John Busey Wood focuses his practice on Commercial and Retail Leasing and Construction Real Estate. He advises public and private companies on Real Estate Acquisitions, Facilities Management and Standardization, Construction and Development, Brokerage Law, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Property Management, and Litigation. Mr. Wood has represented owners in the design and negotiation of commercial leases covering in excess of 50 million square feet of retail, office, and mixed-use space projects for thirty years and in 1998 structured and closed the largest lease of an existing commercial building in the history of New York City exceeding 2 Million square feet.

His extensive national experience in developable land, improved property acquisitions, large scale retail and office developments, large project "fast-track" design-build construction, and leasing and management programs have made him an ideal corporate facilities support resource for companies. He is a noted authority on fair market value determinations, lease restructuring and re-negotiations as well as rental escalations, expenses, allocations, auditing, and litigation/dispute resolution.

Mr. Wood was named the "Father of the modern Killer Lease" in 1984 by the Wall Street Journal. His financing, auditing, and computer expertise contributed to his uncovering the largest computer leasing fraud in the United States. Mr. Wood is a member of the American Arbitration Association Commercial Neutral Panel.

Alexander Anolik, a seasoned trial attorney, is widely recognized as one of the pre-eminent Travel Attorneys in the world. He is president of the largest U.S. law corporation emphasizing the practice of Travel Law and Travel Industry Litigation, with a travel law support staff including attorneys, consultants, paralegals and industry trained registration assistants in his Tiburon, California offices.

Mr. Anolik is a travel industry professional with over 42 years of experience working with clients on all aspects of travel services, including tour operators, travel agencies, injured passengers and providers of travel.

Mr. Anolik has testified or consulted in hundreds of cases on a variety of issues including, but not limited to, evaluation procedures, liability and "custom and practice" within the Travel, Tourism, Transportation and Hospitality Industry. He has provided testimony in various state, federal, legislative, arbitration and mediation proceedings.

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Arthur J. Levine, Ph.D., J.D., CPCU, ARM has over 35 years of of combined experience as a Business Insurance Underwriter, Risk Management Consultant, Attorney, Litigation Consultant and Expert Witness. His areas of expertise include Workers Compensation Insurance Premium, Rates, Classifications, Experience Modifications, Audits and related matters. He has a Ph.D., J.D., (practicing attorney), is a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter and an Associate in Risk Management.

Dr. Levine is currently Independent Counsel to the four Public Members of the Governing Committee of the WCIRB and has been since 2003. As an experienced Testifying Witness and Consultant, he has handled hundreds of Workers Compensation Insurance Premium Cases handled as an attorney, consultant, or expert witness, including many administrative appeals and litigated cases. Dr. Levine is a noted author in the field of Insurance.

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Michael Nranian, JD, MBA, MS has more than 25 years on Product Development, Intellectual Property, Patent Development and Litigation, Legal and Technical Compliance, and Product Liability Litigation. He is a licensed attorney in Michigan, Texas, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Nranian is a Six Sigma Black Belt, Professional Engineer, and Certified Project Management Professional. He has an in-depth background and education in Law, Electrical, Chemical, Computer Engineering, and Business Financial Management.

Mr. Nranian’s expert witness litigation background includes patent infringement / non-infringement, patent validity / invalidity, prior art searches, and file-wrapper estoppel, for both ITC and Federal cases. He analyzes patents and products, prepares claim charts for Markman hearings, produces expert witness reports, and testifies with respect to all of these areas. He is thoroughly familiar with all 101, 102, 103, 112 and other enablement and prior art arguments.

Mr. Nranian also conducts Product and Technology Analysis, Patentability and Prior Art Research, and Provides Litigation Support and Technology Education of Intellectual Property.His experience includes Technology Standards Boards and Licensing Authorities, Antitrust / DOJ, Technology Development and Transfers, Patents, Trademarks, Trade Secrets, and Copyrights.

Mr. Nranian’s Product Liability Expert Witness litigation background includes all types of Safety Systems, Electrical Systems, Fires, Accident Reconstruction, and Evaluation of Alternative Designs for Automotive, Medical and other industries. He has over 20 years of experience in the development of Automotive Safety Systems in all aspects of Sensors, Seatbelts, Airbags / Curtains, Seats, Diagnostic Systems, Crash Recorders, Structure (including roof-crush and door) and System Design. Mr. Nranian has developed and designed front, side and roll-over systems (including sensing and algorithm development) for Ford, GM, and other domestic and international corporations. He is thoroughly familiar with all regulatory (including FMVSS) and corporate due-care requirements.

Coleman & Horowitt, LLP is a Civil Litigation and Transactions Firm. It provides a wide variety of services to businesses and individuals through its two departments. By concentrating in these areas, members of the firm have become exceptionally proficient in dealing with all phases of preventive law, litigation, alternative dispute resolution and the negotiation and preparation of documentation to meet the needs of today's businesses. The firm has a varied client base ranging from small family operations to large, publicly traded corporations.

Darryl Horowitt, Esq. has conducted all phases of litigation in the areas of Banking, Business Disputes, Securities Fraud (class action and individual), Construction, Real Estate, Environmental, Casualty Insurance Defense, Personal Injury and Commercial Collections, from initial client contact to settlement, mediation, arbitration and trial - court and jury (State and Federal Court) and administrative proceedings (before the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Agriculture, National Labor Relations Board, California Department of Fair Housing and Employment, Worker's Compensation Appeals Board and Agricultural Labor Relations Board).

Mr. Horowitt has also assisted in transactions, including incorporation, purchase and sale agreements, secured and unsecured transactions, and employment contracts. In the field of alternative dispute resolution, he has served as an arbitrator (for the American Arbitration Association, NASD Regulation, Inc., Better Business Bureau Dispute Resolution Center, and the Fresno and Madera County Superior Courts), mediator (privately and for the Better Business Bureau Dispute Resolution Center), special master (for Judge James Ware, United States District Court, Northern District of California) and judge pro tem (Fresno County Courts).

Firm's Areas of Practice Include

Banking

Commercial Real Estate

Business

Casualty Insurance Defense

Construction Litigation and Transactions

Insurance Coverage

Environmental Law

Commercial Collections

Personal Injury Litigation

Alternative Dispute Resolution (mediation, arbitration and mini-trials)

Estate / Tax Planning

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William G. Ross is a nationally-recognized expert on the Ethics of Legal Fees. He is the author of two books on attorney billing issues, The Honest Hour: The Ethics of Time-Based Billing by Attorneys (Carolina Academic Press, 1996) and Legal Fees: Law and Practice (with John W. Toothman, Carolina Academic Press, 2003), as well as numerous articles.

Professor Ross’s work in this field has been recognized in various publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The ABA Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and U. S. News and World Report. He often serves an consultant and expert witness on issues concerning legal fees. He also consults on judicial ethics, a subject on which he has published various scholarly articles.

Areas of Expertise:

Ethics of Attorney Billing and Fees

Judicial Ethics

Ethics of Attorney Disqualification

Class Action Certifications

PRACTICE AREAS AND EXPERTISE: Peacemaking, mediation and conflict management of difficult community, business and interpersonal conflicts.

From 1978 to 1998, trial lawyer with demonstrated success in complex, difficult, or unique cases. Experienced in both state and federal trial and appellate courts. Experienced in AAA commercial and construction arbitration and SEC/NASD arbitration. Broad range of knowledge, including construction, business, contract, finance, constitutional law, commercial law, and insurance law.

With over 22 years of experience, Mr. Noll has litigated and arbitrated diverse and complex cases before state and federal juries, judges and administrative tribunals. His practice is now devoted to resolving business and interpersonal conflicts without litigation. He has mediated over 400 difficult and complex conflicts including employment disputes (gender discrimination, racial discrimination, wrongful termination) construction defect cases, complex commercial and industrial construction disputes, CERCLA claims, partnership dissolutions, water rights disputes, shareholder disputes, intellectual property litigation, constitutional law cases, land use disputes, financial and commercial disputes, crop losses, estates and trusts litigation, and insurance disputes.

Douglas Noll is a distinguished author of numerous articles and most recently a book entitled: Elusive Peace: How Modern Diplomatic Strategies Could Better Resolve World Conflicts.

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Dr. William Manion is a Pathologist by training and triple board certified in Anatomic, Clinical and Forensic Pathology. Dr. Manion currently is an assistant Medical Examiner in NewJersey. Dr. Manion is also a licensed attorney in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. With his training and background he can quickly evaluate potential Medical Malpractice Cases, especially involving Delay in Diagnosis or Failure to Diagnose.

Dr. Manion reviews legal cases involving Toxic Tort Litigation, Drug Overdose, Pain and Suffering or matters of a Criminal Nature such as Homicide, Suicide and Accidental Death. Dr. Manion also has experience in Asbestos Litigation, Vioxx and Hormonal Drug Litigation. He can evaluate Dram Shop Cases involving Blood Alcohol Levels where it is claimed that defendants were served alcohol while exhibiting signs of Intoxication. He has a network of experts which he works with in Surgery, Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases and other specialties. He also evaluates the merits or defensibility of cases.

Dr. Manion can provide Letters of Merit for Medical Malpractice Cases and he works with both plaintiff and defense attorneys. He can also provide Letters of Explanation as an Expert Witness as to why he believes that there is no particular Merit to a Potential Case.

Profile: Mr. Freeman founded this firm in 1962, three years after graduating from Stanford Law School, and has been serving local and national clients ever since. His expertise inlcude matters relating to Real Estate business and development, Eminent Domain / Condemnation, Commercial Law, Civil and Commercial Litigation. He has authored several articles including "An Overview of Defenses Available to Guarantors of Real Property Secured Transactions Under California Law," 2 Santa Clara Law Review (1998).

Firm Profile: Serves as special litigation counsel to numerous government entities in eminent domain, inverse condemnation, tort and contract matters. The firm represents banks, real estate developers, contractors, food processors, growers and manufacturers. We serve as local counsel for many national companies in litigation, business and governmental matters.

The firm's litigation practice focuses on: complex business litigation, including class actions, coordinated and multi-district proceedings; land use, real estate, eminent domain and environmental litigation; insurance coverage/bad faith disputes; professional liability; and appellate proceedings. Our transactional practice encompasses complex commercial and real estate transactions, including buy/sell agreements, development agreements, mergers and acquisitions.

For more information, please contact us or visit our website.

Jim Mahoney concentrates his practice in the Trucking and Transportation Industry. He is an attorney and expert consultant/witness, with a significant number of well-known large and small transportation clients. Jim offers expertise in: FMCSA regulatory compliance; trucking operations; transport risk management; litigation management including spoliation and document retention protocols; freight brokerage and 3PL operations and exposure; international and cross-border injury and cargo claims; trucking and freight broker insurance including captives RRGs, high retentions and collateral; owner-operator issues; trucking Workers' Comp and property loss. Jim has significant litigation experience with over 50 jury verdicts in AZ, NY and NJ.

You may wish to contact Jim for his current C.V.

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