Jim Fleming, is a former police officer, a practicing attorney with thirty-two years of experience in handling criminal trials and civil tort litigation. He has served as an expert witness for other attorneys in more than a dozen homicide and firearm related cases and is one of the founders of Mid-Minnesota Self--Defense, Inc. He serves on the Board of Advisors for the Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network and on the Legal Panel for CCW Safe. He has provided continuing legal education to attorneys across the county on the issues that arise in handling self-defense cases.