Helicopter Expert Witnesses

Poway, California

Electricity, Safety - Electric Expert, OSHA, Construction, Electrical Contact, Shock, Electrocution, Fatality, Incident Investigation, Lineman Expert Witness, Cranes Tip and Contact, Arc Flash, Occupational Injury, Personal Injury, Burns, Excavation, Electric Vaults, Rigging, Falls, Helicopter, Underground Utility Strike

Summary of Electrical Utility Construction Expertise With over 35 years of extensive experience, I am an expert witness in electrical utility construction. My career spans from being a certified Journeyman Lineman to holding upper-level corporate management positions such as project manager, division manager, district manager, national director of training, and director of safety and training. My expertise enables me to provide informed opinions on legal issues involving personal injury, property damage, electric utility fire ignition, utility system maintenance, construction standards, OSHA and NESC standards, and compliance. I have contributed as a subject matter expert in numerous legal cases, depositions, and expert opinions across various states. I have provided Cal/OSHA expertise, authored amendments to the California Safety Manual and the Code of Safe Work Practices (Accident Prevention Rules, "The Red Book"), and offered subject matter expertise on transmission and distrib...

Lawrence, Kansas

Aviation & Aerospace, Engineering - Aerospace, Aviation, Engineering, Patent Litigation, Flight Safety, Structures, Aircraft Design, Stability and Control, Propulsion, UAV, UAM and UAS, Drone, Missile, Munition, Helicopter, Electric Flight, Flying Toys, Flight Testing, Aircraft Crashworthiness, Cost Analysis

• Full Professor of Aerospace Engineering • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (NAI) • Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) • Winner of the Discover Magazine Award for Aerospace and Aviation • Led more award winning American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Aircraft and Missile Design teams than any other in the world • Listed by Stanford/Elsevier as one of the world’s top 2% most cited Technologists • Most cited member of the AIAA Aircraft Design Technical Committee • Published more than 400 professional works • Holder of 23 patents • Worked on projects for all of the branches of the US DoD, NASA, NSF, DARPA, all major US aerospace corporations and many minor. I am the only NAI Fellow and AIAA Associate Fellow listed on SEAK. These distinctions make me exceptionally resistant to Daubert motions in my areas of expertise and would give your side "one up" on adverse parties. I have worked in many corners of aerospace techn...