Gerald Partridge, a 1978 graduate of the University of Iowa College of Law, is considered one of the finest teachers of "Witness Preparation" and "Cross Examination" in the country. His unique approach as an instructor is the result of: 1) Twenty years of felony trial work; 2) Extensive CLE and POST teaching experience; and 3) Studies in: Interview and Interrogation (Reid & Assoc.), SCAN (Avinoam Sapir, formerly with the Israeli Mossad), Verbal Judo (Dr. G. Thompson), Structural Thinking (R. Fritz, Inc.), Systems Thinking (Innovation Assoc.), DRE Training; Special Investigations (NCDA), and Non-Verbal Communication (Starr & Assoc.).

Partridge has co-authored three best-selling books: Investigation and Prosecution of DWI and Vehicular Homicide, Officer's DUI Handbook, and Courtroom Survival: Making the Traffic Officer a Powerful Witness, all published by LEXIS Law Publishing. He has taught for APRI, NHTSA, the National Traffic Law Center, and at police academies and prosecutor training conferences coast-to-coast. Mr. Partridge has served as an adjunct instructor for the National College of District Attorneys' Advanced Trial Advocacy Course at the National Advocacy Center in Columbia, South Carolina. He and Professor Kwasnoski have taught together on the national level for more than six years.