Baseball Expert Witnesses

Athletics & Recreation, Biomechanics - Fitness, Personal Training, Exercise, Gym, Treadmill, baseball, cycling, Health Club, weight training.

Mr. Baumgarten has 40+ years of experience in the fitness industry, including working as a personal trainer, program manager, business owner, facility designer, equipment salesperson, etc. He is a Harvard graduate with a Masters in Exercise Science, certification from American College of Sports Medicine (Health-Fitness Director), NASM, and as a Medical Exercise Specialist. He has been an adjunct professor at Marymount University; editorial Board member and columnist for Fitness Onsite magazine; and a columnist for Boardroom magazine. Mr. Baumgarten has presented at numerous conferences, and has over 16 years' experience as an expert witness, on over 170 cases, both for plaintiffs and defendants. In addition, he has many years of experience in baseball, fastpitch softball (championship official), and cycling, including certification as a bicycle fitter, bicycle mechanic, and cycling coach.

Athletics & Recreation, School Safety - Supervision, instruction, premises, emergency action planning, sudden cardiac arrest, lightning, baseball spectators, sports, play, playground, tennis, racquetball, baseball, soccer, aquatics, slides, sledding, boxing, summer camp, climbing wall, fitness, football, basketball, scuba, ropes course

For more than two decades, I have served as a sport and recreation safety expert – as a litigation expert witness providing opinion on safety issues through case consultation, and by testimony at trial or deposition – and as a sport facility safety inspector. I have conducted sport facility safety inspections for private k-12 schools, colleges, and universities across the State of Florida, and have consulted on safety issues for the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Center’s entertainment venues. In municipalities, I have conducted inspections of playgrounds and sport/play spaces to inform municipal loss prevention efforts. These experiences, coupled with a unique educational background in law (University of Toledo) and sport and recreation management (Clemson University and Indiana University), as well as many years spent teaching, studying, publishing, and presenting on safety issues relevant to sport and recreation safety, liability, and loss prevention while at the University of Flor...