Jennifer Coffindaffer
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Jennifer Coffindaffer is a retired FBI Special Agent who provides case consultation, investigative support, litigation support and expert witness testimony in the areas of: Use of Force; Firearms Training; Tactical Training (specifically, self-defense both with and without firearms); Law Enforcement Involved Shooting; Active Shooter Training; Gang and Narcotics Investigations; and Nuclear Counterproliferation matters.
Ms. Coffindaffer spent her career as a law enforcement leader with extensive practical experience and has unparalleled experience in the violent crime arena, coupled with world class tactical experience. As a member of the FBI’s Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team Ms. Coffindaffer faced down violent criminals and participated in law enforcement’s riskiest operations. Her unique professional credentials in the FBI and as a private business entrepreneur providing tactical instruction, make her a sought-after expert witness.
Ms. Coffindaffer has parlayed her vast experience to the private sector specializing in use of force matters. As an expert witness, Ms. Coffindaffer has been involved in high profile civil litigation matters throughout the United States. Ms. Coffindaffer is very comfortable in the courtroom and in the legal setting working with client attorneys.
- Criminalistics
- Criminology
- Deadly/Excessive Force
- Drug Enforcement
- Firearms & Ballistics
- Gangs
- Law Enforcement
- RICO/Racketeering
- Violent Crimes
- Weapons
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A: FORMAL EDUCATION
1988 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - Magna Cum Laude
Wichita State University - Wichita, Kansas
Please reach out to mstephens@eaglesecuritygroup.com to request a copy of Ms. Coffindaffer's CV for a complete list of training she has received and provided along with details of her decades of experience as a Special Agent with the FBI. - Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
- A: LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS AND CLEARANCE
• Emergency Medical Technician: 2003 to Present
• Florida Concealed Carry License: 2016 to Present
• Texas License to Carry Instructor: 2016 to Present
• Personal Protection Specialist: 2019 to Present
• Previously Held Security Clearance: Top Secret//HCS/SI-G/TK
- Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
- A: TRAINING PROVIDED
Ms. Coffindaffer has been an FBI Firearms Instructor, provided marksmanship instruction to hundreds of local and state officers and federal agents in Texas, Florida, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Washington, D.C. and Quantico, taught beginning firearms handling, safety and marksmanship techniques to dozens of new agents at Quantico, and has served as a Primary Firearms Instructor (PFI) on a SWAT Team providing instruction to fellow SWAT members pertaining to numerous weapons systems including the M-4 assault rifle, MP5, shotgun, various pistols and revolvers.
She taught arrest techniques and tactics to hundreds of state and local officers and federal agents in Texas, Florida, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Washington D.C., and Quantico.
Please reach out to mstephens@eaglesecuritygroup.com to request a copy of Ms. Coffindaffer’s CV for a complete list of training she has received and provided along with additional details of her decades of experience as a Special Agent with the FBI. - Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
- A: Ms. Coffindaffer provides case consultation, investigative support, litigation support and expert witness testimony in the areas of: Use of Force; Firearms Training; Tactical Training (specifically, self-defense both with and without firearms); Law Enforcement Involved Shooting; Active Shooter Training; Gang and Narcotics Investigations; and Nuclear Counterproliferation matters.
- Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
- A: TESTIFYING EXPERIENCE
As a Special Agent for the FBI, Ms. Coffindaffer testified on more than 200 occasions before Federal Grand Juries, at identity, probable cause, detention, suppression and sentencing hearings and at trials. In each of these cases, testified concerning the facts of the investigation in the following matters:
• Affidavits
• Arrest tactics
• Child pornography cases
• Counterterrorism
• Crimes aboard aircraft including sex crimes and assaults
• Electronic surveillance including Title-III wire tap
• False statement matters
• Gang investigations
• Informant handling
• Interviews
• Narcotic investigations
• Organized crime
• Pen registers
• Public corruption
• Searches and seizures
• Surveillances
• Undercover operations
• White collar crime including bank fraud, agricultural subsidiary fraud, food stamp fraud, tax fraud and fraud against the government cases as well as conspiracy
- Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
- A: Delivers consultation, training and subject matter expertise in the areas of use of force, firearms training, tactical training specific to self-defense both with and without firearms, active shooter training, gang investigations, narcotic investigations and nuclear counterproliferation. Serves as a keynote speaker and law enforcement expert for Eagle. Provides consultation, strategy, reports, site inspections, and testifying in depositions and trials as needed.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
- A: Please reach out to our case manager at mstephens@eaglesecuritygroup.com to set up a complimentary consultation call and to obtain a CV and our fee schedule.
Alternatively, you are invited to complete an intake form with details about your case. Please visit our website: https://www.eaglesecuritygroup.com/expert-witness/
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