Jerry Reiss has over 35 years of experience with design and administration of employee benefit plans. He achieved the enrolled actuary status in 1983. He is actively enrolled in 2017. In 1982 he passed his associateship exams with the Society of Actuaries, however, he stopped paying dues in 1999 and is no longer a member of the Society of Actuaries. He has experience with retirement plan audits and resolved every one favorably. He worked with the Congressional Committee on IRS oversight in 1992-1993. He has more than 25 years experience in expert witness and forensic support services. The trial court favored his testimony over the competing expert more than 89% of the time (in more than 190 trials). He has been a major force in the development of case law on family law issues in Florida. He is available for expert witness testimony or for trial consultant work. He is also available for appellate consultant work assisting your attorney with very technical financial issues.
Mr. Reiss authored and coauthored over a dozen article appearing in official state bar journals on many different forensic topics: family law, employment law and personal injury. He also authored and coauthored another eight articles in other legal publications, including the prestigious American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Journal, in law review format. Many of his publications can be found over the internet by doing an engine search of "Jerry Reiss". Many of the links for these are now on this website
In 1995 he was a guest speaker before The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Illinois Chapter in Chicago. In addition, he has been a guest speaker before the Georgia State Bar, Employment Section, Young Harris, GA, 2007, the Sixteenth Annual Conference for Mediators & Arbitrators, 2007 and he was a paid speaker before ALPA (the Air Line Pilots Association) in Reston, VA in 1997. He was a guest speaker before the Florida Bar in the Spring of 1996. Most of his speaking engagements were pre-approved for CLE credit. He has been a guest speaker before numerous local chapters of bar organizations over the past 15 years. He previously sponsored a CLE class that was preapproved with Florida Bar CLE general credit and 2.0 hours of appellate credit. He was selected for AAML best Experts, 1995-96 before that list was dissolved in 1997, and was listed in Best Experts in America for Employment and Family Law, 2006-2012 until Best Lawyers in America dissolved that service.
Mr. Reiss is retained in cases generally regarded as a must win. The above table reflects the most important issues involving Mr. Reiss' testimony (as of 4/30/18). The appellate success rate produced important Family Law case law and is reflected in the "Testimony" success rate. * Before applying the "On Appeal (Challenging)" success rate the actual "Testimony" success rate is 89%. Mr. Reiss assisted the appellate attorney with briefing key points and overturned trial court rulings. In addition, Mr. Reiss also helped brief key points on certain cases where he was not involved at the trial court level and he helped produce important case law.