Warehousing Expert Witnesses

Surprise, Arizona

Products Liability, Transportation - packaging, freight, load securement, pallets, boxes, packaging machines, cargo transportation, industrial injury, industrial safety, packaging design, packaging testing, corrugated, intellectual property, business ethics, shipping, parcel shipments, crating, rail freight, distribution, warehousing

Randy Phares is a retained expert witness in packaging, materials handling, and freight transportation, with more than 30 years of hands-on industry experience. He has been retained in more than 50 cases for both plaintiffs and defendants, has given eight depositions, and has testified twice at trial in state and federal courts; across that record, his qualifications, reports, and testimony have never been excluded or successfully challenged. His forensic casework centers on shipping, loading and unloading, forklift and pallet jack operation, loads falling inside and outside of trucks, handhold and packaging failures, and pallet, crate, and load-securement failures — including catastrophic-injury and fatality matters. He has handled box van, bobtail, and flatbed over-the-road freight as well as rail, and has worked select packaging-related intellectual property and trade-secret matters. Phares has held nearly every role in a packaging operation, from running the corrugated testing ...

California

Products Liability, Transportation - packaging, freight, load securement, pallets, boxes, packaging machines, cargo transportation, industrial injury, industrial safety, packaging design, packaging testing, corrugated, intellectual property, business ethics, shipping, parcel shipments, crating, rail freight, distribution, warehousing

Randy Phares is a retained expert witness in packaging, materials handling, and freight transportation, with more than 30 years of hands-on industry experience. He has been retained in more than 50 cases for both plaintiffs and defendants, has given eight depositions, and has testified twice at trial in state and federal courts; across that record, his qualifications, reports, and testimony have never been excluded or successfully challenged. His forensic casework centers on shipping, loading and unloading, forklift and pallet jack operation, loads falling inside and outside of trucks, handhold and packaging failures, and pallet, crate, and load-securement failures — including catastrophic-injury and fatality matters. He has handled box van, bobtail, and flatbed over-the-road freight as well as rail, and has worked select packaging-related intellectual property and trade-secret matters. Phares has held nearly every role in a packaging operation, from running the corrugated testing ...

Los Gatos, California

Manufacturing, Procurement/Purchasing - Chinese Products, Chinese Imports, Counterfeit Imports, Chinese Manufacturing, Electronics, Purchasing, Inventory, Warehousing, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, ERP systems implementations

China Manufacturing expert specializing in global supply chain sourcing, planning, production, logistics, import/export. Licensed US Customs Broker. Author of five books on global supply chain management including Amazon Best Seller "42 Rules for Sourcing and Manufacturing in China." Ms. Coates is a seasoned executive and MBA, with over 30 years of experience in industry and consulting. She has worked on legal cases for the past 10 years, writing reports, giving depositions and testifying at trial. Her expertise is in global supply chains operations and software implementation including SAP and Oracle. Her legal work includes a variety of supply chain, import/export, and IT systems cases and issues including contract disputes, product defects, failed systems projects and patent infringement.

Los Angeles, California

Products Liability, Manufacturing - Product Liability, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Defect, Product Defect, Product Recall, Mass Tort, Class Action, Quality Assurance, Labelling, Product Safety, Causation, Standard of Care, Supply Chain Disruption, Third-Party Logistics, Distribution, FDA Compliance, California Proposition 65, Inventory Loss, Warehousing, CPSC Compliance

Dr. Phiroz is a nationally recognized expert witness specializing in product liability, manufacturing defects, and supply chain failures. He provides expert testimony in cases ranging from individual product defect claims to mass tort and class action litigation, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in matters involving product recalls, quality assurance failures, supply chain disruption, causation analysis, and regulatory compliance. At Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG), Dr. Phiroz held senior leadership roles driving transformative supply chain initiatives overseeing demand forecasting, supply chain infrastructure, and recall analysis. He currently holds faculty positions at Harvard University and Michigan State University, teaching undergrad/grad courses in supply chain and operations management. In 2023, he was appointed as a Fellow at Harvard University (Inclusive Practice Fellowship). As a retained testifying expert, Dr. Phiroz has provided expert testimony in federal and s...

Canton, Georgia

Business Operations, Engineering - supply chain, warehouse, warehousing, distribution, logistics, material handling, productivity, automation, industrial engineering, warehouse management system, ecommerce fulfillment, capacity, WMS, TMS, warehouse accident, layout, material flow, labor, safety, software selection

Stephen (Steve) T. Hopper, PE, is Founder and Principal of Inviscid Consulting. Over four decades, Steve has helped hundreds of clients plan and streamline their warehousing, fulfillment, distribution, and logistics operations by driving down operating costs, boosting capacity, improving service levels, mitigating risk, implementing effective supply chain solutions, emphasizing safety, and enhancing the performance of their supply chain resources: people, processes, inventory, facilities, equipment, material handling systems, transportation assets, and supply chain information technology (IT). Steve has advised hundreds of clients ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 corporations. He has also served as an expert witness on dozens of cases involving supply chain operations in the US, Canada, and Australia and has advised private equity and venture capital investors. Steve earned a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering (BIE) degree from The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georg...

Texas

Products Liability, Transportation - packaging, freight, load securement, pallets, boxes, packaging machines, cargo transportation, industrial injury, industrial safety, packaging design, packaging testing, corrugated, intellectual property, business ethics, shipping, parcel shipments, crating, rail freight, distribution, warehousing

Randy Phares is a retained expert witness in packaging, materials handling, and freight transportation, with more than 30 years of hands-on industry experience. He has been retained in more than 50 cases for both plaintiffs and defendants, has given eight depositions, and has testified twice at trial in state and federal courts; across that record, his qualifications, reports, and testimony have never been excluded or successfully challenged. His forensic casework centers on shipping, loading and unloading, forklift and pallet jack operation, loads falling inside and outside of trucks, handhold and packaging failures, and pallet, crate, and load-securement failures — including catastrophic-injury and fatality matters. He has handled box van, bobtail, and flatbed over-the-road freight as well as rail, and has worked select packaging-related intellectual property and trade-secret matters. Phares has held nearly every role in a packaging operation, from running the corrugated testing ...

Fort Worth, Texas

Supply Chain, Trucking - Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Warehousing, Transportation, Sourcing, Logistics, Inventory Control, Aviation Logistics, Aviation, Military Logistics, Trucking, Business Operations, Material Handling, Forklift and Forklift safety, 3rd Party Logistics, Procurement, Freight Brokers, Motor Carriers, Trade Secrets

Dr. Michels is a retired United States Air Force Senior Officer who possesses a wide variety of experience in logistics, supply chain management, trucking, warehousing, 3rd party logistics, procurement, sourcing and reverse logistics. He has served as a College Dean twice and has been a high acclaimed management consultant for a wide variety of businesses and non profit institutions. He has provided over 17 depositions and trial testimonies and testified in state and federal courts all over the USA as well as internationally. He has led organizations in major metal manufacturing operations, responsible for over 1700 vehicles in fleets to include all types of vehicles-- long haul trucks, local delivery trucks and freight line trucks, watercraft. He is a licensed professional engineer (PE) in the states of Texas and Montana as well as a Certified Professional Logistician (CPL). He is an esteemed FELLOW of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers. (IISE) He has m...