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Premise Liability Expert Witnesses

Premise 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 premise liability. The premise liability expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Accident Reconstruction, Independent Medical Examinations, Law Enf & Criminal Justice, Life Care Planning, Physical Medicine & Rehab, Plastic Surgery, Police Practices & Procedures, Premises Liability, Property Management, Real Estate, Risk Management, Safety, Security, and Slip Trip & Fall.

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Laura A. Cantrell, CPM

Real Estate Property Management Practice Standards

Cantrell Real Estate Associates

Anchorage, Alaska

Real Estate, Property Management - Property management operations, Leasing & Sales, Residential & Apartment, Commercial Retail Office Industrial, HOA & Associations, Premise Liability, Slip & Fall, Maintenance & Inspections, Standards of Care, Landlord-Tenant Disputes, Personal Injury, Carbon Monoxide, Security & Safety, Operations, Risk Management

Laura Cantrell is the Principal of Cantrell Real Estate Associates, LLC and a Certified Property Manager (CPM®) through the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM®). With over 40 years of industry experience, she brings deep expertise in the management, leasing, and sale of residential, commercial, and association properties. Throughout her career, Laura has held prominent leadership roles, including serving as a Regional Vice President and a member of the Student Advisory Committee for IREM®. Since 2013, she has also contributed her insights as a member of the University of Alaska Real Estate Program Advisory Board. In addition to property management, her firm has provided consulting and expert witness services since 2018. Laura is a Licensed Real Estate Broker in Alaska and maintains offices in Alaska, Texas, and California. She holds active memberships in several professional organizations, including the Community Association Institute (CAI), Building Owners and Managers Ass...

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Fiaz Jaleel, MD, CLCP

PM&R Life Care Planner

Exalt Life Care Plans

Port Richey, Florida

Life Care Planning, Physical Medicine & Rehab - Life Care Planning, Medical Cost Projection, Utilization Review, IME, Personal Injury, Auto Accident, Pain Management, Trucking Accident, PMR, Disability, Workers Compensation, Trauma, TBI, Premise Liability, Plaintiff, Defense, Medical Summary, Demands, Medical Expert, Brain Injury

Dr. Fiaz Jaleel is a board-certified physician specializing in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) with subspecialty board certification in Pain Medicine. With more than three decades of medical experience, he has dedicated his career to the evaluation and treatment of acute and chronic musculoskeletal injuries, spine disorders, and pain conditions. Following his PM&R residency at Washington University School of Medicine/Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Dr. Jaleel developed extensive expertise in interventional physiatry, electrodiagnostic medicine, and rehabilitation. His training included the management of stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, orthopedic rehabilitation, and advanced injection procedures for spinal and joint conditions. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Jaleel is a Certified Independent Medical Examiner (CIME) and Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP), frequently providing expert evaluations in medicolegal cases. Throughout his career, he ha...

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Carter Chapman, P.E., CSP

Accident Reconstuction and Premise Liabilty P.E.

Southeast Forensic

Tallahassee, Florida

Slip Trip & Fall, Accident Reconstruction - Tractor Trailer Reconstruction, Automobile Reconstruction , Failure Analysis, Video Analysis, Motorcycle Reconstruction, Bicycle Reconstruction, Pedestrian Reconstruction, Maintenance of Traffic, Crash Data Retrieval, Blackbox data, Walkway Auditing, Premise Safety , Premise Liability, Safety Engineering, Constuction Zones, CDL

Carter Chapman is a licensed Professional Engineer specializing in accident reconstruction. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Florida State University. Carter is experienced in accident reconstruction, civil site design, premises safety, and safety engineering. He is recognized as a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Walkway Auditor Certificate Holder (WACH), and is certified in crash data retrieval. Carter has also reconstructed crashes involving commercial vehicles, passenger vehicles, agricultural equipment, motorcycles, bicycles, personal mobility devices, pedestrians, and he is Advanced Maintenance of Traffic (MOT) certified. Carter also his commercial drivers license and motorcycle endorsement.

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Kenneth Botwin, MD CPLCP CLCP

Dr. Kenneth Botwin, MD, CPLCP, CLCP

Exalt Life Care Plans

Port Richey, Florida

Life Care Planning, Physical Medicine & Rehab - Life Care Planning, Medical Cost Projection, Utilization Review, IME, Personal Injury, Auto Accident, Trucking Accident, Pain Management, PMR, Disability, Workers Compensation, Trauma, TBI, Premise Liability, Plaintiff, Defense, Medical Summary, Demands, Medical Expert, Brain Injury

With a successful 30-year career as a partner at one of the most preferred spine and pain practices in Florida, Dr. Kenneth Botwin has expanded his expertise in medical expert testimony. Dr. Botwin is board-certified in Pain Management & Rehabilitation, Electrodiagnostic Medicine, and Medical Specialties in Pain Management. He is a Certified Life Care Planner and Certified Physician Life Care Planner providing the most elite standard of Future Medical Care and Costing. Dr. Botwin is a published author with over 30 publications relating to his field. He currently serves on the Editorial Advisory Board for the Pain Physician Journal. Dr. Botwin’s experience and exponential knowledge in permanent injury, regenerative medicine, worker’s compensation, and minimally invasive procedures make him the most appropriate expert in personal injury, workers compensation, and premise liability cases. Dr. Botwin provides expert witness testimony for both plaintiff and defense following the m...

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KAREL COSTA-ARMAS

Property Management, Community Associations,& HOA

Homeowner Association Consulting

Odessa, Florida

Property Management, Premises Liability - HOA Management, Community Association Management, Homeowners Association, Property Management, Luxury high rise, Condo Association, premise liability, maintenance, security, Fiduciary Duty, personal injury, Community Manager, HOA, Highrise, slip and fall, Condominium, apartments, wrongful death, H.O.A., property

Professional Property Management can be a complex industry to navigate. HOA's, Apartment buildings, and other types of Community Associations ( common interest communities and multi-family properties), such as high-rise condominiums encounter legal challenges often. Whether it is a slip and fall, criminal act, operational mistakes, procedural problems, violation of fiduciary duty, and or any problem, I may be able to help your firm delve deep into the details that may help your case. If involved early enough in your case, I may be able to assist in your strategy for upcoming depositions. With nearly two decades in Florida's community association management industry, I have attained the necessary experience to assist my clients through just about any situation. I have handled a broad spectrum of construction projects for luxury properties in Miami and the Tampa Bay area. Those have given me an edge in this ever-changing field. Helping legal firms, insurance carriers, frustrated hom...

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Amanda Bear, PSP, PCI

Security Risk Management, Police Procedures Expert

Group Nine Risk Consulting LLC

Woodstock, Georgia

Security, Risk Management - Premise Liability, Use of Force, Police Procedures, Security Vulnerability

Amanda is a senior consultant at Group Nine Risk Consulting and a seasoned professional with over 16 years of career experience within corporate security, higher education and law enforcement. Amanda is board certified in Physical Security and Investigations, having earned the Physical Security Professional (PSP) certification and Professional Certified Investigator (PCI) through ASIS International. Globally recognized as the standard of excellence for case management, evidence collection and preparation of reports and testimony to substantiate findings as well as physical security assessments, designs, applications, implementations, and integrations. In addition to his security expertise, Amanda served as a law enforcement officer and still helps agencies within their training units as an advanced instructor, holding certifications in TASER, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Firearms and Defense Tactics. As active member of both ASIS and the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (AT...

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KAREL COSTA-ARMAS

Property Management, Community Associations,& HOA

Homeowner Association Consulting

Hawaii

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Justin D Ford

Short-Term Rental & AirBnb Safety Expert Witness

Justin Ford - Expert Witness

Surry, Maine

Real Estate - AirBnb, Vrbo, Vacation Rentals, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Short-Term Rentals, Property Management, Vrbo, Building Code Violations, Stair falls, Deck collapse, Railing collapse, Furniture Tipovers, Poisoning, Wrongful Death, Hot Tub Injuries, Premise Liability, Pool Drowning, Slip and Fall, Fire Safety, Bunk Bed

I am an internationally recognized short-term rental safety expert with nearly 30 years of experience in the vacation rental industry. I created and lead the industry's largest short-term rental safety certification program. and have defined the 'industry standard' when it comes to safety in vacation rentals, AirBnbs, and short-term rentals. My background combines vacation rental operations, life-safety expertise, and emergency response experience. I began working in vacation rentals in 1997 and owned and operated the highest grossing vacation rental agency in the northeast for 11 years. I spent 15 years as a municipal firefighter. I also served in the United States Coast Guard where I was responsible for safety and emergency preparedness. I specialize in short-term rental, AirBnb, and vacation rental premises liability matters, including fire and life safety, carbon monoxide incidents, smoke alarm compliance, means of egress, deck and balcony failures, pool and hot tub incident...

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Christopher R. Lanni, CPP, AMS, CMCA

Residential Security Subject Matter Expert

Secure Residential Services LLC

Hudson, Massachusetts

Security, Real Estate - Condominiums, Technology, Residential, Apartments, Assessments, Safety, Homeowner Associations, Premise Liability, Risk Management, Cooperatives, Policy/Procedure, Operations

Christopher R. Lanni is a seasoned security management and risk advisor with over 30 years of experience. During the past 20 years, he has focused on assessing and identifying security risks, developing and implementing security-related programs, and assessing the use and deployment of related technologies to address those risks in residential communities and property management. Mr. Lanni is the President and Founder of Secure Residential Services, LLC, an independent consulting firm. He has been affiliated with Barkan Management for 25 years during which time he has served as the Director of Security and Resident Services at Harbor Towers in Boston and the Towers of Chestnut Hill in Newton, MA. Mr. Lanni is currently serving as Barkan’s internal Security & Risk Advisor providing services to a portfolio of over 150 properties and numerous projects under development. Mr. Lanni obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from Northeastern University with a concen...

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Scott J Hilden

Police practices expert-Police Chief- 34 years

S. J. Hilden Consulting

SOUTH LYON, Michigan

Police Practices & Procedures, Law Enf & Criminal Justice - use of force, civil liability, policy procedures, school policing, premise liability, police operations, risk management, crime prevention, police training, supervision, management, pursuits, internal investigations, racial profiling, best practice, investigations, excessive force, misconduct, 1983, Monell

Active Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety with over 34 years of law enforcement experience and more than two decades in supervisory and executive leadership roles. I have been retained in over 35 federal and state civil and criminal matters involving excessive force, unlawful arrest, failure to train, failure to supervise, Monell liability, jail and detention operations, communications center practices, and the full spectrum of police practices under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and related state-law claims. Retained in more than 35 federal and state civil and criminal matters involving allegations of: • Use of Force: Lethal and less-lethal applications, de-escalation, and TASER/CEW deployment. • Search & Seizure: Fourth Amendment compliance, warrant execution, and investigative stops. • Police Operations: Vehicle pursuits, emergency response, and specialized unit tactics. • Administrative Liability: Failure to train, negligent supervision, and Monell claims. • Professional Standar...

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KAREL COSTA-ARMAS

Property Management, Community Associations,& HOA

Homeowner Association Consulting

Nevada

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Michael J Johnston, CPP, PCI, CPD

Negligent Security | Premises Liability | Nevada

Code 4 Consulting LLC

Henderson, Nevada

Security, Premises Liability - Negligent Security, Crime Foreseeability, Inadequate Security, Casino Security, Hotel Security, Night Club Security, Bar Security, Apartment Security, Parking Lot Security, Wrongful Death, Use of Force, Proximate Cause, CPTED, Violent Crime, Workplace Violence, Negligent Training, Guard Negligence, Premise Liability, School Security

Michael Johnston, CPP, PCI, CPD Principal – Code 4 Consulting LLC Licensed Security Consultant & Expert Witness | NV PILB #3090 Henderson, NV | michael@code4consulting.com | www.code4consulting.com Michael Johnston is a board-certified Nevada security expert witness and licensed private investigator with over 35 years of combined law enforcement, casino security, and forensic security consulting experience. He is retained by both plaintiff and defense counsel in matters involving negligent or inadequate security, premises liability, crime foreseeability, wrongful death, use of force, proximate cause, and security standards of care. His analytical methodology is grounded in structured Risk Environment Assessments (REAs) that utilize certified law enforcement calls-for-service (CFS) and crime data to establish patterns, prior-notice indicators, and foreseeability thresholds. Reports are produced in accordance with IAPSC methodology standards, qualitative research methods, and are d...

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Andrew Sampson

Playground Safety Expert Witness

Huntington, New York

Safety, Property Management - Playground Safety, Premise Liability, Property Management, Playground Supervision, Slip Trips& Falls, Emergency Action Planning, Life Safety, Accident Prevention, Lighting, Property Inspections, Construction Safety, School Playgrounds, Risk Assessment, ASTM F1487

Mr. Andrew Sampson is a safety‑focused engineering and property management professional with 15 years of experience overseeing construction, operations, and risk management across complex, high‑density environments. His background spans Class A commercial properties, life‑safety systems, playground safety standards, and large‑scale maintenance programs, giving him a unique systems‑based perspective on incident causation and hazard control. In his role managing more than 2 million square feet of Class A office properties in Manhattan, Mr. Sampson has directed multi‑million‑dollar construction projects, supervised multidisciplinary engineering and safety teams, and conducted hundreds of inspections to ensure compliance with OSHA regulations, building codes, and industry best practices. His work includes oversight of life‑safety systems, emergency preparedness, equipment maintenance, and operational risk mitigation for high‑value assets. Before entering the commercial real estate sec...

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Elliott H Rose, MD

EHR Experts

New York, New York

Plastic Surgery, Independent Medical Examinations - Burn Injuries, Catastrophic Burns, Explosions, Dog Bites, Facial Trauma, Burns of the Hand, Scars, Facial Paralysis, Bell’s Palsy, Auto Accidents, Product Liability, Premise Liability, Industrial accidents, Independent Medical Examinations, Scar Assessment and Permanency, Future Medical Costs

Dr. Elliott Rose, a board certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon is currently Associate Clinical Professor in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at The Mount Sinai Medical School and an attending surgeon at The Mount Sinai Medical Center. Dr Rose’s international reputation in burn reconstruction, dog bite injuries and re-animation of the paralyzed face attracts patient from all over the world. He was voted by his peers as the Best Plastic Surgeon in New York City for "Corrective Facial Surgery” and is listed in the "New York Magazine Best Doctors" and "Castle Connolly America’s Top Doctors.”. Dr. Rose has also appeared on ABC’s “20/20” and “Good Morning America”, NBC’s “Today Show”, “Entertainment Tonight”, Fox News Network, as well as numerous local news segments in NYC. Dr Rose is a member of numerous professional societies including the Aesthetic Society, the American Burn Association, and both the American and World Reconstructive Microsurgery Socie...

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Laura A. Cantrell, CPM

Real Estate Property Management Practice Standards

Cantrell Real Estate Associates

Texas

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Scott T. Bennett, CPM Candidate

Property Management and Premise Liability

The Expert Institute Group

Keller, Texas

Property Management, Premises Liability - property management, residential, mixed-use. Leasing, landlord/tenant, maintenance, life safety, mobile home parks, Risk and Safety, Multi-Family, renovations, premise liability, property operations, Crime, slip and fall, Apartments, Mold, Facilities, Standard of Care

Mr. Bennett is a real estate professional with more than 30 years of experience in property management operations, risk management, and industry practices. He is a CPM Executive Candidate and has extensive experience in multifamily, commercial, condominium, manufactured housing, and mixed-use properties. His background includes property operations, asset management, acquisitions, development services, leasing, and risk management across a variety of ownership structures and portfolios. His experience also encompasses hazard assessments, safety considerations, life-safety compliance, and evaluation of operational practices in real estate management. Mr. Bennett has served as an expert witness and litigation consultant in matters involving property management, premises liability, and standard-of-care issues. He has provided case analysis, written reports, deposition testimony, and trial testimony in Texas and other jurisdictions, on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants. His are...