William L. Bainbridge, Ph.D., FACFE, DNASE, is a forensic youth-serving organization expert with extensive experience in standards of care regarding: School or
Youth-Serving Organization Accidents; College/University Accidents;
Sexual Harassment/Sexual Abuse in Educational or Youth-Serving Organizations; Wrongful Death in Youth-Serving Organization Settings; Youth Bullying; Educational Accountability; Negligent Employment of Educators/Teachers; Educational Personnel Matters; Student/Staff Supervision; Student/Staff Violence;
Educator Hiring, Training, Retention and Supervision; Student and Youth Injuries; Swimming/Drowning Accidents; Playground Accidents, Athletic Accidents and Legal Compliance Regarding Special Education.
He has been court qualified in 37 states and Ontario. Dr. Bainbridge has more than 30 years’ experience auditing educational organizations and documenting educational standards of care and analyzing/reporting research involving educational effectiveness. He served as CEO of the SchoolMatch® Institute and as Distinguished Research Professor at The University of Dayton from May 7, 2001, to February 20, 2018.
Since 1986, he has been a consultant to over 1000 organizations including law firms, school systems, universities, corporations and government agencies in the U.S.A., Canada and Europe. He is the former superintendent of three school districts in Ohio and Virginia and served on the executive staff of the Ohio Department of Education and Professor for the National Academy for School Executives.
While leading SchoolMatch®, the nation’s only comprehensive research and information service on public and private schools, lawyers began consulting with him on cases establishing educational standards of care in a wide range of accidents and incidents. Publication of Dr. Bainbridge’s work in THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION JOURNAL, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, USA TODAY, many daily newspapers and appearances on NBC’S TODAY SHOW, ABC’s Good Morning America, FoxNews and CNN have motivated lawyers to contact Dr. Bainbridge.
Dr. Bainbridge was honored by The Ohio State University in 2015, with the College of Education and Human Ecology’s Award of Distinction. He was a speaker in 2015, at the SEAK 24th Annual National Expert Witness Conference in Washington D.C. Named Educator of the Year by the Ohio PTA, Dr.
Bainbridge is a Fellow of the American College of Forensic Examiners and Diplomate of the National Academy for School Executives. He has completed certification programs with The Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University and The Disney Institute. He earned his Ph.D. at The Ohio State University and completed post-doctoral studies at Columbia University in New York City. He is a former Director and Foundation Chair of the Rotary Club of Jacksonville, Florida and Past President of the Ohio State University Alumni Club of NE Florida.
