Program Manager, AmTrust North America. Bill Stewart has 30 years of insurance experience. Bill's expertise is focused in Professional Liability, Public Entity, General Liability, Contracts and Construction Defect. Bill is responsible for managing AmTrust's Public Entity high value claims.

Dr. Kanasky is recognized as a national expert, author and speaker in the areas of witness preparation and jury psychology. He provides top-quality litigation research and consultation to defense counsel involved in civil lawsuits. Bill has expertise in all aspects of litigation research and consulting, including:Witness Preparation: Special proficiency in pre-deposition and pre-trial witness effectiveness training, particularly with corporate executives, healthcare professionals, foreign-born witnesses, and 30(b)(6) witnesses.

Trial Science: Expertise in all aspects of jury research, including research design, sampling methods, multivariate statistical analysis, and juror profiling; also skilled in juror questionnaire and voir dire development, jury selection, opening statement construction, case strategy analysis, and persuasive visual aid creation.

Settlement and Mediation Science: Expertise in early case assessment, empirical damages prediction, and witness effectiveness assessment.

Bill’s success with training witnesses for deposition and trial testimony is remarkable. His systematic witness training methodology is efficient and effective, as it is designed to meet each witness’s unique needs, while concurrently teaching core principles of persuasive communication. Clients benefit from Bill’s ability to transform poor or average witnesses into extraordinary communicators.Bill earned his B.A. in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Florida. He has been a faculty member at several trial academies where he has taught voir dire development, jury selection methodology, and witness preparation techniques. Bill is a published author in the areas of communication science and jury psychology, and has presented at numerous State Bar conventions, corporate counsel organizations, corporate legal departments, law schools, and major law firms.

Wendy L. Wilcox earned her B.A. (1993) in Sociology, with honors, from the University of California, Los Angeles. Wendy earned her J.D. (1997), with honors, from Southwestern University School of Law. She has also received various awards, including Excellence For the Future Award – Employment Discrimination Law and Exceptional Achievement Award – Intellectual Property. Wendy focuses her attention in the areas of products, premises and professional liability, construction defect and insurance coverage litigation and employment practices litigation. She has written numerous articles concerning insurance coverage, construction defect, litigation, arbitration, expert witnesses, and has presented this material at seminars. Wendy has also represented several defendants in published California Appellate and Supreme Court decisions. Wendy is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Professional Liability Underwriters Society and Defense Research Institute. She is admitted in all courts in California, both state and federal. Wendy is also admitted to practice before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.Wendy was a speaker at the 17th Annual West Coast Casualty Construction Defect Seminar on May 13 and 14, 2010, at The Disneyland Hotel. She lectured on current construction defect and insurance issues.Wendy was a speaker at the 15th Annual West Region Construction Defect & Law Seminar on the subject of Construction Defect Class Actions on September 16-18, 2009, in San Diego, California.Wendy was a speaker at the West Coast Casualty Construction Defect Seminar held on May 14 and 15, 2009, at The Disneyland Hotel. She spoke on the various issues concerning the recent California Supreme Court decision of Crawford v. Weather Shield Manufacturing, Inc. (2008) 44 Cal. 4th 541.Flatley v. Mauro, 39 Cal.4th 299 (2006) (Represented Defendant in Anti-SLAPP Motion).“Dodging the Pitfalls of Qualifying an Expert,” Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine (September 2005).“Compelling Arbitrations and Confirming an Arbitration Award,” Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine (November 2004).CEB Advising and Defending Corporate Directors and Officers (book), Consultant (October 2004).“Applying the Litigation Privilege Before Trial” Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine (June 2003).“Making Preparations for Expert Witnesses” Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine (November 2002).“Additional Insured Coverage Claims: Where’s the Money?” The Defense Research Institute Young Lawyers Connection Newsletter (December 2002).“Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Claims: The Arbitration’s Over; Here’s the Bad Faith Claim.” This article was co-authored with Paul White and published in May 2002, for a Defense Research Institute seminar.

Elizabeth Skane is a 1993 Dean’s List graduate of Georgetown University. She earned her law degree at the University of San Diego in 1996 and is admitted to practice California and Nevada.  Liz is “AV”® Rated with Martindale Hubbell and was published in the 2005 edition of AM Best’s Directory of Recommended insurance attorneys and adjusters. She has been published in San Diego Magazine and Las Vegas as one of the top lawyers in her field every year since 2005. Between 2011 and 2015, Liz was further honored with Martindale Hubbell’s recognition by placement on the Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers. She specializes in public entity, professional liability, employment, premises and products liability, construction transportation. Liz is a vetted trial lawyer having tried many cases to favorable verdicts. She is admitted to practice in state and federal courts in the State of California and the State of Nevada. Liz is a member of the San Diego County Bar Association, the Nevada Trial Lawyers Association, the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, San Diego Defense Lawyers, Las Vegas Defense Lawyers, Professional Liability Underwriters Association, Council for Litigation Management, and the American Bar Association.