Contamination Expert Witnesses

Arkansas

Appraisal & Valuation, Real Estate Appraiser - Agriculture Real Estate, Production Agriculture, Value Dispute, Damages (fire, flood, defects, other), Environmentally Sensitive, Conservation Easements, Wetlands, Eminent Domain, Contamination, Federal or State Land Acquisition (Yellow Book)

Real estate consultant and appraiser. Litigation support, testimony, and/or value dispute. Routinely operating in agriculture real estate, production agriculture, timberland, conservation easements, wetlands, ranches, farms, federal or state land acquisition (Yellow Book) projects, and eminent domain. Provides services related to matters of value dispute and otherwise complex agriculture or rural valuation concerns within a litigation context. Working in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.

Pleasant Hill, Colorado

Real Estate Appraiser, Real Estate - Eminent Domain, Environmental Contamination, Structural Defects, Partnership Dissolution, Bankruptcy Proceedings, Market Resistance / Stigma Damages for: Landslides Fires Floods Contamination / External Detriments

Paul Chandler, MAI, has over 30 years of experience as an MAI Designated Real Estate Appraiser and CEO of Property Sciences, a national Residential and Commercial real estate appraisal company. Both the company's residential and commercial divisions continually benefit from Mr. Chandler's background in valuation, appraisal, lender-platform technology development, and online and print media. Prior to forming Property Sciences, he was Senior Vice President of Corinthian Real Estate, where he provided financial institutions with market analysis, branching strategy and site acquisition consulting. Litigation Support - Mr. Chandler has extensive experience presenting and defending its expert conclusions and opinions in depositions and trial testimony. He offers support from early case assessment and discovery through final resolution, relying on real-world strategic and operational experience, strong academic and professional credentials, and extensive practical knowledge of real esta...

Louisiana

Appraisal & Valuation, Real Estate Appraiser - Agriculture Real Estate, Production Agriculture, Value Dispute, Damages (fire, flood, defects, other), Environmentally Sensitive, Conservation Easements, Wetlands, Eminent Domain, Contamination, Federal or State Land Acquisition (Yellow Book)

Real estate consultant and appraiser. Litigation support, testimony, and/or value dispute. Routinely operating in agriculture real estate, production agriculture, timberland, conservation easements, wetlands, ranches, farms, federal or state land acquisition (Yellow Book) projects, and eminent domain. Provides services related to matters of value dispute and otherwise complex agriculture or rural valuation concerns within a litigation context. Working in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.

East Lansing, Michigan

Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering - Groundwater, Wastewater, Remediation, Bioremediation, Modeling, Stormwater, Hydrogeology, Hydrology, Geotechnical, Microbiology, Contamination, Geochemistry, Construction, Demolition, Home Inspection

Dr. TImothy Mayotte is President and CEO of Mayotte Design & Engineering, PC, a civil and environmental engineering design firm based in East Lansing, Michigan. Since 2003, MD&E has proved itself a highly responsive design, advocate and risk management partner for clients in the energy, automotive, commercial printing, textile, pharmaceutical, chemical, real estate, and legal industries. MD&E offers a variety of services, specializing in the design and engineering of treatment solutions for wastewater, groundwater, stormwater and contaminated soil, sediment and air. Dr. Mayotte has assisted clientele across globe, having completed projects in: Alabama; Arizona; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas, Massachusetts; Michigan; Missouri, Mississippi; Nevada; New Jersey; New York; Ohio; Oregon; Tennessee; Texas; Vermont; Virginia; West Virginia; Washington, Wisconsin; Wyoming; British Columbia; Ontario; Quebec; Brazil; China; Czech Republic; Italy; and Mex...

Oklahoma

Appraisal & Valuation, Real Estate Appraiser - Agriculture Real Estate, Production Agriculture, Value Dispute, Damages (fire, flood, defects, other), Environmentally Sensitive, Conservation Easements, Wetlands, Eminent Domain, Contamination, Federal or State Land Acquisition (Yellow Book)

Real estate consultant and appraiser. Litigation support, testimony, and/or value dispute. Routinely operating in agriculture real estate, production agriculture, timberland, conservation easements, wetlands, ranches, farms, federal or state land acquisition (Yellow Book) projects, and eminent domain. Provides services related to matters of value dispute and otherwise complex agriculture or rural valuation concerns within a litigation context. Working in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Environmental, Hydrology - sinkhole, groundwater, landslide, drilling, hydrogeology, rockfall, karst, vibration, blast, earthquake, contamination, pipeline, fracking, water, erosion, construction, stormwater, physics, leak, cave

Dr. Bechtel is geophysicist/geologist, and a world-renowned expert on sinkholes. But not just sinkholes; bedrock conditions, caves, water pollution, and all issues related to karst terranes. Dr. Bechtel has 25+ years of experience in the engineering/environmental industry, as well as faculty positions at Franklin & Marshall College, the University of Memphis and the University of Pennsylvania, and is an appointed member of the International Karst Commission. Dr. Bechtel has been an expert in dozens of sinkole or karst-related cases - often related to causes of sinkholes and/or water problems. Dr. Bechtel also has expertise and courtroom experience in Unconventional Oil & Gas, hydraulic fracturing (fracking), and fracking-industry-related earthquakes, horizontal directional drilling (HDD), as well as all fields of seismology, seismic hazards, vibration monitoring and analysis, subsidence, soil creep, landslides, rockfalls, non-destructive evaluation of earthen dams and levees, subsu...

Winnsboro, Texas

Appraisal & Valuation, Real Estate Appraiser - Agriculture Real Estate, Production Agriculture, Value Dispute, Damages (fire, flood, defects, other), Environmentally Sensitive, Conservation Easements, Wetlands, Eminent Domain, Contamination, Federal or State Land Acquisition (Yellow Book)

Real estate consultant and appraiser. Litigation support, testimony, and/or value dispute. Routinely operating in agriculture real estate, production agriculture, timberland, conservation easements, wetlands, ranches, farms, federal or state land acquisition (Yellow Book) projects, and eminent domain. Provides services related to matters of value dispute and otherwise complex agriculture or rural valuation concerns within a litigation context. Working in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.