Mark Denbeaux

Mark Denbeaux
Born July 30, 1943 (1943-07-30) (age 68)
Gainesville, Florida, U.S.

Mark P. Denbeaux (b. July 30, 1943 in Gainesville, Florida) is a law professor at Seton Hall University School of Law, Director of the Center for Policy and Research at Seton Hall Law School, author of a standard law text, and practicing attorney of counsel in the family law firm of Denbeaux & Denbeaux.

Denbeaux served as senior attorney in charge of litigation for Community Action for Legal Services of New York City, and has also chaired the Board of New York City Legal Services Program. He has been an elected member of the American Law Institute since 1980, and on the faculty of Seton Hall since 1972.

Denbeaux defended Sydney Biddle Barrows, the "Mayflower Madam", in 1984.[1]

Denbeaux gained public exposure beyond the legal and academic communities with his publication on February 8, 2006, of "Report on Guantanamo Detainees, A Profile of 517 Detainees through Analysis of Department of Defense Data," co-authored with his son, Joshua Denbeaux, and five credited co-authors, commonly referred to as the "Denbeaux Study." Four more Guantanamo studies were to follow:

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Education

Forensic work

Denbeaux’s academic specialty is evidence and he is recognized nationally and internationally as an expert on forensic evidence. He has testified over 50 times on the limits of forensic documentation. His work has been cited in many courts on this topic as well as in academic and professional journals in the United States and other countries. The Third Circuit court found that it was reversible error to exclude his testimony as a critic of handwriting analysis.[2] The 11th Circuit found that Professor Denbeaux was not an expert in handwriting analysis, and upheld the lower court's decision to exclude his testimony under Daubert as he did not possess an acceptable degree of "knowledge" in this area.[3]

As director of the Research and Policy Center at Seton Hall Law School, he has engaged in a series of long term research projects evaluating the proficiency of forensic witnesses, including fingerprint, imprint, fiber, ballistics, toolmarks, questioned documents, handwriting, and DNA.

Publications

Books

Articles

Book review

Footnotes

  1. ^ "'Mayflower Madam' woes continue". Spokane Chronicle. 1984-12-18. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=68USAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iPkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5167,250475&dq=mark-denbeaux. Retrieved 2009-07-18. 
  2. ^ U.S. v. Velazquez, 64 F.3d 844 (3d Cir. 1995)
  3. ^ U.S. v. Paul, 175 F.3d 906 (11th Cir. 1999)

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