Fire Weather Expert Witnesses

Fire weather expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on fire weather. The fire weather expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Environmental, Hydrology, and Meteorology.

Matthew J. Bunkers, Ph.D., CCM

Certified Consulting Meteorologist/Weather Expert

Northern Plains Weather Services, LLC

Rapid City, South Dakota
Meteorology, Hydrology - forensic meteorology, heavy rain and flooding, high winds, fog, severe storms, hail, tornadoes, winter weather, heavy snow, slip and falls, icing, fire weather, weather-related accidents, agriculture weather, lightning verification, radar, satellite, and applied climate and meteorology
I believe that my clients deserve to have accurate and reliable weather information. My clients include lawyers and industries of construction, insurance, mining, and power generation. I have worked on cases involving: • analyses of tornado/hail/wind (including derecho) damage to businesses, crops, people, farm property (e.g., barns, grain bins, and irrigation systems), and housing units for insurance-related claims/lawsuits, • slip and falls related to snowfall, icing, refreezing, and freezing drizzle, • climate-, severe-, and winter-weather analyses for a mining operation, preventative planting insurance claim, crop spraying, livestock operations, and construction delays due to adverse weather days, • rainfall recurrence interval analyses for flooding of homes and flash-flood related damages to businesses and trains/railroad tracks, • snowfall and rainfall analyses for insurance protection claims for recreational events, • cloud cover, moonlight, rainfall, fog, icing, snow, and w...

John Bryant, AMS, NWA, EPA Certified

Data Driven Meteorology Expert Witness

Weather and Climate Consulting, LLC

MEMPHIS, Tennessee
Environmental, Meteorology - Meteorology Expert Witness, Wrongful Death, Slip and Fall, Wind Damage, Auto Accidents, Flood Damage, Hail Damage, Environmental Law, Lightning, Hurricane Expert, Building Collapse, Ice Storm, Insurance Claims, Climate, Weather, Agricultural Weather, Aviation Weather, Fire Weather, AI Weather Data
John Bryant AMS, NWA, EPA Certified Professional Summary With over 27 years of experience in meteorology, I provide expert testimony and weather analysis for personal injury cases. I am one of the only meteorologists in the world to be triple certified by the AMS (American Meteorological Society, the NWA (National Weather Association), and the EPA Environmental Protection Agency). I offer a unique combination of meteorological expertise with environmental compliance knowledge, ensuring accurate and comprehensive assessments. My EPA certification uniquely positions me to understand and interpret environmental data, which can be critical in cases involving hazardous weather conditions. My work has been instrumental in resolving cases, including slip and falls, auto accidents, hurricane wind damage, flooding, severe weather, and wrongful death suits with an element of weather involved. Expertise and Achievements - Comprehensive forensic weather analysis for personal injury claims - D...

Brock Burghardt, PhD, CCM

Atmospheric, LLC

Seattle, Washington
Meteorology - Forensic meteorology, Weather analysis and forecasting, Decision support, Weather consulting, Education and training, Severe convective storms, Flash flooding, Winter weather, Fire Weather, Mountain meteorology, Weather observations, Numerical Weather Prediction, Accident site investigation
My name is Brock Burghardt and I am a Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM) with the American Meteorological Society. I received my PhD in Atmospheric Science from Texas Tech University in 2017 and prior to that a MS in Atmospheric Science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2013. I have 15 years of experience as a meteorologist and am a consulting member of the Association of Certified Meteorologists where I also serve on the marketing committee. My work experience has involved various roles as a researcher, developer, and forecaster for weather ranging from winter weather in the midwest, to severe storms across the southern plains, to mountain meteorology in the western United States.