Expert No. 96447 – TX
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Expertise Description: B.S., M.S., Ph.D. - Consulting chemical engineer in areas of failure analysis, product liability, automobile accidents, fire cause and origin, chemical exposure, environmental contamination, regulatory compliance, agriculture, medical devices, and passenger restraint systems. Expertise includes: front / side airbags (failure, deployment, injuries); automobile passenger restraints (seat belts, infant, and child seats); chemical fires / explosions / damages (butane, solvents, crude oil, gasoline, natural gas, carbon dioxide, chlorine gas); toxic chemical exposures (benzene, ethylene oxide, bentonite clay, formaldehyde, hexavalent chromium) in industry, residences, government; environmental hazardous waste contamination (drinking water supplies, ground contamination, oil discharges); and regulatory enforcement (sulfuric acid leaks, ammonia vapors, hydrogen peroxide). Expert witness consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony.
Areas of Expertise:
Representative Litigation Experience:
- 128 civil and criminal cases.
- Deposition testimony for 33 cases filed in federal and state courts in Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, Ohio, and Colorado.
- Trial testimony for 4 cases in federal courts in Texas and Arkansas.
- Trial testimony for 3 cases in state courts in Texas, Louisiana and North Carolina.
- Daubert Hearing Testimony in federal court (Arkansas) and state court (North Carolina).
- Criminal Grand Jury Testimony in Arizona.
- Litigation support for the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Arizona Attorney General's Office.
- Trade secrets and patents.
- Regulatory agency enforcement.
- Toxic chemical exposure.
- Environmental contamination.
- Railroad tank car accidents.
- Automotive airbags.
- Chemical burns.
- Business interruption loss.
- Fires and explosions.
- Seat belts.
- Medical devices.
- Animal farming nuisance.
- Methamphetamine labs.
- Industrial and consumer products.
- Infant/child seats.
Education:
| Degree | Subject | Institution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | Chemical Engineering | University of Arkansas | |
| MS | Chemical Engineering | University of Arkansas | |
| BS | Chemical Engineering | University of Arkansas |
Professional Appointment/Association Affiliations:
- 43 years experience as a PhD Chemical Engineer.
Other Career Highlights:
| Publications regarding toxic torts and hearing after airbag deployment. |
