Land Planning and Local Government Expert
Contact this Expert Witness
- Company: Professional Engineering Services
- Phone: (208) 972-4670
- Cell: (208) 972-4670
- Website: www.pe-services.biz
Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness
General Specialties:
Civil Engineering and Structural EngineeringKeywords/Search Terms:
Right-of-Way, Grading & Drainage, Easements, Due Diligence, Inverse Condemnation, Construction Defects, Wood Engineering, High-end Homes, Eminent Domain, Residential Structural, Land Use/Zoning, Permitting & Entitlements, Road & Highway Design, Planning, Local Government, Forensics, Hillside HomesEducation:
Master of Public Administration, Montana State University Bozeman; Bachelor of Civil Engineering, University of California at DavisYears in Practice:
42Number of Times Deposed/Testified in Last 4 Yrs:
2Additional Information
I am an engineering thought leader and expert in land planning and development, local government, civil engineering, and residential structural engineering. I have over 40-years of experience with subdivision and commercial project planning, land development permits, design, and construction, and structural and site (grading and drainage) design of high-end residences in snow country and on hillsides. I have a Master of Public Administration (MPA), extensive experience with local government, and have specialized in regulatory agency entitlement (permit) processing. I am a Professional Development Instructor in the Engineering Industry, teaching contracts, risk management, project management, professional liability, writing, and communication skills. I have my Professional Engineering license in 10-states. I also have over 42-years of experience as a Certified Ski Instructor with an active snowsports expert witness practice. My communication, research, writing, and professional experience give me the ability to originate expert reports and provide testimony that articulate convincing fact-based narratives. At age 51, I was admitted to the MPA program at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. At age 53, after two years of intensive research and peer reviewed writing, I earned my MPA with a 3.97 grade point average. Throughout my career I have developed the ideal skill set for expert witness work through my practice as a licensed Civil Engineer (since 1987) and having my Professional Engineering license in 10-states. My expertise has also been enhanced by being a professional development instructor in the Civil Engineering industry, my veracious desire for lifelong learning, business acumen, graduate level communication, forensic research, and writing skills, and entrepreneurial mastery. This exceptional skill set gives me the ability to write impressive expert reports and provide authentic testimony that explains complex concepts in plain easy to understand language that educates, influences, and has a high-impact on opposing counsel, trial judges, and juries.