Amero, Patty
Case Manager
Bissett, Paul
Senior Case Manager
Brelsford, Donna
Director, Finance & Administration
Edberg, Dawn
Case Manager
Fisher, Thomas
Vice President
Lubas, Joanna
Executive Assistant
McDonald, David
President and CEO
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| David D. McDonald, CEO and President |
 Mr. McDonald has over 40-years of experience in product marketing & development, sales and corporate management and legal support consulting with extensive P&L responsibility. His experience includes the founding of two expert witness referral service firms, creating a R&D team to develop a new wireless test system, securing venture capital to start a communications test measurement company and creation of a highly successful technical manufacturers’ representative, consulting, marketing and training organization.
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| Thomas Fisher, Esq., Vice President and COO |
 Mr. Fisher has over 30 years experience in law, technology, business management, and litigation support, with extensive legal, financial, and business operations management responsibility. His experience includes founding law and legal support firms, and serving as Director of Operations and General Counsel for technology based businesses. He has served as acting COO and CFO on occasion, and consulted with new business ventures on a variety of issues. He has negotiated OEM contracts as well as strategic alliances and technology licensing agreements with Fortune 500 as well as smaller companies. Mr. Fisher previously served as General Manager of an expert witness referral group and was responsible for expert witness and case management throughout the country in matters involving high-
technology Intellectual Property litigation. Most recently, he has been working as an independent consultant.
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| Joanna Lubas, Executive Assistant |
 Ms. Lubas earned a BA in English from San Francisco State University in 2004. Additionally she received certificates and additional skills through the Dale Carnegie Course in Human Relations in a Business Environment in 1998. Ms. Lubas is fluent in the Polish language. From 1998-2005, she held the position of Customer Service Representative and Accounts Receivables Manager with Klutz Press, with responsibilities for all account activities including customer service. Ms. Lubas has exceptional writing skills and was tasked with creating instructional and training guides for the company's outside auditors. Prior to joining NEWN in 2007, Ms. Lubas held the position of Administrative Assistant, Marketing and Paralegal Support for Weaver Schlenger & Mazel in San Francisco, CA.
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| Donna K. Brelsford, Director of Finance and Administration |
 Ms. Brelsford has extensive industry experience in technical, administrative and financial disciplines. She began her technical career as an Equipment Engineer for Western Electric Company and then as Plant Equipment Engineer for SP Communications, now Sprint. In this capacity, her responsibilities involved all aspects of the design, construction and installation of Central Office and Technical Operating Center facilities. Her administrative and financial experience stems from work at CSS Telecommunications, Inc.; Institute for Telecommunications Instruction, Inc.; Silicon Valley Expert Witness Group, LLC., and the National Expert Witness Network, LLC since its inception.
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| Patty Amero, Manager of Administrative Services |
 Ms. Amero holds a BS in Business Administration from California State University at Chico with a focus on Human Resources. Ms. Amero assists NEWN management in Internet search, creation of Expert Witness CVs and CaseManager™ support. She is knowledgeable in all Microsoft Office applications and the QuickBooks Professional accounting system. Prior to joining NEWN, Ms. Amero held positions in the Health and Human Resources industries.
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"Be assured that I will go first to National Expert Witness Network for my future needs. Again, thank you for your personal interest and assistance."
The mission of our management team is to provide our clients with great value, World-Class Experts® in the shortest amount of time and at the lowest possible cost. Our resourceful staff of Case Managers has an in-depth understanding of high technology subject matter and intellectual property litigation issues relating to Expert Witnesses in particular. Our practice focuses in particular on patent infringement litigation where good candidates with the experience and expertise relevant to complex patent litigation can help produce good results.
President's Message
NEWN prides itself on being the most technologically advanced expert witness firm in the country. We are constantly finding new ways and implementing new tools to improve efficiency and save the clients both time and money. We feel our proprietary databases are the best in the industry. All of our technology is developed on the premise that people are busy, and NEWN understands that functional always beats flashy. Our response time to your inquiry will be fast and courteous with the submission of vetted candidates submitted, often within 1-2 days after you first contact NEWN.
Give us a chance to prove ourselves . . . . You will not be disappointed.
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Mr. Bissett has over thirty years of military and industry technical experience with a focus in communications, telecommunications, computer hardware and software, network architecture and weapons control systems technology. He has been involved in fire prevention activities both in the British Royal Navy and as a professional and volunteer firefighter with fire agencies in the United States, including California Department of Forestry (CDF). He holds certifications in numerous areas of instruction provided through the US Federal Emergency Management Agency. Mr. Bissett’s recent work has been in providing Expert Witnesses and Case Management services to the legal profession in areas of high-technology.
Ms. Edberg holds a BA in Liberal Arts from San Diego State University with a focus on Education. Prior to joining NEWN, Ms. Edberg held positions as a Senior IP Litigation Paralegal for law firms and technology clients in the Silicon Valley peninsula of Northern California. Ms. Edberg’s recent work has been in providing Expert Witnesses and Case Management services to the legal profession in areas of high-technology.