Expert Witness Services
Background screening & employment screening expert witness
Independent analysis and professional opinions for attorneys, law firms, insurers, and organizations involved in matters touching background screening, employment verification, consumer reporting, credentialing, and screening industry practices.
Expert Witness Areas
Subject areas
- Background screening
- Employment verification
- Consumer reporting
- Credentialing
- Hiring screening processes
- Screening industry standards
- Background check vendor processes
- Healthcare screening and credentialing
Engagements
Types of matters reviewed
Background screening practices
Matters involving how background checks are scoped, sourced, conducted, and reported, including the procedures screening companies follow and the industry standards that apply.
Employment verification processes
Matters involving verification methodology, reasonable verification efforts, discrepancy handling, and the role verification plays in hiring decisions.
Consumer reporting & FCRA-related disputes
Matters touching consumer reporting agency operations, accuracy and reinvestigation procedures, disclosure and authorization practices, and adverse action processes.
Credentialing & healthcare screening
Matters involving credentialing processes, primary source verification, sanction and exclusion screening, and screening practices within healthcare environments.
Screening industry standards & vendor processes
Matters requiring perspective on how background check vendors operate: data sourcing, researcher networks, quality control, and customary industry practice.
Track Record
Representative engagements
Jimmy Waters has provided expert witness services in matters for law firms including:
- Roxanne Conlin & Associates, P.C.
- JSC Legal
Matter details are referenced only where they may be shared publicly. Additional engagement history is available during an initial consultation.
Qualifications
Professional qualifications & industry experience
Jimmy Waters is the Chief Executive Officer of 3rd Degree Screening, the background screening company he founded in 2012, and Metro Background Solutions, a wholesale provider of criminal records checks to many of the industry's largest suppliers. He has worked in the screening industry since 2010, beginning as a court researcher at Metro. His qualifications rest on operational experience: building and running screening programs, working with the data sources and verification channels the industry relies on, and operating within the consumer reporting compliance framework day to day.
That operator's perspective is what he brings to expert engagements: an understanding of how screening actually works in practice, what customary industry procedures look like, and where processes succeed or fail.
In the screening industry since 2010Credentials & certificationsCurriculum vitae
Process
Engagement process
- 01
Initial consultation & conflict check
A preliminary conversation to understand the matter, confirm the subject area fits his expertise, and verify there are no conflicts of interest.
- 02
Scope & document review
Agreement on the scope of the engagement, followed by review of the relevant records, reports, policies, and materials.
- 03
Analysis & opinion development
Independent analysis grounded in operational industry experience, developed into clear professional opinions.
- 04
Reporting & testimony support
Written reports, deposition, and testimony support as the matter requires, within the agreed scope.
Contact
Discuss a potential engagement
Engagements are accepted based on availability, matter fit, and the absence of conflicts. Nothing on this page constitutes legal advice.
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