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

S. Douglas Devoy has over 30 years experience in Marine and Offshore Oil and Gas Industry acting as Senior Vice President / Director of Matthews-Daniel Company, Houston, Texas with worldwide group responsibility for Marine Surveys. He supervises staff and performs all types of Marine related Surveys including Wet and Dry Ocean Transport of Rigs, Structures, Modules and Equipment, Trip-in-Tow Surveys, Loss Investigations, Safety and Valuation Surveys or Marine Equipment and Warranty Surveys, and Location Approvals.

Mr. Devoy has Coordinated Salvage Efforts and Negotiated Salvage Contracts on behalf of Underwriters and Owners. He has also supervised all aspects of Ocean Tows / Voyages including all Engineering Aspects. Adjusting Marine and Energy Related Losses.

Areas of Expertise Include:

Valuations for Offshore Oil & Gas Industry Assets

Michael A. Jacobs has over 40 years experience in the Maritime and Offshore Oil and Gas Industries including an Active Seagoing Career as an Deck Officer on Tankers and Bulk Carriers, Terminal Controller in a Container Terminal responsible for the Loading and Discharging of Ocean-Going Container Vessels, and Master / Offshore Installation Manager of Semi-Submersible Drilling Rigs. Capt.Jacobs is also a Marine Surveyor involved with all types of surveys in the offshore industry including Towages, Heavy Lift Transportation, Damage Surveys, Installation of Oil Related Structures, Modules and Equipment, Rig Move Attendance and Rig Location Approval.

Areas of Expertise Include:

Marine Operations in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry Admiralty; Accidents Involving Dock, Shipboard and Offshore Cranes Anchor-handling, Towing and Mooring Incidents Swing Rope and Personnel Basket Worker Transfer Accidents Pipeline Damage Cargo and Cargo Container Damage

Hurricane and Heavy Weather Damage Mooring System Failures Anchor-handling Operational Failures Towing System failures Rig Moves Mobile Offshore Drilling Units Collision

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:

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

Wesley Wheeler has 50 years of continuous Marine experience and provides in-depth experience in Shipyards, Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, Forensics and Arbitration.

His experience has covered the globe including some of the largest firms of marine consultants, as technical director of a steamship company and technical consultant to shipyards. Port engineering, loading / discharging, crewing, operations, negotiations, consultation, supervision, design have all been daily fare.

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