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This sport, fitness, and recreation risk management expert serves as an expert witness with over 25 years of experience in athletics, physical education, and safety evaluation, including more than 225 cases involving consultation, deposition, arbitration, and court testimony. Their work focuses on analyzing injury events, identifying failures in supervision and safety practices, and evaluating operational conditions in sport, fitness, and school-based environments. The expert’s analysis addresses a range of incident types and safety concerns. These include physical education and athletic accidents, personal training and weight room injuries, and failures associated with indoor and outdoor sport facilities. Additional areas of expertise involve faulty sport and fitness equipment, coaching safety practices, improper supervision, and emergency preparedness and response in schools and recreational settings. Their work also incorporates inspection and evaluation of operational procedures across environments such as playgrounds, climbing gyms, trampoline parks, and fitness facilities, with attention to injury prevention protocols and risk management practices.

Professional experience includes long-standing involvement in program development, supervision, and training within athletic and educational settings, as well as preparation of technical analyses and reports in litigation involving personal injury and facility-related incidents. The expert has contributed to research and professional presentations on topics including injury prevention, facility operations, and safety standards, and has participated in standards-related activities with ASTM International concerning sports equipment, facility padding, and trampoline and challenge course safety.

Credentials include a Doctorate in Psychology with an emphasis in sport and exercise and counseling, a Master of Arts in Education, and a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science and Physical Education. The expert holds multiple certifications in teaching, fitness training, coaching, and safety, including Certified Service Technician Level 2 through the International Association of Trampoline Parks, as well as certifications in biomechanics, functional training, and emergency response protocols. Professional affiliations include ASTM International, the American College of Sports Medicine, the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and the National Recreation and Parks Association.

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Doctorate

Field of Study

Psychology

Institution

Capella University

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Master

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Education

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University of Phoenix-Arizona

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New York State Permanent Teaching License

Issuing Authority

New York State (NY)

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Certification

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Pennsylvania Teaching Certificate: Physical Education K-12

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Pennsylvania (PA)

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Athletics accidents

Recreational accidents

Recreational Safety

Sports Facilities

Gym equipment

Exercise equipment

Emergency Preparedness

Sports Injuries

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