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Alan M. Perlman, Ph.D.
815 Hill Street
Highland
Park, IL 60035
voice/facsimile 847.433.8569
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Alan
M. Perlman offers clients exceptional quality, experience, and
expertise as a...
- Freelance Speechwriter
- Ghostwriter
- Forensic Language Expert and Expert Witness
(Litigation Support - Questioned Documents)
- Book and Manuscript Editor
With
a Ph.D. in linguistics and 20+ years' experience as a speechwriter,
ghostwriter, forensic
language consultant/expert witness, and book
and manuscript editor, Dr. Perlman offers clients a unique
combination: a deep theoretical understanding of the workings
of language...together with extensive experience in the application
of linguistic principles to real-world communications.
My
areas of legal focus:
• Contracts, wills, or other binding documents: I analyze
specific words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and other units,
including the entire document, to offer informed judgments on
clarity, comprehensibility, and (un)ambiguity.
Case example: A man suffered damages from defective rental equipment;
he did not know that he had released the company from liability
by signing a contract that was, in my judgment, too complex to
understand.
• Authorship: I analyze the grammar, lexicon, and other
features of texts, in order to offer informed judgment on the
authorship of anonymous, forged, or otherwise disputed documents.
Case examples: anonymous
letters of complaint to a company’s
Board; forged letters (by a single author) in employment
dispute.
• Plagiarism: I
analvze texts to determine the likelihood of plagiarism.
Case example: The creator of an online course found it stolen
and being offered by someone else. I helped substantiate his
charges.
• Copyright/trademark: I help attorneys define the semantic
points at issue, and I offer informed judgment on the genericity,
specificity, and/or protectability of contested material. I also
assess the similarity of names/marks to offer informed judgments
in infringement litigation.
Case example: I
demonstrated that another marketer’s
brand name was, on several linguistic levels, similar to that
of the
attorney’s client.
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