Electrical Accidents Safety Expert Witnesses

Jamie Popp, PE, is the Owner and Principal Electrical Engineer of Popp Consulting LLC, with 15 years of experience in Electrical System Design, Forensic Engineering, and Engineer of Record Services. As an Engineer of Record, Mr. Popp designs and seals electrical construction documents for commercial, industrial, and petrochemical projects, including single-line diagrams, raceway routing layouts, power flow models, and system loading calculations.

Mr. Popp also performs hazardous area classification evaluations and design reviews for petrochemical and heavy industrial sites. This hands-on design work gives him direct insight into how electrical systems should be designed, installed, and maintained, and where they fall short. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in 21 states, including AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, HI, ID, IN, IA, ME, NV, NH, NC, OK, PA, TN, TX, UT, VT, WA, WI.

Litigation Support - Mr. Popp provides expert witness and litigation consulting on electrical engineering matters. He has consulted with counsel, reviewed case materials, prepared written expert reports, and given deposition testimony. His services include forensic investigations of electrical failures, code compliance audits, independent design and plan reviews, and evaluation of claims and technical disputes, grounded in the National Electrical Code and accepted engineering practice.

Mr. Popp's background spans commercial, industrial, petrochemical, nuclear, mining, and manufacturing facilities. At Jacobs Engineering he managed design, multi-discipline coordination, protection studies, and field commissioning of distribution and substation systems. As Principal Electrical Engineer at Hatch, and later as Senior Engineer at AllNorth, he directed multidisciplinary teams and electrical system integration at industrial, mining, and nuclear sites with strict safety and compliance requirements.

Mr. Popp holds an M.S. in Engineering and an M.S. in Project Management from the University of Wisconsin–Platteville, a B.A.S. in Business and Management from the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, and an A.A.S. in Electrical Engineering from Northeast Wisconsin Technical College.

Auto • Airbag • Bicycle • Boating • Bus • Chair Design / Safety / Failure • Diving and Drowning • Electrocution and Shock • Elevator • Escalator • Fires and Explosions • Forklift • Gate • Golf Cart • Highway Design and Safety • Ladder • Law Enforcement • Lighting & Illumination • Loading Dock • Metallurgy • Motorcycle • Paintgun • Playground Safety • Press • Ramps • Rollercoaster • Safety Guards • Scaffolding • Seatbelts • Slip / Trip and Fall • Spas • Stairs • Swimming Pool Design and Safety • Tractors • Trailers • Trucks • 3D Scans

A Licensed Professional Engineer in 21 states, John Averrett specializes in Electrical Shock / Electrocution, Utilities, Arc Flash, Lightning Strikes, and Grounding cases involving death, personal injury, industrial equipment failure, vehicular accidents, fire cause/origin, contract, and construction disputes. 

Areas of practice include: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, South Carolina, Texas, North Carolina, Louisiana, Kentucky, Arkansas, Virginia, Oklahoma, Missouri, West Virginia, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Maryland, Kansas, Delaware, and Wisconsin; other states by comity as needed through NCEES.

John Averrett is Executive Vice President of Goodwyn Mills & Cawood headquartered in Montgomery, AL. He has more than 25 years experience in plan development for governmental, municipal, industrial and commercial clients and is currently coordinating a group of twelve other electrical engineers and designers. In addition to his design efforts, Mr. Averrett's experience includes work with electric utilities that includes transmission, sub-stations, and distribution; work with investigating lightning strikes; work with investigating grounding insufficiencies; and work analyzing and providing solutions for arc flash hazards.

Litigation Support - Mr. Averrett offers expert witness services to attorneys representing plaintiff and defendant. He provides site review, thorough reporting, deposition, and trial testimony as needed nationwide.