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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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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Dr. John R. Fletemeyer is nationally recognized as a leading expert in Aquatic Safety and Education and has over 35 years of professional experience in aquatics. He is the recipient of the Paragon Award for Aquatic Safety Education, Top 100 Aquatic Professionals in America Award and the Judge Martin Award for Drowning Prevention Education. In 1998 he was honored with the NAUI 25 year service award.

Dr. Fletemeyer has over 100 article to his credit including the author and editor of the book, The Science of Drowning with Perspectives in Intervention and Prevention. He has consulted for over 50 clients including federal, municipal and private agencies. Dr. Fletemeyer has an extensive background in aquatic behavior research involving human and non-human primates.

Dr. Fletemeyer has been certified in numerous courts as an expert in water safety accidents occurring in pool, beach, lake and canal aquatic environments. Dr. Fletemeyer also has experience in cases involving water accidents and drowning deaths in foreign countries.

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.

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Derrick Fries, Ph.D. is the world's leading expert in Boating and Sailing Safety with over 35 years of Personal Watercraft Safety experience including watersking, sailing, tubing, swimming, and boating.

He was the first U.S. Sailing's Master Instructor Trainer (1985), and is the Winner of 6 World Sailing Titles and 15 North American / National Sailing Championships. He was recently inducted into the Sunfish Class Hall of Fame and in 2005 was nominated for the Sailing World International Hall of Fame.

Dr. Fries has authored the most successful "Learn to Sail" book, Start Sailing Right, which was adopted by U.S. Sailing and the American Red Cross. He has worked as an expert on a wide variety of boating and marine cases which involve collisions, drownings, personal injuries, and accident reconstruction.

Services Include:

• Expert Witness in Boating-Related Cases
• Technical Writing (Boating & Marine Manuals)
• Marine Safety Consultation
• Marine Safety Inspections and Operations

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For more than 35 years, ITC has provided Forensic Engineering, consulting and expert testimony to thousands of law offices, insurance companies and government agencies. Our qualified team of engineers and scientists, covering hundreds of areas of expertise, are available to assist you in technical evaluations, scientific analysis, testimony and preparation of cases for trial. Additional experts are available when more than one specialty is required. We also provide constant case and project management to help expedite the need to your litigation in a timely manner.

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Jim Allen provides litigation support for boating accidents involving the operation, maintenance, navigation of vessels, and dock safety. His experience encompasses operation of vessels, both commercial and recreational in and upon the high seas, inland waterways, western rivers, inland lakes and rivers.

Jim Allen has thirty years of experience in the U S Coast Guard. Directly and indirectly involved in thousands of search and rescue cases. Conducted investigations when necessary, as well as inspected and issued citations for pleasure boats, commercial vessels, marinas, chemical facilities, bridges, tow boats and barges. Jim Allen has 17 years experience serving as a consultant and expert witness in litigation support for both plaintiff and defendant throughout the United States.

Donald J. Green, Commander, USCG (Retired) spent 23 years actively engaged in U.S. Coast Guard operations. Over the last decade, he has brought that experience to bear as a marine consultant, and expert witness. His company, KDON Marine Consulting is a network of qualified individuals with specialties that can address virtually any need.

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Lawrence Kidd, LCDR USCG (Ret.) Since 1979, he has provided technical assistance/ expert witness services in cases involving Boat Design, Operator Performance, Product Testing and Accident Reconstruction. His cases involve collisions, passenger injury, ice rescue, a submarine implosion, water skiing, jet ski collisions, drownings and sinkings.

During 27 years with the USCG Auxiliary, he taught safe boating courses, navigation, and GPS navigation. As a Vessel Safety Examiner, his boat inspections impart safety practices with boat owners. In May 2005, the Commandant USCG awarded him a letter of Commandation for writing boating safety articles with the purpose of education and reducing accidents. His success in case work has been exceptional.

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.

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Gerald M. Dworkin is a professional Aquatics Safety & Water Rescue Consultant for Lifesaving Resources Inc. He has an extensive background in Aquatics Safety, Lifeguard Operations, Water Rescue, Ice Rescue, 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 and Ice Rescue
• CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation)
• Basic Life Support
• Drowning and Aquatic Injury Prevention and Emerency Management
• Lifeguard Operations

Mitchell S. Stoller offers Consulting and Expert Witness services to Admiralty / Maritime Industry.

Herbert Bogert, President of Professional Safety Consultant Service, Inc., is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) with over 50 years of experience. Mr. Bogert provides Safety Inspection Services, Accident Investigation Services and Litigation Support in Connection with Plaintiff and Defense cases, Depositions, Trials, Mediations and Arbitrations.

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

Robson Forensic is an integrated team of forensic engineers, architects, scientists and fire investigators. Our experts include civil, construction, mechanical, structural and electrical engineers, architects and certified fire investigators. We have specialized expertise in unique areas such as aquatics, dram shop, injury causation, medical devices, motorcycles, supervised care, and tire failures.

We are a national firm with 14 offices and more than 150 high quality experts who assist in the resolution of disputes and litigation. We have performed over 30,000 cases in our 20+ years and offer clients the reassurance of peer review and personal follow through not found with a referral service.

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Smith Aquatic Safety Service (SASS) was created in 1981, upon Dr. Smith's retirement from 25 year's service in the U.S. Coast Guard, to provide aquatic safety training. At retirement Dr. Smith was Chief, 2nd Coast Guard Boating Safety Division, St. Louis, MO, reponsible for all federal boating safety activities in 15 primary states. In 1981 Dr. Smith first testified as an expert. Both aspects of SASS have grown markedly, with Dr. Smith being retained in hundreds of legal cases, for plaintiff and defense while also training thousands of aquatic safety/rescue personnel. He has been qualified in numerous state and federal court cases as a boating accident reconstructionist. SASS provides consultation and related services to law firms in aquatics cases, plus water rescue and boating safety training seminars for fire, police, lifeguarding and EMS providers throughout North America.

Captain John C. Timmel is a Tampa Bay Harbor Pilot and president of Starboard Ten, Inc.—a maritime consulting, expert witness and litigation services group. He has more than thirty years of seafaring and over ten years of litigation support experience. This experience and the ability to explain complex concepts in an easily understood and cogent manner, uniquely qualify him to render litigation support and compelling testimony in commercial and non-commercial maritime cases as either a plaintiff or defense expert. His accomplishments include:

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 serve as 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.

Mike Russell is a Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Coast Guard (Ret). Has investigated/reviewed over 700 Marine Casualties with over $55 M in damages, over 200 shipboard equipment & inspection violation cases & over 200 mariners in violation of federal regulations. Active independent vessel inspector & surveyor. Accepted as an expert in state & federal courts. Never "dauberted".

Specialties Include: Code of Federal Regulations, Coast Guard policies & regulations, navigation Rules of the Road, marine industry standards, tankship, towboat, barge, passenger, airboat, dock, amphibious & barge fleeting operations; vessel pollution prevention & safety. Case review of vessel, longshoreman & stevedore personal injuries, marine collisions, fires, explosions, groundings, sinkings, boating, jet ski, offshore platform & drilling rig incidents. ABS Record Review