Student / Lawyer Resources - Forensic Expert Testimony US House of Representatives & Senate Cases In Which Expert Witness Testimony Was Given: July 14,17,1989 Testimony before the U.S. Senate Special Impeachment Committee in the matter of the impeachment of Federal Judge Alcee Hastings; Chairman, Senator Jeff Bingaman. On behalf of the government, presented analysis of the tape recorded conversations used in Judge Hastings' criminal trial, concluding that the conversations were conducted in a hastily constructed code. March 4, 1989 Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice; Chairman Rep. John Conyers, in the matter of the impeachment hearings of Federal Judge Alcee Hastings. On behalf of the government, presented analysis of the tape recorded conversations used in Judge Hastings' criminal trial, concluding that Hastings and and another man conversed in hastily constructed code language. March 4, 1982 Testimony before the U.S. Senate in the matter of the Senate Ethics Committee hearings concerning U.S. Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr. On behalf of the Senator, presented analysis of tape recorded conversations in Senator Williams' Abscam trial and conviction, showing that his criminal trial overlooked or misinterpreted tape recorded information. March 2, 1982 Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights, Chairman Rep. Don Edwards (FBI Oversight). Represented the field of forensic linguistics and what it has to say about how the government used language evidence in past and current sting operations.