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Liability Expert Witnesses

Liability 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 liability. The liability expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Accident Reconstruction, Addiction Medicine, Architecture, Aviation & Aerospace, Construction, Dogs, Dram Shop & Alcohol Services, Economics, Emergency Medicine, Engineering, Hotel & Restaurant, Mechanical Engineering, Medical Management, Neuropsychology, and OSHA.

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Thomas Collier, Jr

Highly Experienced Expert, Summa Cum Laude

Collier Consultants

Alabama

Construction, Premises Liability - Defects, personal injury, insurance, codes, commercial, residential, accidents, falls, asbestos, ADA, sewer, water, liability, damages, general contractor, fire, flood, contracts, subcontractors, engineer

Highly experienced construction and premises expert. Specializes in large commercial and multi-residential construction disputes and serious bodily injury claims. Has served on over 300 cases as an expert witness and dozens of cases as an arbitrator. 30+ years’ experience as a general contractor and owner/developer focusing on condominiums, roads, sewers, subdivisions, offices and other major construction. Summa Cum Laude/Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina. Consultant (2008-Present): Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Cases include commercial defects and delays, serious personal injuries, multifamily, sewers, roads and drainage, retail, insurance, professional liability, and construction business practices. Approximately equal representation of plaintiffs and defendants. General Contractor - President of Buckhead Classic (2006 – presen): Projects include defective construction repair, new construction, fire and flood...

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Matthew D King, PhD

Accident Reconstruction, Fire, Slip/Trip and Fall

Institute of Forensic Science

Selma, California

Accident Reconstruction, Slip Trip & Fall - Fire, slip, premises, witness, crash, Forensic, trip, liability, Fresno, car, Investigator, fall, safety, California, truck, Engineer, Product, expert, nationwide, pedestrian

I was born and raised in California and grew up as the fifth generation living and farming on our family homestead. I have been blessed with the opportunity to experience the benefits and joys of living in central California with an extensive multi-generational network of family, friends and business contacts. I earned my Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from CSU Fresno in 1994. I continued on for a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering from SDSU and completed my PhD in Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences at UC San Diego in 1999. Since then, I have gained 13 years of full-time experience in the field of Forensic Engineering. I built my own consulting engineering firm and provided Expert Witness services globally as a Senior Investigator and Researcher while teaching part time at the university level. In an effort to grow personally and professionally, I sought out opportunities internationally. Subsequently, I have gained an additional 12 years of full-time...

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Philip J. Cross, Ph.D.

Class action, antitrust & economic damages expert

Kenyon Consulting LLC

California

Economics, Statistics - Lost wages, Antitrust, Class certification, Lost profits, Breach of contract, Damages, Liability, Platform economics, Conjoint surveys, Health insurance, Class action, Economic damages, Discrimination, Wrongful termination, Wage and hour, Industrial espionage, Lanham Act, Defamation, Statistical sampling, FLSA

Phil Cross is Kenyon Consulting’s principal and founder. He has over twenty-five years’ experience as an economist and statistician in academia, government and consulting. His consulting experience includes opining in large class-action litigations, high-profile arbitrations, antitrust matters, breach-of-contract matters, wage-and-hour matters and employment discrimination matters. He is widely recognized as being an effective testifier, able to break down complex economic ideas and empirical findings into plain English for judges and juries. Phil has his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin, has taught at Georgetown, Johns Hopkins and the University of Melbourne and has published in top academic journals. Phil has a wide range of experience, including opining on video game distribution, health insurance provision, health-care worker markets, higher education finance, automotive supply distribution, mining, probationary service provision, health care, financial se...

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Patrick Maroney

Dram Shop Expert - Retired State ABC Director

Maroney Consulting Services LLC

Platteville , Colorado

Dram Shop & Alcohol Services - Liquor, Alcohol, Liability, Compliance, Dram Shop, Accidents, Injury, Retail, Accident, Investigations

Patrick Maroney is the President of Maroney Consulting Services LLC, which provides expert witness testimony related to dram shop cases. He provides training and consultation for Colorado liquor laws and rules; trade practices laws and rules; retail, wholesale and supplier compliance and licensing in Colorado and is certified as a Colorado Responsible Vendor Trainer. Patrick has trained over 11,000 students in the safe service of alcohol. He has over 33 years of law enforcement experience and was the Chief of Investigations and the Director of the Colorado Liquor Enforcement Division. Mr. Maroney's experience includes working for the Larimer County Sheriff's Office (Fort Collins, Colorado), Arapahoe County (Colorado) Coroner's Office, and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Patrick instructed numerous training classes on Colorado liquor laws and rules and provided official interpretations of Colorado liquor laws and rules to liquor stakeholders, legislators and licensees. ...

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Philip J. Cross, Ph.D.

Class action, antitrust & economic damages expert

Kenyon Consulting LLC

Washington, District Of Columbia

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Thomas Collier, Jr

Highly Experienced Expert, Summa Cum Laude

Collier Consultants

Florida

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Thomas Collier, Jr

Highly Experienced Expert, Summa Cum Laude

Collier Consultants

Atlanta, Georgia

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Richard S Goldberg, MD

Forest Park, Illinois

Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine - Hospital, liability, dual diagnosis, involuntary, psychosis, suicide, workers comp, fitness for duty, malingering, sexual contact, disability, diagnosis, psychotropic medication, detox, inpatient, guardianship, violence

I am a board-certified psychiatrist with 33 years experience working in psychiatric hospitals, chemical dependency treatment facilities, nursing homes, community mental health centers, and office-based private practice of adolescents and adults with a wide range of psychiatric illnesses and addiction issues. I am currently in active practice. I have a unique ability to perform completely private evaluations in security-sensitive circumstances. I am routinely contacted directly to arrange and coordinate independent evaluations, meet with clients without involving others, and can perform evaluations in anonymous locations when necessary. Reports are completed offline without involving any third party in the process (without answering services, recording devices, third party testing, EMR, secretarial/support staff or coordinators, transcriptionists, etc.) ensuring complete privacy throughout the IME process. Board Certified Psychiatrist Certified in Addiction Medicine Hospital Clin...

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Mark E Briggs, CSP

Workplace Safety & Liability Expert Witness

Safety Management Resources Corporation

Champaign, Illinois

Safety, OSHA - safety, OSHA 31000, Risk, Lockout Tagout, Confined Space, University, College, Inspection, Workplace, Liability, Scaffold, Injury, Forklift, Ladder, Construction

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Thomas Collier, Jr

Highly Experienced Expert, Summa Cum Laude

Collier Consultants

Indiana

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Thomas Collier, Jr

Highly Experienced Expert, Summa Cum Laude

Collier Consultants

Kentucky

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Thomas Collier, Jr

Highly Experienced Expert, Summa Cum Laude

Collier Consultants

Louisiana

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Roy E Masters, Jr. MSME, PE

Product Safety, Liability, & Failure to Perform

REM2 Enterprises

Berrien Springs, Michigan

Engineering, Products Liability - burn, fire, shock, appliance, dryer, design, test, code, safety, failure, warning, analysis, literature, instruction, inspection, liability, expert, litigation, performance, warranty

Specialization in design for safety, failure investigation and testing, failure to perform, support for litigation, and product design and safety training for the consumer products industry. Qualifications: 1) Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering 2) Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Michigan 3) Certified Six Sigma (statistics) Blackbelt by Whirlpool Corporation 4) Product Safety Tools Training and application at Whirlpool Corporation 5) 30+ years of product design, including automotive, household appliance, industrial product industries. I worked in the consumer goods industry for 19 of my 30+ years in engineering, with extensive experience in the design and testing of consumer products. Knowledge expert for all major clothes dryer and washer/dryer combo types (electric, gas, heat pump, and condensing), including airflow systems, centrifugal fan design, lint collection systems, lint deposit problems, household dryer exhaust venting systems, heater element design,...

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John D. Zeirke, P.E., ACTAR, CFEI, CVFI

Mechanical Engineering Expert Witness

JZ Engineering, LLC

Blaine, Minnesota

Mechanical Engineering, Accident Reconstruction - Mechanical, Automotive, Powersports, Equipment, Fire, EDR, Drone, Design, Forensic, Powertrain, Caterpillar, Gears, Driveline, Gearbox, Agriculture, Failure, Bearing, Liability, Recall, Defect

Licensed professional engineer in Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota & Wisconsin with a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Marquette University and over 20 years of experience in product and system design & development and forensic investigation. Specialties: • Mechanical inspections, accident reconstruction and vehicle fire analysis. • Damage assessments of heavy machinery and agricultural equipment. • EDR downloads of passenger vehicles and commercial trucks and pre-crash data analysis. • Mechanical related property failure analysis, including boilers, water heaters, and pipe freezes. • Aerial drone photography and videography of vehicle accident scenes and tall structures.

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Thomas Collier, Jr

Highly Experienced Expert, Summa Cum Laude

Collier Consultants

Mississippi

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Michael A. Ruzek, DO, CPE, FACEP

Chief Quality Officer of Regional Health System

New Jersey

Emergency Medicine, Medical Management - Quality of care, Patient Safety, Risk Management, Internal Medicine, Peer Review, Emergency Medicine, Accidents, EMTALA, Standard of Care, Malpractice, Medical decision making, Liability, Sentinel Events, Regulatory Compliance, Clinical governance, Patient safety protocol, Medical necessity, Informed consent, Negligence, Compliance

Dr. Ruzek s a board-certified emergency physician and experienced medical expert witness with extensive leadership experience in healthcare quality, patient safety, and clinical operations. He currently serves as Chief Quality Officer for a regional health system in North Carolina, where he oversees enterprise-wide quality improvement initiatives, regulatory compliance, peer review, risk reduction, and patient safety strategy. In addition to active clinical practice in emergency medicine, Dr. Ruzek has provided medical-legal consulting and expert witness services involving emergency care, standard of care, patient safety, clinical documentation, causation analysis, systems-based failures, and quality-related healthcare litigation. His unique combination of frontline clinical experience and executive healthcare leadership provides attorneys with both detailed clinical insight and a broader systems-level understanding of healthcare delivery and medical decision-making. Dr. Ruzek is ...

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Luba Nakhutina, Ph.D., ABPP-CN

Board Certified Clinical Neuropsychologist

Comprehensive Neuropsychology Services, PC

New York, New York

Neuropsychology, Psychology - neuropsychological, disability, liability, memory, neuropsychologist, IME, assessment, brain injury, dementia, PTSD, independent medical exam, cognitive, concussion, epilepsy, depression, neuropsychological testing, psychological, TBI, medico-legal, anxiety

Board-Certified Clinical Neuropsychologist | Clinical Professor of Neurology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University | I serve as the Director of the Neuropsychology Service in the Department of Neurology at SUNY Downstate. I also conduct evaluations in my private practice at Comprehensive Neuropsychology Services, PC. I earned my Ph.D. in Psychology (Neuropsychology) from the City University of New York. I completed my predoctoral internship in neuropsychology at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at NYU. I have practiced as a clinical neuropsychologist for over 20 years. As a lifespan neuropsychologist, I evaluate children, adolescents, and adults with a wide range of neurological, neurodevelopmental, medical, and psychiatric conditions, including traumatic brain injury (TBI), concussion, epilepsy, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), dementia, stroke, learning disabilities, autism, and emotional or behavioral disorders....

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Thomas Collier, Jr

Highly Experienced Expert, Summa Cum Laude

Collier Consultants

North Carolina

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Michael A. Ruzek, DO, CPE, FACEP

Chief Quality Officer of Regional Health System

Fayetteville , North Carolina

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Thomas Collier, Jr

Highly Experienced Expert, Summa Cum Laude

Collier Consultants

Pennsylvania

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James Rappoport, AIA-NCARB

Daroff Design

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...

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Thomas Collier, Jr

Highly Experienced Expert, Summa Cum Laude

Collier Consultants

South Carolina

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Sally T. Price, DVM, CVPM, FFCP

Palmetto Paw Law

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Veterinarian, Dogs - Animal Matters, Animal Injury, Dog/Cat Attacks, Horses, Abuse, Neglect, Vet Malpractice, Liability, Business, Vet Contracts, Practice Management, HR of Vet Workers, Shelter, Corporate, Rescue, Non-profit, Private Practice, Organization Best Practices, Vet Hospital Operations, Marketing and Ethics

Nearly 3 decades of veterinary industry experience in multiple animal-related industries and environments. 25 years experience as a practicing veterinarian and veterinary surgeon. Over a decade of experience as a veterinary practice owner. Experience with horses, dogs, cats, wildlife. Credentialed veterinary business consultant. One of less than 100 veterinarians across the nation that is a Certified Veterinary Practice Manager (CVPM) as well as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM). Practice areas include private practice, corporate practice, house call ambulatory, shelter medicine, surgery, veterinary business, and veterinary practice management.

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Thomas Collier, Jr

Highly Experienced Expert, Summa Cum Laude

Collier Consultants

Tennessee

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Bentley Nettles

College Station, Texas

Dram Shop & Alcohol Services, Hotel & Restaurant - Liquor Liability, Intoxication, Investigations, liability, Alcohol Seller/Server training, Liquor delivery driver training, Alcohol Regulatory Compliance, Injury, Retail, Nightclub, Bar, Restaurant, Drunk Driving

Chief executive of state agency tasked with regulating alcoholic beverage sales throughout Texas. The TABC has 635 full time employees, distributed across 41 locations and a biennial budget of 96 million dollars. Supervised and directed the nearly 200 auditors and sworn peace officers who helped enforce the laws and regulations dealing with underage serving, serving while intoxicated, over-serving, etc. Responsible for the prosecution, evaluation and settlement of thousands of alleged violations of public safety standards regarding alcohol. Assisted in the development and implementation of the Targeted Responsibility for Alcohol Connected Emergencies (TRACE) procedure. TRACE is used after an alcohol related emergency (such as an impaired person injury someone in a motor vehicle accident) as an investigation technique to track back to a permitted location and determine if the driver was over served or impaired at the time of his last drink purchase.

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Thomas Collier, Jr

Highly Experienced Expert, Summa Cum Laude

Collier Consultants

Texas

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Joseph Ott, M.S.

Aerospace Human Factors / Systems Integration Eng

Houston, Texas

Aviation & Aerospace, Engineering - aviation human factors, flight deck interface, usability testing, HCI, cockpit design, crew resource management, human systems integration, NASA crew, pilot error analysis, UAV ground control station, anthropometric analysis, liability, aviation accident reconstruction, space habitat design, workload, UAV, human error, automation, HMI

I am a senior Human Factors Engineer and Human Systems Integration (HSI) Technical Authority with over 12 years of experience in human-rated aerospace systems, spanning commercial aviation, military programs, unmanned aircraft systems, and NASA human spaceflight. I hold an FAA Private Pilot License with 130+ flight hours, giving me both operational and engineering perspective on aviation human factors issues. I currently serve as the HSI Technical Authority and Project Manager on NASA's Artemis Program at Northrop Grumman, where I am responsible for all human factors engineering and crew interface design on the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module of the Lunar Gateway station. In this role I lead human-in-the-loop test campaigns with astronaut crews in high-fidelity mockups, virtual reality environments, and motion capture facilities. I define crew task sequences, perform task and error analyses, conduct workload assessments using NASA-TLX and Bedford scales, and develop ...