Smith et al v. Wilson et al

Filing 214

ORDER regarding proposed expert narratives. Signed by District Judge William M. Conley on 4/22/2011. (lak)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
ANTHONY SMITH, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

ORDER

v.
Case No. 10-cv-62
JOHN WILSON, et al.,
Defendants.
______________________________________________________________________________
The court is in receipt of proposed expert narratives from both parties. Defendants have
objected to plaintiffs’ narratives.

After reviewing the objections, the court approves the

following narrative statements of plaintiffs’ experts. Defendants’ proposed narratives for Dr.
Kenneth Robbins and Timothy Muehler (dkt. #144) are also approved.
I. Dr. Christopher Chapman
Dr. Chapman is an expert in police administration. He received a bachelor’s degree in
criminal justice from New Jersey City University, a master’s degree in criminal justice from
Boston University, and a doctorate degree in criminal justice from North Central University in
Prescott Valley, Arizona.
Before joining the City University of New York at Kingsborough as an assistant
professor of criminal justice, Dr. Chapman served as a police officer with the Township of
Cranford Police Department in New Jersey, retiring as a sergeant after 20 years of service.
During his 20 years service as a police officer, Dr. Chapman managed large-scale criminal
incidents, assumed command of the police agency during crisis situations, served as a
confidential aid to the police chief, conducted internal affairs investigations, disciplined
personnel, supervised sworn and civilian personnel, participated in over 3,000 indictable (felony)
arrests, and testified in over 800 criminal trials and hearing. He also regularly assisted other law

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enforcement agencies, including the United States Department of Home Land Security –
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration,
New Jersey State Police, New Jersey Office of Information and Technology, and Union County
Prosecutors Office.
Dr. Chapman has served as a national and international police academy instructor in the
areas of police supervision, methods of instruction, police use of force, defensive tactics,
emergency communications, tactical communications, cultural diversity, medical legal drug
analysis, and community policing.
Dr. Chapman also has provided consulting services to a wide variety of federal, state and
local law enforcement agencies, including but not limited to, the State of Connecticut Office of
State Police, the Northern Illinois Training Advisory Board in Rockford, Illinois, the State of
Vermont Office of State Police, the Alexandria (Virginia) Police Department, and the Mohegan
Tribal Police in Arizona. Among the courses Dr. Chapman has taught are: Police Organization
and Administration Management of Public Safety Agencies, and Leadership in Public
Administration Minorities and Criminal Justice Multicultural Law Enforcement. Dr. Chapman’s
publications include: “Racism Masked by Authority,” and “Supervision of Police Personnel.”

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II. Donald Frankenfeld
Mr. Frankenfeld is an economist and financial expert. He received his undergraduate
degree from Yale, cum laude, his master’s degree in business administration from the Harvard
Business School, and his master’s degree in public administration from the Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard. Mr. Frankenfeld also has studied at Harvard as a Bush Foundation
Fellow.
Mr. Frankenfeld testifies and consults on economic, financial and investment matters.
Mr. Frankenfeld’s professional experience includes working as a forensic economist, financial
analyst, securities arbitrator, direct investment marketing manager, investment analyst and
economist for a multi-billion dollar trust department, senior securities analyst for the New York
Stock Exchange, television station controller, court-appointed receiver, and founder and CEO of
a bank-sponsored venture fund providing equity to startups.

III. Dr. Wilbert Miles
Dr. Miles is a licensed clinical psychologist. Since 1984, he has been in private practice.
Dr. Miles performs psychological testing and assessments for adults, offers psychotherapy for
individuals and groups, and does management training for public agencies and private
corporations. For the University of Colorado at Boulder, Dr. Miles has served a graduate faculty
appointment, acting as a supervisor for advance doctorate clinical psychology students.
Dr. Miles’ areas of specialization include post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and
depression, forensic psychology, workplace discrimination, minority mental health issues,
cultural diversity, and sports psychology.

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Dr. Miles currently is a facilitator for the Character Development Program for the Denver
Broncos Football Players / NFL Conduct Management Program.
Since 1980, Dr. Miles has taught courses on black studies and psychology. In the 1980s,
he worked as a trainer for the U.S. Department of Justice, and as a federal contractor and
supervisor for the Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Act. Since 1986, he has worked with the
American Council of Education, and as a consultant for small businesses, local school districts,
public human services departments, and private community agencies.
In 1990, President George Bush named one of the programs with which Dr. Miles was
working as one of the President’s “1,000 Points of Light”. He is listed in “Outstanding Black
Leaders in Colorado” and is a member of the Rocky Mountain Association of Black
Psychologists and the Denver Black Chamber of Commerce.
In 1972, Dr. Miles received his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Towson State
University in Maryland, and his master’s and doctorate degrees in clinical psychology from the
University of Colorado, in 1984 and 1986 respectively.

IV. Dr. Candi Vincent
Dr. Vincent is a licensed clinical psychologist. In 1996, she received her bachelor's
degree from Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Missouri. Dr. Vincent attended Forest
Institute, a professional psychological training school in Springfield, Missouri. She completed a
clinical internship at BroMenn Hospital in Bloomington, Illinois, and post-doctoral studies at
Southwest Missouri State University.

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Dr. Vincent received her license to practice clinical psychology in 2002. Among her
work experience is private practice and doing assessments at the Children’s Service Center in
Pennsylvania.
Since 2008, Dr. Vincent has been working as a clinical psychologist at MercyCare in
Janesville, Wisconsin. She sees a racially diverse group of patients.

Entered this 22nd day of April, 2011.

BY THE COURT:
/s/
________________________________________
WILLIAM M. CONLEY
District Judge

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