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Expertise Description: Over 11 years consulting as an expert in the field of Independent Marine surveying and Legal Liability. Served 20 years as a U.S. Coastal Guard Officer involved in commercial vessel regulations, inspections, and accident investigations. Fluent in Coast Guard laws, regulation, and policy. Society of Accredited Marines (SAMS). American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC). National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Established as an expert witness in civil and criminal litigation for... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Certified Marine Surveyor, certified Forensic Examiner, and certified Fire and Explosion Investigator. Over 35 years experience in Marine Forensics & Marine Survey. Expertise includes: recreational boat damage appraisals; cargo damage and pre-shipment surveys; and loss control surveys of commercial passenger, dinner cruise, ferry, and casino boats to stage of completion surveys for lenders on custom and production yachts, and container and tanker ships. Expertise also includes forensic marine engineering, marine... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Experienced federal law enforcement officer and Retired United States Coast Guard Commander with expertise in maritime operations / security. Has over 30 years experience in the field. Expertise includes: search / rescue; maritime law enforcement; U.S. customs enforcement; U.S.C.G. operations; law enforcement training; use of force issues; arrest techniques; defensive tactics; impact weapons; boating safety; aids to navigation; incident management; officer safety and survival; and performance appraisals. Additional experience in... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Consulting expert with more than forty years of wide-ranging experience in the insurance industry. Expertise includes: insurance, risk management, insurance fraud, property insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, excess and surplus lines insurance, homeowners insurance, and workers compensation. Additional expertise in aviation insurance, marine insurance, yacht insurance, liability insurance, errors and omissions insurance, bad faith, insurance claims, excess and umbrella insurance, offshore insurance, duty of care insurance, and custom and practice... » 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: 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: 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: 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: 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. - Experienced in aquatic safety and facility design issues. Areas include aquatic risk management, swimming pool design, maintenance, management and operation, water quality, boating safety, supervision issues, barrier effectiveness, staff qualification and training, code compliance, and signage and warnings. Also experienced in swimming pool or water feature construction defects cases, and all water-related personal injury cases including drowning and near drowning, spinal injury, slip-and-fall, boating and PWC cases, waterslide... » Read Complete Profile
