Steven Howard provides a wide range of Consulting and Expert Witness Services to the legal professional in an ample variety of Firearms, Ammunition, Knives, Blades, Explosive Devices and many other related subjects. His Primary Area of Experience is Gunsmithing and Certified Public Armorer. Mr. Howard has a college degree in Gunsmithing and is a licensed attorney in the state of Michigan. He is a former Federal Agent with the U.S. Border Patrol and a former Federal Police Officer with the Department of Defense. He has 35 years of Gunsmithing experience and is a Certified Police Armorer.

Services Include:

All Standard Firearms

Almost all Machine Guns

Silencers

Ammunition

Testing

Shooting Scene Reconstruction

Crime Scene Reconstruction

Spears

Knives

Explosive Devices

Fire & Risk Engineering provides Fire Protection and Risk Management solutions for projects involving industrial, commercial, institutional, mercantile, transportation, educational, residential, and complex public facilities. They apply scientific laws to fire analyses in order to form a solid foundation for indisputable arguments. In addition, Fire & Risk Engineering provides the experience to identify, interpret and explain the relevant codes, standards, regulations and industry practice that affect the determination of responsibility.

Robert Malanga, P.E., holds degrees in Fire Protection Engineering as well as in Technology Management and the Electrical/Electronic field. For over 28 years, Mr. Malanga has dedicated his career and avocations to Fire Protection, Life Safety and Risk Management. As a result, he is experienced in analyzing the development and spread of Fires and Explosions as well as evaluating the design and performance of fire protection systems. He has provided expert testimony on the subjects of fire and explosion phenomena; cause and origin; fire behavior, spread and development; design, adequacy and performance of public/private fire protection systems; fire prevention; fire protection and building codes; fire resistant construction and fire safe building design.

Services Include:

Fire Protection Engineering

Fire Protection Systems Evaluation

Forensic Engineering

Risk Management Consulting

Master Planning Program Development

Life Safety and Building Code Consulting

Risk Assessment and Fire Defense Evaluations

Captain Walter P. Godfrey, Jr. Is the founder and president of Fire Reconstruction Consultants, Inc. He has over 30 years of Fire & Explosion experience and over 40 years of Investigative experience with Structures, Vessels, Vehicles, and much more. Capt. Godfrey has investigated and testified in numerous fire cases involving multi-million dollar losses. In addition, he has been the lead investigator on more than 1,500 vessel fire investigations and lead investigator in over 2000 vehicle / structure cases.

He is a Nationally Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator, a Nationally Certified Fire Investigation Instructor, a Board Certified Criminal Defense Investigator, a National Board Certified Anti-Terrorism Specialist and a U.S. Coastguard 100-ton master licensed Captain.

Capt. Godfrey shares his knowledge and expertise by teaching seminars on structure fires and surface and sub surface vessel fires for insurance underwriters, claims personnel, attorneys, and investigative arms of various government agencies as well as civic and professional groups.

Services include:

Commercial & Residential Structures and Vehicles - Origin & Cause Investigations

Failure Analysis and Forensic Specialization: Electrical, Metallurgical, Fire Protection, Mechanical, Structural, Chemical Testing

Marine & Security: Underwater Investigative Services, Underwater Training, Planning, Implementation & Management for Security

Dr. Mark Goldstein, Ph.D. has 29 years of leading expertise in Carbon Monoxide Safety and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. He is the President of Quantum Group, which manufactures carbon monoxide alarms, controls and sensor.

Dr. Goldstein was a founder and President of the Carbon Monoxide Safety and Health Association (COSHA). He served on Underwriters Laboratory's Standards Technical Panel (STP) of experts and currently serves on several panels for carbon monoxide alarms.

Dr. Goldstein has managed large projects for private American companies, U.S. government agencies, and foreign companies. He has over 30 patents and has published over 40 papers in scientific journals and magazines.

Areas of Expertise:

• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
• Forensic Science and Engineering
• Explosions
• Fire
• Sensors
• Air Purification
• Accident Reconstruction
• Gasoline and Other Hydrocarbon Pollutants