James J. Mangraviti, Jr. was born in Everett, Massachusetts in 1968. Jim graduated summa cum laude from Boston College and cum laude from Boston College Law School. He left the practice of law in 1996 to join SEAK, Inc. (www.seak.com) - a publishing, education and consulting firm based on Cape Cod, where he is now a managing partner, trainer, consultant, and author. He has personally trained thousands of expert witnesses such as physicians, engineers, accountants, appraisers, and psychologists and has served as a trainer to federal agencies including the Department of Defense, FBI, and IRS. He resides in North Reading, MA with his wife and two children and spends his summers on Cape Cod in East Falmouth, Massachusetts.