Snow Expert Witnesses
Snow 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 snow. The snow expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Meteorology, Premises Liability, Products Liability, Slip Trip & Fall, and Structural Engineering.
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Jeff Baskin
AMS Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM)
AeroCast Llc
Little Rock, Arkansas
Meteorology
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Meteorology, Forensic, thunderstorm, Damage, wind, hail, tornado, Storm Reports, weather, data, flooding, ice, snow, temperature, accident, insurance, renewable, energy, analysis , consulting
Jeff Baskin is an AMS Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM) with a B.S. in Meteorology from Cornell University and nearly 30 years of experience in operational weather forecasting. His expertise spans a wide range of sectors, including broadcast, energy, and utilities, with specialized knowledge in weather-related risk assessment and forensic meteorology. He has authored forensic reports used in legal and insurance contexts and is skilled in interpreting and validating historical, real-time, and forecast weather data using advanced tools and models. Jeff is proficient with radar and satellite analysis, numerical weather prediction models (e.g., GFS, ECMWF, HRRR), and integrating observational data to reconstruct weather events with a high degree of accuracy. He also has experience communicating complex meteorological information to technical and non-technical audiences and is available for consulting engagements involving weather data verification, storm analysis, and expert eval...
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Jeremy Swenson, CSP
Snow Expert - Snow and Ice Standard of Care
Swenson Consulting
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Slip Trip & Fall, Premises Liability
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Snow Removal, Snow Removal Accident, Snow Slip And Fall, Ice Slip And Fall, Black Ice, Snow, Weather, Snow Expert, Snow Plowing, Deicing, Salting, Deicing, Standard of Care, Premises Liability, Snow and Ice Standards
Certified Snow Professional (CSP) - Snow Expert
* Satisfied requirements by SIMA (nationally recognized trade organization-Snow
& Ice Management Association) to become a Certified Snow Professional. Black Ice Expert
Requirements included proficient knowledge of business, snow & ice science,
sub-contractors, and snow & ice operations & techniques of the snow removal
industry. There are less than 325 CSP’s in the United State of America.
* Government Facilities: Security Clearanced and trained for onsite snow
operations at IRS Regional Headquarters, FBI Headquarters, Department Of
Treasury Buildings, and many types of government facilities.
* Airport: Security Clearanced, Badged, and trained in snow operations at Kansas
City MKC Airport.
* Railroad: Trained in snow operations at 24/7 railroad facilities.
* Medical Facilities: Trained in snow operations at 24/7 hospitals, organ transplant
centers, dialysis clinics, and many types of medical facilities. Snow Expert, Black Ice Exper...
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Robert B Cox
Slip & Fall Weather Expert: Forensic Meteorologist
Cox Weather Services, LLC
Middletown, Connecticut
Meteorology, Slip Trip & Fall
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Forensic Meteorology, Slip and Fall, Ice, Snow, Melt Refreeze, Freeze Thaw, Black Ice, Freezing Rain, Winter Weather, Visibility, Weather Reconstruction, Expert Testimony, Jury Communication, Personal Injury, Insurance Claims, Property Damage, Flooding, Roof Damage, Wind Damage, Nationwide Expert Witness
Slip & Fall Weather Expert with over 30 years of experience providing expert witness services in weather-related litigation. Involved in more than 2,000 cases and testified under oath more than 135 times (84 depositions and 53 court appearances).
Primary focus is slip-and-fall cases involving ice, snow, rain, melt/refreeze cycles, black ice, freezing rain, poor visibility, and other weather conditions that create hazardous surfaces. Mr. Cox provides detailed forensic analysis of air temperature trends, precipitation type and amount, freeze/thaw patterns, snow/ice accumulation, and site-specific conditions at the exact time and location of the incident.
He also handles the full range of weather-related matters, including property damage, personal injury, insurance claims, roof collapse, flooding, hail, high winds, and highway accidents. Services include consultation, detailed written reports, certified National Weather Service records, on-site inspections, litigation support, a...
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H. Michael Mogil, CCM, CBM, NWA Digital Media Seal
CCM-former NWS meteorologist, now weather expert
How The Weatherworks
Naples, Florida
Meteorology, Slip Trip & Fall
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forensic meteorology, weather, weather event reconstruction, property damage, roof damage, water intrusion, personal injury, insurance claims, roof collapse, hurricanes, tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, snow, hail, high winds, rain, floods, lightning, highway accidents, weather-related events
H. Michael Mogil (AMS Certified Consulting Meteorologist and AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist) is a seasoned meteorologist with more than five decades of experience, three of which were within NOAA (NWS and NESDIS). This included severe thunderstorm and winter weather forecasting, warning, and preparedness. He has worked as a forensic meteorologist since the mid-1990's, handling a wide array of civil and criminal cases. Mike has honed his skills in local and regional meteorological data analysis, locating and using numerous weather data sets (both governmental and non-governmental), and crafting easy-to-understand, scientifically accurate, expert reports. Mike has the computer skills to create effective courtroom graphics, the speaking skills to testify clearly and understandably in courtroom and deposition settings, and the ability to determine a meteorologically-appropriate date of loss, when such date is unclear. He has even offered weather demonstrations in the courtro...
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Levi J Jett, CSP, ASM, ASCA-C
Winter Liability Expert Consulting
Jett Winter Advisors
Franklin, Indiana
Slip Trip & Fall
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Ice, Freezing Rain, Melt/Refreeze, Snow, Ongoing Storm, Billing Disputes, Salt, Blizzard, Winter, Storm, Freeze, Snow Removal, Snow Mitigation, Ice Removal, Ice Mitigation, Service Documentation, Scopes of Work, Black Ice, Invoice Review, Best Practices
Levi Jett | Snow & Ice Expert Consultant
Principal, Jett Winter Advisors
Email: levi@jettwinter.com | Website: snow.consulting and www.jettwinter.com
Levi Jett is a nationally recognized snow and ice operations expert who specializes in liability reduction, incident analysis, and service documentation review. He brings years of real-world, on-the-ground experience managing winter operations across commercial, retail, healthcare, municipal, and emergency-response environments.
Mr. Jett’s expertise is concentrated in snow-related slip and fall incidents, scope of work analysis, vendor performance, documentation integrity, and weather service alignment. He has authored dozens of expert reports for active litigation across multiple states and has consulted for both plaintiffs and defendants. His casework has supported favorable early settlements in nearly every matter to date.
Through his firm, Jett Winter Advisors, Mr. Jett provides expert witness services, site-specific case analys...
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Bryan A Mroczka, CCM
Streamline Weather Consulting, LLC
Northville, Michigan
Meteorology
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Forensic Meteorology, Expert Witness, Hurricane Damage, Insurance Claims, Weather Event Reconstruc, Severe Weather, Wind Damage, Flooding, Roof Damage, Tornado Damage, Storm Damage, Hail Damage, Slip and Fall, Injury, Snow, Lightning, Flash Flooding, Car Accident, Doppler Radar Analysis, Ice
Bryan Mroczka, CCM is the owner of Streamline Weather Consulting, LLC. Bryan has a Master of Science in Meteorology from Florida State University and has earned the prestigious designation of Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM) from the American Meteorological Society. Bryan has over twenty years of meteorological experience as both a forensic meteorologist with Streamline Weather Consulting and with the United States National Weather Service (NWS) as a Science and Operations Officer (SOO), Senior Forecaster, Severe Weather Warning Forecaster, and a Decision Support / Communications Specialist. These positions have allowed Bryan to become highly skilled in the communication of meteorological concepts and the analysis / interpretation of meteorological datasets as they relate to decision support services and legal / litigation purposes. Through Streamline Weather Consulting Bryan has worked cases that include severe thunderstorm damage claims, tornado damage claims, slip and f...
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Christine Standohar-Alfano, PhD, PE, CCM
Civil Engineer, Certified Consulting Meteorologist
ICC Forensics
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Civil Engineering, Meteorology
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Wind, Storm Damage, Tornado, Hail, Snow, Precipitation, Roof, Rebuttal, Hurricane, Thunderstorm, Wind Tunnel, Structural, Building Damage, Radar, Insurance, Forensic Engineering, Damage Analysis, Commercial, Residential, Disaster
Dr. Alfano has been performing forensic evaluations for over ten years starting with her doctoral research when she analyzed damage and researched mitigation techniques for wood-frame construction subjected to tornado loading. Upon graduation, she researched full-scale building performance under wind loads and wildfire/ember exposure in a large-scale wind tunnel. Over the last ten years, she has inspected and assessed damage to hundreds of properties including residential and commercial structures. Additionally, she has participated and collaborated in several large-scale post-disaster surveys for tornadoes and hurricanes as part of broader research initiatives. Dr. Alfano remains involved in research and code committees and is an associate member and secretary of the SEI/ASCE/AMS Wind Speed Estimation Standards Committee. This standard is in development as a joint collaboration between engineering and meteorology communities and will provide a consensus document on the estimation o...
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Paul Heppner, M.S., PMP
Weather investigations, reports, and testimony
Paul Heppner LLC
Marlton, New Jersey
Meteorology
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weather, storms, meteorology, slip and fall, precipitation, snow, ice, visibility, lighting, lightning, thunderstorms, wind damage, past weather, weather reconstruction, weather accidents, weather records, expert testimony, wind
As a professional meteorologist with 40 years of experience, I conduct weather investigations, write expert meteorological reports and give expert testimony in Federal and Superior Courts. My reports go beyond a recital of the weather observations. I review the weather data, analyze critical details and apply my expert knowledge of meteorology specifically to the incident location. I help you understand the weather data so you can effectively develop your case for your client. Through my teaching, television and private sector experience, I know how to communicate clearly and concisely to the jury.
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Scott A Moorman, MEng, MBA
Towing and Snow/Ice Removal Products
Chardon, Ohio
Mechanical Engineering, Products Liability
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Snowplow, snow, ice, snow and ice removal, salt spreader, towing, pintle hook, ball mount, lunette, trailer, truck, snow plow, gritter, cartridge valve, hydraulics, aftermarket truck accessories
30 years of experience in mechanical engineering working as a product engineer, developer, trainer, and communicator in the automotive, hydraulic and truck accessory industries. 19 years designing, developing, launching, and managing the SnowDogg snowplow product line while overseeing and developing a wide range of towing, lighting, and snow and ice removal truck accessories. Experience includes depositions and trial testimony in multiple liability, patent and business issues. Responsible for pursuit of corporate patents, and current holder of 4 active patents with 3 pending.
Areas of expertise include:
• Snowplows and related mechanical, hydraulic and electrical systems
• Salt Spreaders and related mechanical, hydraulic and electrical systems
• Truck Towing Products – Pintle Hooks, Couplers, Hitch Balls and relevant SAE standards
• Truck Accessory Design and Mounting
• Dealer Training and Technical Communication
• Product Development, Engineering and Lifecycle Management
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Steve Wistar, CCM
AccuWeather for Business
State College, Pennsylvania
Meteorology, Slip Trip & Fall
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Insurance, Construction, Wrongful Death, Slip and Fall, Accident Reconstruction, Wildfires, Hail, High Wind, Tornadoes, Fog, Visibility, Rainfall, Flooding, Roof Damage, Lightning, Insurance Claims, Snow, Ice, Weather
As a Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM) and Expert Senior Forensic Meteorologist with 45 years of experience with AccuWeather, Steve has worked on numerous cases involving slip and falls, flooding, highway accidents, building and crane collapses, severe wind impacts, Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy. Steve uses his tremendous attention to detail and his excellent communication skills to explain meteorology to the non-scientist. At AccuWeather, Steve constructs impartial scientific reports for use in courts of law to support both plaintiff and defense. He has testified more than 150 times in courtrooms or at depositions in 18 states.
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Marcor G. Platt, SE, PE, CBO, PMP, PMI-ACP
Engineer, Building Code, Project Management Expert
MarcorSEN Engineering
South Jordan, Utah
Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering
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Forensic engineering, construction defects, structural failure and retrofit, bridge engineering, fall protection, building codes, project management, fire, water, wind, snow, flood, hurricane, tornado, impact, damage analysis, hydrologic and hydraulic river studies, electrical power line structures
Mr. Marcor Platt is a licensed civil and structural engineer (PE/SE) with authority to practice across 26 U.S. states, districts, and territories (see his Curriculum Vitae for the full list), reflecting both the breadth of his expertise and the national demand for his work. He is a credentialed Building Code Specialist, holding certification as a Certified Building Official (CBO) through the International Code Council, and a recognized leader in project delivery, certified by the Project Management Institute as both a Project Management Professional (PMP) and Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP).
Mr. Platt provides expert opinion reports and testimony for structural and civil projects involving forensic engineering, design engineering, building codes, and project management. He has conducted between 800 and 1,000 forensic investigations involving roof failures, wall failures, foundation issues, corrosion, or other forms of damage resulting from rain, hail, wind, snow, flood, tor...