A landscape architect and urban planning expert witness with more than 30 years of professional experience, this expert provides analysis and testimony in matters involving land use planning, zoning and permitting, landscape architecture practice standards, and environmental regulatory compliance. He holds Professional Landscape Architect (PLA) licensure and has more than 25 years of expert witness experience, including consultation, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony. His litigation work addresses development codes, planning standards, tree valuation, permitting decisions, and landscape architecture standard-of-care issues in disputes involving site development, public facilities, and environmental regulations.

His professional practice includes three primary areas of expertise: land use planning and regulatory compliance, landscape architecture design and site planning, and facility condition assessments and infrastructure planning. His planning and regulatory work includes permits and entitlements, development regulation analysis, comprehensive planning, and environmental review frameworks such as NEPA, SEPA, and CEQA, along with shoreline regulations, critical area ordinances, and approvals for subdivisions, variances, conditional use permits, and code amendments. His design and planning experience includes parks and recreation systems, streetscape design, sports facility planning, irrigation and hardscape design, ADA accessibility considerations, and public open-space planning, while his infrastructure planning work includes site and facility evaluations, asset condition assessments, water and energy conservation studies, and planning analyses supporting redevelopment and capital improvement decisions.

His career background includes leadership roles such as Senior Master Planner, Senior Facilities Planner, Program Director, Senior Project Manager, and Unit Manager, directing planning, budgeting, permitting, and design activities for public agencies and corporate clients. His project experience includes facility and infrastructure planning programs involving hundreds of facilities and capital projects, as well as long-range planning, lifecycle cost analysis, sustainability initiatives, and asset management strategies for parks, recreation systems, schools, civic facilities, transportation infrastructure, energy and environmental projects, and large-scale site development. Professional credentials include Registered Landscape Architect licensure, and academic qualifications include an MBA, a Master of Urban and Regional Planning, and a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, along with professional affiliations and authorship of study guides for the Landscape Architect Registration Examination (LARE) and presentations on planning, regulatory compliance, and professional practice topics.