​Attorney Tim Tapply Timothy W. Tapply, founder and managing partner of Brand & Tapply, LLC, represents insurance clientele in all phases of first and third-party coverage and litigation. Brand & Tapply, LLC specializes in combating suspect claims throughout the United States in virtually all lines of insurance. Mr. Tapply has trial experience before state and federal courts in complex coverage litigation, automobile, commercial and homeowner fraud and arson cases, as well as medical provider, bad faith and extra-contractual liability matters. Mr. Tapply is actively involved in the insurance industry’s education efforts and has served as a panelist and lecturer at seminars and conferences sponsored by international, national and local insurance organizations.

​Adam J. Brand, founder and managing partner of Brand & Tapply, LLC, represents insurance clientele in all phases of first and third-party coverage and litigation. Brand & Tapply, LLC specializes in combating suspect claims throughout the United States in virtually all lines of insurance. Mr. Brand has extensive trial experience before state and federal courts in complex coverage litigation, automobile, commercial and homeowner fraud and arson cases, as well as medical provider, bad faith and extra-contractual liability matters. Mr. Brand is actively involved in the insurance industry’s education efforts and has served as a panelist and lecturer at seminars and conferences sponsored by international, national and local insurance organizations.

​Over the last 30 years, Mr. Demirjian has transformed Techfusion Corporation into a nationally renowned Data Recovery center by retrieving information when no one else could.  As leading forensics experts, Techfusion has successfully obtained vital information from a wide variety of devices, including Apple and Android cell phones, tablets, and all forms of removable media. His expertise extends to all makes of laptop and desktop computers, solid-state drives, and hard-disk drives.  Mr. Demirjian is regularly called in to advise top management in forensics cases on a wide range of issues including NASA, the FBI, prestigious universities, news outlets, and numerous local and national law firms.

​Mr. Cretella is a Senior Forensic Analyst for EFI Global in their Vehicle Accident Reconstruction Group (VAR).  Tony is a retired CT State Trooper with over 25 years of accident reconstruction experience.  Tony’s expertise relates to all forms of motor vehicles, pedestrians, motorcycles, bicycles, and grade crossing collisions.  Tony was also certified through the CVSA as a level 1 truck inspector and has experience is forensic mapping.  He has testified in numerous jurisdictions and has been recognized as an expert in the field of accident reconstruction. 

​Mr. Kramarczyk is the National Senior Principal Engineer for EFI Global and is the Northeast District Manager.  Jay’s expertise relates to mechanical and fire protection claims as well as fires and explosions.  He has testified in numerous jurisdictions across the country and is an often sought-after speaker.

​Anthony DiPaolo joined the Insurance Fraud Bureau in 1992 and has been the Chief of Investigations since 2006.  He is credited with developing and managing the IFB’s premium fraud unit since its inception in 1994.  Prior to joining the IFB, Mr. DiPaolo was with the U.S. Air Force for ten years as a Special Agent, concentrating on fraud investigations. He has extensive experience in developing fraud detection programs.  Mr. DiPaolo earned his Bachelor of Science Degree, in Criminal Justice from Wilmington College and his Master of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from Northeastern University.  Mr. DiPaolo is an adjunct instructor at Northeastern University in their criminal justice program and has been since 1996; he teaches courses on white collar crime and criminal investigations.  Mr. DiPaolo is a frequent speaker on a variety of insurance fraud topics.  He is a member of the National Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

​Stephen Adams joined the Insurance Fraud Bureau as Investigative Counsel in February 2016.  Prior to joining the IFB, Mr. Adams worked as an Assistant Attorney General for the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General between 2007 and 2016.  At the Attorney General’s office, Mr. Adams served as the Deputy Division Chief of the Insurance and Unemployment Fraud Division of the Criminal Bureau and as Senior Counsel to the Medicaid Fraud Division of the Health Care and Fair Competition Bureau.  Between 2001 and 2007, Mr. Adams served as an Assistant District Attorney for the Cape and Islands District.  Mr. Adams earned a Bachelor’s degree from Boston College and his J.D. from Suffolk University Law School.  He is a member of the Boston Bar Association.

Attorney Parr  is the founder of Parr Law, P.C., where she represents insurers in all aspects of insurance defense and fraud-related matters, including pre-trial investigations, coverage issues, and litigation. Since 1991, Attorney Parr has specialized in the handling of suspected fraudulent injury and damage claims relating to auto, PIP, homeowners, medical provider, and liability coverages on behalf of personal and commercial carriers. Before joining the insurance industry, she spent twelve years as a Massachusetts prosecutor.  Attorney Parr is a regular lecturer on insurance fraud issues at national and regional conferences including Insurance Fraud Management, International Association of Special Investigations Units, New England Association of Insurance Fraud Investigators, and International Association of Auto Theft Investigators. She is a cum laude graduate of New England School of Law and Boston University.

​Corinne A. Taylor, G.G., Esq. is an insurance fraud attorney with Parr Law, P.C., and the graduate gemologist of Verashine, a gemstone and appraisal verification resource. Corinne’s practice of law focuses on the investigation, analysis, and disposition of fraudulent insurance claims and the effective representation of businesses and individuals involved in unfair and deceptive practice suits. Corinne has spoken on fraud investigation at IASIU, IFM, and NEIASIU. She is a cum laude graduate of Suffolk University Law School, Southern New Hampshire University, and the Gemological Institute of America.

Attorney O’Hara is a graduate of Wheaton College with a Bachelor of Arts, in English Literature, and Suffolk University with a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice. She also obtained a Juris Doctorate Degree from New England School of Law in 1998.  Attorney O’Hara started her legal career in the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office as an Assistant District Attorney prosecuting misdemeanors and felonies.  After the District Attorney’s office she began working as an insurance defense attorney, handling all aspects of the litigation process from initial assessment of a case through the discovery process (written discovery, document production, depositions) jury and bench trials.  She also has experience handling family law matters, real estate transactions, premise liability, products liability, errors and omission, and immigration cases.  
Attorney O’Hara has provided training to clients including the initiation of litigation, drafting complaints, interrogatories, production of documents, requests for admissions, and trial techniques.  Attorney O’Hara is a current Partner of Parenteau & O’Hara, P.C. Prior to forming Parenteau & O’Hara, P.C. Attorney O’Hara had an active insurance defense practice and was responsible for all Parr & Parenteau, P.C., subrogation matters.

Ms. Giardina has been working in the insurance industry investigating insurance fraud for 29 years. She has been with AIG – Global Investigative Services as an SIU Investigator for the past 10 years. She holds the title of Principal Lead Investigator in the Complex Unit and conducts WC, Auto; PIP and BI claims as well as Premium Investigations.  Prior to AIG, Ms. Giardina was employed by The Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts as a Criminal Investigator for 13 years, where she was responsible for handling personal & commercial auto, medical provider, workers compensation and homeowners fraud investigations. As an investigator at the IFB, she conducted undercover work, posing as a patient and developing provider fraud cases that included not only the medical providers, but the attorney’s and “runners” as well.  She was one of the original investigators assigned to the Lawrence Task Force; at partnership between the MA IFB and the Lawrence Police Department. The results from the Lawrence investigations included guilty trials of attorneys, chiropractors, runners and participants. Additionally, Ms. Giardina has been certified as an Expert Witness for the Commonwealth of MA regarding Auto Insurance Fraud in several Superior and District Court jurisdictions in MA. Ms. Giardina graduated from Northeastern University in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice. Ms. Giardina is a long term member of the International Association of Special Investigation Units (IASIU) and the NE Chapter of IASIU.

Dave Stadolnik is an experienced litigation / SIU attorney whose practice includes all phases of investigation, discovery, motion practice, alternate dispute resolution, and litigation on behalf of insurance carriers in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.  Attorney Stadolnik has extensive experience in the areas of pre-suit investigations, motor vehicle tort cases, construction liability, commercial general liability, products liability, retail premises liability, wrongful death claims, and catastrophic injury. In addition, Attorney Stadolnik is experienced with investigating and litigating fraudulent insurance claims cases, including medical provider fraud, homeowner’s claims, vehicle and dwelling fire losses, theft losses, staged accidents and rental claims. Attorney Stadolnik was first admitted to practice in 1987 and is admitted to practice in state and U.S. District Courts in Rhode Island and Massachusetts as well as the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Court of Military Appeals. He is a member of the Rhode Island Bar Association (RIBA), the Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA) Defense Counsel of Rhode Island (DCRI), New England Association of Insurance Fraud Investigators (NEAIFI), International Association of Special Investigations Units (IASIU), and the New England Chapter of International Association of Special Investigations Units (NEIASIU) and the International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI).  Attorney Stadolnik is a former member of the FBI Medical Care Provider Fraud Working Group and the CLM Insurance Fraud Committee.  A graduate of The College of the Holy Cross, Attorney Stadolnik earned his J.D. at the New England School of Law. He served as a Military Prosecutor with the U.S. Navy’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG) in Newport, Rhode Island from 1987 until 1991.

Ms. Parenteau has been a registered nurse in clinical practice and insurance case management.  This led to a position created in Special Investigations on a Major Case Team, focusing on provider fraud.  She has worked in association with state agencies, fraud bureaus, FBI Healthcare Fraud Working Groups, and NICB, to identify fraud, waste and abuse in the practice and business of medicine.   She holds RN licenses in NH, VT and MA, and certifications: AHFI, (Accredited Healthcare Fraud Investigator), FCLS (Fraud Claim Law Specialist), CIFI (Certified Insurance Fraud Investigator) and CCM (Certified Case Manager). She has presented at claim conferences for claim adjusters, SIU’s, and law enforcement groups (Federal, State, and local), at the IFM (Insurance Fraud Management), IASIU (International Assoc. of Special Investigators), NEIASIU (New England IASIU) and for individual insurance companies. 

​Detective Sergeant Aimee Moller has been in law enforcement in New Hampshire for 19 years and is currently an investigator with the Plymouth, NH Police Department.  She holds a Master’s Degree in Justice Administration from Norwich University.  Prior to working in Plymouth, she was the Chief of Police for The Town of Thornton. Det. Sergeant Moller has also served with the Conway, NH Police Department and the Rochester, NH Police Department.  She currently teaches the Domestic Violence and Stalking classes at the basic recruit academy in NH.  Det. Sergeant Moller has experience investigating many types of criminal activity, from serious assaults and robberies, to fraud and internet crimes against children.  Det. Sergeant Moller has always had an interest in using technology to aid in the investigation of criminal activity, and actively looks for new ways to use emerging technology to the advantage of law enforcement.  

Investigator Matthew Wilmot is a NAFI certified fire and explosions investigator and has worked as an investigator for the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s Office for the past 5 years. He is a jointly certified New Hampshire full-time police officer and career level firefighter. Prior to this, he worked for the New Hampshire State Police – Campus Police Unit for a period of 3 years. Before beginning his career in law enforcement, Investigator Wilmot served his local community as an on-call fire fighter / EMT for a period of 5 years. In his time with the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s Office, he has investigated an extensive range of criminal activity ranging from homicides and serial arsonists to arson-for-profit and firefighter arson. Many of his cases have resulted in criminal convictions or guilty pleas. Investigator Wilmot takes particular interest in understanding and investigating serial fire setters and how new and changing technologies can generate evidence to aid in building stronger criminal cases.

Tonya Perkins is the Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge of the Boston Field Division for the Social Security Administration, Office of Inspector General. Prior to January of this year, she was a Special Agent with SSA OIG in the New York Field Division for 18 years doing criminal investigations involving identity theft, credit card fraud, bank fraud, money laundering and document fraud in addition to fraud waste and abuse within Social Security benefit programs. 

​Roy A. Mura is the founder and managing member of the eight-lawyer firm Mura & Storm, PLLC, headquartered in Buffalo, New York.  He is a 1986 law graduate of University of Buffalo School of Law and a 1983 linguistics degree graduate of SUNY at Binghamton. The author of the widely read and award-winning  Coverage Counsel blog (nycoveragecounsel.blogspot.com), Mr. Mura’s practice includes insurance coverage analysis and litigation, first-party property, third-party liability, auto/UM/UIM, no-fault, fraud and arson defense work for numerous property and casualty insurers on a state-wide and regional basis. He has successfully litigated and tried numerous insurance fraud and coverage cases for insurers through trial and appeal in New York and writes and speaks regularly for insurers and adjusters nationwide on various issues relating to insurance coverage, fraud, social media research for claims and underwriting investigations, “bad faith” and the defense of first- and third-party claims.  He is a member of and proudly serves as General Counsel to the New York State Chapter of the International Association of Special Investigation Units.  He is also a member of the International Association of Arson Investigators, New York State Fire Investigators State Chapter No. 23, Defense Research Institute, several local claims associations and the New York State and Erie County bar associations. He has been listed in the New York Super Lawyers – Upstate Edition since 2012, and maintains the highest possible AV rating with Martindale-Hubbell.  He is married, has three children, four grandchildren, and all but gave up golf several years ago to pursue his avocation for all-season fresh water fishing.