Lambertville, NJ

Frank Sheboy

Even before becoming one of our court-qualified expert witnesses for education administration and other child custody matters, Frank Sheboy, Ed.D. has dedicated his entire career to public education, working to improve schools through a data-focused approach to teaching and learning. He has worked to address the needs of his school communities through the effective hiring, supervision, and training of faculty and staff through extensive policy work to ensure that appropriate and up-to-date policies and practices are adopted and implemented to foster a supportive, safe, and positive school environment. Before joining our expert witness company, he served schools for nearly 34 years as a superintendent, assistant superintendent, principal, assistant principal, coach, and teacher. Dr. Sheboy has served as an appointed member of the New York State Military Interstate Children’s Compact Committee, past president of the Mid-Hudson Catskill Council of School Superintendents, and President of the Federal Lands Impacted Schools Association.

John F. Doherty

As one of our court-qualified expert witnesses in education administration matters, John F. Doherty, Ed.D., is an experienced public and private school educator who has focused on improving schools through effective hiring practices, supervision and training of staff, and building a school culture of sustainability. He brings our expert witness company over 35 years of experience as a Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Principal, Assistant Principal, Department Chair, Coach, and Teacher. Dr. Doherty has focused his work as an educator in several areas, including, but not limited to, educator evaluation, school safety and security implementation, IDEA, Title IX, bullying and harassment prevention, pandemic education and operations planning, social-emotional learning, equity and social justice, and health and wellness in schools. Dr. Doherty has a doctorate in Education Leadership from Seton Hall University, a master’s in Curriculum, Instruction, Supervision, and Leadership from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, and a bachelor of science in Biological Sciences from the University of Lowell. Our expert witness company is lucky to have him!

Edward F. Dragan

I have spent more than 40 years in education, and my highly diversified career experience led me to seek out school liability experts and start this expert witness company. At various times in my career, I have been a special-education teacher, served as a public school principal and superintendent, founded an alternative school with a group of disenchanted parents and students, worked as an administrator and teacher in a residential treatment center for children, supervised head start centers, and oversaw reviews of school-level instructional and accountability programs for a large state department of education. I am now a litigation consultant, the firm’s superintendent and court-qualified expert witness in education administration matters. After consulting with an attorney and testifying in court as an expert witness, I decided I would best be able to help schools, children, and families by developing an expert witness company with school liability experts where I could use my experience to review cases involving schools, education, and the supervision of children and provide expert opinions. Shortly after starting Education Management Consulting, LLC, I obtained a law degree specializing in education law. I have consulted on more than 400 cases and testified more than 100 times in courts nationwide.