PAUL T. CONDON
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CONDON PRODUCTION ASSOCIATES, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR, 6/1998 TO PRESENT
Producer and director of computer animations, video productions (documentaries, expert’s tests, crash tests, in-vehicle point of view, day in life videos, night videos, settlement brochures), photography, medical/technical illustrations, scale models and other graphics, multi-media presentations fro the legal profession, to include plantiffs, defendants, prosecutors and criminal defense counsel. Extensive interaction and coordination with attorneys, experts, adjusters and other consultants. Forensic photographer of accident scenes, victims, and property damage such as vehicles and other machinery or component parts. Frequent lecturer to various groups on use of demonstrative evidence in the courtroom. Director of 3D digitizing projects for the purpose of digitally collecting or “surveying” objects into three dimensional computer models for engineering analysis and animation purposes. Clients include attorneys, experts, insurance companies, manufacturers and animators, Majority of work consists of digitizing exemplar (non-damaged) vehicles, (exteriors, interiors, undercarriages and specific component parts), crashed vehicles, aircraft, machinery, and also three dimensional modeling of anatomical parts and human figures.
Producer, director, and manager of nine person production group who’s staff consisted primarily of former Forensic Productions, Inc.(FPI) employees. ARRCA Incorporated acquired the staff, assets, and liabilities of FPI in August, 1997. Duties included the capabilities listed above.
Producer, director and co-owner of video, graphic, animation and investigative company which serviced primarily the legal and insurance industries. FPI had and continues to have all the capabilities listed above under Condon Production Associates.
Qualifying party for Investigative Agency licensed by the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Formed agency to investigate criminal, personnel injury and other civil cases for attorneys, insurance companies, business and corporate clients. The name of the corporation was changed to Forensic Productions, Inc. in 1986.
SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR, OFFICE OF SPECIAL PROSECUTIONS, DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1981-1982
Special temporary office assembled to prosecute the crimes perpetrated during the New Mexico Penitentiary Riot of February, 1980. Personnel at the office consisted of attorneys, investigators, State Police officers, consultants, paralegals, and other administrative staff. Compiled, consolidated, organized and inventoried all evidence, both physical and photographic, collected by numerous agencies at the Penitentiary of New Mexico following the riot which was so dispersed, much of it would have been lost or ignored. Created photographic weapon identification book for all weapons collected at the Penitentiary for viewing by inmate witnesses. Analyzed autopsy reports for comparison to inmate witness accounts of crimes to determine credibility of the witness. Analyzed weapons, autopsy reports and photographs in regards to wound pattern analysis and matching to specific weapons. Extensive courtroom testimony required during motion hearings and trials as to scene and evidence collected.
DEPUTY MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR, OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL EXAMINER, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO 1978-1980
Investigated and prepared written reports on deaths occurring in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, which included all homicides, suicides, natural and accidental deaths, and assisted all other medical investigators throughout the state with their cases. Reviewed and prepared synopsis of hospital charts from cases involving deaths at the University of New Mexico Hospital. Counseled victims’ families in cases of sudden, unexpected death. Investigated industrial accidents, which required close contact with OSHA. Investigate and wrote the only detailed crime scene report on the entire Penitentiary of New Mexico following the riot of February 1980, including diagrams and extensive photography. Also, initiated, along with the State Forensic Anthropologist, a plan for a team of physical anthropologists to survey the burned areas of the Penitentiary, refuting claims that the fires incinerated more human remains set by the inmates. Worked with the State’s expert on image enhancement (image processing) of wounds and matched wound patterns to weapons collected at the scene.
MORPHOLOGY TECHNICIAN, OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. 1978
Assisted pathologists in the performance of autopsies, including photographs and evidence collection.
LABORATORY ASSISTANT, MAXWELL MUSEUM’S PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY LAB, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. 1978
Performed skeletal analysis on both acheological and forensic specimens and received training in forensic anthropology.
BA ANTRHOPOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. 1980
Ofice of the Medical Investigator, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Bloodstain Institute and Forensic Institute of the South, New Orleans, Louisiana
Armed Forces Institure of Pathology and FBI, FBI National Academy, Quantico, Virginia
Continuing Education, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona
Vertigo Technologies 3D Animation training course, Vancouver, BC Canada
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS, (ASTM), Voting Member Sports Equipment & Facilities Standards Committee F-08
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS, (ASTM), Voting Member Forensic Sciences Standards Committee E-30
SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS, (SAE), Affiliate Member
“The Process of Forensic Animation”, Trial Diplomacy Journal, Vol. 17, No. 4, July/August 1994. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
“Expanding the Horizons of the Physically Challenged from Pavement to Off-Road”, by Paul T. Condon and Erik P. Lunsford, 1996. Not yet published. Presented at the ASTM Symposium on the Physically Challenged Athlete.
“Accuracy of Digital Models is No Accident”, “Digitizing wrecked cars is the key to preserving evidence and creating computer animations that help investigators understand accidents.” Written for FARO Technologies, Inc. for publication in multiple trade journals.
“A Case of the Missing Option for Crew Survival in a Survival Military/Corporate Jet Post Crash Fire”, Richard G. Snyder, Ph.D. & Paul T. Condon, B.A., Presented to the Proceedings, Aviation Medical Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference & Scientific Meeting, 4-7 Sept. Maroochydore, Queenland, Australia, 1997.
NORTH DAKOTA TRAIL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION, Experts Seminar, Fargo, North Dakota May, 1988
ATLA AVANCED SEMINAR, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, August, 1988
SOUTH CAROLINA TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION, Auto Torts XI, Atlanta, Georgia, December, 1988
THE FLORIDA ACADEMY OF TRIAL LAWYERS, Snowmass, Colorado, December, 1988
SOUTHERN TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION MEETING, New Orleans, Louisiana, January, 1989
PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARALEGAL PROGRAM, Tucson, Arizona, 1987, 1988, 1989
THE IDAHO TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION, “Dealing with Damages” Twin Fall, Idaho April 1989
SOUTH DAKOTA TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION, Expert’s Seminar Souix Falls, South Dakota April 1989
ARIZONA TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION, Tucson, Arizona September 1989
GEORGIA TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION, Atlanta, Georgia December 1989
ACADEMY OF FLORIDA TRIAL LAWYERS, Vail, Colorado December 1989
WESTERN TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION & ASSOCIATION OF TRIAL LAWYERS OF AMERICA Park City, Utah February 1991
ATLA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF ADVOCACY, Medical-legal Update Seminar, Vail, Colorado February 1992
NEW JERSEY ICLE, North New Jersey, April 1992
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS, ASTM, meeting May 1993, Atlanta GA., Lecture on “Use of Animation in Demonstrating Catastrophic Injuries in Gymnastics”, in conjuction with Gerald S. George Ph.D., S.W. Louisiana State University
ATLA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF ADVOCACY, Developing and unsing Demonstrative Evidence, University of Miami School of Law March 1994
CLE COURSES: “Steps to Successful Computer Animation”
O’Connor, Cavanaugh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth & Breshears, Tucson, AZ Fall 1994
Plattner & Vernerame, Phoenix, AZ Winter 1995
Association of Legal Administrators, Tucson, AZ Winter 1995
Kimble, Gothreau & Nelson, P.C. Winter 1995
Fennemore Craig, Phoenix, AZ Spring 1998
AZ STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, CLE by the Sea, July 1995, San Diego, CA
PENNSYLVANIA BAR INSTITUTE, July 1995, “What’s Wrong with Cars:Seatbelts, Rollovers, & Crashworthiness”, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, PA
WESTERN TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION, October 1995, Phoenix, AZ. Lecture and demonstration on use of computer animation and digitization of vehicles in conjunction with Arndt & Associates, Tempe, AZ
PIMA COUNTY FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION, January 1996, Tucson, AZ Lecture and demonstration on use of computer animation and digitization in productions of demonstrative evidence.
TUCSON ASSOCIATION OF LEGAL ASSISTANTS, February 6, 1996, Tucson, AZ. Lecture and demonstration on use of computer animation and digitization in productions of demonstrative evidence and the legal assistant’s role.
LEARN AT LUNCH, PIMA COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION, February, 1996 Tucson, AZ. Lecture and demonstration on use of computer animation and digitization in productions of demonstrative evidence.
ACADEMY OF FLORIDA TRIAL LAWYERS, February, 1996, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Tucson, AZ, April 1996. Lecture on use of computers in litigation for paralegal studies program.
DISTRICT OF ARIZONA FEDERAL COURT CONFERENCE, May 10-11, 1996, Scottsdale, AZ. Managing the Currents of Courtroom Change, Criminal Law Section, “Challenging Expert Evidence and Testimony”
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS, ASTM, Annual meeting, Atlanta, GA, 1996, International Seminar on Adaptive and Protective Equipment for the Physically Challenged Athelete, presented paper “Expanding the Horizons of the Physically Challenged from Pavement to Off-Road”, regarding off-road wheelchair designed and manufactured at Forensic Productions, Inc.
COMMUNITY SERVICE LECTURES at various schools, regarding forensic sciences.
PEOPLE’S LAW SCHOOL, October 27, 1997, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, “Forensic Evidence”