David E. Cole is a Retired USCG Commander with 20 years of service. Mr. Cole holds a Juris Doctorate degree from Loyola University of New Orleans, LA, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Maritime Transportation from the State University of New York Maritime College. Mr. Cole’s maritime consulting business is practiced Nationwide. He provides various consulting services in all areas of Maritime & Admiralty, for both Plaintiff & Defense. Mr. Cole is qualified to testify in both Federal and State Courts. His 20 years service as a US Coast Guard Officer, retiring as a Commander, enables him to thoroughly analyze maritime matters.

Mr. Cole is a member of the American Bar Association, Louisiana Bar Association, New Orleans Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, Maritime Law Association of the US, Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, American Boat & Yacht Council.

Consulting Services Provided:

Personal Injury & death Collisions Allisions Groundings Regulatory Analysis Jones Act Navigation Seamanship

Permitting Bridges General Maritime Safety Offshore Oil Field Vessel Access Determination of Navigable Waters Vessel Operations & Manning

Legal Services Offered:

Litigation Support Navigation Analysis Vessel Inspections Collision Analysis Deposition Appearances

Research Reports Agency Liaison Trial Appearances Standards and Regulations

David Cole is Experienced in all Types of Vessels:

Recreational Boats Personal Watercraft Barges & Fishing Vessels Tug Boats Charter Vessels

Tank Ships Passenger & Cargo Vessels Towing Vessels Crew & Supply Boats

SERVICES PROVIDED NATIONWIDE

Fisher Maritime - Our purpose is to provide quality consulting services to the maritime and offshore industries, and expert witness services consistent with our field of practice. Topics include contracts and disputes in shipbuilding, asbestos in ships, shipboard injuries, and boating accidents.

With over 30 years of experience in claims involving millions of dollars Fisher Maritime is no stranger to the intricacies of litigation, but is grounded solidly in experience in the fields of boating, maritime construction, and maritime operation.

Fisher Maritime’s professional society accredited training programs have been given worldwide to 3,000+ participants from 24 countries and over 400 organizations.

Please email or see our website for further details.

Leonard K. Lucenko, PhD, Sport and Recreation Expert, is an Adjunct Professor at Montclair State. A prolific speaker, he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses on Risk Management in Sports and Recreation. He is a certified teacher, coach, athletic director, dean of students and international speaker on sports and recreation safety. Dr. Lucenko has qualified for Testimony and Consultation in 40 State and Federal Courts in Plaintiff and Defense cases.

Areas of Expertise

Aquatics Pool Safety Supervision Equipment Children's Camps Certified Playground Inspector Football Roller Skating Ice Hockey Cheerleading	Fitness and Health Clubs Soccer Baseball/Softball Wrestling Golf Physical Education Amusements Waterparks Recreation Facility Safety

Gerald M. Dworkin is a professional Aquatics Safety & Water Rescue Consultant for Lifesaving Resources Inc. He has an extensive background in Aquatics Safety, Lifeguard Training and Operations, Water Rescue & Swiftwater Rescue, Ice Rescue & Cold Water Survival, Emergency Medical Services, and Public Safety and Rescue. Along with several textbooks, he has written and published over 40 articles, and has consulted in numerous drowning and aquatic injury litigation cases as both a Plaintiff and Defense Expert Witness.

Expert Witness Services
As an expert witness, Mr. Dworkin evaluates the Standard of Care as it pertains to Incident Prevention, Victim Recognition, and Emergency Management and provides accident reconstruction, depositions, written reports, and courtroom testimony.

His Areas of Expertise Include:

• Lifesaving, Lifeguarding and Aquatics Safety
• Water Rescue, Swiftwater Rescue, and Ice Rescue
• CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation)
• Basic Life Support
• Drowning and Aquatic Injury Prevention and Emergency Management
• Lifeguard Training and Operations

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Florida Office: P.O. Box 47188 St. Petersburg, FL 33743-7188 T: (727) 347-2556 Fax: (727) 343-9717 Cell Phone: (727) 415-7192 (24/7) Email: hectorpazos75597@aol.com

Louisiana Office: 3501 Holiday Drive, Suite #314 New Orleans, LA, 70114 Cell Phone: (504) 367-4072 (24/7) Fax: (504) 367-3790 Email: oceanoilpazos@bellsouth.net

Hector V. Pazos, P.E., is a Registered Professional Engineer, Naval Architect, Marine Engineer, Marine Accident Investigator and Expert Witness. For the past 39 years, Mr. Pazos has been retained to assist lawyers, insurance companies and owners regarding technical matters in a substantial number of litigations (over 1,200). He has made surveys and inspections, prepared reports and / or testified by deposition and in court in more than 400 cases.

Areas of Expertise Include:

Power and Sail Pleasure Boats Passenger and Cargo Vessels Offshore Platforms Drilling Rigs Fishing Vessels Pipelines Barges Floating Cranes Collisions Salvage

Towing Damages to Docks Slip and Fall Inclined and Vertical Ladders Fires and Explosions Diving Accidents Noise and / or Vibration Containers Dredges

Services Include:

Accident Reconstruction Product Liability Equipment Failure Structural Failure Latent Defects Vessel Safety and Seaworthiness Aquatics / Recreation

Design / Construction Defects Cause of Vessel Sinking Vessel Stability Salvage of Vessels Engine and Steering Damage Personal Injury / Safety Biomechanics

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John H. Hanst has recreational expertise in the following skills:

Alpine skiing Amusement rides Animal bites Arena layout Aquatics Baseball Bicycling Bootfitting Bowling Climbing Emergency rescue Figure skating First aid Go-karts

Hockey Horsemanship Motorcycles Playgrounds Roller skating and ice skating Scuba diving Security control Slip and fall Snow tubing Softball Swimming Tennis Water slides

As Recreational Hazards Experts, with extensive backgrounds and qualifications, we draw the following conclusion: When you select one of us to conduct an investigation and prepare a report, you have selected an expert or experts that will satisfy your needs in an efficient, respectful manner.

Should your case continue to the courtroom, you can feel confident that you have selected the best court qualified expert for your client.

Headquartered in Houston with over 30 U.S. offices plus London, Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc. is a global leader in forensic investigations, forensic engineering, forensic sciences and forensic accounting. Rimkus offers the services of over 300 full-time seasoned professionals with expertise in virtually all technical and business fields. In business for over 25 years, clients include the Domestic and International Insurance Industry, Attorneys, Industrial and Commercial Health, Safety and Risk Managers, and others.

Rimkus takes pride in its professional approach to all assignments. Each assignment is performed under the assumption that litigation will ensue, and appropriate records and evidentiary chains of custody are maintained. Client communications are clear and explanatory to insure that opinions and conclusions are complete and well supported.

Many clients find Rimkus to be their one-stop shopping place for experts. Rimkus offers forensic expert witnesses and forensic consultants in most technical fields, including all areas of Engineering, Construction, Environmental Sciences, Fires and Explosions, Oil and Gas, Forensic Accounting, Business Interruption Claims, Surety, Business Valuations, Business Analysis, Safety and Industrial Hygiene, and Animation. In the forensic engineering arena alone, we offer virtually all disciplines including:

Forensic Mechanical Engineers

Forensic Electrical Engineers

Forensic Civil Engineers

Forensic Structural Engineers

Forensic Chemical Engineers

Forensic Metallurgical Engineers

Forensic Naval Engineers

Complex technical claims often require the use of experts in more than one field to find the right answer. Rimkus brings that to you. Our website features detailed information on our areas of expertise and short CVs of key Rimkus experts in those areas. Give us a try. You'll be glad you did.

Dr. Alan Steinman is an expert in Maritime Medicine with particular emphasis on Sea-Survival, Drowning and Hypothermia. He has served as Surgeon General and Director of Health and Safety for the U.S. Coast Guard, as medical advisor to the Coast Guard's Chief of Operations, and as rescue physician on numerous Coast Guard search and rescue missions. He has an international reputation in hypothermia and cold-water survival.

Dr. Steinman is widely published in the field of environmental medicine, including a chapter on immersion hypothermia in a leading textbook of emergency medicine. His research into human cold-water immersion and hypothermia merited the prestigious Arnold D. Tuttle Award from the Aerospace Medicine Association. The results from his human hypothermia studies contributed to the basis of current U.S. Coast Guard cold-water survival time charts.

Dr. Steinman is Board Certified in Occupational Medicine; he is a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine. His Doctor of Medicine degree is from the Stanford School of Medicine; his post-graduate medical training was at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine and the University of Washington School of Medicine.

Dr. Steinman has experience in both federal and state courts serving as an expert witness in numerous cases involving sea-survival, drowning, and hypothermia.

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Carl Weil is the director of Wilderness Medicine Outfitters (WMO), one of the nation’s leading backcountry schools of medicine. Mr. Weil receives National recognition having progressed through the ranks of National Association for Search & Rescue from EMT student, to apprentice instructor, to full instructor, to faculty level instructor, one of only 6 in the U.S., (spring of 1995). A third generation guide, rancher, and horseman, Carl Weil has received numerous credentials including Nationally Registered EMT, EMT-IV/MAST, Colorado Instructor-Coordinator, CPR Instructor Trainer, a National Wilderness Instructor trainer designation and the prestigious Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine.

Wilderness Medicine Outfitters offers Wilderness First Responder (WFM), Wilderness Emergency Medical Responder (WEMT), and Wilderness Survival courses among many others. They also provide insurance program design services for outfitters, mountaineers, and climbing gyms. Organizations that benefit from WMO’s services include: The American Alpine Club (AAC), The Access Fund, Outdoor Recreation Coalition of America (ORCA now OIA), The American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA), and hundreds of clubs, guide services, and schools with experiential programs and climbing walls across America.

Services Include:

• WFR/WEMT Module Courses
• Insurance Program Design
• Survival Courses
• Weather Cancellation Policies
• Medical Histories
• Medical Protocols
• Personal Injury Consultation

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