• Acoustics
• Audio
• Communications
• Demonstrative Evidence/Exhibits
• Electronics
• Emergency Communications & 911
• Language & Linguistics
• Surveillance
• Video
• Wireless Technology

Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:

A: B.S., Biology, Baylor University, 1983;
M.A., Biology, Southern Methodist University, 1986;
M.S., CyerbSecurity, Western Governors Univ., 2015;
Certificate, Information Security, Informatics Program, Viterbi
School of Engineering, University of Southern California, 2015
J.D., Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1993;
LL.M., Regent University School of Law, 2003;
Member, State Bars of Texas and Oklahoma;
Registered Patent Attorney, USPTO;
Adjunct Graduate Faculty (Law), University of Phoenix
Board Certified Forensic Audio/Video Examiner
Certified Forensic Consultant
Certified Ethical Hacker
Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator v8
Cellebrite Certified Logical Operator
Cellebrite Certified Physical Analyst
Certified Mediator
Member, Board of Legal Advisors, Amer. Guild of Court Videographers
Diplomate, American Board of Forensic Examiners
Diplomate, American Board of Law Enforcement Experts
15-Year Fellow, Society of Legal Scholars
Fellow, Texas Bar College
Fellow, American Guild of Court Videographers
Fellow, American College of Forensic Examiners

Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:

A: Joe:
Adjunct Graduate Faculty (Law), University of Phoenix
Licensed Instructor, Texas Board of Private Investigators
Commissioner Member, The Commission on Forensic Education
Member, Board of Legal Advisors, Amer. Guild of Court Videographers
Member, Evidence Code Committee, Oklahoma Bar Assoc.
Member, Law-Related Education Committee, Oklahoma Bar Assoc.
Member, College of the State Bar of Texas
Member, InfraGard, Los Angeles Chapter
Member, High Technology Crime Investigation Association
Member (former), Summit County (UT) Board of Health

Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:

A: Attorney Herbert Joe is a Board Certified Forensic Audio/Video Examiner with 5 degrees, including 3 science degrees (B.S., M.A., M.S.) and 2 law (J.D., LL.M.) degrees. He is also a 15-Year Fellow of the Society of Legal Scholars, an Adjunct Graduate Faculty (Law) at the University of Phoenix, and gives (since 1999) national and international presentations (many CLE-credited) on various forensic and legal topics, including Intellectual Property, CyberSecurity, Testifying as an Exert Witness and Forensic Authenticity Analyses of Audio and Video Evidence. Guest Speaker in 2023:

- 2023 20th Annual Forensics Seminar, Austin, TX, October 13-14, 2023. CLE accredited.
- 2023 InfoSec World Conference and Expo, Sept. 25-27, 2023, Disney Springs Resort, Orlando
- 2023 International Conference & Training Expo., High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA), Sept. 19-21, 2023, Phoenix.
- 2023 Techno Security & Forensics Investigations Conference/Mobile Forensics World, June 5-8, 2023, Wilmington, NC.

Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)

A: No.

Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?

A: Thousands of times in my past 37 years' involvement in the area of forensic audio/video involving thousands of audio | acoustic | voice | video evidence, as well as specialty in Intellectual Property law, where I have testified as an expert witness in Patent Law in Patent Infringement cases.

Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?

A: All aspects of forensic audio | acoustic | voice | video evidence in civil and criminal cases in state and Federal courts throughout North America and overseas, including cases involving noise, sounds, linguistics, acoustics and hearing. I have also been retained as a testifying expert witness in patent law in patent infringement cases.

Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?

A: Approximately 50%.

Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?

A: Approximately 50% (in both civil and cirminal cases).

Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?

A: Many.

Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?

A: 2023

Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?

A: Many.

Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?

A: Many.

Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?

A: Over 37 years as a forensic expert, and over 30 years as a licensed attorney.

Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)

A: Most all aspects of the forensic analyses of audio | acoustic | voice | video evidence, including gunshot acoustic analyses, acoustics, noise, sound, speech perception, speech production, forensic audiology, etc. Also, most all of my relevant equipment is portable to go on-site, as needed. I'm also available as a consulting expert and rebuttal expert. Likewise, I am available for most any aspect within Intellectual Property law (patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights, searches, opinions, drafting applications, prosecutions, appeals, litigation).

I have been retained in thousands of cases involving thousands of audio / acoustic / voice / video recordings throughout the U.S., as well as overseas, and have testified as a forensic expert witness in state and federal courts in criminal, civil and administrative cases on all sides of the bar throughout the U.S., as well as overseas. I have also testified as a testifying expert witness in patent law in patent infringement cases.

Representative clients include Steptoe & Johnson (Wash., D.C.), Shearman & Sterling (NYC), Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (NYC), Mesereau & Yu (Los Angeles), Armstrong Teasdale (Kansas City), Ford & Harrison (Memphis), Rawle & Henderson (Philadelphia), McAfee & Taft (OKC), Bracewell & Patterson (Houston), Akin Gump (San Antonio), Jones Day (Dallas), Haynes & Boone (Houston), Thompson & Knight (Dallas), Vinson & Elkins (Dallas), Jenkens & Gilchrist (Dallas), various Fortune 100 companies, Georgia-Pacific, United Parcel Service, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Shell Oil Co., Shell Texaco & Saudi Refineries, Inc., Reliant Energy, BlueCross BlueShield, Motorola Corp., BankOne, 7-11 Inc., etc. Mississippi Attorney General's Office, U.S. Attorney's Office, CLEAT [Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas], OSSO (Organization of Spanish Speaking Officers), Harris (Houston), Dallas, Fulton (Atlanta), Tarrant (Fort Worth), Tulsa, Summit (Akron, OH) and Wichita County DAs' Offices, Dallas, Tulsa, Phoenix and Akron Police Depts., Houston, Little Rock, Green County (PA), New Mexico, and New Jersey Public Defender’s Offices, Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy, Louisiana Crisis Assistance Center, Oklahoma Indigent Defense System, ABC, BBC and FOX-TV, CSI:Miami, The Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press, TMZ, People Magazine, and Dr. Phil.