Development Expert Witnesses

Culver City, California

Real Estate, Legal - Land Use, Entitlement, Real Property, Contracts, Partnerships, Development, Mixed-Use, Design, Due Digligence, Acquisition, Management, Negotiation, Agreements, Investment

I offer over thirty-five years of experience in successful private and corporate residential & mixed-use real estate acquisition, entitlement, design, investment, transaction and development operations. My specialization includes contracts and operations relating to land use, due diligence, major property entitlements, land development, project design, partnership structuring, marketing and disposition. As both an attorney and real estate broker, I regularly provide pre-litigation and litigation support – as well as expert witness services. I offer assistance to companies and legal counsel in leading complex negotiations, managing development teams, reviewing and implementing ordinances, drafting agreements, structuring compliance, and directing teams of outside counsel.

Pasadena, California

Pediatrics, General Practice - Infants, Children, Teens, General Pediatrics, Primary Care, Outpatient, Newborns, Standard of Care, Evidence-Based Medicine, Development, Behavior, Failure to Thrive, Nutrition, Vaccines, child abuse, neglect, Allergies, Asthma, Obesity, Infections

Dr. Jennie W. Gary is board-certified in Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She has 9 years of experience as a Pediatrician, and 4 years experience as an expert witness. She works at a busy outpatient community pediatrics clinic as a general pediatrician, where she sees thousands of patients annually. She also has experience precepting and teaching pediatric residents. She is well-versed in the practice of standard of care, evidence-based medicine according to American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines.

Denver, Colorado

Civil Engineering - Civil Infrastructure, Grading, Accessibility, Drainage, Flood Control, Storm Sewer, Water System, Sanitary Sewer, Erosion Control, Development, Transportation, Roadway Design, Construction Defects, Residential, Commercial, Senior Housing, Student Housing, Utilities, Handicap

Steve Kocher is the President and co-founder of Harris Kocher Smith and also serves as Principal-in-Charge and Project Manager for the firm’s private and public clients. Mr. Kocher has designed and managed civil engineering projects since 1993. Mr. Kocher has designed, or managed the design, of civil infrastructure, grading, and drainage for numerous residential projects, totaling over 10,000 multi-family, single-family, student housing, and senior living dwelling units. Mr. Kocher has also managed and designed projects for many state and local governments and agencies, including Colorado Department of Transportation; National Conference of State Legislatures; Colorado Springs; Douglas County; Kansas Department of Transportation; Castle Pines Metropolitan District; City and County of Denver; Highlands Ranch Metro District; Centennial Water & Sanitation District; Denver Public Schools; and Colorado School of Mines. Mr. Kocher’s specific expertise includes site grading, handic...

Greenwich, Connecticut

Hotel & Restaurant, Hotel & Restaurant - hotel operations, lost profits, business interruption damages, personal injury, wrongful death, standard of care, asset management, management agreements, franchising, premises liability, hotel real estate, sexual assault, development, hotel finance

Kenneth Free, Straightline’s Principal, can oftentimes be an excellent hospitality expert witness. Over the years he has served as an expert witness before judicial bodies in about two-thirds of the 50-states of the USA, as well as in many U.S. Federal Courts. He has also been engaged as an expert in Canada, France, Egypt, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and British West Indies. While typically appearing before civil courts of the state, he has also served in cases before bodies of arbitration, U.S. Federal Administrative courts, U.S. Bankruptcy courts, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (a World Bank entity), and a Native American Tribal Court. Mr. Free can be a solid expert witness for hotel disputes because of his deep real world experience working in the hotel industry, his academic credentials, and his demeanor of credibility. Mr. Free is a true expert in hotels, resorts and related hospitality businesses. Prior to establish...

Sandy Hook, Connecticut

Pediatrics - Board Certified Pediatrician, Lyme tick disease, Newborn, Development, Behavior, Asthma, ADHD, Pediatrics, Sexual / Child Abuse / Neglect, Vaccines, Custody, Meningitis Serious Bacterial Infections, Trauma, SIDS, RSV, GERD, dehydration, breastfeeding, weight loss, jaundice

Richard Auerbach, MD has been a general pediatrician and assistant professor of pediatrics since 1998. He completed a chief residency and hospitalist year following training at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. He remains active on staff at Danbury Hospital / Western CT Health Network. As an Associate Professor of clinical pediatrics through the Universities of CT and VT, and Ross University, he has taught countless medical students and residents, as well as participating in weekly CME activities. Recently, he and his wife, Julia Auerbach, MD JD, established MD Consult Services. The goal of this endeavor is to provide comprehensive medical opinions for case reviews and legal proceedings in the areas of Pediatrics (Richard) and Family Medicine (Julia). Both are Board certified in their respective fields and highly regarded in the communities in which they work. MDConsult Services has provided numerous comprehensive case reviews for attorneys. Both physicians are available fo...

Las Vegas, Nevada

Software Engineering, Technology - cloud, software architect, software, engineer, enterprise arhictecture, kafka, sql, kubernetes, docker, containerization, google, software architecture, cloud architecture, programming, development, technology, technology evaluation, regulatory, serverless, gaming

Matt is an MIT educated enterprise software architect that brings more than 23 years of experience with software and product development to the courtroom. He can provide expert testimony about standard business practices and detailed technical evaluations involving software development across almost any business or technology stack. An expert in the software development lifecycle (SDLC), he has experience writing software in more than 15 languages and leading teams of more than 50 engineers in the development of large scale enterprise applications. He has built and lead the development of solutions in the healthcare, hospitality, insurance, and real money gaming industries and can provide industry expertise in those areas. Matt is also the founder in multiple tech start ups and has experience developing mobile applications from conception to launch. He has extensive experience working with regulatory bodies to get software approved and is listed as the inventor in more than 5 pa...

Long Island City, New York

Software Engineering, Intellectual Property - Software, Mobile, Apps, Patent, Trade Secret, Infringement, Source Code, Inspection, Android, Development, macOS, Engineering, iOS, Kotlin, Objective-C, Java, Swift, IP, AI, ML

David Howell is a former Apple software engineer with more than 35 years in the software industry and experience teaching computer science and engineering management at a graduate level. He has founded three startups, including one acquired by Apple, with a focus on mobile, desktop, and web apps, and is currently CEO of Expert Guild, an agency that helps litigation teams find the perfect testifying expert for technology and healthcare-related cases. In the past his roles have included Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Technology Officer (CTO), VP of Engineering, Senior Software Engineer, and member of Boards of Advisors. As CEO of Avatron, he led a team of ex-Apple engineers to build world-class productivity apps for mobile devices. At Apple he managed a platform enabling third-party visual-effects plug-ins for film and video. As an expert witness, Mr. Howell has written 20 opinions, testified in Federal court twice, arbitration court once, and the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal...

Greensboro, North Carolina

Pediatrics, General Practice - Infants, Children, Adolescents, ADHD, Primary Care, Newborns, Standard of Care, Evidence-Based Medicine, Development, Behavior, Failure to Thrive, Nutrition, Vaccines, Sexual/child abuse, neglect, Allergies, Asthma, Obesity, Infections, Rashes

Dr. Carey C. Williams is board-certified in Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She works at a large suburban outpatient pediatrics clinic which serves 16,000+ patients from birth to 19 years of age. As a general pediatrician, she sees thousands of patients annually for acute and preventive care, and has experience with hospital care of the well newborn. She has served as lead physician for clinic- and community-based quality improvement initiatives, participates in regular CME activities, and practices evidence-based medicine according to American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines. She also teaches and supervises medical students on a regular basis.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Architecture, Slip Trip & Fall - Architecture,Site Planning,Zoning, Codes,Development,Standard of Care,Liability,ADA Accessibility,Construction,Copyright,Facility Programming, Feasibility,Furniture,Finishes & Equipment,Hotels,Restaurants, Resort, Interior Design & Planning,Slip-Trip-Falls,Owner-Architect & Consultant Disputes.

James Rappoport is Principal at Daroff Design, a full service Planning, Architectural & Interior Design practice founded in 1973. The firm specializes in ground-up, renovation, and historic adaptive reuse projects for office facilities, hotels, resorts, retail and shopping facilities, restaurants, meeting, conference and training facilities, aviation terminals and entertainment projects throughout the USA and Internationally. Mr. Rappoport has provided technical consultation analysis, expert witness reports, opinions, affidavits, certificates of merit, depositions, mediation and alternative dispute resolution presentations, testimony and pre-trial support in more than 250 legal cases, for both defendants’ and plaintiffs’ legal teams. Each of the matters Mr. Rappoport has collaborated on have settled before trial. Mr. Rappoport is the author of several professional text books and trade journal articles. He has been awarded multiple copy rights and is an active member of the Amer...

Sandy, Utah

Pediatrics - General Pediatrics, Child abuse, Child neglect, Standard of care, Failure to thrive, Outpatient, Urgent care, Primary care, Telemedicine, Behavior, Development, Evidence-based medicine, Nutrition, Vaccines, Infant, Children, Teens, Newborns

Dr. Monica Schwarz Josten is a Stanford-trained board-certified general pediatrician in active clinical practice. She works at a busy private practice clinic as a primary care physician, where she sees thousands of patients each year for routine well care, growth and development, vaccinations, urgent medical needs, and mental health and behavioral concerns. In addition, she also does newborn rounds at four hospitals in the Salt Lake Valley and is experienced in telemedicine. She participates in regular CME activities to ensure she is up to date with evidence-based recommendations and standard of care practices per the American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines.