Ronald R. Butters

Forensic Linguistic Research

• Professor of English & Cultural Anthropology, Duke University, Emeritus

• Former Chair, Department of English, Duke University

• Former Chair, Linguistics Program, Duke University

• Former Co-Editor, International Journal of Speech, Language, and Law

• Immediate Past President, International Association of Forensic Linguists

• trademark issues (strength of mark,  likelihood of confusion, word history, dilution, putatively scandalous marks)

• interpretation of the language of contracts and statutes

• allegations of defamation

• verifiability of confessions and interrogations

• the interpretation of linguistic evidence—spoken, written, and electronic