Toxicology Expert Witnesses in North Carolina

Toxicology, Environmental - Public Health, Chemical Products Liability, Mining, Toxic Chemical Exposure, Lead Poisoning, Hydrogen Sulfide, Health Impact Assessment (HIA), Consumer Chemical Product Safety, Health Risk Assessment, Environmental Regulatory Agency Negotiations, Contaminated Properties, Superfund (CERCLA)

Toxicologist who helps attorneys understand potential health impacts or human health risks of chemical exposures. Deposed and testified at bench and jury trials. Lead paint, blood lead levels, environmental contamination, pesticides, animal health products, mammalian toxicology. Over 50 publications. Metals, solvents, organic chemicals, petroleum products, industrial chemical release. Superfund / CERCLA, RCRA, state voluntary closure. Registered Nurse (R.N.) licensed to practice in over a dozen states.

Toxicology, Pharmacology- Clinical - Lab, Laboratory, Blood testing, Breath Testing, Hospital Testing, Alcohol Impairment, drug impairment, alcohol testing, drug testing, drug effects, drug levels, postmortem drugs, postmortem alcohol, forensic science, blood alcohol, blood drugs, urine testing, urine drug tests, urine alcohol tests

Forensic Toxicologist Okorie Okorocha is a highly sought-after Forensic Toxicologist in high-profile cases such as: Estate of George Floyd vs. City of Minneapolis Doe vs. Derrick Rose (former NBA MVP) Hawaii vs. Villa (high-profile baby manslaughter case) Michigan vs. Chidester For exemplar's of Okorie Okorocha's testimony, go to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFchrJ9bFOmKXSxY9KOAkoKNNB-G6HfO1 Okorie Okorocha is a Forensic Toxicologist and expert witness who is widely recognized in his field of work. He has obtained two Master of Science degrees in toxicology and pharmacology. Okorie has served as a forensic toxicology expert witness in more than 840 jury trials and has relevant experience in court as a laboratory testing, drug, and alcohol expert witness, as well as in other areas of forensic toxicology. These trials include civil and criminal trials in military, state, and federal courts. By ensuring that the jury understands the multifaceted nature of scientific conc...

New Hill, North Carolina

Toxicology, Environmental - Dram shop, DNA, Product Liability, Statistics, Drug Impairment, Chemical Impairment, Family Law, Due Diligence, Criminal, Civil, Drug Testing, Toxic Tort

Dr. Burgoon is an award-winning and Board Certified (Fellow, Academy of Toxicological Sciences) toxicologist and biostatistician. Dr. Burgoon has 10+ years of experience as a US Government toxicologist employed by the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) and the US Army. Dr. Burgoon served as a senior leader in various roles from leading teams of biostatisticians and bioinformaticians in designing and analyzing toxicology studies, to supervising toxicologists and public health scientists in the development of toxicological and dose-response assessments in support of the US EPA Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). At the US Army, Dr. Burgoon led classified and unclassified programs and projects with a focus on the effects of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high yield explosives (CBRNE) on human health, ecological and agriculture systems. Dr. Burgoon’s expertise is in pharmacology, toxicology, biostatistics, exposure modeling, causal analysis, risk asse...

Wilmington, North Carolina

Forensic Science, Toxicology - Controlled substances, DWI, DUI, retrograde extrapolation, driving while impaired, alcohol, drunk driving, cannabis, THC, marijuana, CBD, hemp, quality assurance, ISO 17025, laboratory management, laboratory accreditation, dram shop, back extrapolation, SFST, DRE

Bethany has worked in the forensic science industry since 2005. She provides expert witness testimony and consultation for criminal and civil matters involving, but not limited to, DUI, seized drugs, cannabis, forensic testing practices, laboratory management, quality assurance standards, and reliability of testing methods. Early in her career, she had the opportunity to open a new regional forensic science laboratory in southeastern NC. She began an 11 year journey and gained a career’s worth of experience as a laboratory director, quality assurance manager, laboratory scientist, grant writer and manager. She has written and reviewed hundreds of administrative and technical policies, procedures, and training programs, and has analyzed and provided final review of thousands of biological and seized drug samples. She is a lead and technical assessor for ISO 17025:2017 and performs assessments in the areas of quality management, toxicology, and seized drugs testing for ANAB and A...