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Expertise Description: B.S., J.D. - Practicing attorney and consultant specializing in Maritime Cases; Stevedoring & Terminal Operations. Expertise includes: Cargo Claims; Regulation of the Shipping Industry; Vessel Operations; Maritime Liens; Ocean Common Carriage; Trucking Regulations; Warehouse Liens; Warehouse Operations; Tariffs; Port Tariffs; Freight Tariffs; Freight Collection; Maritime LABOR Contracts; Stevedoring Contracts; Terminal Lease Agreements; Port Assignments; Preferential Assignment Agreements; and Demurrage... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Experience in maritime issues. Areas of expertise include: boat, marine and ship systems; marine maintenance, repair and safety; boating accident reconstruction and investigation; maritime and admiralty litigation; and yacht delivery. Operated vessels up to 225 feet and 1231 gross tons... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: D.L.P., C.T.L.-A.S.T.&L. – Consulting expert with more than 40 years experience in the Trucking Industry, specialty focus on operations, management, economics and regulation of trucking and distribution services. His background includes staff and management positions in traffic and distribution management for Fortune 100 companies; trucking companies; college level instructor of transportation and related courses. Expertise includes motor carrier/rail administrative law; truck involved accidents; physical distribution management; shipping dock operations; regulatory... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Active licensed customs broker with more than 30-years experience in the field. Expertise includes: cargo, customs compliance, foreign trade, freight forwarding, importing / exporting, load management, logistics, shipping, transportation, trucking, and warehousing. Prior expert witness experience. Consultations, depositions, and expert witness testimony... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.S., P.E. - Mechanical engineer, marine engineer, and naval architect, specializing in boating / shipping issues related to engineering. Expertise includes: Amphibious Craft; Anchoring / Mooring; Barges; Bulk Carriers; Cargo Gear; Cargo Vessels; Collisions / Allisions; Containerships; Cranes; Dredging; Dynamic Instability; High Speed Boats; Marine Accidents; Marine Equipment; Offshore Oil Rigs; Passenger Vessels; Personal Watercraft; Pipelines; Pleasure Boats; Rigging; Salvage Operations; Securing / Stowage; Tankers; Towing; Tugboats; and Unseaworthiness. Professional... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D. - Experienced in packaging, can seaming, packaging line systems, package design for product protection, evaluatation of package specifications, automation for packaging, packaging forensics, expert witness, and testimony... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Innovative transportation brokering entrepreneur with over 40 years experience including: extensive distribution and traffic management experience gained as a Vice President of Logistics; consulting practice involving corporate business plans for several Fortune 500 shippers and their supply chain personnel, training / counseling thousands of transportation professionals, drivers, owner operators, trucking company owners, logistics company operators; authoring several text books and publishing the Backhauler Directory from 1983 to 2003; teaching transportation... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: B.A., LL.M., J.D. - Practicing attorney specializing in transportation, aviation, and maritime law and policy. Expertise includes: cargo (including loss and damage); transportation (trucking, air freight, boat); freight forwarding; cargo, hull, and marine insurance; international / domestic trade; air carrier liability litigation; export management; logistics; and recreational boating. Multiple publications. Invited lecturer. He has substantial experience in the areas of trade and transportation law, cargo loss and damage, carrier and... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: B.A., M.S., P.E. - Civil engineer specializing in coastal engineering and coastal land development. Expertise includes: beach nourishment; coastal boardwalks; coastal processes / development; environmental engineering; erosion (bluff / coastal / shoreline); lagoon restoration; levees; longshore sand transport; marinas; seawalls; shore protection devices (construction, design, permitting); soils engineering; surfing reefs; tidal waves; uprush analysis; water elevation; and wave forces / shoring. Prior expert witness experience in matters pertaining to coastal... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: CPCU - A nationally recognized expert in the insurance and risk management fields. His proficiency is the result of more than 30 years of experience as an underwriter, retail broker, program manager, consultant and expert witness. His expertise includes insurance broker operations and standard of care, marketing in the United States, London, Europe and Bermuda, alternative risk financing techniques, program structure, and coverage analysis; California Brokers License and C.P.C.U. (Chartered... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Consulting expert in marine surveying and risk assessment with almost 50 years experience in the field. Areas of expertise include: marine operations in the offshore oil and gas industry; admiralty; accidents involving dock, shipboard, and offshore cranes; anchor-handling, towing, and mooring incidents; swing rope and personnel basket worker transfer accidents; pipeline damage; cargo and cargo container damage; hurricane and heavy weather damage; mooring system failures; anchor-handling operational failures; towing system... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.S., Ph.D. - Plant pathologist researching concerns related to tropical fruits and citrus, in addition to research on indoor air quality problems caused by molds. Plant investigations include citrus diseases caused by viruses, nematode, and mold / fungi, in addition to post-harvest fruit decay, rot, fruit handling at packing houses, and shipping / transportation. Expert's indoor air quality expertise includes allergies; mold remediation protocols and clearance tests; mold management /... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: F.C.S.I., F.M.P. - Practicing food and hospitality management expert, with expertise in many service industry areas, including: facilities management; industry best practices; critical path development; pre-opening planning; menu engineering; bar / kitchen operations; safety / sanitation training; customer service; food / beverage purchasing; recipe costing / standardization; training and operations; liquor / linen control; shipping / receiving; refrigerated / dry storage; catering; room service operations; and cost containment. Experienced in... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Experienced Naval Architect and Marine Engineer with almost thirty years of experience in the industry. Expertise includes: small crafts, fishing vessels, recreational boats, yachts, ferries, shipyard productivity and claims, and offshore oil exploration. Additional areas of expertise include: recreational boat accidents including outboard motor steering failures, PWC accidents, outboard motor support failures, off-throttle steering, boat collisions and allisions, falls aboard and overboard, high speed craft, primary and secondary... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Experienced in naval architecture including surface propulsion applications, sea trials & analysis of high speed amphibious vehicles, tank testing of propulsion systems, and vessel motion analysis. Has provided expert consultation in the areas of collision reconstruction, stern drive failures, yacht sinking, fishing vessel capsizing, and injury resulting from vessel motions, propeller contact, and other causes... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., P.E. - Mechanical Engineer with strong design, program management, and business development. Manufacturing background. Extensive experience in the management of new product development including oversight of intellectual property, formation of multi-disciplinary teams, concurrent engineering and state-of-the-art techniques for quickly getting products to market. Specializing in fasteners, latching mechanisms, aircraft and other vehicle structures, structural analysis, numerical and nonlinear finite element modeling, metals behavior, products liability and personal injury... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D. - Mechanical engineer experienced in vehicle accident reconstruction, low speed impact, product liability (ladders, chairs, elevators, hydraulic lifts, power tools, machinery etc.), slip, trip, and fall, building and safety codes violations (stairs, rails, etc.)... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: G.I.S.P. - Specialist in geographic information systems, mapping, and imagery. Experienced in the creation, interpretation, analysis, and visualization of geospatial data including land use maps, topographic maps, parcel boundary maps, air photos, satellite images, elevation data, GPS data, and GIS data. Specific skills include air photo interpretation, map interpretation, land cover identification, and 3D landscape visualization. Has provided expert witness testimony utilizing images and maps to support litigation concerning real... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: C.F.I. - Practicing expert in fire, fire suppression, arson, and related matters, with more than 30-years of experience in the field, investigating over 3,000 fire incidents. Expertise includes: arson; boat / marine fires; computer modeling; electrical engineering; evidence collection; fire cause / origin; fire investigations; fire prevention; fire safety; fire science; forensic studies; mechanical engineering; and wildland fires. Certified Fire Inspector (C.F.I.). Teacher of fire science topics. Prior expert witness... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Over 35 years experience in railroad operations, transportation consulting, track and equipment maintenance, management, labor relations and working with regulatory agencies. Expertise includes railroad rules, federal regulations, railcar and locomotive mechanics, track and facilities, maintenance practices, derailment and accident investigations, railroad safety, Association of American Railroads (AAR) Field Manual of Interchange Rules, AAR Manual of Standards & Recommended Practices, Railroad Loss of Use Claims, and Rule Books & Timetables. More... » Read Complete Profile

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