William S. Howard, PhD, MBA, PE is an Electrical / Mechanical Engineer who specializes exclusively in the field of Industrial Machinery and Equipment. He has many years of experience in the design and development of many different types of industrial machinery (in a wide variety of manufacturing industries). As a practicing design engineer (with current machinery design business), he has vast experience designing and developing machinery to meet patents and trade secrets (and to avoid the patents held by others). He is an expert in forward and reverse engineering of machinery.

William S. Howard is an experienced Expert Witness with many years of experience. He accepts cases in Intellectual Property (Patent and Trade Secrets) and complex Tort.

LIST OF SERVICES OFFERED

Legal Assistance - Expert Witness legal assistance is available to Individuals and Manufacturers involved in litigation arising from industrial machinery and equipment. This includes Intellectual Property (Patents and Trade Secrets) and complex Tort.

Machinery Safety Audits - Given the recent changes in applicable OSHA regulations and ANSI standards (as well as the advances in Safety technology), a Safety Audit of machinery and industrial equipment is highly recommended to help eliminate machinery hazards and prevent accidents and injuries.

Machinery Design Consulting - This service, geared towards Manufacturers, provides machinery design recommendations and directions for improving the efficiency, reliability, and/or through-put of machinery (both existing or proposed). By employing time-proven metrics and techniques, we can insure that any machinery receives a boost in productivity.

Arthur Rich, PhD, President, Founder and Chief Consultant of A. Rich Development, LLC, has over 30 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical, Cosmetic and Personal Care Industries. Dr. Rich has an extensive background in research, planning and product fomulation. He has worked for a number of finished goods organizations as well as entrepreneurs, developing product lines and solving technical problems. His expertise includes Clinical Testing Protocols, Regulatory Compliance, Patent Infringement, Product Safety and Performance Claims.

As an Expert Witness, Dr. Rich has been deposed 4 times, twice as an employee of the defendant and twice as an expert witness for the defendant. He also has court experience as an expert witness for the defendant.His Previous Clients and Employers include Bath & Body Works, La Prairie, skyn ICELAND, Shiseido, Eluci International, Unilever Latin America, Victoria's Secret, DeLaire, Inc., Avon, Ortho-Pharmaceutical and Johnson & Johnson.

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Alvaro D. Taveira is a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Occupational & Environmental Safety & Health at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He is a Certified Professional Ergonomist by the Board of Certified Professional Ergonomics. He holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering with an emphasis on Human Factors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He holds a MS degree in Industrial Engineering, with an emphasis in Ergonomics / Product Design, and a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Professor Taveira has over twenty years of professional experience in the fields of Human Factors / Ergonomics and Safety as a college professor, researcher, and consultant. He has conducted projects in multiple work environments including Agriculture, Steel Production, Mining, Railroading, and Office Settings. He has served as an expert witness in the areas of Consumer Product Warnings and Trips and Falls.

Professor Taveira has over 50 peer reviewed publications and has made multiple presentations at national and international conferences. His teaching experience comprises graduate and undergraduate courses in Product Safety, Human Factors / Ergonomics, Behavioral Aspects of Accident Prevention, and in a number of Safety related courses. He is a member of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and of the American Society of Safety Engineers.

Expertise: "Handling Difficult and Complicated Matters" $140 per hour Accidents, Accident Reconstruction, Collisions, Biomechanics, Injuries, Safety Engineering, Seatbelts, Child Seats, Airbags, OSHA Compliance, Industrial Safety, ForkLift Truck, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs FMCSA, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Regs FMVSS, Material Handling, Cranes, Scaffolds, Ergonomics, Helmets, Products Safety, Motorcycle, Trucks, Bus, Vehicles, Pedestrians, Bicycles, Bikes, Rollovers, Slip Trip & Falls, Animations, Building Codes, Safety Regs, Construction Site Safety, Amusement Rides, Tools, Tires, Vehicle Fires, Construction Equipment, Transportation Regulations, Injuries, Low Speed Impacts, Work Zones, Machine & Equipment Guarding, Human Factors, Hazards, Premesis Liability, Building Codes, Handicap ADA Standards, Regulations, CDR Crash Data Recorder, Mechanical Parts, Brakes, Traffic Signs & Control Devices, Industrial Products, Warning Signs, Ergonomics. 30 years exp. experts, BSOSH, MSOSH, PhD Safety Engineering & Injury Biomechanics, PSP, CECD

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Joseph Coplan has 32 years of Law Enforcement experience and is a qualified, ACTAR Certified Expert Witness.

Services Offered

• Preliminary & Detailed Reconstruction Analysis / Reports: Automobile - Motorcycle - Bicycle - Pedestrian
• Skid Mark & Speed Analysis / Estimates
• Delta V, P.D.O.F. & Impulse Calculations
• Speed / Time / Distance Studies - Kinematic Analysis
• Energy Analysis
• Yaw or Critical Speed Analysis
• Vehicle Roll-Over Analysis
• Low-Speed Impact Analysis
• Heavy Trucks (Commercial Vehicles)
• Braking Efficiency & Speed Analysis
• Speed / Time / Distance Studies
• Split Gear Speed Estimates
• Locating / Identifying / Documenting & Interpreting Physical Evidence<

Offices in Long Beach, San Diego & Riverside, CA; Las Vegas, NV & El Paso, TX - Robert Douglas, Operations Manager, former State Forensic Engineer, Registered in California and Arizona, over 35 years of experience in the Accident Reconstruction & Traffic/Transportation/Civil Engineering field. Has provided testimony in 300+ depositions and 30+ trials. Has qualified in Superior Court on Accident Reconstruction; Traffic Engineering; Roadway, Roadside, and Rail Crossing Design and Construction; Off Road Safety; Human Factors; Roadway/Roadside Design, Construction and Maintenance; Wet Weather Accidents, Low Light and/Photo/Video/Computer Animations. A member of ASCE, TRB, National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices , ASTM Committees on Vehicle Pavement Systems, 3D Imaging Systems & Pedestrian walkway Safety, Human Factors & Ergonomics Society (HFES), ATSSA, SAE, IEEE (& life member of ITE & Association for Psychological Science), certified: Federal Highway Administration-Work Zone Traffic Control. Providing accredited surveys in both high definition laser surveys & total station surveys, providing exact models constructed from laser "point clouds" (see www.FieldAndTestEngineering.com web site - & Robert Douglas' cv for complete resume & details).

Areas of Expertise

• Accident Reconstruction
• Traffic & Road Design & Engineering
• Human Factors

• Accident Reconstruction, Investigation & Analysis
• Road Design, Construction & Maintenance
• Traffic Engineering, Traffic Control
• Design Immunity
• Human Factors
• Highway Rail Crossings
• Construction Defects
• Surveys: Total Station & Laser Surveying - Site & Vehicle Surveys
• Wet Pavement Accidents — Skid Resistance
• Slips, Trips, Falls on Parking Lots, Sidewalks and Roadways
• Asphalt
• Animation
• Civil Engineering

Leonard Lacaze, P.E. - Accident Reconstruction & Failure Analysis Registered Professional Engineer in the States of Michigan and California. He has over 43 years experience in design & development in the automotive industry in addition to having provided accident reconstruction and failure analysis and research in mechanical and electrical products for vehicles for many of those years. He has testified in over 90 trials, 140 depositions and 125 arbitrations. Mr. Lacaze was on the "ground floor" through the early development of the Air Bag Occupant Restraint System and holds the patent for a crash sensor system that is in many cars today. Along with the air bag development, Mr. Lacaze performed accident reconstruction involving barrier and car-to-car crash testing in order to maximize protection for occupants. He therefore developed a keen sense of occupant kinematics and vehicle structural integrity, in addition to being involved in continuing research methods and accident investigation for more than 30 years.

Areas of Expertise

Doc Mitchell is a Construction Expert and Consultant, experienced in all types, fields and phases of construction with the exception of nuclear reactors. Please see our Web Site for more information.

Doc performed his first work as a construction code expert in 1972. He has never been turn down as an expert by any court and Judges have called Doc Mitchell the best expert they have ever seen in their court.

Doc can explain the most difficult construction, mechanical, or electrical items and processes to anyone in such a manner that they can completely understand it.

As of this time Doc is the only construction expert in the United States holding all the following Credentials and Licenses:

Profile: William R. Acorn is principal and founder of Acorn Consulting Services, LLC (ACS). For over 30 years, he has been involved in the analysis and design of hundreds of projects ranging from institutional laboratories to cleanroom facilities for the semiconductor industry. Mr. Acorn has significant experience as an expert analyst of system design, system failures, code compliance issues and cause/effect relationships of problems related to the built environment. He has received numerous awards for technical excellence and is recognized for his technical achievements, innovation and foresight by peers, associates and clients in the advanced technology industry.

Mr. Acorn is an Adjunct Professor at Arizona State University; the author of the book Code Compliance for Advanced Technology Facilities; and a frequent lecturer to the industry and academia on a variety of technical topics related to building and cleanroom design, construction and project management.

Expertise & Services:

• Strategic Planning: Conceptual Design; Feasibility Studies & Evaluations; Value Engineering.
• Design Consulting and design review.
• Program Management: Project Delivery Strategies; Selection of Design and Build Teams; Code Compliance Analysis and Negotiation.
• Facility Retrofit and Renovation Feasibility Analysis.
• Litigation Consulting, Forensic Analysis & Expert Testimony: Evaluation of System Failures - HVAC, Cleanroom, Refrigeration, Piping, Construction, Building & Fire Code, Product Liability (mechanical equipment).
• Claim preparations and analysis.

Mr. Herbert Sessner has over 39 years experience in the Materials Handling Industry as a Powered Industrial Trucks Expert. Mr. Sessner has been involved in 23 lift truck related cases of which 20 have been settled prior to trial and 3 pending, has taken 4 depositions and provides his services to the Plaintiff and Defense. He is a Certified Safety Instructor at the Master Level granted by the World Safety Organization and has trained over 1,100 lift truck operators and over 110 trainers.

Areas of Expertise:

• Lift Truck Accident Analysis and Investigation
• Review of All Case Documents.
• OSHA and ANSI Operator Training Requirements
• Safe Lift Truck Operating Procedures
• Authored various Lift Truck Operator Training Programs
• Prepares Lift Truck Operator Safety Policies and Procedures

• American Society of Safety Engineers
• World Safety Organization
• Listed in AM Best

Douglas Moss (BS Engr, MS Engr, MBA) is a trained and experienced professional pilot and engineer. He provides research and investigations of aircraft accidents to determine the causal factors. His professional experience spans over 30 years in aviation as an engineer and professional pilot, including assignments as a USAF fighter pilot, USAF experimental test pilot, McDonnell Douglas engineering test pilot, airline pilot, and general aviation pilot. His academic education includes both bachelor and master degrees in engineering, with additional advanced degrees in business and law. He has also been a faculty instructor at the USAF Test Pilot School, teaching aircraft certification, flying qualities, performance, systems, and human factors. He currently is an adjunct professor of Human Factors at the University of Southern California.

His analysis of Aviation Accidents and issues typically involve the following considerations:

• Engineering and scientific basis
• Operational factors
• Human factors
• Aircraft certification compliance (14 CFR Parts 21 and 25)
• FAR statutory compliance (14 CFR Parts 91, 121 and 135)
• Strict products liability
• Aircrew standard of care

• Over 10,000 flight hours
• Human Factors faculty instructor
• USAF experimental test pilot
• McDonnell Douglas engineering test pilot
• USAF Test Pilot School instructor
• Airline pilot
• ATP Typed

AEROSOL TECHNICAL EXPERT with 29 years of AEROSOL INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE.

Mr. Chadwick is an aerosol products technical consultant who also provides a full spectrum of expert witness services including product failure analysis. His areas of expertise include:

• Designing and developing aerosol products & packaging systems.
• Creating and implementing aerosol quality assurance programs.
• Trouble-shooting technical issues in the lab and in the manufacturing environment.
• In addition, Mr. Chadwick provides customized training programs in aerosol technology to industry marketers, manufacturers and suppliers.

• Technical support for case analysis & planning.
• Aerosol product failure analysis
• Expert reports, depositions, and testimony at trial if needed.
• A complete CV and case list are available upon request.

Experienced in Fire Cause and Origin, Arson Prosecution and Defense, Product Subrogation, Fire and Building Codes, Life Safety Codes, Fire Injuries and Fatalities, as well as Fire Department Operations and Management.

With over 28 years of fire department experience and 13 years in the private sector, Mr. Agosti has completed over fourteen thousand investigations of fires, explosions, and life safety incidents. He has testified in both federal and state courts for both plaintiff and defense clients.

John Michael Agosti & Associates provides assistance to insurance companies, attorneys and other agencies in the determination of cause and origin in fires and explosions.

Our goal is to provide independent and articulate findings to you the client, quickly and accurately.

Alpine Engineering & Design, Inc. is a company that specializes in rapid product development. Their engineers have had over 20 years developing the skills of new product design. Their innovative approach to product design can be seen in over 100 patents held by their engineers. When we create a product, we must sell it to our customer. We use resources such as our model shop, computer graphics and animations, full size prototypes and written descriptions to communicate our ideas to our customers. We effectively teach them about the product and its merits.

We apply the same skills we use in developing new products to our work as expert witnesses. We give honest, understandable opinions with the underpinning required to help attorneys, judges and jurors make good decisions.

Alpine Engineering's Design Experience reaches a number of industries including Refuse Equipment, Hydraulically Operated Equipment, Trucks and Related Equipment, Aerial Lifts, Manlifts, Industrial Equipment, Mobile Equipment, Material Handling, Forklifts, Pallet Trucks, Boom Trucks, Suspension Systems, Garbage Trucks, Front Loaders, Side Loaders, Automated Loaders, Rear Loaders, Rolloffs, Liftgates, Exercise and Sports Equipment, Trucking Equipment, Turf Care Equipment, Farming Equipment.

Alpine Engineering's Comprehensive Services include:

Degrees: Stanford Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics (Mechanical Engineering).

Specialties: Reconstruction of vehicular accidents; mechanical failure analysis; tire failure analysis; analysis of vehicle collisions and vehicle response to operator input; dynamics, impact and vibration; computer analyses of solids, fluids, and one-of-a-kind engineering mechanics problems; applied physics.

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Firm Profile: American Crane Training, Inspection & Certification, Inc. (AmCrane) is a multi-disciplinary professional firm that provides crane and heavy equipment training, inspections and certification across the US. AmCrane offers accident reconstruction and expert witness testimony NATIONALLY in Crane, Aerial Lift, Equipment Safety and Management Fields.

Professional Experience: Mr. Burt Thorpe is a qualified Expert Witness in cranes, aerial lifts and heavy equipment with over 35 years experience in crane safety, equipment ownership and operation. His experience includes 4 1/2 years with the largest road and bridge contractor in the Southeast, with company wide responsibility in all cranes, rigging, critical lifts and operators. Mr. Thorpe spent 10 years as the Secretary/Treasurer, General Manager of a multi-office, multi-state equipment dealer and owner of cranes and aerial lifts. Duties included their purchase, new and used sale, rental, inspection, maintenance, repair, assembly, disassembly, transport and management.

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Bruce Gorsak is a Vehicle / Industrial Engineer with a minor Degree in Engine Design, a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology, and 27 years of New Product/Process Development, Plant & Facilities, Maintenance, Industrial Engineering and Safety.

As a Crash Reconstructionist, he can download a “Black Box”, identify the sequence of events of a vehicle crash, identify design defects in Heavy Equipment, production equipment, or if factory employees didn’t do their job properly during the manufacture process.

His Skills and Engineering Experience in New Product Introductions have realized involvement with product development, design review, product launch into production, and established new manufacturing processes for various types of products. In addition, he has been instrumental in the design of a variety of manufacturing facilities in the US, Mexico, and Taiwan.

Wm. H. "Bill" Dobson is a decorated veteran of the United States Air Force, retired Lt. Colonel, Commander of the Special Operations Division of the St. Tammany Sheriff's Office, with more than 30 years of public service. He is the cofounder and President of Applied Marine Technology, Inc., a consulting company incorporated in 1986 that specializes in Marine Accident Investigations and Reconstruction, headquartered in Louisiana with affiliates in Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.

Mr. Dobson is a court-accepted expert in Marine Accident Investigation and Reconstruction, Boating Safety, Navigation, Search and Rescue, and Air Boat Operations, in numerous Federal and State jurisdictions. He serves as Executive Director of S.E.L.S.A.R., Southeast Louisiana Search and Rescue organization, which comprises more than 140 Federal, State, and Local governmental and private agencies.

Mr. Dobson served as a member of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice. He is the holder of the Airmen's Medal for heroism from the U. S. Air Force, was named the Law Officer of the Year by Kiwanis International, and is the holder of Outstanding Achievement Awards by the Louisiana Emergency Preparedness Association and the National Association for Search and Rescue. Mr. Dobson was selected as an Honored Member of WHO'S WHO in Law Enforcement for 1991 and was the 2003 recipient of the President's Award for Outstanding Achievement.

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BACKGROUND: Over 40 years Human Factors Engineering experience working in industry and as a litigation and design consultant. Provided Human Factors support for the design and development of complex military, commercial and computer systems as well as consumer products to optimize the man/system or man/product interface. Efforts often included maintainability and safety considerations.

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