This Blog provides unique insight on important issues facing litigators, insurers, and corporate counsel in their selection and use of technical experts. The perspectives in this blog come from Dr. Fildes' experience as a practicing scientist, as an R&D leader in premier companies and universities, and as the leader of scientific/licensed engineering firms. Dr. Fildes is not an attorney or an engineer; he practices science, not the law or engineering. Dr. Fildes' experience includes: conduct of $28 million of R&D projects, conduct of numerous litigation-related investigations spanning accidents to complex scientific investigations with tens of millions of dollars of loss potential, and leadership of two scientific/licensed-engineering firms conducting litigation and insurance investigations totaling over $24 million annually.