harvard School of Law(16 hours of training) (Cambridge, MA)

August

• Attended ChromAcademy webinar presented by GC/LC “GC Theory and Instrumentation of GC Sampling Techniques” (4.5 hours of training)
• Attended American Chemical Society on-demand Webinar by Dr. Brian C. Smith “Across the Spectrum: Infrared Spectral Interpretation Module 1: The Fundamentals of Infrared Interpretation” (3 hours of training)
• Attended and instructed at the American Chemical Society 240th 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 lecturing) (Boston, MA)
• Attended and instructed at the Platt and Associates seminar entitled “An Overview of the NHTSA based Drug Recognition and Evaluation Course” (16 hours of training and 3 hours of lecturing) (San Antonio, TX)
• Attended ChromAcademy webinar presented by GC/LC earl “GC Theory and Instrumentation of GC Sample Introduction” (5 hours of training)
• Attended ChromAcademy webinar presented by GC/LC earl “GC Theory and Instrumentation of GC-GC Detectors” (2.5 hours of training)
• Attended ChromAcademy webinar presented by GC/LC earl “GC Theory and Instrumentation of GC-GC Columns” (5.5 hours of training) 
• Attended ChromAcademy webinar presented by GC/LC earl “GC Theory and Instrumentation of GC-GC Temperature Programming” (3 hours
  of training

September

• Attended LCGC Webcast with Larry T. Taylor “Method Development in Packed Column Supercritical Fluid Chromatography” (1 hour of training)
• Attended Chromedia and SeparationsNow.com webinar with Professor Mario Thevis “Sports Drug Testing:  Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry-Based Approaches”  (1 hour of training)
• Attended Analytical Chemistry Consulting and Training Associates, Inc.’s “Narrated Course: Introduction to the ChemStation”  (0.5 hours of training)
• Attended Analytical Chemistry Consulting and Training Associates, Inc.’s “On-Line Course: Introduction to the ChemStation”  (0.5 hours of training)
• Attended Analytical Chemistry Consulting and Training Associates, Inc.’s “On-Line Course: Significant Figures and Rounding”  (0.5 hours of training)
• Attended ChromAcademy webinar presented by GC/LC earl “LC/HPLC:  The Theory of HPLC-Supercritical Fluid Chromatography” (3 hours of training)
• Attended ChromAcademy webinar presented by GC/LC earl “Hyphenated Fundamental GC-MS Introduction” (1.5 hours of training)
• Attended ChromAcademy webinar presented by GC/LC earl “Hyphenated MS Interpretation *NEW* General Interpretation Strategies” (9.5 hours of training)
• Attended Perkin-Elmer webinar with Timothy Ruppel entitled “Blood Alcohol Content by Headspace/Gas Chromatography” (1.5 hours of training)
• Attended NMS Labs webinar with Dr. Barry K. Logan, PhD “K2 and the Synthetic Cannabinoids:  Pharmacology, Effects and Chemical Analysis” (1 hour of training)
• Hosted and co-instructed “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) (Harrisburg, PA)
• Instructed and attended the California Association for Criminal Justice annual “Rules of the Road Seminar”(1.5 hours of instruction with 8 hours of training)

October

• Attended the NCDD/NACDL 13th annual seminar “DWI means Defends with Integrity” (12.5 hours of training) (Las Vegas, NV)
• Attended and instructed at the Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyer’s annual “Advanced DUI Topics” seminar on Blood, Urine and other analytical chemistry topics (8 hours of training with 2 hours of instruction)
• Attended and instructed at the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers annual DUI Seminar (16 hours of training with 2 hours of lecturing)

November

• Attended and instructed at the South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers “The Third Annual Reese Joye Memorial DUI Defense Seminar” (8 hours of training with 1 hour of lecturing)
• Attended and instructed at 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 lecturing) (Chicago, IL)
• Instructed training for Trichter & Murphy. PC entitled “How an Analytical Chemist Can be the Accused’s Best Friend Lessons 1-5” (8 hours of training) (Houston, TX)
• Instructed and attended at the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association “Stuart Kinard Memorial Advance DWI Seminar” (.75 hours of lecture with 12 hours of training)
• Attended National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) training “Fire and Explosion Investigations (NFPA 921-2008 ed.) (16 hours of training) (Chicago, IL)

Total Hours of Training/Instructing= 289.25 hours including 3 hours instructing

January

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

April

• Hosted Industrial Training and Design, Ltd’s seminar “2009 Advanced Issues in Alcohol Testing Seminar” (16 hours of training) (Harrisburg, PA)

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” 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 (42 hours of training) (San Diego, CA)

June

• Hosted the Impaired Driving Specialists’ seminar “NHTSA’s based 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) (Harrisburg, PA)
• Hosted and co-instructed at the Impaired Driving Specialist’s seminar “NHTSA based Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) Advanced Course” (40 hours of training) (Harrisburg, PA)

July

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

September

• Attended Pennsylvania Innocence Project Training (14 hours of training) (Philadelphia, PA)
• Hosted and instructed a PACLE approved seminar entitled “How to Aggressively, Scientifically and Ethically Defend a Controlled Substances Accusation” (4 hours of training) (Harrisburg, PA)
• 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) (Harrisburg, PA)

October

• Attended NCDD/NACDL 13th annual seminar “DWI means Defends with Integrity” (12.5 hours of training) (Las Vegas, NV)

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) (Chicago, IL)
• Attended PerkinElmer Online Webcast Library: Training and Advances in GC and GC/MS Applications course entitled “Clarus 500 / Autosystem XL Instrument Familiarization” (1.25 hours 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” (.5 hours 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” (.75 hours 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” (1.25 hours of training)
• Attended PerkinElmer Online Webcast Library: Training and Advances in GC and GC/MS Applications course entitled “Arson Investigations by GC/MS” (.75 hours 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” (1.25 hours 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 with 3 hours of lecturing)

Total Hours of Training/Instructing = 248.25 hours including 37.25 hours of instructing

January

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

March

• completed certification 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) (Baltimore, MD)
• Hosted and 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) (Atlanta, GA)

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 (12 hours of training) (Las Vegas, NV)

May

• Hosted and co-instructed the Impaired Driving Specialists’ seminar “NHTSA’s based Standardized Field Sobriety Testing/Drugs that Impair Driving” certification (All the McShane Firm, LLC attorneysbecame certified as practitioners in SFST administration) (McShane was re-certified) (16 hours of training) (Harrisburg, PA)

July

• Attended the NCDD Summer Session held at Harvard Law School (16 hours of training) (Cambridge, MA)
• Completed certification as a user of the Intoximeters Alco-Sensor FST (2 hours of training)
• Completed certification as an Instructor of the IntoximetersAlco-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) (Harrisburg, PA)

September

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

December

• December-Attended NCDD/GACDL/Headlines Marketing’s “Advanced Forensic Blood and Urine Seminar”; 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 (42 hours of training) (Atlanta, GA)

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) (Harrisburg, PA)

August

• Completed certification as 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) (Atlanta, GA)

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) (State College, PA)

June

• Attended Pennsylvania Bar Insitute’s (PBI) seminar “Driver Licensing Problems” hosted by PennDOT officials (8 hours of training) (Harrisburg, PA)

2005

Total Hours of Training/Instructing = 54 hours

February

• Attended PACDL’s seminar “Forensic Science Seminar” (8 hours of training) (Harrisburg, PA)

February

• Attended PBI’s seminar “Forensic Science Seminar-Capital Cases Session” (8 hours of training) (Harrisburg, PA)

March

• Attended Lorman Education Services Seminar “Strategies in Handling DUI Cases Under the New Law in Pennsylvania” (6 hours of training) (Harrisburg, PA)

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) (State College, PA)

October

• Attended PACDL’s seminar “The Patriot Act” (1 hour of training) (Harrisburg, PA)

November

• Attended Lorman Education Services’ seminar “Driving After Imbibing” (8 hours of training) (Harrisburg, PA)

Total Hours of Training/Instructing = 36 hours

September

• Attended PBI’s seminar “Pennsylvania Evidence” (4 hours of training) (Harrisburg, PA)