I am land surveying expert witness with more than two decades in the field. My areas of expertise include land surveying, photogrammetrist, ABET program, NCEES exam, and geomatics. I have experience teaching at the university level and have been published in peer-reviewed journals and magazines. I am offering my services as a land surveying expert witness.
I have over 25 years experience in research, product development, and manufacturing. My domains of technical expertise include: Solar Energy, Energy Storage, Electric Vehicles, Smart Grids, Smart Home Devices, Mobile Devices, Consumer Electronics, Mobile applications, Advanced Electronics Packaging Technologies, and Solar Module Manufacturing. I wrote a McGraw-Hill Engineering Series textbook on mobile electronic product development. I have extensive applied experience in strategic decision making processes as they relate to products, technologies, and management of intellectual property. I have been working as a strategy consultant and expert witness in these areas for more than a decade. I have provided my services as a solar energy expert witness for more than 5 years.
I am originally from a large farm in Southwestern Nebraska. I have more than 5 years of professional experience in the field of agricultural economics. As a faculty member, I regularly work with farmers, lenders, government agencies, and private businesses to address real-world issues in the agricultural industry. My primary areas of concentration center on production and commercial agriculture including grains/oil seeds, cattle, and fiber production. Much of my scholarly and applied work also focuses on farm management, agricultural lending and risk, and farm asset management, especially farm/ranch land values, rents, and production costs. The applied nature of my professional work is especially useful when an intimate knowledge of the agricultural industry is necessary to derive monetary conclusions and implied costs. I am offering my services as agricultural economics expert witness.
I have worked as an employment law expert for more than 30 years, and as an HR practices expert for over 15 years. I have worked as a litigator, investigator, advisor, trainer and author. After more than 15 years of litigation, I began doing HR compliance audits and consulting, and eventually built and sold HRThatWorks to ThinkHR in 2014. I have spoken hundreds of times to HR groups and CEO groups about compliance and great HR practices. I have created HR training programs for LinkedIn Learning and also created the GreatHR program. I also coach HR executives. I have prior experience offering my services as an employment law expert witness.
With more than 50 years of piloting experience in various military, air-carrier and civilian aircraft, I have gained over 29,000 flight hours. My expertise includes aircraft maintenance operations; aviation accident analysis; aviation safety program development and auditing; flight instructions/evaluations (military/civilian); flight crew evaluations; flight operations standardization/quality assurance; weapons and tactics evaluation/instruction; and worldwide and domestic flights. I also have over 40 years of experience evaluating and instructing pilots. I am a retired colonel from USMCR. I have provided consultations, courtroom testimony, and deposition as an aviation safety expert witness for over 25 years.
I have over 40 years experience working in the field of security, including the private security sectors and the Secret Service. I have worked and supervised all divisions of the Secret Service in the Los Angeles Field Office to combat terrorism. I was responsible for advanced planning and logistics coordination for Presidential, Vice-Presidential and foreign head-of-state visits. My expertise includes: counterfeit, credit card, cyber, financial, IT, and physical security; top secret clearance infrastructure protection; water district and transportation authorities. I have also been the keynote speaker on several seminars in various fields. I have conducted over 500 Threat Assessments and have investigated numerous post shooting investigations. I have more than 45 years of expert witness experience, including over 20 depositions and over 50 courtroom testimonies.
I have more than 40 years of experience in the professional practice of engineering in many disciplines and industries. I retired from 30 years in the chemical manufacturing industry, five years in the mining industry, and more than eight years as a consultant. I have consulted both domestically and internationally. I have operated an engineering consulting company with time spent equally between manufacturing consulting and expert witness work. I have provided consultations and deposition for over 5 years as an industrial safety expert witness.
I have over 25 years of consulting experience in the medical field with an emphasis in pulmonology, internal medicine, critical care and sleep disorders. My expertise includes: sleep studies, pulmonary function tests, pulmonary alveolar epithelial cell homeostasis, regulation and effects of intracellular pH in alveolar epithelial cells, mechanisms of alveolar epithelial salt and water transport, development of membrane polarity in alveolar epithelial cells, alveolar epithelial cell growth and differentiation. I also have experience in addressing medicolegal issues within my specialties, both in the worker’s compensation system, as well as civil cases. I have provided courtroom testimony, deposition, and consultations for more than 5 years as a sleep disorders expert witness.
I am a skilled human resources expert witness with more than two decades in the airline industry. I have expertise in process improvement, department creation, leave management, payroll, training, auditing, labor relations, performance management, pay systems implementation, leave management systems implementation, policy development, legal compliance, training program development, organizational design, and process creation. I also have experience in airline management: I started as a flight attendant and moved into the management side after flying for several years; I was also responsible for the team that paid the flight attendants. I am offering my services as a human resources expert witness.
I am a skilled cardiology expert witness with more than a decade of experience in the medical field. I specialize in the clinical care of patients with complex cardiac diseases as well as those with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, ventricular assist devices or LVADs, and those in need of heart transplantation. However, I also am expert in internal medicine and care for patients with non-cardiac conditions as well. I have prior experience offering my services as a cardiology expert witness.
I have more than 45 years of experience in line management, project management and consulting and engineering serving the petroleum, petrochemical, chemical, natural gas, synthetic fuels, steel, manufacturing, secondary metals and transportation industries in the United States and abroad. I have significant technical expertise in conducting environmental audits and assessments related to property transfers, mergers and acquisitions, and refinancing. As part of these projects, I have considerable experience in Phase I environmental due diligence according to ASTM and EPA, Phase II site investigations, and negotiation of risk and liability between buyer and seller. I have also performed air and water quality studies, RCRA permitting, Superfund RI/FS, groundwater and soil remediation, and TSCA evaluations and remediation involving PCB contamination. Additionally, I have experience with the design and start-up of major pollution control facilities, environmental impact and baseline studies, and air and wastewater permitting.
I was active on a technical advisory committee that led to the formulation and rollout of the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System (EMS). I have also worked with both government and industry developing and reviewing various types of EMS’s. I have participated in internal and third party reviews of EMS’s and helped trained staff in the application of EMS principles. In a related activity, I have designed and implemented pollution prevention programs and trained staff to accomplish the same.
My design experience includes preparation of heat and material balances, PFD’s, P&ID’s, equipment specifications, plot plans and equipment layouts, and start-up and operating manuals; conduct of flow sheet, process safety and model reviews; review of vendor drawings; scheduling and cost estimating; field checkout of construction; and start-up and operation of facilities. Projects have included raw water treatment systems; physical, chemical and biological wastewater treatment systems; sludge dewatering and handling systems; solid, liquid and gaseous incinerators; boiler feed water treatment systems; cooling water treatment systems; and flares and other utility systems.
In addition to engineering design work, I have appeared as an environmental engineering expert witness on behalf of clients at public hearings, in deposition and in court.
I have more than 30 years of international experience in program and project management, program and project delivery, and project and organization rescue and turn-around. This includes work in multiple technology sectors-Information Technology (IT), telecommunications, new product development (NPD), high -tech manufacturing, semiconductor manufacturing, factory automation, manufacturing automation, process automation, software development, SaaS applications, and strategic planning and implementation. I have held positions of Chief Operating Officer (COO), Chief Technical Office (CTO), IT Director, Program Manager, Project Manager, Solution Architect, and developer. My experience as a successful expert witness in a litigation case working for a retail chain (plaintiff) and a company acting as a Developer/System Integrator that was contracted to deliver a custom point of sale (POS), system. The focus of my activities has been project rescue and contract and statement of work negotiation.
I have more than 25 years of business and legal experience focused on (1) complex financial products, including swaps, swaptions, options, futures, forwards, foreign exchange, commodities, securitizations, structured notes and municipal bonds, (2) commodities and securities trading, regulation and compliance, (3) ISDA, NAESB, SIFMA, EEI and other trading documentation, and (4) secured commercial loans and trading lines of credit. I have held senior executive and legal positions in a global bank, a global investment bank, a swap/derivatives dealer, a commodity pool operator, and several prominent law firms. I am very adept at simplifying and explaining complex financial products and disputes and translating between a client’s legal team and its executive/financial officers while delivering effective analysis and persuasive testimony. I am a very capable writer and public speaker. I have prior experience offering consultations and deposition as a financial expert witness.
I am an experienced healthcare management expert witness. I have specialized for over 35 years in general medical data audit support services, data analytics (predictive), data assessments and strategy support, internal control audits, compliance, risk, and vulnerability assessments for patients, providers, payers, plan sponsors and other indirect and direct support vendors within the healthcare industry. I have additional experience in denial management services, third party audits, metrics, medical software architecture and integration analysis and health record integrity that are essential to sustain revenue, billing and clinical integrity. I have prior experience offering consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony as a healthcare management expert witness.
I have expertise in technology trends with over two decades of experience. I specialize in strategic consulting, product testing, market research, business development, intellectual property and original editorial and video content production services for the consumer electronics, technology, online/social media and video game industries. I provided consultations and deposition for more than 10 years as a technology trends expert witness.
I have more than 35 years of experience in taxation and accounting. The majority of my experience has been dedicated to leading the tax departments of New York Stock Exchange, publicly traded corporations with international operations that engaged in significant merger, acquisition and reorganization activities. This entailed my direct management of the tax compliance, audit, research and planning functions for a multitude of legal entities, including extensive U.S. consolidated groups. Accordingly, I have had wide-ranging, hands-on experience with corporate divestitures, consolidated tax returns, tax sharing arrangements, the securing of government rulings and the management of audits of various of types and sizes of legal entities. These audits, conducted by the IRS, state, local and foreign authorities, required my intensive management of all aspects thereof, from the initial start of the examinations through protesting the examiners’ findings and on through the formal appeals process. I have drafted, negotiated and ensured compliance with merger, acquisition and divestiture purchase and sale agreements, technology agreements and tax sharing agreements at every one of the conglomerates I’ve been professionally associated with, involving both related and unrelated entities, and with respect to members of consolidated groups. I have prior experience offering consultations and deposition as a tax expert witness.
I am a pharmacology and toxicology expert with more than 10 years of experience in consulting services related to all aspects of forensic, environmental, clinical and general toxicology. Working with attorneys, insurance clients, corporations, and law enforcement agencies to provide impartial evaluation involving drug effects, overdose, toxic chemical exposure, medical malpractice associated with drug therapy, poisoning, and the role of drugs, alcohol, or chemical exposure in civil and criminal litigation. I have significant experience in immunoassay screening techniques, (EMIT, EIA, TLC, ELISA), as well as confirmation and quantization using GC/MS, and LC/MS/MS. I also have a comprehensive knowledge of the theory and application of organic analytical chemistry including extortion theory. I have provided consultations, courtroom testimony, and deposition for over a decade as a toxicology expert witness.
I have over 45 years experience in orthodontics with expertise in dentofacial orthopedics, pediatric orthodontics, oral surgery, braces, Invisalign, ceramic braces, cosmetic dentistry, bite issues, speech problems, and impacted teeth. I provide multidisciplinary orthodontic treatment in coordination with general dentists and other specialists. I have been offering deposition, consultations, and courtroom testimony for more than 5 years as an orthodontics expert witness.
I am a toxicologist with over 20 years experience in the field of clinical toxicology. After a nearly 20 year career leading the Poison Control Center at a children’s hospital of Philadelphia, which included consulting on toxicology cases from 21 counties in Pennsylvania and Delaware, I have worked as an independent consultant specializing in medical communications and providing consultation and expert witness testimony on cases such as: medication errors, medication adverse events, poisonings (accidental and intentional), pharmaceutical product liability, alcohol or drug-related motor vehicle accidents, carbon monoxide exposures, chemical exposures (including occupational-related exposures), and environmental issues.
I have over 10 years experience specializing in cleanroom performance and critical environment testing. I have provided have ranged from cleanroom construction consulting, providing Protocol Management training, certifying cleanrooms/minienvironments, writing customer specifications, performing facility audits, and volunteering for organizations that focus on the education of cleanrooms. I have prior experience offering my services as a cleanroom protocol expert witness.
I am a residency trained optometrist who has been in clinical practice for almost 40 years at a college of optometry. In addition, I have also been involved in hospital based and multi-specialty medical group practice, as well as private practice. While I specialize in primary care optometry, a significant part of my patient base deals with the diagnosis and management of glaucoma. I am very familiar with the current literature and am active in clinical research. I have provided consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony for more than 30 years as an optometry expert witness.
I have over 45 years experienced in domestic and international technical programs including occupational health, industrial hygiene, safety, and environmental staffs, public and private industry, including pharmaceuticals, hospitals, medical devices manufacturers, shipyards, public utilities, petroleum transportation, aviation, and research facilities. I have significant experience in indoor air quality, sick building syndrome, mold, bioaerosols, and associated litigation and studies. I have provided consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony for more than 30 years as an industrial safety and hygiene expert witness.
I have over 45 years experience in retail management with a focus in retail brands and their operations; store safety; merchandising; brand positioning, competitive review, assortment diagnostics; experience in fast fashion, department stores, specialty, big box stores; and product expertise with teen, women, kids, shoes, accessories, jewelry, plus size, and beauty. I have spent more than 5 years offering deposition, consultations, and courtroom testimony as a retail management expert witness.
As a fire protection engineer, I have worked as a lead design engineer for fire protection systems in all types of buildings for over 20 years. My experience in the corrosion field began in 1994 when I served as a forensic investigator for the Department of Defense in the evaluation of metallic component failures. My experience also includes expert witness support, project management, performance based design, code consulting, fire failure analysis, hazard analysis, and complete design of fire protection systems. I have worked as the founder and president of a fire protection engineering company. I have also been an instructor of fire protection engineering at a college extension program and have been a community college professor. I am a prolific public speaker and have been invited to numerous national conventions to provide insights into fire protection engineering. I have provided clients with consultations and deposition for more than 15 years as a fire protection engineering expert witness.
I have worked for more than 35 years in the field of electrical power engineering with expertise in electrical power systems design, construction, and analysis. I have experience with specification of switchgear, electric motors, transformers, and cables; as well as the forensic engineering investigations of transformer, motor, switchgear and cable failures. I have provided numerous clients with consultations and deposition for over 15 years as an electrical power engineering expert witness.
I have provided psychological, neuropsychological, and vocational evaluations for more than 40 years. As a rehabibiatiojn psychologist and neuropsychologist, I have provided treatment and evaluation in rehabilitation hospital settings, acute care health facilities, and in private practice. I have treated and evaluated adults with traumatic brain injury, amputation, stroke, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, and dementia, blind and low vision and other chronic neurological diseases. Treatment has included group therapy for cognitive rehabilitation, but also individual psychotherapy for PTSD, reactive depression, anxiety disorders, non-medical techniques for chronic pain, and adjustment to disability. I have performed Independent Medical Evaluations (IME) and subsequently testified in depositions and court as an expert witness in neuropsychology and vocational rehabilitation on numerous occasions. The evaluations often include requests for disability reading using AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment 6th Edition our earlier versions. I have extensive experience regarding the evaluation of brain injured individual using up to date neuropsychological tests. Assessments include performance and symptom validity determination, testing designed to estimate premorbid level of functioning, and comprehensive quantification of cognitive ability using demographically corrected norms. Included also is assessment of emotional status using self-report inventories and questionnaires. Vocational evaluations include vocational testing to assess general intellectual capacity, scholastic achievement and career interest often paired with psychological testing to rule/out psychological component or overlay. I identify the individual’s vocational potential, earnings loss or capacity based on residual his/her marketable transferrable skills. I have provided consultations, courtroom testimony, and deposition for more than 30 years as a rehabilitation psychology expert witness.
I have over 40 years experience in transportation safety with expertise in motor carrier safety, logistics, hazardous materials, transportation, and machine transport. I also have experience in Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) Safety: calculating downwind effects, identifying and mitigating NBC incidents, maintaining the NBC equipment used to identify and protect personnel against potential hazards and train personnel. I have spent more than 5 years providing consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony as a transportation safety expert witness.
I graduated from the University of Denver Law School with an undergaraduate degree, B.S. Law. I have been a Colorado Managing Real Estate Broker for over 35 years. During those years, I have performed all of the required Annual Continuing Education requirements. I have invested in and brokered single family homes, multifamily properties, and commercial properties. I have also invested in, brokered, originated, serviced, and apprasised private promissory notes and other cash-flow assets nationally. I have valued and appraised private promissory notes for attorneys, C.P.A.’s, banks, savings and loans, estates, trusts, individual investors, and real estate developers. I have provided clients with courtroom testimony, consultations, and deposition as a real estate brokerage expert witness for more than 10 years.
A former corporate and intellectual property lawyer, I graduated Harvard Law School and later earned a Master’s in Industrial Design at Pratt Institute. I’ve spent over 20 years guiding innovation through strategic product development, and my background offers a unique understanding of the business side of creativity. Though I’m no longer an attorney, I advise on all aspects of the protection and monetization of intellectual property, from patents and trademarks to negotiating royalty and licensing agreements.
My work has been recognized with awards from The Industrial Designers Society of America, The Consumer Electronics Association, The Toy Manufacturer’s Association, The Chicago Athenaeum and ID Magazine, has been profiled in the Wall Street Journal, and featured in books aimed at educating design students about the profession. I’m named inventor on over 45 US design and utility patents.
I am a goal-oriented and budget-conscious construction and engineering professional offering more than 25 years of experience within the construction industry heading diverse, multimillion-dollar projects to successful completion. I have been involved in hundreds of projects with a total dollar value exceeding $1 billion with experience in all facets of development from initial feasibility through real estate, design development, construction, warranty period, and the operations and maintenance life-cycle. I have been an estimator, project manager, construction manager, Owner’s representative, General Contractor, consultant, and A/E’s representative on projects including condominiums, hospitals, schools, court houses, restaurants, and office buildings to name a few. I also have experience in Federal Government projects, both military and civil works, some of which are considered “mega” projects (exceeding $100 million in value). Additionally, I have experience in residential development including subdivision development and house construction. I have spent over 5 years providing consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony as a construction engineering expert witness.
I have over 40 years of experience in environmental safety. My areas of focus include OSHA, specialty chemical manufacturing, chemical waste management, remediation, and construction. I am offering my services as an environmental safety expert witness.
I have over 35 years of experience in pharmaceuticals with an expertise in the formulation, manufacturing, and regulation of cosmetics, drugs, medical devices and nutritional supplements. I also have experience in research and development, including formulation, stability and analytical chemistry, clinical trials and manufacturing of pharmaceuticals. I have prior experience offering consultations and deposition as a pharmaceuticals expert witness.
I have over 40 years of consulting experience in automation with and emphasis in flow measurement. My expertise in flowmeters includes: instrumentation and process control engineering, management of instrumentation, electrical, and utility areas plant-wide, long-range capital planning, utility process engineering, boiler and incinerator controls, energy conservation, development and implementation of capital projects, addressing system efficiency, system simplification, operating flexibility, reliability and maintainability. I have over 25 years of expert witness experience, as well as depositions, and courtroom testimony.
I have over 20 years of experience investigating the origin and cause of fires. I conduct origin and cause determinations, case reviews, consulting and expert witness testimony. I have extensive experience in large commercial fire and explosion losses, residential explosions and fires, serial arsonists and complex arson for profit schemes. My experience is both from the public sector (federal) and the private sector. I have prior experience offering my services as a fire investigation expert witness with consultations and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 35 years experience in the management, development, implementation, marketing and operation of computer based information systems for the financial services industry. I specialize in management consulting providing business planning services, aligning information technology to business objectives as well as identifying opportunities to use information technology as a competitive resource to clients. I employ business information planning methodology, and selected consulting services to improve organizational effectiveness, business and technical processes, and the effectiveness of information management resources. I have spent over 20 years providing consultations and deposition as a business technology expert witness.
I have more than 25 years of experience in the human resources field and over 15 years as President/Owner of my own consulting company. We provide the HR resources to increase productivity, retention and avoid costly legal issues. We provide all of your human resource needs while saving you time and money. Our consulting company is focused on providing customized HR services for organizations and schools. Services range from start-up to maintenance to in-depth analyses of the function and structure of human resources. Areas are identified that need to be developed, strengthened or improved, and then our company can customize, devise and implement the newly structured programs specifically to the organization’s needs. I have previous experience offering consultations and deposition as a human resources expert witness.
I have more than 20 years of experience in research in medical robotics, motion tracking, surgical devices, human-machine interaction, and assistive or rehabilitative robotics. I have taught as a professor of robotics, biomedical engineering, and mechanical engineering at a major university, and also as an adjunct professor of rehabilitation science and technology. I have developed systems for minimally invasive cardiac surgery, motion tracking using optical and inertial sensing, accuracy-enhanced microsurgery using active handheld robotic instruments, steering of needles for neurosurgical and urological procedures, and filtering of command input in assistive interfaces for computers and powered wheelchairs. I have published over 130 peer-reviewed papers in these areas. I have been a Senior Member of the IEEE, and the director of a surgical robotics laboratory. I hold one U.S. patent, with another provisional patent application submitted. I have prior experience providing consultations, reports, declarations, claim construction opinions, deposition, and courtroom testimony as a medical robotics expert witness.
For more than 35 years, I have worked in the long-term care field which includes non-medical facilities such as Residential Care, Assisted Living, Home Care and Day Care Programs. I have been an advocate for improving community care for residents/clients/consumers, as well as care homes/facilities since 1985. Since 1990, I have been teaching, writing/publishing standards for the non-medical care and medical care industry.
I have consulted as an expert on cases in over a dozen states. I am familiar with both state and federal laws and standards. Over the years, I have authored more than 26 books on care facility standards. For several years, through American College of Community Care Educations, I was in charge of publishing the laws and state policies for homes for the elderly and developmentally disabled and day care programs. I have spent over 25 years offering deposition, consultations, and expert testimony as a long-term care expert witness.
I have more than 40 years of broad business experience and have held management and technical positions at a “Big Four” accounting firm for over 15 years. I have been involved with various companies and industries and have participated in a wide range of litigation consulting engagements. I have participated in numerous litigation consulting engagements which involved investigation, analysis, participation in depositions and testimony and in assisting litigators with data presentation for trial. My engagements have included analysis of various business issues, damages calculations involving business and personal issues, technical accounting issues related to public companies, corporate governance issues, and forensic accounting and analysis related to complicated business schemes. I have over 15 years experience as a financial expert witness and have testified at depositions, arbitrations, Superior Courts, before the Securities Exchange Commission, Federal Bankruptcy Court and before U.S. District Courts in the Southern Federal District of New York and Districts in California, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Maine.
I have worked for over 35 years in residential real estate with a focus in single family, condominium, small residential income properties, high-value “estate” properties, apartments, and small mixed-use properties. I am knowledgeable in appraisals, foreclosures, market analysis, forensic appraisals, eminent domain and condemnation valuation, divorce, estates, dispute resolution, and valuations. I have provided numerous clients with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony as a residential real estate expert witness.
I have over 25 years of experience in trademark licensing with experience across a wide range of consumer products. My core competencies include market analysis, consumer research, and license development. I specialize in brand extension licensing which includes conducting primary market research, creating business cases, and developing strategic alliances. I have offered my services providing consultations and deposition for more than 15 years as an trademark licensing expert witness.
I have over 35 years experience in Podiatry with expertise in foot and ankle surgery, wound care, and reconstructive foot and ankle surgery. My practice is in reconstructive foot and ankle surgery; this includes total ankle replacement, tendon repair, trauma surgery of the lower leg, ankle and foot, along with elective procedures. I have provided numerous clients with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony as a podiatry expert witness for more than 30 years.
I have been practicing chiropractic medicine for more than 25 years. My focus areas are in motor vehicle collisions and injuries, administering of the Pain Validity Test to establish if a patient is indeed suffering and determining the proper diagnosis and appropriate treatment, along with a focus in whiplash, auto accidents, accidents, spinal ligament injury, and headaches. I have prior experience as a chiropractic expert witness by providing clients with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 45 years of continuous experience in the automotive industry. I have worked for a car manufacturer, an electronic systems and device supplier, and have consulted for the last fifteen years as an independent automotive electronics consultant working with automotive electronics suppliers of many types. I have worked in the industry areas of R&D, applied engineering, development, product engineering, manufacturing engineering, product line management, and business line direction. My entire career has been focused on the development and design of components, subsystems, and systems for use in the automotive industry. I began doing a small amount of expert witness work in 2005, but most of my expert work has taken place since 2013. I have worked on seventeen expert cases, all dealing with automotive technology. Most of these cases have involved work for the defendant, but we have also worked for the plaintiff on some cases. I have spent over 10 years as an automotive engineer expert witness and have experience in drafting declarations, reports, doing prior art investigations, deposition, and court testimony. We have worked on IPRs, District Court cases, and class action filings. While a majority of our cases involve only one client and law firm, we do have experience working with multiple (two to four) clients and their individual law firms on a single case.
I have more than 40 years of experience in multiple areas of career advising, academic and vocational schools, personal injury and other evaluations for estimating wage loss, earning capacity, employability and performing economic calculations for law offices. My specialty includes Life Care Plans and economic assessments. My career includes research and writing peer reviewed journal articles and being on professional boards to advise and develop continued education programs. I have testified in over 350 trials ranging from Louisiana, California, Oregon, Hawaii, Alaska, with most work in Washington State. I have spent over 35 years as a vocational rehabilitation expert witness by providing consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony for numerous clients.
I have over 40 years of consulting experience in commercial and residential garage doors, docks, and gates. My expertise includes: door contractor sales, product safety, installation, repair, manufacturing, assembling, installing, programming, equipment, and designing. I have additional expertise in fire doors. I have spent over a decade providing deposition, consultations, and courtroom testimony as a garage door expert witness.
I have more than 30 years experience in microprocessor/microcontroller system design. I have designed with the earliest 8 bit systems to the latest 64 bit systems. I do systems, hardware, and software design and traverse these domains easily. I do everything from the lowest level boot ROM software all the way to devices drivers for the latest operating systems. I am a well-known expert in Universal Serial Bus (USB) with knowledge spanning all aspects of USB design, integration, and debug. I have designed and sold USB IP for the FPGA world for 11 years. I am one of the porters of UNIX to the Intel 486/860 processors at Intel. I am very experienced with the use of System C and HLS (high-level synthesis) for both data flow and control flow designs. I have run my own consulting / design services company over 20 years. I am offering my services as a microprocessor/microcontroller system design expert witness.
I have over 30 years public accounting experience in real estate and management advisory fields, specializing in the automotive industry. I am an expert with respect to automotive dealership operations. I am very familiar with the inner workings of a dealership having owned several dealerships and consulted with hundreds more over my long career. I presently work with around 75 dealership franchises. I understand how the Sales and Service and Parts Departments run and how they interact to create a successfully operating dealership. On a regular basis I consult at several dealerships with respect to operational improvements. I have hands-on experience with respect to identifying a problem, implementing a solution and monitoring the results to ensure the solution is implemented. I have spent over 20 years as an automotive industry expert witness by providing deposition, consultations, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 40 years of diverse aviation industry experience that includes knowledge and experience in turbine & piston power plant, large and small aircraft overhaul and component repair and overhaul. I have performed risk assessment for the insurance industry and both corporate and business aircraft owners have utilized my talents. Also, I have provided expert valuation for the Internal Revenue Service regarding aircraft, aircraft engines, aircraft components, aircraft type certificates, and aircraft supplemental type certificates. I have spent over 20 years as an aviation expert witness with consultations, courtroom testimony, and deposition.
I have been employed by companies and have owned companies in the business of providing underground construction for the placement of underground utilities and pipelines. My work experience spans over twenty years working directly in the underground industry. My companies have served in both Prime Contractor and Subcontractor capacities. I have held positions and job duties in companies that include but are not limited to: General Laborer, Customer Service Representative, Underground Vault (manhole) Setter, Sales Executive, Area Manager, Project Manager, Estimator, General Manager, Vice President and President. I have extensive knowledge of underground construction, related equipment and have experience in the selection, procurement, utilization, and maintenance of such equipment. A list of equipment includes but is not limited to: Trucks, Heavy Trucks and Trailers, Forklifts, Cranes both track and Truck mounted, Skid steer, Skip Loader, Backhoe, Excavator, Loaders, Compactors, Trenchers, Boring Machines, Horizontal Directional Drills (HDD), Pit Launched Directional Drills, Pneumatic Hammers, and Hydraulic Moles. I have worked and overseen successful projects to install pipeline and conduit for Cable TV, Fiber Optic, Gas, Electric, Water, Sewer, and Storm Drain. Other pipe and conduit installations include, Seawater Return Pipe Lines, Defrosting Pipeline, Hydro Augers and Contaminated Soil Remediation Lines. Under my direction my companies have built and installed Fiber Optic Conduit Networks for inner-city and long haul projects. The projects utilized High Density Poly Ethylene (HDPE) pipe ranging in size from 1 inch in diameter to 42 inches in diameter. I have served as a consultant in both private and public works and have been retained by cities, engineering firms and law firms. As a consultant, I have provided services such as expert witness, feasibility study, method recommendation, bore plan and design input, specification review, cost estimating, contractor review, project monitoring, document review, and litigation.
I have more than 20 years experience in the field of Pediatric Endocrinology as a physician with clinical expertise in diabetes mellitus, disorders of hypoglycemia, thyroid disorders, and disorders of growth. I have published over 125 peer-reviewed research articles and chapters on various topics within my field and also provided instruction as a full professor with tenure. I have also spent over 5 years as pediatric endocrinology expert witness with consultations and deposition. I have over 10 years of service as a military physician with two combat service deployments.
I have over 40 years of experience in commercial real estate appraisal. My areas of focus include rights-of-way, eminent domain, litigation, farm and ranch, equestrian, subdivisions, mining, oil & gas, land, commercial, industrial, agricultural operations, residential, special use properties, water rights, conservation easements, appraisal consulting, and appraisal practice for national and international lending institutions, federal, state, and local government agencies, as well as private investors, corporations, estates, attorneys, and venture capital groups. I have provided deposition, courtroom testimony, and consultations for more than 25 years as a commercial real estate appraisal expert witness.
I have over 35 years experience in Securities with expertise in investments, Securities, Fraud, stocks, bonds, options, mutual funds, private placements, limited partnerships, options, annuities, FINRA, SEC, suitability, churning, insider trading, unauthorized trading, commissions, arbitration, selling away, trading, and execution. I have spent over 25 years as a securities fraud expert witness with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 40 years experience in computing, including over 35 working on Internet protocols and applications. I have been a pioneer in multimedia email, online payment systems, and online point of sales systems, and have been closely tracking and participating in a number of related fields. I am best known as author of the MIME standard, which is used trillions of times every day, in virtually every email and web page on the Internet. I have also offered my services as an Internet technology expert witness for over a decade with consultations and deposition.
I have more than 25 years of experience encompassing areas including semiconductor packaging, MEMS packaging, electronics reliability, light emitting diodes (LED), solid-state lighting (SSL), automotive electronic systems, finite element modeling, electronic failure mechanisms, decoration measurement, and material behavior characterization. I have provided numerous clients with deposition, courtroom testimony, and consultations as a LED expert witness for over 5 years.
I have more than 40 years of experience in the private practice of Dermatology in New York, including extensive experience with all the medical and surgical problems of skin disease. Specifically, I have dealt with not only the routine treatments of skin disease but also with the newer therapies, such as biologicals for debilitating diseases such as psoriasis. A very major part of my activities include the early detection and treatment of skin cancer including melanoma. I have also been involved in cosmetic treatments of the skin including skin rejuvenation. Through my academic appointment I have many years of experience teaching medical students and resident physicians in Dermatology. I have provided deposition, consultations, and courtroom testimony as a dermatology expert witness.
I have over 30 years experience in General Surgery. I specialize in vascular surgery, bariatric surgery, breast cancer surgery, trauma surgery, critical care and laparoscopic surgery. I have provided numerous clients with deposition, consultations, and courtroom testimony as a general surgery expert witness.
I have over 30 years experience in commercial real estate appraisal with expertise in market analysis, hotels, motels, shopping centers, office buildings, industrial building and self-storage. In addition to litigation support and expert witness services, my firm provides appraisals of complex commercial real estate for a variety of clients, including lenders, insurance companies, and other institutional clients. I have also offered my services as a commercial real estate appraisal expert witness for more than 20 years by providing numerous clients with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have over 25 years experience in the Mineral Processing Industry with expertise in tailings and long distance concentrate pipelines, feasibility study, detailed design, mud-drilling and off-shore deep wells, and hydraulic design. I have additional experience in the design of Slurry Pumps, API Pumps, Compressors and Turbines; Pressure Vessels Packages; corrosion for refineries and mining extraction; and engineering hydrocrackers, particularly catalyst based slurry hydrocrackers. I have prior experience providing consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony as a mineral processing expert witness.
I am a mechanical engineering expert with more than 30 years experience in the field. I have investigated and opined on forensic engineering matters in automotive, marine, medical device, and transportation. I am a holder of six patents and a professional engineer licensed in OH, IN, KY, MI, WV, PA, and FL. I am also an instructor to other professional engineers and a former USN engineering duty officer. I have over 15 years expert witness experience including consultations and testimony experience.
I have been consistently engaged in the insurance and reinsurance profession for more than 40 years. I am a principal and founding member of a prominent insurance company, which is now in its 18th year of operations. The company was created to provide the insurance and reinsurance industry with a resource of senior technical support to audit insurance and reinsurance claims (including claims managed by TPAs), manage the runoff of legacy insurance liabilities and assist in commutations in the following lines of business: Casualty, including Excess Liability and Errors and Omissions, Property, Marine and Inland Marine, Accident, Health and Life. I have also spent over 30 years as an insurance expert witness by providing numerous clients with deposition, courtroom testimony, and consultations.
I have worked for over 15 years in the Automotive Repair Industry. My expertise lies in working with factory engineering representatives on problem vehicles, all aspects of service and repair on all automotive systems, Automotive Dealership Operations, diagnosing and repairing problem vehicles, and the maintenance and repair of new and customer owned vehicles.
I have more than 20 years of experience in the field of physical therapy. My specific knowledge is in the area of provision of educationally relevant services as part of a free appropriate public education, along with geriatrics, fall assessment and prevention, lifting and transfers/manual handling skills, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, evidence based practices, assistive technology for individuals with severe and multiple disabilities, worker’s compensation, functional capacity assessment, community mobility, canine assistant, and best practices. I have published on funding adaptive equipment for children with disabilities and served as a board member and trainer for MOVE international. Prior to my career in physical therapy, I was employed as a biochemist and clinical research administrator in the pharmaceutical industry. I am offering my services as a physical therapy expert witness.
I have more than 30 years experience in the field software development and implementation. My expertise includes product development, packaged software customization and implementation, and software support and maintenance. I am an expert in the field of outsourcing and offshoring the provisioning of services to third-party providers.
I have over a decade of experience in defamation of character and malicious prosecution. My expertise includes defamation of character cases, libel and slander, emotional distress, false light, defamation psychology, defamation demographics, social medial, DMCA, innocent dissemination, online defamation, and satire. I have also provided consultations and deposition for more than 10 years as a defamation expert witness.
I have more than 5 years of providing franchise expert witness and litigation services to attorneys and their clients, and have over 35 years of comprehensive franchise experience. My opinions are valued by attorneys, clients, and triers of facts because of my work exclusively in the franchise, license, and affiliate distribution network industries. I have the unique ability to communicate and present our positions in a fashion that attorneys, clients, insurance companies, judges, and juries can understand.
As a dermatology expert witness in Ohio, I have over 40 years of experience with all the medical and surgical problems of skin disease. Specifically, I have dealt with not only the routine treatments of skin disease but also with the newer therapies, such as biologicals for debilitating diseases such as psoriasis. A major part of my activities include the early detection and treatment of skin cancer including melanoma. I have also been involved in cosmetic treatments of the skin including skin rejuvenation. Through my academic appointment I have many years of experience teaching medical students and resident physicians in dermatology. I have provided deposition, consultations, and courtroom testimony as a dermatology expert witness.
I have more than 20 years of experience in the field of trademarks. I worked for nearly 2 years as a USPTO examiner. I was trained extensively at the USPTO, reviewed hundreds of application files during that time, and received excellent performance reviews. In private practice since 1999, I have helped clients register more than two thousand trademarks at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), I have written and spoken on trademark registration topics extensively to both business and law groups, and I have been an active member of ABA and INTA committees related to USPTO application matters. I help brands grow stronger, work with businesses to register and protect their trademarks with the USPTO, and represent clients in trademark disputes. I have prior experience as a trademark expert witness.
I have more than 45 years of professional experience in Southern California in the field of Human Resources Management. My background includes extensive experience in corporate Human Resources management, Human Resources consulting, and teaching Human Resources seminars. My expertise includes employee discipline, employee termination, employment, compensation, employer policies, compliance, and employee relations. I served for many years on the HR advisory board for a university and am a past member of a university HR advisory board. In addition to providing HR consulting to Southern California employers, I have provided services as a human resources management expert witness in cases involving employment litigation for more than 20 years.
I have more than 35 years of experience in New York in diverse fields ranging from financial markets trading, risk management, and investments to semiconductor physics, signal processing in electrical engineering, applied mathematics, and theoretical physics. I began my career as a semiconductor device physicist making numerous technical contributions and inventing novel techniques. After an intervening period as an academic researcher and teacher in applied mathematics, I launched a career on Wall Street. In these nearly 25 years in the financial world, I have become a leading expert in quantitative analysis of all investment and derivative types as well as in the analysis of financial risk and valuation. As practitioner, manager, executive, and consultant, I am a world expert in credit risk, credit ratings, financial insurance, derivative transactions, banking risks, and capital markets generally. I have over 5 years expert witness experience with consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony.
I have over 25 years experience in Kentucky as an Orthopedic Surgeon with expertise in knee and shoulder reconstruction, shoulder injuries, sports medicine, and performing Independent Medical Examinations (IMEs), shoulder injuries, and sports medicine. The types of surgery I routinely perform are arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs, Labral repairs, ACL reconstruction, and knee arthroscopies to just name a few. I have over 15 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 45 years of commercial, industrial, and university experience in all aspects of plastic and polymer materials, plastic part design, tool design, and plastics processing. I have served as a plastics engineering Expert Witness in more than 25 cases, many of which have required deposition or trial testimony to be given. I am the founder and Principal Researcher of a plastics company, which consists of highly skilled plastic, chemical, and mechanical engineers who have performed consulting and research services to a variety of industries over the last 20 years.
I have more than 20 years of experience as a practicing and consulting neurologist, pediatric neurologist, neuroscientist, and environmental health expert. The specific areas of my clinical scientific expertise include: traumatic brain injury, headache/migraine, neurotoxicology, metabolic neuroscience, movement disorders, environmental health, and the autism spectrum disorders. I also have unique expertise and experience, as well as an additional masters degree in architectural sciences, with a focused interest in human safety, injury prevention, neuroergonomics, kitchen design, neurobiology of aging and the assisted living facility milieu and the Sick Building Syndrome. I have developed teaching models in environmental science and nutrition for the education of scientists and have taught, lectured, and presented my research to symposia and international societies. My work in these areas has been published in global scientific literature by a variety of journals and publications, including: Neurology, Headache: the Journal of Head and Facial Pain, Pediatrics, and International Journal of Thoracic Diseases. I have over 20 years expert witness experience with consultation and deposition.
I am experienced in the field of roadside safety engineering. While working at a prominent research institute in the field of transportation safety engineering, I assisted in constructing roadside and median safety features for the purpose of conducting standardized crash testing according to NCHRP Report 350 and MASH test protocols. I also documented some of those tests by recording observations, taking measurements of various forms of damage, and compiling technical reports. I also researched ditches, crash cushions, low-volume roads, trees, cable guardrail, W-beam guardrail, concrete median barriers, and temporary concrete barriers. I also investigated the fracture behavior of thin steel under dynamic loading conditions. I am familiar with dynamic and static component testing, computer simulation via LS-Dyna, and full-scale crash testing for Federal approval of highway safety appurtenances. I have also taught classes on elasticity, continuum mechanics, fracture mechanics, and LS-Dyna. I have also conducted a statistical analysis of the in-service performance of guardrail terminals. I have offered my services as a roadside safety engineering expert witness by providing consultations, courtroom testimony, and deposition.
I am an orthopedic surgeon with over 35 years of clinical orthopedic practice experience. I have performed over 15,000 orthopedic surgical procedures. I have extensive experience providing independent medical evaluations (IME’s) for the insurance industry and the legal profession. My experience includes Sports Medicine, Spine Back and Neck Musculoskeletal Trauma, Knee Disorders, Shoulder Disorders, Upper Extremity Disorders, and Lower Extremity Disorders. I have worked for more than 30 years as an orthopedic surgery expert witness in Texas by providing numerous clients with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 40 years of experience in providing real estate valuation, consultation and litigation services primarily in the States of Illinois, Florida and Georgia. These services were provided to lenders, attorneys, accountants and governmental agencies in connection with lending, deficiency hearings, eminent domain, bankruptcy and ad valorem taxation. Property types included land, multi-family, commercial and industrial properties in addition to limited market and special purpose properties. I have also spent over 45 years as a real estate valuation expert witness experience by providing consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 30 years in the area of Internet Technology and Online Marketing with expertise in creating ecommerce software for small businesses (including ecommerce software sold in book and computer stores), search-engine optimization, ecommerce conversions, and general online-business strategy. I am also skilled with PPC, advertising, marketing, public relations, web application, email newsletter publishing, and interface user design. I have over 5 years experience as an online marketing expert witness and have offered consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have over 40 years experience in industrial construction with expertise in the design, fabrication, construction, retrofit, component application, start up, belt splicing and general maintenance of bulk material handling conveyors, stationary and mobile conveyors, stackers, reclaimers, ship loaders, crushers, truck live bed systems, metal detectors, vibrating components, magnetic separators, fire protection systems, sampling systems, screens, bucket elevators, belt conveyors, screw conveyors, steep angle conveyors, drag chain conveyors, hoppers, chutes, impacts, screening systems, dust control (wet, dry and vacuum), warehouse conveyor systems, and various road paving equipment. I have also offered my services as an industrial construction and hydraulics systems expert witness.
I have more than 40 years of experience on the convenience retail / petroleum marketing industry. I have experience in top management positions in both entrepreneurial and large corporate business environments. I have also spent over a decade working as a convenience retail expert witness and have provided numerous clients with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
First in the arena of industrial research and then as a university professor, I have spent more than 35 years pursuing the challenges of alternative forms of energy for transportation and electrical power. Some recent examples of my research are: the development of direct electromagnetic conversion of light energy into DC electrical power, the production and use of hydrogen as an alternative energy carrier, and the design of an electronic DC/DC converter for implementation in a vehicle application. Throughout my career I have consistently applied my skills to solving the practical problems caused by the contemporary sources of energy used for transportation and electric power generation. My combination of industrial research experience and academic background has given me a sharp analytical approach tempered with an understanding of the economic constraints of the existing infrastructure.
With more than 15 years experience in Playground Safety & Risk Management, I have an expertise in Playground Equipment Accidents, Playground Supervision, Recreation Accidents, Physical Education Accidents, Health Club Accidents, Athletic/Sport Facility Accidents, Faulty Equipment, Coaching Safety, Risk Management Planning, Sport Supervision, and Non-Adherence to Standards. I have also spent over 5 years working as a Playground Safety expert witness b offering consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
With over 25 years experience in Medical Billing, I am an expert on Revenue Cycle Management with an expertise in coding, auditing, practice management, risk adjustment/RADV Audits, CMS, Medicaid, Workers Comp, demographic entry, payment posting and adjustment, patient statements, paper and electronic claims, claim follow-ups, practice management system table clean-up, and ASC charge master analysis. I have additional knowledge in coding for Anesthesia, Pain Management, Neurology, OBGYN Laboratory, Ambulance, General Surgery, Physical/Occupational/Speech Therapy, Chiropractic, IDTF, Radiology, and Gastroenterology. I am offering my services as a Medical Billing expert witness.
I have over 40 years experience in Insurance with a focus in property management insurance, underwriting, casualty insurance, inland marine property insurance, risk management, D & O, Worker’s compensation, and claims management. My background is in property coverage under builder’s risk (a type of Inland Marine insurance) and what is known as Completed Civil Works, such as operational bridges, tunnels, and dams. I have also worked as an insurance expert witness in New York for more than 30 years by offering consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have over 30 years experience in Telecommunications and Networking with a focus in broadband architectures (Fixed and Mobile) and related networking protocols: X.25, OSI, TCP/IP and 3GPP suites, service and content providers, equipment manufacturers, market and trend analysis, Ethernet aggregation, Wi-Fi, Voice over IP, Video and Multimedia. I have also provided my services as a telecommunications expert witness in Massachusetts.
I have 25 years of experience in the Structured Finance and Fixed lncome Markets. I have been active in the Structured Finance market from the late 1990’s through the present, so I offer exceptional insight and detail into the inner workings of collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), synthetic securities, Credit Default Swaps (CDS), structured investment vehicles (SIVs), asset-backed commercial paper conduits (ABCP), mortgage backed securities, mortgage related derivatives, total return swaps, asset backed securities, credit derivatives, special purpose entities, traditional derivatives, risk management, ratings of structured financial products and cash securities. During my career, I have been employed at a rating agency in the structured credit division, managed groups which have originated, structured and distributed various forms of structured credit products to institutional clients and invested in structured credit and corporate portfolios. I can provide quality expert reports, rebuttal reports and calculations as it relates to damages from complex financial products. I have offered deposition as a structure finance expert witness in New York.
I have over 10 years of experience in industrial controls. I was founder and CTO of a company providing advanced motion control for industrial cranes and robotic material handling systems. In this capacity I architected technologies now well-known for enhancing crane-ease-of-use and safety. These have been adopted by Caterpillar, Cummins, Johnson Controls, GM, Hyundai, Toyota, Ford, Kia, Alcoa, Novelis and other first-tier manufacturers. I have extensive experience in motion control, dynamics, vibration, PLCs, system design, machine vision, and photogrammetry. I am an active lecturer on various mechanical and controls engineering topics including The Design Process, Advanced Motion Control, Mechatronics, and Engineering Intellectual Property. I have presented invited talks at premiere institutions including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Kumoh National University of Technology, the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Hyung Hee University, and others. I have published numerous refereed journal and conference articles pertaining to industrial motion control and human factors in crane control, and hold one patent related to crane control. A second application has been submitted. I am engaged in directing research efforts investigating crane control, motion planning, crane safety systems, and collision avoidance. I have also worked as an industrial crane controls expert witness in Georgia.
I have more than 35 years experience in the mid and downstream energy business working for major oil companies. I started my career in refinery process engineering and progressed to financial analysis and strategic planning for the downstream businesses. I led commercial trading and distribution operations, directing regional crude oil supply and distribution for a 150 million barrel per year network in the distribution of gasoline, jet, and diesel fuels. As President and CEO for small petrochemical business, I led the construction start-up and operation of a $215 Million plant in the United States with an International Joint Venture partner. As President of a large fuel retail business, I had responsibility for domestic franchise and company gas station and C-Store operations as well as an International C-Store Franchise consisting of 700 franchisees, 3000 convenience stores, and $3 billion in annual revenue. Currently, through my company, I provide consulting services in the Petroleum Refining and Marketing business. I have been called upon as a consultant and expert witness for franchise business disputes, gas Station-C Store Facilities’ Standard of Care, Insurance fraud, wrongful terminations, fuel pricing, business valuation, and franchising. My work as an energy industry expert witness for over 5 years includes providing consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have worked for more than 20 years in the education field, first as a middle and high school mathematics teacher followed by being a parent coach. I have addressed workplace bullying, school safety, campus safety, dating violence, and the threat of violence with teachers and parents. With students, I address verbal abuse, physical abuse, and cyberbullying, and specialize in empowering each of them with solutions. I have also provided consultations for parents.
I have been working in pediatric gastroenterology for over 5 years. My interests are focused on diagnosis and treatment of children with Gastrointestinal and Liver disease. Specifically, I focus on gastrointestinal endoscopy, both for diagnostic purposes but also for new modalities of therapy and diagnostics including treatment of GI bleeding, complex polyposis syndromes, treatment of Portal Hypertension and capsule endoscopy. I have prior experience working as a pediatric gastroenterology expert witness in Illinois.
My career has spanned over 30 years in the field of Medicine and Surgery as both a General and Colon/Rectal Surgeon. My expertise is in Endoscopy, Colon Cancer, Colonoscopy, Diverticulitis, Hemorrhoids, Infections, General Surgery, Colon / Rectal Surgery, Constipation, Fecal Incontinence, Robotic Surgery, Crohn’s Disease, and Ulcerative Colitis. I have also spent more than 30 years working as a general surgery expert witness in West Virginia and have provided deposition, consultations, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 20 years experience working in and with k-12 schools around issues of safety, access, equity, and diversity. I was a high school teacher for five years and my research expertise focuses on bullying and harassment, school safety, school policies, and gender and sexual diversity issues in K-12 schools. I am the author or editor of four books on gender, bullying, and sexualities in schools and have published over 40 articles and book chapters. I am also offering my services as an school/education expert witness in Colorado.
My career has spanned over 15 years in the field of communications with an expertise in satellite communications, cellular telephony, communications receiver design, signal processing, and information technology. I have additional knowledge in error correcting code technology, wireless communications, networking, statistical analysis, standardization (including 3G, UMTS, DVB-S2, WiFi, and WiMAX), low-density parity-check codes, turbo codes, Reed-Solomon codes, cyclic redundancy check codes, and convolutional codes. I also have prior experience providing consultations and deposition as a wireless communications expert witness.
My career has spanned more than 35 years in the fields of electrical, computer, and optical engineering. I have developed extensive experience in the field of liquid crystal displays (“LCDs”). For example, I was a design and procurement consultant for an avionics company during which time I was involved in redesigning an avionics LCD subsystem to use full color LED light sources instead of short arc lamps. Also during my time as a consultant, I have managed and conducted product evaluations for almost every kind of display product – LCD, CRT, Plasma and LED direct view, and projectors. I was co-founder and vice president of a company that develops and manufactures specialized integrated circuits, including those used for testing LCD drivers and LED drivers. I have tracked liquid crystal displays (“LCDs”) and other display technology worldwide with special emphasis on Japan. In this position, I’ve obtained and evaluated samples of all of the current and future production LCDs. I worked closely with several Japanese companies and laboratories to develop new LCD products and test existing LCD products. My work in this role resulted in my inventing or co-inventing six LCD patents and one projector patent. The LCD patents relate to, among other things, a stacked display panel construction and an LCD with an optical fluid layer. I have also provided my services for numerous clients as an electronics product development and LCD expert witness for over 15 years.
For more than 10 years, I have been deeply involved with application security, the security development lifecycle, secure coding, cybersecurity, viruses, risk mitigation, risk assessment, responsible disclosure, hacking techniques, applied encryption, denial of service, online banking security, cryptocurrencies (bitcoin), information privacy principles, information privacy technologies, and banking regulations (FFIEC). My career has been focused on application security, Cloud security, identifying, developing and implementing processes across the organization to reduce information and information technology (IT) risks. I have additional expertise in leading security incident response, establishing appropriate standards and controls, defining and managing security technologies, and directing the establishment and implementation of policies and procedures.
I have more than 25 years of experience in Loan Servicing & Administration with a focus in defaulted loan servicing, from early-stage delinquency to final disposition of an acquired property. I have additional knowledge of pooling and servicing contracts and the contractual obligations of a servicer. I also have expertise with investors and insurers/grantors, with in-depth knowledge of requirements, exceptions, time frames and curtailments/refused claims. I have also spent over 5 years as a loan servicing expert witness and have provided numerous clients with consultations and deposition.
My career has spanned more than 30 years of experience in the fields of structural and civil engineering. I have provided extensive services for defendants and plaintiff attorneys on construction litigation matters in single and Class-Action both on State and Federal lawsuits. My understanding of core legal concepts has enabled me to assist my clients in the most efficient manner. I bring diversified experience in the field of Structural, Civil and Forensic engineering in design, investigation, evaluation, research, building code and standards development and construction supervision of US, Canada, and International projects. I have provided failure analysis, expert consultation, structural forensic investigation, and damage assessment services for many litigation and insurance related matters. I have been the principal structural engineer on projects for clients such as NASA and several other high profile agencies. I have Provided many technical lectures, presentations, and webinars for structural engineering, Architectural and Building Official communities. I have also worked for more than 15 years as a structural engineering expert witness in the greater Los Angeles area by providing numerous clients with deposition, consultations, and courtroom testimony.
With over 30 years of experience in all facets of the Construction Industry, including over 20 years focused on disputes, contract negotiations and litigation. Whether as a manager of numerous complex projects or as as claims consultant in over 150 plus cases, ethical and fair dealing has remained the standard of my foundation. Ever conscious of schedule, cost and quality, I remain driven to provide the best possible result(s) for the stakeholders that I represent. I have worked for over 15 years as a construction expert witness and have provided numerous clients with consultations, courtroom testimony, and deposition.
I have over 10 years in the fields of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine with a particular focus in Meditation, Yoga, Ayurvedic Medicine, Tibetan Medicine, Tui-na Massage, Homeopathics, Flower Essences, Aromatherapy, and Sound Therapy. I also specialize in alternative medicine by recommending various Chinese herbal patent formulas and/or single herbs, as well as personally customizing and preparing Chinese herbal formulas from a dispensary of approximately 280 single Chinese herbs. I have worked with many cancer patients of various stages and types, utilizing acupuncture and Oriental medicine to support those undergoing either chemotherapy, radiation and/or surgery. I have prior expert witness experience.
I have been working for over 40 years as a Forensic Fire/Explosion Investigator with an expertise in carbon monoxide incident investigation, fire origin and cause analysis, fire protection engineering, fire suppression systems, building code analysis, fire modeling, fire dynamics, gas industry engineering, experimental fire/explosion research, industrial/process hazard assessment, and engineering analysis. I have been regularly involved in origin/cause fire/explosion investigations, fire reconstructions, smoke detector failure investigations, sprinkler system failures, restaurant suppression system failures, building code issues, etc. As a gas engineer, together with my fire forensic experience, I have been regularly involved in the analysis of gas fires and explosions. I have also worked for more than 25 years as a fire investigation expert witness in Illinois and have provided numerous clients with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have been working for more than two decades in the field of Animal Science with a focus in equine exercise physiology. I have additional experience working with mineral balance in young racehorses entering training. I have more than 25 years experience teaching at the university level in the area of horses – particularly in the areas of horse nutrition, exercise physiology, management, and training. I have also been providing numerous clients with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony as an animal science expert witness in Michigan for over 5 years.
I have been working as a Corporate Safety Director for over two decades with expertise in the development of health and safety standards in the Heavy Construction, Risk Management, and Insurance Industries. I am knowledgeable in catastrophic injury, fatality, personal injury and workplace safety, as well as heavy construction, building construction, equipment related incidents and OSHA law. I have more than 20 years experience working as a workplace safety expert witness in Texas by providing consultations and deposition for numerous clients.
I have spent over two decades in valuation, business finance and strategic consulting matters. I have provided two valuable client services based on my experience valuing intellectual properties (copyrights, patents and trademarks) and intangible assets (contracts, relationships, trade secrets, domain names, websites, social media sites, technologies, brands, endorsements, rights of publicity, and more). For attorneys and clients in litigation, ownership and taxation disputes I provide expert opinions and testimony regarding damages, valuation and reasonable royalties. I have testified in Federal and state matters, for Federal Tax court and in arbitrations and mediations. My analyses and opinions have been used and relied upon in matters including: defamation, technology asset and patent valuation, impact of social media marketing and celebrity endorsements, trademark infringement, copyright infringement, divorce and bankruptcy.
In addition, I have worked with business owners, executives and managers to increase the profitability of their businesses based on leveraging their intellectual properties and intangible assets. Businesses often have business plans and marketing plans, but rarely do they have IP plans – focused on leveraging their proprietary assets to generate additional income and increase profits. This process involves: identifying which assets are contributing to existing profits, managing and reviewing IP portfolios, licensing strategies, optimal pricing, transaction advisory, due diligence, and valuation.
I have more than 30 years of experience in emergency medicine in a busy, urban, community emergency department. I am residence trained in family medicine. As Medical Director for over 20 years I have considerable experience in quality assurance and case evaluations as well as pre-hospital and emergency department policies and protocols. I have worked part-time as a medico-legal consultant for malpractice and criminal cases, and have participated in depositions and courtroom trials. I have been providing consultations, courtroom testimony, and deposition for over 30 years as an emergency medicine and emergency room expert witness in Northern California.
With more than 30 years experience in economic damages, I have spent my career focusing on intellectual property, royalty audits, wrongful termination, commercial litigation, and accounting fraud. I have a special emphasis in medical devices, media & entertainment, toys, video games, consumer products, oil & gas, energy, manufacturing and service industries. I have also spent over 10 years as a economic damages expert witness in Los Angeles by providing numerous clients with deposition, consultations, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 20 years experience in the construction industry focusing on healthcare, education, commercial and residential construction and renovations. My expertise includes front end planning, schedule/budget development and control, scope development, architect/engineer/contractor evaluation, RFP development, risk management, constructibility review, project phasing, value engineering, quality control and dispute representation. I have over 5 years experience as a safety and civil engineering expert witness in Michigan and have provided clients with consultations.
I have more than two decades of experience in the field of Emergency Medicine and Hospital Negligence with a particular expertise in Internal Medicine. I have also spent time working to improve the distribution of medical resources, as well as advocating for better healthcare insurance policies. I have also spent time working as an emergency medicine expert witness in Indiana by providing clients with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
With more than 25 years experience in civil infrastructures, I have spent my career working with building systems, balconies, parking garages, bridge piers, and decks. I have additional knowledge in forensic and failure investigation and litigation support on building envelopes; roofing systems; balconies; pavements and runways; parking structures; as well as material testing, including concrete, aluminum, steel, anchor bolts and asphalt. Through investigation and engineering analysis, I am able to determine the causes of structural performance issues, such as structural distress, excessive displacement, or excessive vibrations to partial or total structural collapse. I have also spent over 25 years offering consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony as a Buildings Construction Expert Witness in Illinois.
For more than 20 years, I have worked in the field of Neurotoxicology and Behavioral Neuroscience with a particular focus in diagnosing neurotoxic effects in humans using clinical neurological, neurophysiological, neuroradiological, and neuropsychological measures of nervous system function. I have also spent time specifically looking at the interactions between neurotoxicants and age at onset of Parkinson’s diseases in humans. I have additional experience in how drugs and neurotoxicants modify human behavior and the progression of neurodegenerative disease. I am a diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology. I have also spent over 15 years as a neurotoxicology expert witness in Massachusetts by providing clients with courtroom testimony, consultations, and deposition.
My career has spanned more than 35 years in the field of Securities. I have spent most of my time focusing on forensic accounting and damage calculations, among numerous other financial areas. I have also spent over a decade providing consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony to numerous clients as a securities expert witness in Nevada.
As a patent law expert witness, I have more than 5 years experience as a physician, attorney, and acupuncturist, specializing in health care financing and regulation, intellectual property, and public health. I have additional experience in the challenges big data and artificial intelligence pose to patent law; the role of comparative effectiveness research in drug regulation; and the intellectual property implications of innovations related to human biological processes. My career also includes offering my services in Southern California as an expert witness with consultations and courtroom testimony.
I have worked in Pennsylvania for over 35 years in the field of Agriculture as a weed and crop management expert. As an agriculture expert witness, my expertise includes herbicide discovery, development and product support, genetically modified crop traits, new pest management technologies and their application, pesticide optimization with formulations and adjuvants, spray drift mitigation, pesticide mixture and dose response analysis, no effect level (NOEL), and patent and legal support.
My work in the field of Radiology has spanned over a decade with expertise in neuro-, musculoskeletal, emergency imaging, mammography, and digital MRI/MRA. I am MQSA compliant, including digital mammography, and I evaluate all MRI, CT, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, and radiographs. I also have an additional two years of orthopedic surgery residency training, and thus have particular interest in trauma, ER, and musculoskeletal imaging. As a radiologist expert witness in California, I have experience in consultations and deposition.
My 25 years of experience in the credit reporting industry includes working with Data Breach and Fraud Prevention, as well as call center operations, B2B sales, vendor management, customer service, credit disputes, credit repair, identity theft, corporate security, strategic planning, crisis management and fraud examination/detection. I have additional experience in financial services, including risk assessment/analysis, investigations, and banking. My time as a fraud prevention expert witness has spanned over a decade with courtroom testimony, consultations, and deposition.
With more than 10 years experience, I am a fellowship trained urogynecologist/pelvic reconstructive surgeon. I have advanced training and education in the evolution and treatment of women with complex pelvic floor issues, including urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, pelvic pain, genital/urinary tract fistulas, and have additional expertise in correcting serious mesh complications. I have written numerous research articles and book chapters in the field of urogynecology and have been a guest speaker and lecturer at multiple scientific meetings. I have prior experience as a urogynecologist expert witness in Tennessee by providing consultations and deposition.
My 25 years of experience in the field of Human Factors Safety and Ergonomics has been focused on floor slip resistance measurement; human vibration and acceleration exposure measurement and analysis; recreational boat design, watercraft occupant safety, and towed watersports safety; product, occupational, and premises safety assessments; accident investigation; warnings design and evaluation; and human movement, climbing, and stability analysis. My background as human factors safety and ergonomics expert witness in Michigan has spanned over two decades.
My background of over 40 years in the field of Insurance includes working as an agent, P/C agency owner, broker, Surplus Lines broker, underwriting Managing General Agent (MGA), Third Party Administrator (TPA) claims handler and active reinsurance company executive. I have expertise in commercial insurance, property/casualty insurance, significant property exposures (manufacturing & warehousing), inland marine, auto fleets, workers compensation, commercial general liability and professional liability (E&O) risks. I have over 10 years experience as an insurance expert witness in Wisconsin and have provided testimony in the areas of Insurance Bad Faith; Insurance Customs and Practices; Insurance Professional Liability; Insurance Property Casualty; and Insurance Agents & Brokers Standard of Care.
I am an expert in Hospitality Real Estate, having consulted internationally on hotels, resorts, golf courses, restaurants and other hospitality businesses. I have over 40 years of experience, and my services include financial and market analysis, operations analysis, valuation, property tax appeals, asset management, brokerage, and litigation support and expert witness. I have prior experience in deposition and testimony, over 30 years of experience as an expert and consultant.
As a fire and explosions expert for over 30 years, I have experience working with gas, liquid and dust fire and explosion litigation, incident investigation, consulting, hazard and risk assessment, training, research and fire/explosion testing. I have built up extensive expertise on electrostatic and other ignition sources through numerous incident investigations and laboratory studies. I have provided expert witness and litigation consulting services in legal cases for more than 15 years involving multiple fatalities, injuries and extensive property damages, which include those high-profile cases that drew attentions of the Congress, OSHA and general public, and played instrumental roles in these litigation cases. I am offering my services as a fire protection expert witness.
I have more than 40 years of experience in the child care and related services field. In that context, my experience began as a teacher, school director, graduate school teacher, national director of a network of child care centers, and presently as a Business and Operations Consultant to the early care and education industry for close to 20 years. The myriad of experiences has meant that I know the field at all levels and am able to deliver a rich depth to the clients I serve. Previously, I’ve worked with other providers, large corporations, CEO’s at all levels, government agencies and their Directors, attorneys, accountants, and a wide variety of organizations of all types and sizes. I am proud to say that I succeeded in helping these people and organizations with my industry experience, problem solving skills, and by keeping that client’s goals as my number one. My work has been defined by the wide breath of endeavors that I’ve encountered. Whether it’s in management/union arbitration, helping large service providers make closing choices, mentoring a CEO, providing expert witness services and testimony, or training an entire nation’s school directors, I am there and helping all the way. In my industry and in related business situations, my consultancy has helped clients succeed and left them better prepared for the future. I have more than 20 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 30 years of experience in the field of Chemical Engineering, as well as working with fluid dynamics, drop dynamics, finite element analysis and computational modeling/analysis, ink jet printing, high speed imaging, complex fluids, rheology, surfactants, and electric field effects. I have experience as a Professor and my research interests include the analysis of pinch-off singularities, microfluidics, dripping or leaky faucets, drop impact, pattern formation, computations, and experiments involving the development of ultra high-speed imaging tools. My research is motivated by the applications of ink jet printing, separations, production of emulsions, dispersions, and double-emulsions, and dorp-wise manufacturing. I have over 15 years of expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and expert testimony.
I have more than 55 years of Legal experience as an Attorney. My practice has been devoted to financial and business transactions including the structuring of a wide variety of financing transactions. I have also actively prosecuted civil and bankruptcy matters on behalf of financial institutions and defended lender liability lawsuits. I have a wealth of experience in the legal and business aspects of secured and unsecured lending for all types of credit facilities. I have authored a monthly column and for 25 years have written a monthly Internet column on recent developments of interest to financial services attorneys. I have over 5 years of expert witness experience with consultations and deposition.
I have more than 20 years of experience in the field of Education. I have worked with public, parochial, and private schools in a multitude of areas including curriculum, teacher evaluation, special education, learning difficulties, school safety, school placement, programming, school discipline, learning, psychological evaluations, reading disorders, assistive technology, speech and language needs, occupational therapy needs, social skills, transition, child custody, school discipline (detention, suspension, expulsion), college admissions, post secondary educational options, transition, plagiarism, common core standards, child custody relocation cases, and more. I am detail-oriented and well read in my field. As a former teacher and grade level high school principal, I have practical experience as well as a strong theoretical background. I remain current with evidence based programs, educational pedagogy, educational programming, and instructional approaches.
I have more than 15 years experience in opthalmology. My areas of expertise include all areas of general ophthalmology but most specifically cataract and intraocular lens surgery, YAG laser surgery, laser refractive surgery (LASIK, PRK), corneal surgery (transplants, collagen crosslinking, pterygium, intracorneal inlays, intracorneal ring segments/lntacs), phakic intraocular lenses, refractive lensectomy, and glaucoma medical/surgical management. I have over 15 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 30 years of experience in Asphalt Paving and Road Construction. My experience includes general engineering, road-building, and standard practices of asphalt paving methods. I have worked as an Estimator, Chief Estimator, Project Superintendent, General Superintendent, General Manager/Vice President of a large paving contractor performing asphalt paving construction and road maintenance in Southern California. I have been involved with private, residential, commercial, and public works construction. I served on the Board of Directors of multiple associations within the industry. Over the last 10 years, I have worked as a consultant and expert witness in over 40 legal cases involving trip and falls, construction defects, standard of care, motorcycle accidents, and wrongful death. I have experience with depositions and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 5 years of experience in the field of Vocational Rehabilitation, with a certification as a Rehabilitation Counselor. I have performed evaluations for purposes of civil litigation, insurance claims, and vocational rehabilitation as an aspect of economic damages and residual vocational potential. I have experience in earning capacity, lost earnings, cost of replacement labor and lost ability or time in performing household services. I have prior expert witness experience.
I have over 30 years of experience as an engineer designing and developing products in the electronics and software industry. My expertise includes control systems; embedded systems design and development; XML database design; control UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles); bio-informatics, and product reverse engineering. I have a broad base of knowledge in electronic and software systems gained in my career working on various product designs for a number of companies. I developed embedded control of high power RF amplifiers used in Magnetic Resonant Imaging systems. I was chief architect developing a novel XML database system. I developed DNA and protein sequence search algorithms and software used for bioinformatics. I am working with a research group on control of UAVs. I have reversed engineered a number of complex systems, including: media players, modems, modem compression algorithms, coriolis mass flow meters, blood analysis meters and a variety of other products. I have successfully discovered and analyzed complex digital signal processing algorithms and pertinent operations within these products. I have taught engineering at both undergraduate and graduate level classes. I am an inventor of three patents associated with the XML database technology. I have prior expert witness experience with consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 30 years in the development of ecommerce and online industries. My years of work have equipped me with a deep and diverse breadth of domain knowledge and skills, including: marketing, product, partnership, business, and corporate development. I also have done work with a range of industries like banking, financial services, payments, billing, Internet services, online shopping, self-service, and customer-intelligence to business web portal design and mission critical B2B software and outsourcing. My consultancy practice of many years has equipped me with a deep breadth of domain knowledge in both the consumer and business fields. I have over 15 years of expert witness experience with consultations and deposition.
I have more than 30 years of experience in computer systems and information technology. My company provides expert witness, consulting, and training services in the IT field, with a focus on Microsoft networking technologies. As an expert witness, I testified in an antitrust case and have since worked on several high-profile patent cases. As a consultant, I have worked with both small and large businesses on a variety of networking, office automation and Web projects. In the training world, I have written seminars for major technology companies, and have taught computer networking and operating systems to thousands of students across the world, both in-person and over the Internet. I have also written 19 books covering topics such as Web design, client/server networking, and Windows certification. I have over 15 years of expert witness experience with consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 40 years of experience in all aspects of power plant engineering design, procurement, construction, operations, maintenance, testing, decontamination and dismantlement of both fossil and nuclear generating facilities both in the United States and internationally. I have developed design documents such as system descriptions, process flow diagrams, P&IDs, technical specifications for fluid systems included in power plants both fossil and nuclear. This work also included preparation of safety analysis reports and environmental impact assessments. While working for a public utility, I operated and maintained mechanical components and instrumentation in operating power plants, conducted performance testing of boilers and turbines and auxiliary systems in accordance with power test codes, and developed power plant life extension and availability improvement programs while participating in the implementation of such programs in operating power plants in the United States. I led a team of engineers that developed the concept of removing and replacing nuclear power plant steam generators by making a new construction opening in the containment shell. As Chief Nuclear Engineer I directed personnel performing containment pressure/temperature transient calculations, thermo-hydraulic and radiological analysis. At Chernobyl, I oversaw and managed the analysis and development of four early projects to stabilize the existing confinement structure, the radiological safety programs, characterize the radiation zones within the existing structure, evaluate the long terms waste management program, and the new safe confinement design that is being implemented. I have over 5 years of expert witness experience with consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have over 20 years of practical experience in the computer science industry including network design, computer security, and software development. I have also authored 19 books, so far, and hold 32 of the industries certifications. I have helped create several computer industry certifications. I hold 6 computer science related patents of my own. I have been involved in litigation support for over 10 years working on almost 40 cases, including testifying at trial, depositions, and hearings. I frequently conduct training on complex computer security and forensics topics including training for various federal agencies, law enforcement, and friendly foreign governments.
I have over 25 years of experience in the fields of electronics and electrical engineering research, development, and design. My extensive expertise includes integrated circuits (ICs), ASICS, intellectual property, and semiconductors designed in nanometer and deep submicron silicon CMOS, SiGe, and Si bipolar technologies. My research, design, layout ,and test skills include analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, analog to digital converters (DACs) for test equipment, industrial and consumer electronics, SERDES blocks for ultra-high speed datacom and telcom. I co-invented the CMOS optical sensor IC that has sold over 1 billion ICs for a company. My multi-faceted analysis approach has uncovered hidden design details applicable to forensic analysis. My expertise has been utilized in disciplines from data converters to medical devices. I have been awarded multiple patents, spoken at major conferences, published in refereed journals and a publication was deemed an “influential” paper by being cited over a 100 times. I was recommended for a patent review committee. I have experience with consultations.
I have more than 25 years of experience in organic chemistry. My academic research culminated in three post-doctoral programs: bio-organic, heterocyclic and energetic, and carbohydrate chemistry. As a senior research scientist with a big pharmaceutical company, my work focused on drug discovery and medicinal chemistry. I also have expertise in synthetic chemistry, how to make advanced chemicals that are difficult to synthesize and which perhaps have not been made before.
I have more than 35 years of experience in development characterization, manufacturing and incorporation of phosphor materials into optical, security, authentication, and in various electronic devices. I am also familiar with thermal management, suppliers of LEDs and LED components, and optics and optical design involved lighting for various applications. I have prior expert witness experience.
I have more than 45 years of experience in Foundation Engineering, providing geotechnical engineering and earthquake engineering expertise on assignments in the San Francisco Bay Area, elsewhere in the U.S., in the Arctic and the Pacific Oceans, and abroad. I have worked on consulting assignments for engineering firms, contractors, and owners to solve foundation engineering, in situ testing, instrumentation, and vibration problems in my practice. Most of my work has focused on helping engineers and contractors build projects as designed/bid. As an expert I have provided third-party review, forensic, and dispute resolution assistance for my clients (engineers, builders, owners and attorneys) throughout my career. I have over 30 years of expert witness experience with consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 25 years of experience teaching, researching and leading in graduate and undergraduate business programs. I spent 21 years on the faculty at a school of business. The past 7 years I have been Dean of the School of Business Administration at a university. Over this time, I have taught MBA students and executives, and I have consulted with numerous companies, large and small. My consulting work has focused on operations management, operations strategy, inventory management, low cost country sourcing, global supply chain management, and China strategies. I have served on the boards of several private companies and nonprofits. And I have served as an expert witness on inventory, production, supply chain, and sourcing issues for both plaintiff and defense. These cases involved intellectual property issues and securities issues. I have over 15 years of expert witness experience.
I have more than 15 years of experience as professional Pharmacist and 6 years as an expert witness in: drug injury causation, pharmacy standards of practice and malpractice, drug-related medical malpractice, medication error event reconstruction, drug product liability, and drug-related civil defense. My expert witness experience includes consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 30 years of experience in Hospital and Health System Senior Management, including the last 15 years as CEO and Regional CEO of various hospitals in Southern California. I have extensive experience and expertise in the areas of hospital operations and finance, business contractual matters, physician and medical group operations, managed care and medical insurance issues, health care regulatory matters, and employment and union issues.
I have over 20 years of experience in the Transportation industry. Since 1998 I have been a Certified Third Party Auditor, conducting National Safety Code (NSC) audits in Alberta, Canada. I measure carriers’ compliance to Federal and Provincial legislative requirements. Since 2000, I have been an approved External Auditor for a transport association, conducting OH&S audits on carriers. As a former Owner Operator, I have over 25 years of experience as an Auditor and instruction in Hours of Service Regulations (Provincial, Federal, and US). I am experience in Canadian and US transportation legislation requirements regarding hours of service, maintenance, driver qualification, weights and dimensions, and load securement. Previous consulting work includes creation of written policies and procedures, training, mentoring, monitoring, and auditing both trucking and bus companies to ensure compliance with applicable transportation and OH&S, and OSHA regulations.
I have more than 25 years of experience in Civil engineering and transportation engineering expertise covering industry and public agencies. I provide expert witness services on cases related to accident reconstruction, transportation engineering, pavements, traffic engineering, analysis, design standards, construction specifications and materials, guidelines, policies, and public agency practices. As well as road defects, airports, highway geometric design, drainage, asphalt, concrete, soil, repairs, maintenance, inspections, rehabilitation, construction quality control – quality assurance, construction claims, inspection, settlement, dispute resolution, pavement surface conditions such as friction, skid resistance, surface discontinuities, cracking, rutting, defects, potholes and roughness, failure investigations, forensic engineering, safety standards, construction work zone accidents, construction safety, safety operating procedures, roadside hazards, signage, sight distance requirements, ADA requirements and code violations. I have over 25 years of expert witness experience with consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 40 years of airline experience as a Flight Attendant. I have 20 years experience as a Flight Attendant Training Instructor, have participated in a Flight Attendant Safety Committee, including 20 years as Chairperson, and participated in aviation safety industry associations. I am familiar with CFRs pertinent to Flight Attendant requirements and procedures, as well as industry standards for training and procedures. I have over 20 years of expert witness experience.
I began my career in experimental synthetic organic chemistry over 25 years ago. My experiences included new product research and development, process development, writing reports, SOP’s, as well as being co-author for several patents for novel products for DNA and PNA (peptide nucleic acid) chemistry. I have experience in support of new product research and development in the area of automated synthetic DNA chemistry as well as DNA sequencing. I helped set up a chemical synthesis laboratory with expertise in the synthesis of specifically modified DNA representing known DNA damage from environmental sources such as carcinogens, UV irradiation and oxidative damage. I have been involved in the synthesis of over 1000 novel, rare and expensive organic compounds for use in environmental health and medical research. As the labs expertise grew, we expanded our synthesis services to include other small organic compounds, enzyme activators, inhibitors, bioconjugates, modified peptides and proteins, biomarkers and metabolites of exposures, new therapeutic compounds, research tools, imaging agents, drug conjugates for delivery, and many other areas of organic chemical synthesis. I have been hired as a consultant for the setup of other similar type synthesis labs at other medical institutions modeled after the original lab, and as a consultant on many synthesis projects both in academia and industry.
I have more than 20 years of experience as a property and casualty actuary, and am a member of the American Academy of Actuaries since 1998. This experience includes insurance companies, brokers, and a national insurance rating bureau. I have developed actuarial analyses and presented and defended them before industry-wide review committees over 50 times. For nine years I served on a joint committee that composed examinations to test and qualify actuaries. I have served on numerous committees. My service includes the Workers Compensation and the Property Lines subcommittees of a Casualty Practice Council. I have written 16 research papers and articles on actuarial and insurance subjects.
I have more than 45 years of experience in paint and metal coatings, corrosion, plastics, pretreatments for metals and plastics, and intellectual property. I have extensive experience as an expert witness and consultant in these technical fields, and am a recognized authority on the technology. Most of my experience was obtained while working in R&D at Fortune 500 companies, where I developed and commercialized dozens of innovative products. I was awarded seven U.S. patents, multiple foreign patents, and have authored a book chapter and 50 publications in respected technical journals and conferences. I earned my Ph.D. in Materials Science with specialty in coatings and corrosion. I have testified in federal court, and at several depositions, including a 9-hour video deposition. As a technical expert witness, I am highly responsive, have outstanding integrity and efficiency, excellent written and oral communication skills, and unique ability to communicate complex technical topics into laymen terms.
I have more than 35 years of experience in insurance law and coverage, as well as in commercial litigation, contracts, disability, ERISA benefits, personal injury, and civil litigation generally. My insurance practice is principally for policyholders and claimants, but presently I am also national coverage counsel for one insurance company. My practice involves all types of insurance, including general liability, professional liability, directors and officers, excess and umbrella liability, auto, homeowners, commercial property, disability, life, health, and reinsurance. I handle policy claims, bad faith claims, declaratory judgment actions, rescissions, equitable contribution and equitable subrogation claims between insurers, and claims against agents and brokers. I have also negotiated and drafted policy language for insurers and policyholders, policy buybacks and commutations, and cost-sharing agreements among insurers and policyholders for mass torts. I frequently consult with other attorneys on insurance coverage issues, for example, construing the liability insurance of their clients or of their opponents. I have over 10 years of expert witness experience with consultation and deposition.
I have more than 40 years of widely varied experience as a practicing architect as well as hands-on construction experience. This makes me uniquely qualified to analyze construction methods and drawings, to detect errors and omissions, to evaluate accident sites and determine if building codes or ADA regulations have been violated. I have over 20 years of expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 10 years of experience in the field of drug delivery and controlled release technology as it pertains to pharmaceutical formulations. I have opined in both deposition and trial testimony in the area of oral and also injectable pharmaceutical formulations, dissolution testing, controlled release, instant release, sustained release, as well as chemical and materials property characterization and biodegradation of active ingredient (API) from pharmaceutical formulations. I have served as expert in numerous roles for firms in pharmaceutical patent infringement cases including claims construction, patent validity contentions, expert discovery, Markman preparation, scientific advising, as well as serving as the lead witness. I have over 10 years of expert witness experience with consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I specialize in Clinical and Forensic Neuropsychology. I have been in Practice in California for over 30 years. I have extensive experience in criminal, civil, and family law cases. Specialty areas are assessment of sexual deviance, false confession, eyewitness ID, civil and criminal competency, and mitigation in capital cases. I conduct neuropsychological assessment of individuals with blast, flash, shockwave and blunt force head trauma, and concussions. I was Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science and I have written peer-reviewed articles in the areas of Clinical and Forensic Psychology. I also have extensive experience in individual and family therapy as well as crisis intervention. I have over 20 years of expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 30 years of experience working for regulated utilities, governments, and as an economic consultant. My experience is extensive in valuation and damages analysis, from estimating the damages associated with breaking commercial leases to valuing nuclear power plants. One of my areas of expertise is state, federal, and international electric rate regulation, including: cost of capital, depreciation, cost of service, cost allocation, pricing and rate design, incentive regulation, regulatory policy, wholesale and retail market design, and industry restructuring. I have performed due diligence studies for investment banks, testified on generating plant stranded coasts, assessed damages in commercial litigation cases, and performed statistical analysis for class certification. I have also served as an arbiter in commercial damages proceedings. I have over 15 years of expert witness experience with consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 15 years of experience in the field of Meteorology with expertise as a Meteorologist owning and operating a consulting company. I have reviewed and analyzed past weather data for legal matters, and have also converted raw meteorological data into plain language reports and testimony concerning any type of meteorological phenomena and climatological data. I also consult for the production industry by providing real-time weather updates for feature films, TV, photography, and commercial shoots, with additional experience in updating clients in cases of impending severe or dangerous weather conditions. I have over 15 years of expert witness experience with consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have over 35 years of experience in Aviation including 8,000 hours as a commercial pilot and flight instructor and 3 aircraft type ratings. I have flight experience with both airlines and corporate flight departments, and have managed corporate and charter flight operations. I have 12 years of experience as an electrical engineer involved with design and manufacturing of measurement and communication devices using microcontrollers and embedded software. I currently serve as an administrator and faculty member in a large collegiate aviation program, and have done so for the past 9 years. I teach courses and am actively engaged in research in the areas of airline operations, aerospace process simulation and improvement, aviation law, and statistics.
I have more than 20 years of experience in the field of Medicine with expertise in Gastroenterology and Endoscopy. My educational background brings together multiple graduate degrees in clinical medicine, basic science, epidemiology, biostatistics and law. By the time I began my Residency Training in Internal Medicine, I had completed a Master Degree in Cell Biology (MS), Master Degree in Public Health (MPH) and Doctorate in Medicine (MD). I have performed a significant amount of research in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and have successfully publishing multiple papers on the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal disease, including a distinguished Medical Progress Review on this subject. I have focused experience on Colonoscopy, Advanced Endoscopy, Liver and Pancreatic Disease. I have helped develop a Center for Pancreatic Disease at a medical school; performed basic science research in a laboratory focused on Acute Pancreatitis in Rat/Mice models; and published dozens of peer reviewed papers, chapters and abstracts on research topics in Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis. As Division Chief and Director of Medical Education and Research, I have been responsible for the medical education of dozens of fellows in gastroenterology, medical residents and medical students. Under my leadership, we have maintained an active Clinical Research Program, publishing over 200 abstracts, papers, books, and book chapters. While maintaining a busy clinical practice, I have also served on committees for Gastroenterology. I am recognized as one of the top experts in Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis. I have over 20 years of expert witness experience with consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have been a Real Estate Licensee and Broker for over 40 years, specializing in commercial and residential real estate, from sales to property management. I hold the CPM designation (Certified Property Manager). I hold a broker’s license along with a property management permit and supervisory community management licenses from the State of Nevada. I am an author of real estate articles and books as well as an instructor. I have written management and legal courses for the State that have continuing education credits for licensees. I have been writing a weekly Q and A article for a large newspaper in Nevada since1996 pertaining to association management. I have represented both plaintiffs and defendants in matters pertaining to personal injury, mold, bankruptcy, violations of NRS 645 and NAC 645 pertaining to regulations and codes involving real estate licensees’ conduct in real estate transactions, such as non-disclosure of material facts and landlord tenant issues NRS 118A. I have over 15 years of expert witness experience with consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have been active in computational, theoretical, and experimental fluid mechanics for over 35 years with academic and governmental experience. Since 2010 I have been a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, before that I was a Research Mechanical Engineer at a research laboratory. My area of expertise is within fluid mechanics, more specifically, I have participated in a wide range of fundamental research areas such as: development of direct and large eddy simulation methods for turbulent flows, turbulent transport physics, air-sea interfacial dynamics and transport with special emphasis on the surface thermal (infrared) signature of breaking waves and subsurface turbulence, and surfactant effects on free surface flows. As well as, the first principles understanding of polymer drag reduction and riblet drag reduction, atmospheric boundary layer flows, turbulence modeling, hydroacoustics, physics of coastal and estuarine flows, applications of Karhunen-Loeve expansion methods to turbulence and to geophysical flows, infrared remote sensing, and aerosol physics. I have taught undergraduate courses in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and strength of materials. At the graduate level I have taught courses in fluid mechanics, advanced fluid mechanics, and turbulence. In addition, I am currently a Principal Investigator on research funded by a foundation and also privately.
I have more than 15 years of experience in Mechanical Engineering with control systems design, systems commissioning and building engineering project management. In 2013 I established an engineering company and developed an integrated design process that optimizes mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and building systems designs with the end user in mind. I have years of field experience testing, commissioning, and troubleshooting various building systems and designs to pinpoint and resolve deficiencies, and I have spent a large portion of my career identifying design pitfalls, diagnosing anomalies, and developing solutions for operational and code compliance issues. I have prior expert witness experience.
I have more than 15 years of experience as an Independent Investigator with a law enforcement background and education and experience with information technology and wireless engineering. I have over a decade of experience in law enforcement and over a decade of field experience in information technology. I am dedicated to helping in forensic investigation, examination and the recovery of electronic data. I am especially proficient in digital forensics, preserving digital evidence, data recovery, troubleshooting, data forensic audits, digital network security breaches, digital forensic imaging, computer forensic investigation, online security and privacy. I am an information technology network engineer and a wireless design engineer. I worked as an IT Director, contractor and held various positions on IT teams. I can examine, certify and authenticate digital evidence, as well as investigate devices seized by other sources (e.g., law enforcement). I am available at almost any time to participate in evidence seizures and am qualified to establish and maintain a chain of custody during transportation and storage. I hold a wide variety of Microsoft and Cisco certifications and am an expert in using forensic tools to analyze hardware, software, and networks. I secure, analyze, recover, extract, and investigate digital data from computers, cell phones, iPads, networks of all sizes, and other mobile devices. I am proficient in electronic discovery (eDiscovery). I am the proprietor of a company that performs digital forensic investigations, digital forensic imaging, forensic data recovery, and provides expert witness services. I can provide expert testimony with regard to protocols, seizure, the handing of digital evidence. I can determine digital chains of events, Internet behavior patterns, and social media and cell phone usage habits, cyber stalking, online harassment and hacker tracers. I have over 5 years of expert witness experience with consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 40 years experience in the field as a Chemical Engineer with expertise in complex liquids: polymers, suspensions, emulsions, and biological fluids. Research in my laboratory has resulted in a number of techniques in optical rheometry such as high-speed polarimetry (birefringence and dichroism) and various microscopy methods (fluorescence, phase contrast, and atomic force microscopy). I am familiar with the development of solar cells, the microstructure of polymeric and other complex materials, deformation of the red blood cell in small capillaries, cell division and structure and composition of the tear film. In my laboratory, fundamental research is in progress to understand the orientation and deformation of monolayers at the molecular level. I have over 20 years of expert witness experience with consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I am a mechanical engineer, with over 40 years of experience in the field of internal combustion engines, specializing in diesel and natural gas engines and related technologies. I started my career in 1973 with a company where I gained valuable experience in engine design and development, before moving to the university sector in 1981. I developed research programs in diesel and natural gas engine technologies and taught bachelors’ and master’s courses in diesel engine technology, and advised graduate students at doctoral and masters levels in the field of internal combustion engine technology. In business, I have also managed the development of new technologies and innovation through small teams – processing to the leadership of a large global engineering organization with greater than 2,000 engineers. My leadership role in innovation and technology development, new product development and support has included managing resources and product development in both leading and emerging markets – most notably Brazil, India, and China. I was directly involved with almost every new engine and exhaust emission program from 1993 to 2014. These programs delivered successful engine designs with dramatic reductions of criteria pollutants, oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and particulate matter (PM) of over 98% to near-zero levels. I provided emission regulations promulgated by EPA and California. I have prior expert witness experience with consultation and deposition.
I have more than 20 years of experience in Landscape Architecture. I am licensed in Ohio since 2001 and have a uniquely well-rounded background as a professional in the private sector, one that I supplemented by serving as the City Landscape Architect for over 7 years. I possess solid experience in the key facets of landscape architecture and site design, including landscape and planting design, site planning, and stormwater management. My body of work is diverse as well, covering a wide range of project types from public works and commercial mixed-use developments to recreational facilities and private residential gardens. Creative and skilled, I have guided my projects from feasibility study and concept design through site coordination and construction administration. By combining a finessed design savvy with a strong attention to detail, I have successfully planned and implemented countless projects that help to build community while meeting client goals.
I have more than 10 years in the fields of Failure Analysis, Accident Reconstruction, and Mechanical Engineering. I have investigated, analyzed, and reconstructed hundreds of accidents across the United States involving vehicles, machines, mechanical systems and industrial equipment. I have also critiqued product infringements within the scope of patent protection. I am a Licensed Professional Engineer and United States Patent Agent. My work is performed in support of litigation, product recalls, insurance investigations, industrial problem solving and intellectual property disputes. I have provided expert testimony in numerous legal jurisdictions and I am a member of several professional organizations. I have over 5 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 10 years experience as a nephrologist at a major academic medical center. My experience includes treating patients with all forms of kidney disease, including acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, end stage kidney disease, electrolyte disturbances, hypertension, kidney stones, and glomerulonephritis. I have extensive experience caring for patients treated with hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. I practice at a kidney transplant center and care for patients being worked up for, receiving, and with a history of prior kidney transplantation. In addition to my clinical work, I am an active clinical researcher with a research focus on acute kidney injury and end stage kidney disease. I have conducted clinical trials focused on identifying effective treatment strategies for patients with different forms of kidney disease. I am also the author of many articles, manuscripts, and book chapters in the field of nephrology. I have over 5 years of expert witness experience including consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 20 years of experience in Higher Education, particularly in administration, recruiting, and international student affairs as well as experience in the Sport industry with coaching and contracts. I have consulted international sport governing bodies, NCAA Division I governance committees, policy-drafting actors in member conferences and coaches’ associations, member institutions’ compliance and coaching staff members on international recruiting, amateurism policy, and legal issues in intercollegiate athletics settings. I serve as an advisor for various international consulting firms. My legal practice includes litigation preparation, legal research and empirical legal research in regards to comparative law, intellectual property, rights of publicity, and trademark surveys. As well as data ownership and protection, new media and video games regulatory issues, sports gambling regulations, risk management, and institutional liability and negligence. I have prior expert witness experience with consultation and deposition.
I have more than 30 years of experience in Sports Law and I have been in legal education for over 35 years. Since the early 80s my primary focus, in addition to serving as dean at four law schools, has been in the field of sports law. In addition to my work in the classroom, I have written numerous law review articles and am co-author of one of the leading sports law textbooks soon to be in its 8th edition. I have represented athletes and institutions. Much of my consulting work has been with regard to issues in intercollegiate athletics, in particular issues involving the NCAA. I have served as an expert witness twice in sports law matters, and have served as a litigation consultant in one case. I have also been part of a team that conducted a three-month independent investigation at a university. Finally, I have conducted gender equity audits at educational entities. My prior expert witness experience includes consultation and deposition.
I have 35 years of experience working in the field of nautical charts and US Coast Pilots. Nautical charts are considered to be legal documents in a court of law. The status that is afforded to these products is supported by the methodology at which these data are gathered, processed, and applied. The components of charts and Coast Pilots are separately gathered by field personnel, processed, and submitted for application to charts, Coast Pilots, or both. Components of charts include water depths from hydrographic surveys, the shoreline of adjacent land, prominent topographic features, aids to navigation, and other navigational information including geographic names. Coast Pilots include geographic names and chart numbers, channel descriptions, anchorages, bridge and cable clearances, currents, tide and water levels, prominent features, pilotage, towage, weather, ice conditions, wharf descriptions, dangers, routes, traffic separation schemes, small-craft facilities, and Federal regulations applicable to navigation. Nautical charts and US Coast Pilots are skillfully reviewed to ensure high accuracy standards before publication and release to the public. My experience includes a strong understanding of how data are gathered and processed in the field and latter compiled and applied to both products. This experience includes Operation Officer for gathering hydrographic surveys, three sea assignments aboard Oceanographic Ships using nautical charts and US Coast Pilots, and many assignments that lead to their final outcome as legal documents.
I have more than 20 years experience in the Healthcare system with expertise providing opinions in civil and criminal matters of health care claims reimbursement, billing and coding, fraud, ICD-10, HIPAA Privacy and Security, Meaningful Use, the Affordable Care Act, and usual customary and reasonable medical costs. I have experience with electronic health records, medical and dental claims, and patient’s duty to mitigate costs. My work involves self-insured employers, hospital systems, health plans (insurance) and healthcare IT firms. My education includes: USC – business, UCI – computer science & economics, Stanford Medical School in bioinformatics, computational biology and biomathematics. I have prior expert witness experience with consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 35 years of experience in the Automotive industry with expertise in Automotive Design and Technology. My experience includes testing and evaluation of drivetrains, suspension systems, brake systems; chassis control systems including electronic stability control systems, and vehicle handling and vehicle stability. I formulate opinions from available factual data about vehicle trajectories, vehicle characteristics, failure modes, and design characteristics. I evaluate the potential effect of design alternatives and available technology on accident outcome compared to baseline design, and conduct research relating to active vehicle safety programs. I have over 15 years of expert witness experience with consultation and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 35 years in the Automotive industry with expertise in sales, marketing, manufacturer relationships, and dealer network strategy consultation. I specialize in working with dealers and manufacturers on marketing, sales, network, facilities, arbitration, and mediation issues. My clients include retail automobile dealers, investment banking firms, and law firms to which I provided consulting and expert witness testimony. The combination of over three decades of wholesale experience and my consulting practice provide me with an extensive working knowledge of the automotive sector. I have prior expert witness experience with consultation and deposition.
I have over 40 years of experience in Telecommunications. I spent nearly 20 years in executive positions from field management to company headquarters. My experience includes branch office management, product marketing and management, legal and security. I have designed and produced Interactive Voice Response systems for major customers and created the first International Callback system. I have also designed and implemented telecommunications networks around the world. These experiences lead to my first book, an international best seller. I have produced telecom trade shows around the world, and created telecom networks and companies in Europe, the Americas and Asia. I have been the president of a publicly traded telecom (prepaid) company. I have written 3 books, over 1000 articles on telecom, and appeared in dozens of shows and conferences and was the editor in chief of a trade newspaper for 10 years. I was the founder and Executive Director of a prepaid telecom industry’s trade association. I have over 15 years of expert witness experience with consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 30 years experience in the practice of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology. I am a Professor of Pathology and Medicine, as well as a staff Physician. In addition to clinical Infectious Disease consultation, and service as a Medical Director of a Microbiology Laboratory, I have had an active research laboratory focusing on innate immunity, immunity to infectious diseases and coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever). I have over 10 years expert witness experience with consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 40 years of experience in the field of Employee and Employer Relations as a corporate and field HR/employee and labor relations executive. I have extensive experience in employee complaints, compensation plans, benefit plans, employee grievances, employment agreements, employment discrimination, employee misconduct, employee screening procedures, fair employment practices, mergers and acquisitions, current issues in human resources, retaliation and wrongful termination. During my career I have served as: Chief Human Resources Officer; Chief Compliance Officer; Chief Labor Spokesperson; Affirmative Action Officer; Secretary to Boards of Directors, among other positions. I have worked closely with Boards of Directors, private equity firms, lawyers, bankers, insurance companies as well as numerous federal and state compliance agencies. I have over 5 years expert witness experience with consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 20 years of experience in digital image processing, computer vision, computer graphics, photo forensics, and human perception. I have published over 100 technical papers in these areas and have received many federal grants to support my research in these areas. I received my undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science. I have experience with medical imaging and computational biology. I have over 10 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 25 years of experience in the field of Aviation Security, primarily from an airport perspective, having sat on all four sides of the table. First, as a Congressional staffer working on transportation legislation; next representing the entire airport industry as the Director of Safety and Security for an industry trade association; then as a regulator working pre- and post- 9/11; and currently as an independent aviation security consultant. I provide security system planning and design, regulatory support, training programs, threat and vulnerability assessments, as well as extensive work with joint industry/government committees developing technical and performance standards for airport security systems worldwide. I have over 10 years of expert witness experience with consultation and deposition.
I have more than 30 years of experience in the Food Science industry with expertise in explaining complex scientific matters in simple terms that people having no scientific background can understand. For example, in a bench trial involving theft of trade secrets for a biological process, I was able to explain both the biochemistry and engineering aspects of the process to the satisfaction of a judge who had no background in these areas. In a similar fashion, I use “cartoon chemistry” and simple analogies in expert opinions that support natural claims for common food ingredients. In a consulting capacity, using my broad scientific background, I helped a client build safety into a new product and generate data that resulted in FDA approval that exempted the food from the severe processing that would otherwise be required. I have over 15 years of expert witness experience with consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 30 years of experience in the field as a Dentist, teaching and practicing Dentistry and Implantology. Upon my graduation, I was invited to lecture in the practice management program for 17 consecutive years and I have also taught in practice management. In addition to private practice, I have been privileged to lecture to thousands of dentists and their staffs as well as working as an expert witness and legal advisor in the private sector. After 12 years of treating patients I retired from practice at age 36 to teach and consult in my field, specializing in marketing and clinical efficiency. I lectured and consulted in over 30 states and dozens of cities, teaching dentists and their employees how to be more kind, considerate, thoughtful and effective as a clinical team, resulting in more profitable and successful practices. I attended over 1,800 dental offices and worked with thousands of doctors during this 10-year period, training them to be better managers and doctors, creating dental offices that better served their patients. In 2002, I returned to chair side practice and ongoing consultation for various private clients, and in 2012, I sold my practice to a large dental corporation and became the clinical director for their 8 offices in Nevada. In addition to my work as a dental educator, I also serve as the director of the faculty dental practice, which allows me and other members of the faculty to render direct care to our patients. In my case, I treat many of the faculty and administration. I have more than 30 years of expert witness experience with consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 10 years experience in the field of Medicine with expertise in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. As a neonatologist, I have experience with neonatology, Caesarean, Obstetrics and Gynecology, epidemiology. I have assessed the quality of care for mothers and newborns. I have knowledge in quality improvement, dissemination, and implementation of evidence-based practices, as well as the simulation of neonatal resuscitation, and the benefits of breast milk for preterm infants. I have clinical and research expertise in the care of premature infants including necrotizing enterocolitis, infants with respiratory problems, congenital anomalies, birth injury, and birth asphyxia or hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy.
I am an experienced elevator industry expert witness with more than 35 years in the field. I specialize in all fields relating to elevator and escalator standards including: commercial, residential, handicap, hydraulic and traction elevators, passenger elevators, freight elevators, escalators, dumb waiters, home elevators, and limited access limited use devices or handicap lifts. I am also familiar with the standards and safety assessments in the implementation of elevators and escalators, hydraulic control troubleshooting, telescopic jacks, older generation mechanical components, and elevator modernization. I have prior experience offering my services as an elevator industry expert witness.
I have more than 30 years of experience building and leading strong brands in consumer technology as a C-level expert in branding, marketing, product development, market research and operations within the consumer technology industry. For the past 10 years I have owned and operated my own consulting company, helping clients better understand how market, retail and consumer level behavior and key levers for commercial success, primarily within the consumer technology segment. I help companies successfully develop and bring new products to market, from brand positioning, through product development and retail sell through. Prior to operating my own consulting business I was a CMO to a multibillion-dollar global PC and CE OEM company, and direct marketer. Prior to this position, I was EVP marketing and merchandising, and then president, of a billion dollar specialty retailer based on the west coast. I have prior expert witness experience with consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
Over the past 48 years in which I have reviewed law firm billing practices and conduct, I have had regular access to current law firm rates in the Los Angeles County, Orange County, Inland Empire, and San Diego metropolitan areas. My experience in review and evaluation of legal fees are in the context of insurance and reinsurance carriers; in private enterprise on the behalf of clients’ in the context of class action, employment litigation and construction litigation; and captive insurers’ engagement of counsel both for the captive and to the benefit of it’s clients.
Experience is both pre and post CC2860 and in the context of Lodestar fee analysis and auditing law firms’ billing invoices and includes a review of over $150.0 million in legal bills. I also regularly review court opinions on attorneys’ fee motions and requests; and authorize research into the local legal environment to provide a factual framework for evaluating legal fees.
My expertise is associated with a Liability Program Management Firm offering liability containment for internal/external risk for JPAs, Municipality, state, and county entities; creating alternative risk transfer plans, such as domestic/foreign Captives, JPA and risk retention groups; and provide liability containment services for clients in the construction industry to include Safety, OSHA, FEHA, and contractual compliance.
I also provide expert services for Workers Compensation process, pricing and value analysis.
I have more than 15 years of experience in the field of IT consulting with expertise in architecture, data management, design and implementation of high volume, large scale, mission critical business software applications and enterprise solutions. I am a project lead who knows the ins and outs of software development life cycle, and can lay down the technical architecture of a project. My exposure to various domains includes financial, insurance, and e-commerce. I am an expert in Microsoft .NET stack as well as open source stack, Ruby on Rails, and Python. I have founded and ran a consultancy mainly targeting technology startups, and have also co-founded, designed, launched and scaled multiple startups.
I have more than 45 years experience in the field of advanced software-based products with expertise in research, development, and engineering. As a researcher, entrepreneur, and consultant I have developed products in database management, distributed computing, natural language processing, machine vision, robotics, expert systems, medical devices and applications, education, knowledge management, document management, video games, advertising technology, data visualization, teleconferencing, graphical interfaces, website analysis, data center management, mobile applications, electronic commerce (e-commerce), email management, product management, transaction processing, and real estate. I am named inventor on 8 issued and 3 pending U.S. patents. I have over 15 years expert witness experience with consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 30 years experience in the field of Swimming Pool Construction with expertise in both Commercial and Residential projects. I am a State licensed Pool Contractor and am very active in the area of Standards and Codes. I have been teaching in my industry for over 20 years. My industry experience includes the wholesale and retail segments of the industry, design, sales and construction of residential and commercial projects. I also do consulting work specializing in hydraulics and piping system design, equipment and component specifications, pool and spa safety, pool suction entrapment, codes, and standards. I have over 15 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 25 years of experience in due diligence (investments), global electronics manufacturing of medical, automotive electronics, communications equipment, and other advanced technology products. Since 1999, I have worked as an independent consultant to major corporations on key issues related to electronic manufacturing services (EMS). I offer my clients an uncommon set of experience and skills – broad industry knowledge; world-class research and analysis, contract preparation, creative and persuasive report writing, all needed for successful results in complex litigation projects. I have experience with PCBA/SMT production, supply chain management, cost reduction, new product introduction (NPI), contract negotiation, business consulting, and have provided important first-hand foundational understanding of outsourcing risks and opportunities. I have over 5 years expert witness experience with consultations and deposition.
I have more than 35 years experience in the fields of Electronics and Electrical engineering with expertise in leading the development of complex space payloads and electronic systems. I have experience with the program management of a hyperspectral imaging payload for a satellite, as well as of an innovative payload system, signal, automotive electronics, and data processing electronics for a low earth orbiting satellite to detect and track ballistic missiles during the midcourse phase of flight. I have additional experience with the first processor to perform target detection and tracking of ballistic missiles performed on-board a spacecraft, and was also the first to implement real time signal video processing algorithms for space-based sensors with large mosaic infrared focal plane arrays. I have invented, developed, and negotiated licenses for a portfolio of successfully marketed electronic games and toys. I have consulted in electronic engineering, the electronics design and product development of consumer, commercial, medical, and industrial control products, and have provided brief preparation, strategy development, and research for patent infringement litigation. I have over 25 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and court testimony.
I have more than 45 years experience in the field of Economics with expertise in Energy Economics. I have experience focused on regulatory and market opportunities for accelerated implementation of energy efficiency in a cost-effective manner and in assessing strategies for dealing with the uncertainty of carbon change policies and mandates, environmental litigation, contractual disputes, complex trademark infringement, and electric, natural gas issues, and oil pipeline. I have also written more than 20 books, more than 80 professional articles, and 100 speeches over my career. I have frequently appeared as an expert witness in regulation, complex civil litigation, contract disputes, antitrust, patents, and damage analysis. I have additional experience with a wide range of domestic and international businesses, utilities, and governments provides clients with a unique breadth of experience in assessing opportunities for government and business to collaborate in developing and implementing leading-edge policies and strategies. I have over 40 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 25 years experience in the field of Systems Engineering with expertise in hardware and software. I have experience at defining, designing, and implementing advanced systems. I have extensive experience in real-time embedded design, with additional experience with embedded controller systems design, hardware/software design, integration, and testing; as well as real-time application of C, C++, and assembly; multi-processor systems design, Linux, and VxWorks.
I have more than 45 years of experience in the Maritime industry. My formal education and training includes navigation, marine transportation, human factors, accident investigation, hazardous materials, and marine safety. I have served at sea aboard both merchant ships and naval ships as an officer. As an Assistant Professor of Marine Transportation, I have taught upper-division marine transportation courses in navigation, seamanship, collision regulations, and deck safety. As a marine expert, I have investigated over 400 accidents, which involved collisions, deepwater investigations, allisions, fires/explosions, cargo loss/damage, slips-trips-falls, personal watercraft (jetski) accidents, mooring line mishaps, marina accidents, and human factors issues. I have additional experience with warnings & labels, aids to navigation, design defects, navigation practice, HAZMAT, Coast Guard regulations, OSHA regulations, standards of care, standards of practice, seamanship issues, collision regulations, right-of-way between vessels, seaworthiness, stairways, ladders, environmental issues, vessel maneuvering, storm warnings, fall protection, safe speed, excessive speed, proper lookout, cargo documentation, hazardous materials (HAZMAT) stowage/handling, pipeline allisions, offshore platforms, recreational boats, cruise ships, drillships, mobile offshore drilling units (MODU), International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations, pilot ladders, radar data, ship handling, ocean shipping, bulk liquid cargo handling, cargo contamination, personal injuries, medical first aid/treatment, deck gratings, and deck coatings. I have over 25 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 10 years experience in the Knife industry having owned Knife and Cutlery stores. I have imported and distributed knives on a wholesale level. I have consulted with both District and Defense Attorneys from various counties, and have given lectures and public and private institutions. I have over 10 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have more than 30 years experience in investigations both as a sworn law enforcement officer and as a civilian licensed private investigator. As a retired police sergeant, my areas of expertise are in police investigations, investigative interviews, use of force, police policy and procedure, racial profiling, domestic violence, women
I have over 30 years specializing in construction safety. My expertise includes: cranes, construction equipment accidents, rigging, excavating and trenching, steel, concrete and wood truss erection, slips and falls protection, aerial lifts, mobile and fixed scaffolding, ladders, forklifts, material handling, concrete forming and pouring, confined space, and dump trucks. My additional expertise includes: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (O.S.H.A.) regulatory compliance / violations; compliance with construction industry practices; general contractor, subcontractor, and owner responsibility for safety; contractual obligations for safety; construction contract documents; construction agreements and disputes; and construction insurance matters. I have additional experience with construction work zone traffic control; traffic crashes in construction work zones; construction defects; improper construction means and methods; contractor performance and quality assessment; mold, water intrusion, and remediation matters; stress and vibration; vibration damage issues (piling, construction compaction, and crack and damage studies); structure collapses involving bridges, low rise buildings, trenches, and construction works; building and bridge inspection; and slips, trips, and falls. I have prior expert witness experience.
I have over 30 years experience in Hotel operations with expertise in generally accepted operation practices and standards in the lodging industry to meet the Duty of Care expectation by guests and employees. My practice focuses on Catastrophic injuries from assaults, shootings, and wrongful death matters associated with drowning, fire, and carbon monoxide poisoning occurrences at hotels. I routinely work on matters involving Hotel Franchise Agreements and Brand Standards vis-a-vis property control and operational requirements. My retention has been approximately 50/50 plaintiff and defense in state and federal courts. I have spent over 20 years offering consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony as a hotel operations expert witness.
I have over 40 years experience in the field of Insurance and Reinsurance. My extensive experience includes all phases of property / casualty / professional liability insurance, reinsurance, insurance industry custom and practice, and industry standards of care. I also have experience as an underwriting manager for several insurance and reinsurance companies. My experience in underwriting includes complex major commercial casualty accounts as well as manuscript primary and umbrella forms. As a reinsurance broker with several major intermediaries, I placed a broad spectrum of facultative and treaty reinsurance for “Main Street” insurers as well as many carriers writing specialized lines such as Kidnap and Ransom, Professional Liability, Auto Racing, Patent Infringement, and Employment Practices Liability. I have additional experience in insurance company and broker relationships, various types of pool arrangements used as a risk financing / management mechanism for participating members including association captives, group owned captives, insurance disputes, risk retention groups, and joint power of attorney. I have more than 10 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have over 30 years experience in the insurance and risk management fields as an underwriter, retail broker, program manager, consultant and expert witness. My expertise includes insurance broker operations and standard of care, insurance industry custom and practice, insurance company and broker relationships, insurance standard of care for agents and brokers, insurance disputes, marketing in the United States, London, Europe and Bermuda, alternative risk financing techniques, cpcu, program structure, and coverage analysis. I have prior expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have over 15 years experience specializing in wildland fire science; field experience with fire in most forests, rangelands, and grasslands in the western United States; designed fire hazard reduction treatments in coniferous forests in the Sierra Nevada; been involved in dozens of prescribed fires including ignitions, holding, and incident commander; taught forestry including fire ecology, fire behavior, dendrology, introductory silviculture, hardwood ecosystems, fire science seminar, and disturbance ecology; and assisted in the evaluation and design of natural preserves. I have prior expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have over 25 years experience specializing in forensic economics with an emphasis in preparing and analyzing financial and economic data, economic damages calculations, consulting services and reports in support of litigation. My expertise includes: preparing quantitative and qualitative analyses, memos and expert reports, railroad accident damage, personal injury, care costs and life-care plans, wrongful-death, wrongful termination, Jones Act, FELA, intellectual property, and commercial damages. I have prior expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have over 30 years experience as a chemical engineer for 178 civil and criminal cases in areas of defective automobile airbags and ignition switch systems, explosions, weapons of mass destruction, toxic chemical exposure, trade secrets and patents, regulatory agency enforcement, chemical plant and refinery accidents, environmental contamination, defective industrial chemical products and railroad tank car accidents.
The 94 airbag cases included frontal (Single stage and Dual stage), seat-mounted side impact, side curtain & knee bolster airbags, airbag control modules, seatbelt pretensioners and passenger sensing systems used or produced by General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Toyota, Nissan, Kia, Hyundai, Jaguar, Lexus, Mercedes Benz, Mitsubishi, Honda, BWM, Mazda, Volvo, Takata, TRW, Continental, Autoliv, Morton, Delphi and numerous dealerships that were filed in state and federal courts in 19 states. I have more than 30 years experience as a chemical engineering expert witness with consultations, deposition (33) and courtroom testimony (9).
I have over 40 years experience as a banking and real estate finance professional consulting on policies and issues in Commercial Banking, Mortgage Banking, Checking Account, Credit Scores, Construction Lending, and Standards of Conduct. I have served as lending officer, senior real estate officer, portfolio manager, credit risk management, manager of multi-bank loan syndications, president and chief executive officer. I have consulted to credit review agencies, federal agencies, bank policies, banking regulations, insurance companies, troubled companies requiring loan restructure and receiverships. I have 25 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
I have over 15 years experience in areas of industrial workplace safety and training, especially in mining, tunneling, construction, and explosives. I have experience in trucks and trucking, including general maintenance and air brakes; surface and underground mining; tunneling; construction; general safety; and Cal/OSHA. I have conducted safety training in all phases of mining for employers, employees, and contractors in the mining and tunneling industries, and safety training in explosives, tire, welding, and other associated industries. I have administered examinations for blasting, gas quality testing, explosion cause and origin, and safety representative licenses in the mining and construction industries. I have more than 5 years expert witness experience.
I am a Registered Geotechnical Engineer with over 40 years of professional experience on major project assignments, including soil and foundation investigations, geologic and seismic investigations, field exploration and laboratory testing programs, engineering analysis, and on monitoring of earthwork and foundation construction for commercial, municipal, industrial, school, hospital, waterfront and residential developments. Since 1995, I have served as an independent geotechnical engineering consultant on over 700 design and construction projects, case reviews, and consulting assignments. I served as geotechnical engineering consultant to established engineering firms in California and Nevada, and as expert witness for legal dispute resolutions and insurance claim assessments. I have more than 15 years expert witness experience.
