Workplace Safety Expert Witnesses

As a highly professional & credible Expert, Consultant, & Speaker, Jean Seawright has provided trusted advice & HR Consultation to thousands of organizations nationwide. As president of Seawright & Associates, a Human Resource Management Consulting Firm, Ms. Seawright is widely respected for her knowledge of state & federal employment regulations, including, among others, the FLSA, ADA, FMLA, PWFA, & Title VII.

Since 1987, she has focused on HR-related engagements such as executive advisory, regulatory compliance, management training and development, workplace investigations (including harassment), performance management, background checks, hiring & terminating employees, charges of discrimination, employee handbook & policy development, compensation plans, HR audits,  & others. Ms. Seawright is a frequent speaker at state & national trade associations & is the author of numerous articles & publications in the field of human resources, including The Employment Genie®, an exclusive hiring, coaching, & termination system for businesses. 

Areas of Expertise:

• Negligent Hiring, Supervision, and Retention
• Discrimination and EEO Compliance
• HR Policies and Programs
• FLSA and Wage and Hour Compliance
• Harassment
• Workplace Investigations
• Expert Witness Services for Employment Law Matters
• ADA
• FMLA
• Background Checks and Hiring Procedures
• Title VII
• Employee Handbooks and Policies

Ms. Seawright is available for case analysis, case theory evaluation, expert witness reports, depositions, analysis of other expert testimony, and trial testimony.

Bryan Netherland is a Safety & Premises Liability Expert Witness and consultant with more than 15 years of experience building and leading OSHA Compliance and Risk Management programs across manufacturing, logistics, and industrial operations, including Fortune 10 companies. Through Seek Safety Consulting, he provides litigation support and expert analysis to attorneys handling workplace injury, premises liability, and industrial accident cases nationwide.

Litigation Support - Mr. Netherland's work centers on standard of care, hazard recognition, and risk foreseeability. He evaluates whether a company's safety policies, training, inspections, and management systems met generally accepted safety practices, and produces clear, defensible reports built to hold up under cross-examination. Mr. Netherland is available for case evaluation, report preparation, deposition, and trial testimony for both plaintiff and defense counsel.

OHSA Matters: https://seeksafetyconsulting.com/osha-expert-witness

Safety Matters: https://seeksafetyconsulting.com/safety-expert-witness 

Premises Liability: https://seeksafetyconsulting.com/premises-liability-expert-witness 

Areas of Expertise:

Before founding his firm, Bryan led global workplace health and safety standards across global operations affecting more than 50,000 employees. He has further directed EHS programs for several national and international manufacturers. He holds the Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Safety and Health Official (CSHO), and Associate in Risk Management (ARM) credentials, along with an MS in Occupational Safety and Health and an MBA. Bryan is a Walkway Auditor Certificate Holder (WACH) through the National Floor Safety Institute.  He has participated in or led over 100 incident investigations and is trained as a TapRoot® Advanced Root Cause Analysis Team Leader.  Bryan currently serves as an adjunct professor of occupational safety and stays practiced at explaining complex standards in plain terms a jury can follow.

Jeff Nelken, MA, retired RD is a Food Safety / HACCP Expert with 40 years of experience in the hospitality industry. He specializes in Food Safety, Accident Prevention, Inspections, Audits, and Training. 

Litigation Cases Include:

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