Max Scott
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts Degree, Political Science & History, 1971
Post-graduate hours and Certification in Secondary Education, 1972
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS Training Time
The Traffic Institute, Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
On-Scene Accident Investigation (OSAI) 80 hours
Technical Accident Investigation 120 hours
Tire & Tire Mark Forensics
Contact & Induced Damage Analysis
Lamp Filament Analysis
Vehicle Lamp Examination 24 hours
Traffic Accident Reconstruction 80 hours
Forensic Science Techniques 40 hours
Crime Scene Reconstruction
Blood Stain Interpretation
Ballistics & Death
Basic Hostage Negotiation 40 hours
Office of Medical Investigation, School of Medicine
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Medicolegal Investigation of Death (3 courses) 72 hours
Modem of Injury or Death
Crime Scene Reconstruction
Ballistic Injury Trauma
Reid College (Hosted by Colorado State University)
Ft. Collins, Colorado
Criminal Interrogation and Behavioral Analysis 40 hours
Illinois Association of Technical Accident Investigators, Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois
Accident Reconstruction Conference 24 hours
$ Injury of Unrestrained & Seat-Belted Occupants in Rollover Accidents
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$ Seating Position Identification
Institute of Police Technology, and Management, University of North Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Tire Forensics for the Accident Investigator 8 hours
Motorcycle Reconstruction 24 hours
Traffic Accident Reconstruction 80 hours
Special Problems in Traffic Accident Reconstruction 24 hours
Investigation of Commercial Vehicle Accidents 32 hours
Narcotic Enforcement/Drug Force 24 hours
Interviews & Interrogations 40 hours
Kinesthetic Technique of Veracity vs. Deception
Investigation of Child Restraints & Seat Belts 16 hours
Pedestrian & Bicycle Investigation 24 hours
Crime Scene Technician
Violent Crime Reconstruction, Blood Stain Analysis, & Diagraming 40 hours
Fingerprint Classification 40 hours
Investigation of Commercial Vehicle Accidents 40 hours
Traffic Accident Reconstruction with Microcomputers 40 hours
Evidence Photographers International Council (EPIC)
Marywood College
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Death Scene Investigation (sponsored by EPIC)
24 hours
Crime Scene Investigation, Classification & Reconstruction
Sex Assault Crimes
Rochester, New York, Eastman Kodak Laboratories
Forensic Photography (sponsored by EPIC) 24 hours
Latent Evidence Preservation, the Fingerprint Laser
Photogrammetry, Infrared Photography, Questioned Documents
Underwater Photography
New York City, New York
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The Courtroom - Effective Communication Through Visual Aids
(sponsored by EPIC) 24 hours
Chicago, Illinois
Fire Service/Civil Evidence Photography (sponsored by EPIC and the International 24 hours
Fire Photographers Association)
Fire Scene Photography, Fire Scene Reconstruction, Photogrammetry
Dallas, Texas
Photographing What is Important (sponsored by EPIC in conjunction with
the Institute of Forensic Sciences, Office of Medical Examiner, State of Texas) 24 hours
Death Scene Investigation & Post Mortem Pathology
University of Wisconsin Extension, Department of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Effective Use of Photography as Legal Evidence (sponsored by EPIC ) 24 hours
Photogrammetry Techniques
Scene & Evidence Reconstruction from Photographs
Professional Photographic Certification Commission
Certified Evidence Photographer (38.75 instruction; 27 imaging) 65.75 hours
Forensic Digital Imaging
o Camera Systems, Lenses, Equipment, Anatomy of Images & Data Storage
o Image Sensors & Output; Properties of Light
o Light meters, Exposure, Depth of Field
o Flash Photography, Lighting Techniques & Low Light Imaging
o Filters & Scales (Evidence Imaging)
o Injury Photography
o Scene Photography
o Legal Aspects of Photography
Dura-Print Technologies, Inc.
Denver, Colorado
Latent Fingerprints
The ASuperglue@ Technique 8 hours
Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado (PPIAC)
Count Down to Trial
Trial Prep, DNA Testing, Forensic Animation, Seat Belts & Passive restraints16 hours
SAE International
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SAE Continuing Professional Development Group, Phoenix, Arizona
High Speed Rear Impact TOPTEC (CEU 0) 16 hours
Passenger, Minivan and Sport Utility Cabin Intrusion and Occupant
Kinematics and Injury
SAE Continuing Professional Development Group, St. Charles, Illinois
Motor Vehicle Accident Reconstruction (CEU 1.8)
Computer Cause and Analysis
LARM2 & Accident Avoidance Analysis AAA (ProSource) 18 hours
SAE Continuing Professional Development Group, Phoenix, Arizona
Injuries, Anatomy, Biomechanics and Federal Regulation (CEU 1.8) 18 hours
Injury Severity Coding
Anthropomorphic Test Devices
Injury by Seating Position & Restraint Use
SAE Continuing Professional Development Group, San Diego, California
Passenger Car Rollover TOPTEC (CEU 0) 16 hours
Analysis of Roadway
Vehicle Rating & Testing of Passenger, SUV & Light Trucks
Tire Testing & Forensics
Seating Position Injury & Occupant Excursion
Causation and Prevention
Restraint Systems & Testing
SAE Continuing Professional Development Group, Troy, Michigan
The Tire as a Vehicle Component (CEU 0.7) 7 hours
Functions of Pneumatic Tire Related to Driving, Braking, Cornering & Safety
SAE Continuing Professional Development Group, Troy, Michigan
Tire and Wheel Safety Issues (CEU 0.7) 7 hours
Pneumatic Tire: Safety-Critical Components on Cars, Trucks and Aircraft
Visual Statement
Advanced Collision Diagramming May 2006 12 hours
Collision Diagramming
Crime Scene Diagramming
Photogrammetry Application
Advanced Collision and Crime Scene Diagraming & Animation1 March 2006 24 hours
Collision Diagramming & Reconstruction
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Fx3 Program
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Crime Scene Diagramming & Reconstruction
Animation
Photogrammetry Application
Advanced Collision and Crime Scene Diagraming & Animation2 February 2007 32 hours
Collision Diagramming & Reconstruction
Crime Scene Diagramming & Reconstruction
Animation
Photogrammetry Application
Advanced Collision and Crime Scene Diagraming & Animation3 March 2008 40 hours
Collision Diagramming & Reconstruction
Crime Scene Diagramming & Reconstruction
Animation
Photogrammetry Application
ARAS 360 Technologies, Inc.
Advanced 3D Computer Diagramming (and Animation) for Crash Reconstruction 21 hours
April 2011
ARAS interface, drawing & momentum; projects
Measurement system, Total Station coordinates & aerials; animation
Measuring for total terrain, scene measuring, merging photos w/Total Station to create total
terrain; multi vehicle animation projects
The Accident Reconstruction Network
ARC-CSI Crash Conference June 2005 28 hours
Live Crash Testing: Pedestrian Crash Tests & Multi Vehicle Crash Tests
Damage & Energy: Crush Damage & Energy, Delta V, Barrier Equivalent Velocity
& Combined Speeds
Pedestrian Crash Reconstruction Methodologies
Commercial Vehicle Brake Systems: Brake Diagnostics, Defective Brakes, ABS
& Conventional Brakes & Slack Adjusters
Influence of Fog (and Poor Visibility) on Driver Response: Low Visibility & Driver
Fatigue
Non-Conforming Pedestrian Impact Case Studies of Reconstruction
Commercial Vehicle CDR (EDR)
Skills Update: Using Crash Test Data
When Do Airbags Deploy: Deployment Decision Making
Child Safety Seat Issues in Crash Reconstruction: Proper & Improper Installation &
Injuries
ARC-CSI Crash Conference June 2006 28 hours
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Fx3 Update
3
Fx3 Update
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Live Crash Testing: Motor Cycle Crashes, SUV Rollover, Large Single Frame Vehicles (RVs,
School Bus & Fire Truck) Crashes, Occupant Kinematics, Slide to Rest and V Testing
Occupant Lower Extremity Injuries
SUV S Turn Rollovers
Motor Vehicle Curb Strikes
Reconstruction Simulations
CDR (EDR) Legal Issues
Friction Applications
Momentum with Secondary Contacts
Review of Crash Testing Instrumentation Data: Occupant & Vehicle Data Analysis
ARC-CSI Crash Conference June 2007 28 hours
Live Crash Testing with Instruments: Two Rear End Impacts, Left Turn T-bone,
T-bone Impact with One Vehicle Towing a Trailer
Hit & Run Accidents
Smart Drive System Crash Data
Snowmobile Crashes
Seat Belts
Mechanism of Air Bag Injuries
Traffic Reconstruction at Traffic Signal Intersections
European Reconstruction Techniques
Investigating Nighttime Pedestrian Collisions
Crash Test Analysis Workshops
Reprogrammed PCMs & Crash Analysis
Accelerometer Based Sid Testing in Accident Reconstruction; Two Seminars
Angular Velocity of SUV Collisions Using PC Crash
Review of Low Speed Crash Tests & Restitution
Crash Test Data Review from Live Testing
ARC-CSI CDR (Crash Data Recorder) Conference January 2008 20 hours
CDR Version 3.0
GM Rollover Sensor (ROS) EDR Data
Chrysler 3.0 Release
CDR & Vector Diagramming
Severely Damaged ACMs
PCM Data Overview
3.0 PCM Workshop (Down load on 2008 Mercury Marque)
CSV Export Function 3.0 Ford PCM Data
Accuracy of Ford PCM Speed Data w/Hard ABS Braking
Accuracy of Speed Recorded by a PCM & the Effects of Brake, Yaw & Other Factors
Real World Applications of Crash Data Including Ford PCM
GM CDR Case Study
Vehicle Speed Sensor Calibration & Its Potential Effect on Pre-crash Vehicle Speed Data
Recorded on an EDR
ARC-CSI Crash Conference June 2008 27 hours
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C Live Crash Testing with Instruments: Motorcycle T-bone into passenger vehicle, Motorcycle
T-bone into Van, Police Intervention Collisions (PIT) with a Passenger Vehicle, Passenger Front
Collision with Adult Pedestrian, Left Turn Passenger Vehicle Collision with Oncoming Passenger
Vehicle with Child in Child Seat, School Bus T-bone into Passenger Vehicle
New Vehicle Technologies & Reconstruction
Momentum & Energy: Code 3 Study
Cudkins Law & Human Factors of Avoidance & Witness Recall
Workshop: Motorcycle Crash Analysis
Engine Idle Acceleration
Airborne Analysis & Rational Mechanics
Current Trends in Pedestrian Crash Analysis
Workshop: Pedestrian Crash analysis
Close-range Photogrammetry as a AR Tool with iWitness Software
Video Applications in Reconstruction
Reconstruction of Pursuit Immobilization Technique Crashes
Workshop: Rollovers
Crash Test Data Review
ARC-CSI CDR (Crash Data Recorder) Conference January 2012 18 hours
CDR: Past, Present & Future Bosch Diagnostics
SAE EDR & NHTSA Updates
OE Update: Chrysler
Toyota Update & Comparison ROT & CDR Data
Comparison of RAW Data in ECUs vs. Data Found or Not Found
Practical Methods Accomplish D-EEP Retrievals & Assessment
The Monte Carlos Method w/Crash Data
Chip Swapping
The Ford PCM Restrain Deployment Signal
CDR Data from More Than One Car
Search Warrant Requirement & Case Law
Frye/Daubert & Admission of Expert Testimony
EDR Admission & Expert Preparation
Repowering 101
RCM & PCM Data Together (x2) & Repowering Live Demonstration (x2)
FIREARMS AND BALLISTIC TRAINING & CERTIFICATION
Defense Training International, Inc.
John S, Farnam
NRA Certified Police Firearms Instructor, HMC 5744F
Laporte, Colorado
Basic Defensive Handgun
Low-Light Shooting 20 hours
28 February 1995
Advanced Defensive Handgun 20 hours
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Movement and Cover
Low-Light Shooting
8 May 1995
DTI Certified Assistant Instructor 20 hours
15 May 1995
Intermediate Defensive Handgun 20 hours
Movement and Cover
Concealed Carry
23 August 1995
Advanced Defensive Handgun 24 hours
Introductory Shotgun and Urban Rifle
2 June 1997
Total Hours of Forensic, Firearms & Ballistic Training and Testing: 1,588.75 hours
AFFILIATIONS Member, Evidence Photographers International Council (EPIC)
Senior Member, Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado
(PPIAC)
Member (Member Grade), Society of Automotive Engineers International
(SAE)
Member, the Arc Network
Member, the Society of Accident Reconstructionists (SOAR)
Member, National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction
Specialists (NAPARS)
CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION SEMINARS
INSTRUCTED BY MAX J. SCOTT
Crime Scene Forensics (USAF JAG CLE)
$ Accident Reconstruction (USAF JAG CLE)
$ Police Motor Vehicle Accident Reports: Accuracy & Error (CLE)
$ Crime Scene Reconstruction via Photogrammetry Analysis of Police Scene Photographs
(CLE)
$ The Paralegal as Investigator in Colorado
$ Liquor Licensing (3 CLE seminars)
PUBLICATIONS & ARTICLES
Scott, Max J., 1989, Adult Pedestrian/Motor Vehicle Accidents, Denver Paralegal Institute core
curriculum.
Scott, Max J., 1985, The Language of Tire Marks (The Skid and Yaw Mark), The Colorado
Lawyer, Vol. 14. No. 8, pp. 1403-1406.
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Scott, Max J., 1983, The Vehicle Incident (Accident), The Colorado Lawyer, Vol. 12. No. 2, pp.
221-227.
Bohning, Larry L., and Max J. Scott, 1980, Colorado Liquor and Beer Licensing, The Colorado
Lawyer, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 207-209.
EMPLOYMENT
1969 to Present In 1969, Mr. Scott began his work in forensics. Max J. Scott Attorney
Services, Inc., d/b/a/ Oedipus, Inc., was incorporated in 1974. The company
presently performs state-wide opinion poll surveys regarding liquor license
applications, planned unit developments (PUDs), re-zonings, public opinion,
etc. From 1974 to 1996, it also performed forensic investigations and
reconstruction.
1996 to Present In August of 1996, Mr. Scott formed his second company, the Forensic Trio,
Inc., of which he is the owner and president. The company performs
state-wide civil and criminal investigations, motor vehicle accident
reconstruction, and crime scene reconstruction. Mr. Scott s experience
includes investigation and/or reconstruction of a few thousand personal injury
and criminal cases, with numerous cases involving fatalities.
To date, Mr. Scott has testified in several hundred cases as an expert witness
in municipal, county, state district courts, U.S. District Court, and U.S. Military
Court Martial.
1989 - 1995 Denver Paralegal Institute, Denver, Colorado. Mr. Scott was the course
creator and instructor of the Institutes Forensic Investigation Course as part of
the American Bar Association-approved core curriculum.
1969 - 1972 Part-time employment with numerous law firms performing investigative
research while a full-time student at the University of Colorado, Boulder
Campus.
MILITARY SERVICE
U.S. Army, Inducted 07 March 1966, E.T.S. 14 January 1969
Honorable Discharge
Stationed: Sixth Special Forces; Ft. Bragg, North Carolina
First BDE HQ CO, Airborne, 8th Infantry, Mainz, Germany
Training: Communications, Cryptographics, Nuclear Weapons
Control, Airborne Infantry (Paratrooper).
Access: Top Secret Clearance for Crypto, Nuclear Weapons, & NATO
Rank: Sgt. E-5, permanent grade, at E.T.S.
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