Helicopter Expert Witnesses

Poway, California

Electricity, Safety - Electric Expert, OSHA, Construction, Electrical Contact, Shock, Electrocution, Fatality, Incident Investigation, Lineman Expert Witness, Cranes Tip and Contact, Arc Flash, Occupational Injury, Personal Injury, Burns, Excavation, Electric Vaults, Rigging, Falls, Helicopter, Underground Utility Strike

Summary of Electrical Utility Construction, Training, Safety, and Expert Witness Experience As a high-voltage electric utility expert witness, I offer a unique perspective from over 35 years of expansive experience in this highly specialized industry. The breadth of my experience spans from working in the field as a certified Journeyman Lineman through upper-level field leadership, to upper-level operational management, and as Director of Safety and Training. I know the work, the workforce, and the complex legal proceedings. This diverse background allows me to understand the circumstances of a case and formulate expert opinions by looking at facts from varying viewpoints. My expertise has been utilized by counsel as a subject matter expert and depositions, multiple times, in multiple states. As an expert witness, I have been involved with legal matters such as personal injury, utility system maintenance, construction standards, OSHA standards, wildfire ignition, safety, and traini...

Lawrence, Kansas

Aviation & Aerospace, Engineering - Aerospace, Aviation, Engineering, Patent Litigation, Flight Safety, Structures, Aircraft Design, Stability and Control, Propulsion, UAV, UAM and UAS, Drone, Missile, Munition, Helicopter, Electric Flight, Flying Toys, Flight Testing, Aircraft Crashworthiness, Cost Analysis

• Full Professor of Aerospace Engineering • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (NAI) • Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) • Winner of the Discover Magazine Award for Aerospace and Aviation • Led more award winning American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Aircraft and Missile Design teams than any other in the world • Listed by Stanford/Elsevier as one of the world’s top 2% most cited Technologists • Most cited member of the AIAA Aircraft Design Technical Committee • Published more than 400 professional works • Holder of 23 patents • Worked on projects for all of the branches of the US DoD, NASA, NSF, DARPA, all major US aerospace corporations and many minor. I am the only NAI Fellow and AIAA Associate Fellow listed on SEAK. These distinctions make me exceptionally resistant to Daubert motions in my areas of expertise and would give your side "one up" on adverse parties. I have worked in many corners of aerospace techn...