Federal Evidence Tactics

Edward J. Imwinkelried is the Edward L. Barrett, Jr. Professor of Law Emeritus at UC Davis School of Law. A nationally recognized expert on subjects such as DNA typing, forensic psychiatry, and laser techniques for fingerprint detection, Professor Imwinkelried is the author of more than 200 books and other publications. He is frequently called upon for advice on privileges and the admissibility of evidence of other crimes, and his treatise Scientific Evidence is considered authoritative. Professor Imwinkelried served as an army lawyer in the XXIV Corps and 196th Light Infantry Brigade in Vietnam in 1971–1972. He went on to become a lecturer on evidence, criminal procedure, crimes and trial advocacy in the Criminal Law Division of the Judge Advocate General’s School in Virginia, then a Professor of Law at the University of San Diego and Washington University before coming to UC Davis in 1985. He has also taught as a Visiting Professor at the Ohio State University, the University of Illinois, University of Houston, and University College Dublin.

Professor Ramona L. Lampley is a Professor of Law at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas. She teaches Civil Procedure, Secured Transactions, Sales, Evidence, and E-discovery. She has been published in the Washington Law Review, BYU Law Review, Cornell's Journal of Law and Public Policy, and Essentials of E-discovers.

Professor Lampley graduated magna cum laude from Wake Forest University School of Law in 2004,where she was named Outstanding Graduate from the National Association of Women Lawyers. Following law school, she served as a law clerk for the Hon. Harris L Hartz, who sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Before joining the faculty at St. Mary's, Professor Lampley practiced complex civil litigation at Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP in Denver, Colorado, where she specialized in commercial class action disputes, corporate disputes, arbitration enforcement, punitive damages, and professional malpractice. She began her teaching career as a visiting assistant professor at Wake Forest University School of Law from 2007-2008.

While in Denver, Professor Lampley was Chair of the Board of Directors of The Gathering Place, a day shelter that provides a wide range of services to individuals in need. She was also named one of Denver Business Journal's 2012 "Forty under Forty" of promising business professionals and a Colorado Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2011.