Wildfires Expert Witnesses

San Diego, California

Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry - Posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD, Trauma, Fire, Wildfires, Adult & child, Independent medical exam IME, FDIA / Munchausen, Pediatric psychiatry, Case merit review, Natural disasters, Malpractice, Psychedelic therapy, Ketamine, Suicide, Competency, Testamentary capacity, Undue influence, Will contests, Medical decision making

Double-board-certified psychiatrist – adult and child. Active clinical practice. UC San Francisco psychiatry residency, #4-ranked nationally. UC San Diego faculty, teaching clinical and forensic psychiatry. Published author in peer-reviewed medical journals. Medical Board of California–appointed Malpractice Expert Reviewer. Appointed to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Committee on Disaster and Trauma. Experienced expert witness, retained in 40+ state and federal cases.

Sonoma, California

Civil Engineering, Land Surveying - Civil Engineer, Land Surveyor, Geomatics Engineer, Boundary Disputes, Easements, LiDAR, Laser Scanning, UAV, Drone, Aerial Photogrammetry, Change Detection, Aerial Photo Analysis, Floodplains, Flooding, Hydraulics, Storm Drains, Sanitary Sewers, Water and Wastewater Treatment, Landslides, Wildfires

Clark Stoner has over 25 years of experience in the civil engineering and land surveying fields. He has extensive experience as technical expert in litigation support matters involving floods and landslides, code compliance, construction defect, origin and cause investigations, failure analysis, boundary and easement disputes, premises liability, and standard of care. His background ranges from the design, construction and operation of large scale water and wastewater infrastructure facilities to the design and construction of amusement theme parks, subdivisions and residential, commercial and hospitality projects. Mr. Stoner has testified as an expert witness in California and Nevada on a range of issues. Mr. Stoner has also assisted consulting and legal teams to develop the macro perspective on litigation support matters through use of remote sensing techniques, such as aerial and terrestrial LiDAR, 3D laser scanning, multi-spectral imaging and photogrammetry to gather additio...

State College, Pennsylvania

Meteorology, Slip Trip & Fall - 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.

College Station, Texas

Electrical Engineering, Electricity - Electric power, electrical contact injuries, electrocution, fallen power lines, arc flash injuries, fires of electrical origin, wildfires, electric vehicle, EV charger, E-bike fires, patents, intellectual property, equipment and device operation, impact of outages, electric utility taxes

Recipient of awards as individual and member of team. Electrical engineer and highly experienced expert witness. Gonzaga University faculty member and former member of faculty at Texas A&M University and University of Maryland. Member of NASA-Johnson Space Center Mishap Investigation Board. Investigator on research projects for NASA, NSF, US Navy, Electric Power Research Institute. Author. Five U.S. patents. Unique experience in improving safety with fallen power lines. Reviewed 200+ cases, many with eight figures at risk, over 30+ years. Testified in dozens of depositions and trials.

olympia, Washington

Arborist - Forestry, Electrocution, Vegetation Management, Integrated Pest Management, Arboriculture, Trees, Herbicides, Landscape Tree Appraisal, Utility Vegetation Management, Powerlines and Trees, Timber Appraisal, Wildfires, Tree Appraisal

Over 45 years experience in industrial, consulting, and utility forestry and vegetation management. On staff at the Purdue University School of Forestry for 7 years - Research, Extension and Director of Summer Forestry Practicum. BSF degree in forest management and MSF degree with emphasis in Silviculture and Forest Soils. Certified Forester, ISA Board Certified Master Arborist - Utility Specialist, and ASCA Tree and Plant Appraisal Qualified. ISA Tree Risk Assessor Qualified (2014-24). Licensed Pesticide Consultant. Have testified in depositions and trials 109 times. Primary focus of current services are to utilities when trees and powerlines get together and a wildfire results, or an electrocution. Perform many timber and landscape tree appraisals associated with wildfires and trespass.