Joe has extensive experience in online journalism and technical writing across a range of legal topics, including personal injury, meidcal malpractice, mass torts, consumer litigation, commercial litigation, and more. Joe spent close to six years working at Expert Institute, finishing up his role here as Director of Marketing. He has considerable knowledge across an array of legal topics pertaining to expert witnesses. Currently, Joe servces as Owner and Demand Generation Consultant at LightSail Consulting.
On July 24th, AbbVie Inc. was ordered to pay $150 million in punitive damages to plaintiff Jesse Mitchell of Oregon, who claimed that the company failed to adequately warn patients of the increased risk of heart attack associated with use of its AndroGel brand testosterone booster. The jury in Chicago elected to award the Plaintiff
Posted on July 27, 2017 in News
A Los Angeles court awarded a $25 million verdict against Nissan stemming from a fatal 2012 crash caused by a critical failure in the braking system of a 2004 Infiniti QX56 SUV. The plaintiffs – Hilario Cruz, Araceli Mendez, and Solomon Mathenge – were represented by attorneys F. Jerome Tapley, Ryan Lutz, Brett Turnbull and
Posted on August 3, 2017 in Litigation Monitor
On September 7th, a Philadelphia jury awarded plaintiff Elle Ebaugh a $57 million award in her case against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon Inc., manufacturers of a of an allegedly defective pelvic mesh product that left Ebaugh with permanent damage to her urinary tract. The landmark verdict is the largest plaintiff award so far handed
Posted on September 28, 2017 in Litigation Monitor
In the span of a week, appeals courts in both Missouri and California – two epicenters of the expansive class action litigation against Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder products – have overturned plaintiff verdicts worth nearly $500 million, dealing a setback to similarly situated plaintiffs across the country. The verdicts include a $72 million award
Posted on October 26, 2017 in Litigation Monitor & News
The Expert Institute’s Third Annual Best Legal Blog Contest has drawn to a conclusion, with more than fifty thousand votes cast for blogs in each of the contest’s nine categories. The contest’s three grand prize winners, as well as the winners in each individual category, beat out more than 600 legal blogs for the right
Posted on November 21, 2017 in News
The Expert Institute is thrilled to announce that we have received a significant growth investment from Spectrum Equity, a leading growth equity firm focused on the information economy. The investment represents the first institutional capital invested in our company, and positions our firm to further scale our operations, broaden our areas of practice and pursue business
Posted on January 16, 2018 in News
NEW YORK CITY, July 24, 2018 — The Expert Institute, the leading online platform for connecting law firms with expert witnesses, announced today that it has hired Joaquin Santos as Senior Vice President of Sales. Joaquin joins The Expert Institute after more than 15 years as a sales leader and consultant in the technology
Posted on July 26, 2018 in News
For the fourth year in a row, The Expert Institute (“TEI”) has been named “Best Overall Expert Witness Provider” by the New York Law Journal. “We are thrilled to have received this recognition from the New York legal community.” Said Michael Talve, CEO and Managing Director of The Expert Institute. “Our national headquarters is located
Posted on September 26, 2018 in News