Toxic Tort Expert Witnesses

Meet the Toxic Tort Experts

Hvac Mechanical Engineering Expert 39125 AZ

I have over 35 years experience in mechanical engineering. My areas of expertise include semiconductors, HVAC systems, cleanrooms, process piping systems, energy management and control systems and refrigeration systems, boilers, chemical exposures, as well as chemical spills and damages. I have more than 30 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.

Environmental Contaminants Expert 34338 CA(N)

I have over 25 years’ experience conducting environmental investigations and risk assessments for evaluating impacts to human health, property, and ecological receptors. My expertise focuses on the fate and transport of environmental contaminants, human health risk, exposure assessment, and ecological restoration. I have evaluated and modeled emissions from unconventional oil drilling operations, oil spills, landfills, boilers and incinerators, process stacks, storage tanks, confined animal feeding operations, and many other industrial and agricultural sources. My project experience ranges from monitoring and modeling of pollution sources to evaluating impacts of pollution on workers at industrial facilities and residents in surrounding communities. I have investigated and designed remediation programs and risk assessments for contaminated sites containing lead, heavy metals, mold, bacteria, particulate matter, petroleum hydrocarbons, chlorinated solvents, pesticides, radioactive waste, dioxins and furans, semi- and volatile organic compounds, PCBs, PAHs, perchlorate, asbestos, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFOA/PFOS), unusual polymers, fuel oxygenates (MTBE), among other pollutants. I alsoe have experience evaluating greenhouse gas emissions from various projects and is an expert on the assessment of odors from industrial and agricultural sites, as well as the evaluation of odor nuisance impacts and technologies for abatement of odorous emissions. As a principal scientist at SWAPE, I direct air dispersion modeling and exposure assessments. I have served as an expert witness and testified about pollution sources causing nuisance and/or personal injury at dozens of sites and have testified as an expert witness on more than ten cases involving exposure to air contaminants from industrial sources.

Environmental Forensics Expert 463806 CA(N)

I have more than 45 years experience in the field of Environmental and Occupational/Community Health with expertise in safety. I have experience with managing site assessments and developing abatement specifications for hazardous materials such as asbestos, lead-based paint (LBP) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in high-rise commercial buildings, pharmaceutical manufacturing complexes, and residential buildings. I have additional experience with fungal assessments, flood response assessments, and industrial hygiene air monitoring and ventilation testing. I have over 20 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.

Civil Litigation and Firearms Expert 524704 TX

I have over 30 years experience in civil litigation with expertise in insurance defense, toxic torts, products liability, serious injury, wrongful death cases, and firearms laws. I have additional expertise in steel construction and fabrication including welding processes, metallurgy, destructive and non-destructive testing methods, metal fatigue, catastrophic metal failures, and forensic testing of materials. I also have a broad background in firearms safety, firearms training, and other aspects of firearms ownership and use.

Insurance Expert 32143 AL

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.

Asthma And Copd Expert 322823 TX

I have more than 20 years experience as a Toxicologist. My experience includes the study of pulmonary toxicology involving pathologies such as asthma, reactive airway disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asbestosis, mesothelioma and pulmonary fibrosis – that may be claimed following chemical, drug, or particulate exposure. I am also experienced in evaluating the toxicological profile of a variety of consumer and industrial products, chemicals, and pollutants and performing health risk assessments related to such. I perform forensic toxicology investigations in the areas of alcohol and drug intoxication and impairment as well as food adulteration and contamination cases. I have experience in analyzing and evaluating genetic and genomic markers of toxicity and susceptibility in the modern field of “Toxicogenomics”, particularly with respect to benzene. I have prior expert witness experience.

Insurance Commercial Litigation Expert 371094 WA

I have more than 20 years experience in the field of Insurance and Commercial Litigation. My focus of practice includes representation of insurers in complex insurance coverage matters, particularly in the areas of environmental pollution, toxic torts, construction defect, product defect / recall, and professional liability matters. I represent insurers in coverage litigation arising from claims concerning the current era of Pollution Liability and Environmental Impairment Liability Policies. My services further include monitoring counsel services, assisting insurers and other stakeholders in working with defense counsel, the insured, and its coverage counsel for evaluation exposure, and effectively handling and resolving claims for which a defense and / or coverage is being afforded. I frequently represent parties in commercial litigation, including environmental, construction defects, professional errors, and omission matters. I have more than 10 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.

Occupational Environment Medicine Expert 54612 CA(N)

I have more than 40 years experience in Internal Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Medicine Industry. My experience includes internal medicine; occupational and environmental medicine; toxicology; medical surveillance, biomonitoring, disability evaluation, risk communication; chemically induced illness; toxic chemical exposure; environmental toxicology; evaluation of exposed population to environmental pollutants; control studies; data analysis and reporting; and medical monitoring protocol. I have over 35 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.

Insurance Claims Handling Expert 426484 CA(S)

I have more than 30 years experience within the field of Insurance and Reinsurance. My scope of expertise includes analyses of case reserving and settlement practices, assessment of overall claims handling, comprehensive general liability, i.e., product liability, professional liability, errors and omissions, environmental / toxic tort, land subsidence, construction defect, workers’ compensation, and personal and commercial automobile liability. My experience includes vast amount of claims reviews and audits on behalf of reinsurers, insurers, umbrella and excess insurers, policyholders, attorneys, actuaries, public accounting firms, third party administrators, state insurance departments, insurance receivers, and due diligence for mergers and acquisitions. I have over 25 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.

Healthcare Law Expert 318986 MI

I have more than 25 years experience in the fields of Medicine, Health Law, Industrial Hygiene, and Biomedical Engineering with expertise in Internal Medicine, Occupational Medicine, and Public Health and General Preventive Medicine. I have experience with medical practices, biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental toxicology, and the practice of toxic tort law as well as the practice of health care law in the representation of physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals. I have additional knowledge of licensure and peer review issues; contract review and negotiation; Stark Amendments; Sherman and Clayton Anti-trust Acts; new medical technology assessment; co-counsel activities in medical malpractice defense; and the determination of causation of disease in relation to claimed physical forces and energy.