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Cheryl E. Heffernan
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2842 Cld Dixwell Avenue
Hamden, CT 98518
He: Atias V. Patrens Mutual Insurance Ce.
Dear Atterney Heffernan:
Pursuant te yeur request; please find a brief synepsis ef my prefessienal backgreund.
Fermer Cermnander ef Detectives
Department ef Felice Services
City ef New Haven
1994 — 1981
Served with distinctien within the Department. ef Felice Services, receiving numereus cemmendatiens
and citatiens fer eutstanding service. I was directly respensible fer the cemmand ef the entire
plainclethes seetien ef the pelice services which included the Investigative Services Unit, The Yeuth
Services Unit, The Identiiieatien Bureau[Ferensics), The Intelligence Unit, The Msen Squad, and The
Street Crime Unit.
Henered as Felice Cmcer ef the year — Natienal Exchange Club
Develeped and implemented irmevative changes in methedelegies fer investigative techniques, seme
ef which received internatienal attentien(Featured in the FBi's internaticnal publicatien) Fermer
Geverner and U.S. Senater Abraham A. Itibiceff persenally read the merits ef my pregram
[FULCIHAN] inte the Cengressienal Rccerd.
Supervised what is cemmenly referred te as the Grand Jury Arsen Prebe in New Haven, which
resulted in numereus indictments fer Arsen fer Prefit sca ms prevalent in Cennecticnt during the late
·88’s and early TU’s.
Entered inte a jeint venture with fermer States Atterney Arncld Markle and Jehn Jay Cellege ef
Criminal Justice te cenduct cemprehensive seminar fer training in the Investigatien ef Arsen fer Law
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Enibrcement and Fire Perscnnel. Actcd as cne cf the main presenters at the seminar, sharing cur
experiences and investigative techniques with persennel frcm areund the State.
Instrumental in establishing the f`irst Pelice/Fire services teams in the City cf New Haven and
supervised them. Develeped medels which were used tc secure grants frcm Insurance Carriers fer
persennel and equipment en the innevative Early Warning Detecticn Pregram fer Arscn Targets.
Cc-authcred Grant Applicaticn with The Seuth Cent.ral Regicnal Criminal Justice Superviscry Picard
tc secure $5tll},{1l]ll.[Zl·[l grant fer the identificaticn, precessing and prcsecuticn cf Career Criminals in
New Haven.
Testified numcreus times in State and Federal Ccurts relative te criminal prcsecutiens ef all
types. The Meat recent testimcny was in 2[Zll]2 cn the highly publicized Penny Serra Murder case
which cccurred in 1973. Testimcny invclved particulars arcund the supervisicn and dccumentaticn fer
t.he ccllecticn cf evidence and facts at the time ef the crime. The Stat.e was able tc secure a ccnvicticn
cn the basis cf Fcrensic Evidence and testimcny cellectively presented by persennel under my direct
cemmand.
Alse named by the Scuth Central Cennecticut Chiefs cf Pclice Asseciaticn as Chairman fbr the Scuth
Centra.l Regienal Intelligence Cemmittee. Duties invclved cccrdinating and chairing meetings en a
mcnthly basis with Cemmanders cf Detectives and cthers fer the purpcse cf sharing intbrmaticn and
develcping strategies tc cembat crime.
Attended University cf New Haven Criminal Justice prcgram fcr ccntinuing educaticn. Attended
three management schcels, numercus ccntinuing educaticn seminars. Received specialized training in
Hcmicide investiga ticns in Cinncinati. CH.
Lectured in the New Haven Pelice Academy fer varied subjects including Hcmicide Investiga ticns,
interviewing techniques, ccllecticn cf evidence and Fcrensics.
Public Adjuster
Licensed by the Insurance Department
State uf Cennecticut
19Sf} - Present
Iiicensed ISSD as a Public Adjuster. Passed the State required testing fer Public Adjusters. Testing
included Fire and Allied Lines, Pclicy kncwledge and interpretaticn, as well as law dr ethics. Since
1930; I have been a prcactive censumer advccate, filing numercus ccmplaints with the State cf
Cennecticut Insurance Department. cn behalf cf censumers.
Attended and successfully ccmpletcd required State Ivlandated Insurance Adjusters ceurse
administered by University cf Cennecticut at their Hartferd Campus en Wccdland Street. Ceurse ran
fer several mcnths meeting twe te t.hree times per week. The ceurse prcvided training fer subject
matter te be tested cn by State cf Cennecticut.
Since licensure by the State cf Cennecticut; I have attended numercus seminars invclving insurance
related matters and insurance ccntracts. Included were seminars put en by the Naticnal Business
Institute[NBI) which prcvided training and presentatiens by lccal attcrneys en Insurance Iiaw and
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Ccverage. The ccurses previde legal educatien tc atterneys, acceuntants, human reseurces pcrsennel
and insurance prefessienals.
In 1999-I testiiied as an expert witness in the case ef J adwiga Karwewski V. Travelers, Becket Ne.
CV-99-94T1T21S. I eriginally represented the Plaintiit in the adjustment ci` her claim several years
befere and submitted Preef ef Less claims en her behalf fer appreximately 1.25 Ivlilhen dellars. The I
eeurt case resulted in an award uplielding my eriginal claim and supperting the cententiens eftered in
my expert testimeny.
Private Detective
Licensed by the Cennecticut State Felice
1991 - 1991
Licensed fer apprcximately ten yea.rs as a Private Detective. Cenducted varied investigatiens ranging
frem suspected murder te Demestic preblems and Werkmen’s Cempensatien Fraud.
Censumer Advecate
1999 - Present
I reutinely represent the interests ef censumers as their appraiser en insurance claims. Mere eitcn
than net; these censumers are clients referred by atterneys, my peers er cempetiters fer insurance
claims which are in dispute.
I have alse served in the capacity ef a presenter en disputes breught befere The American Arbitratien
Asseciatien fer reselutien.
I have alse utilized the services ci` the Superier Ceurt Alternate Dispute Reselutien Pregram by
submitting claimant cases and suppert materials fer mediatien, rather than have the issues in disput.e
linger in the cemt system.
I have appeared as a guest speaker fer Civic greups such as the Kiwanis Club, Liens Club, Preperty
Cwners Asseciatiens, and ether civic greups.
Ivly Fee schedule fer services in eennectien with this matter is $299.99 per heur.
Very truly yeurs,
Leuis E. Ranciate —— LLC Member
Licensed Public Adjuster
Executive Adjustment Services, LLC
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infermatinn that is privileged, cenfidential and exempt frem disclesure under applicable law. lf the reader nf
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cemrnunicatieii is strictly prehihited. If yen receive this message in errer, please netify us immediately by
telepliene and return the eriginal message te ns at the ahcve address via the U.S. Pestal Service. Thank yen.
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