Offshore Expert Witnesses

San Luis Obispo, California

Trusts & Estates, Securities & Investments - Trust & Estate Litigation, Trust Disputes, Trustee Executor Conduct, Fiduciary Breach, RIA Broker-Dealer, FINRA SEC, Banking, Corporate Trustee, Compliance, Cryptocurrency, Private Equity, Closely Held, Structured Products, Complex Assets, Securities, Offshore, Complex Insurance, Employment Disputes, DST Real Estate, Lending

Jon-Eric Kronvall is a testifying expert witness with more than 35 years of experience in fiduciary governance, retail, business, and private banking, investment advisory, and securities regulation. As President of Esoteric Advisors, he delivers expert reports, declarations, affidavits, depositions, and trial testimony to courts, arbitration panels, and counsel on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants. Mr. Kronvall's concurrent role as President, Chief Investment Officer, and Chief Compliance Officer of Wealth Innovation, a Registered Investment Adviser firm, keeps his expert opinions grounded in current market conditions. He is actively managing portfolios for high-net-worth clients using the same products, regulatory standards, and fiduciary frameworks he analyzes in litigation — informed by current practice rather than retrospective analysis. Esoteric Advisors and Wealth Innovation operate as independent practices with no shared clients, referrals, or overlapping engagements,...

Venice, Florida

Maritime - Offshore, Coastal, Oil & Gas, Ship repair, Offshore supply vessel, Vessel maintenance, Yachts, Uscg inspections, Sailing, Uscg regulations, Navigation, Voyage planning, Accident and fraud, Cruise ships, Passenger vessels, Charter boats

Eric Watson Master Mariner | Maritime Operations, Safety & Passenger Vessel Expert Captain Eric Watson is a U.S. Coast Guard–licensed Master with more than 24 years of command and maritime operations experience aboard passenger vessels, small cruise ships, offshore supply vessels, charter vessels, sailing vessels, motor yachts, and private vessels up to 280 feet. He has logged more than 300,000 nautical miles and has served in command roles involving inland, near coastal, offshore, and ocean operations. Captain Watson has served as Captain on U.S.-flag passenger vessels operating under USCG Subchapter K and Subchapter T, with direct responsibility for vessel safety, regulatory compliance, navigation, crew management, emergency response, passenger safety, vessel inspections, and operational decision-making. His experience includes high-visibility guest service environments where safety, seamanship, regulatory compliance, and risk management are critical. His areas of expert analys...

jupiter, Florida

Maritime, Transportation - yacht, shipyard, tug, barge, longshoreman, crew, seaman, stevedore, super yacht, workmanship, limitation of liability, appraisal, salvage, damage, sailing, cargo, sinking, collision, allision, offshore

Knoll Marine Services is committed to providing the best marine surveying and consulting services to the maritime industry by performing our job safely; with prompt and accurate reporting. Servicing yachts, cargo, inland and offshore commercial maritime sectors. Services include, but are not limited to: Condition Surveys, Appraisals, Damage Surveys, Salvage, On/Off Hire Surveys, Pre-Purchase Surveys, Trip in Tow Surveys, Load Out Surveys, New Construction and Repair Project Management, Ultrasonic Thickness Measurement, Ship Checks for Engineering and Drawings. Matt has extensive experience in shipyard repair of yachts, tugs, barges, and offshore support vessels. Including working with composite materials, steel and aluminum. Matt has extensive experience liaising with classification societies, and United States Coast Guard concerning vessel inspections and compliance issues. Matt regularly performs appraisals of commercial vessels and yachts for many purposes, including limitation...

Boerne, Texas

Energy, Engineering - Drilling, completion, production, oil/gas facilities, secondary and teriary recovery, project management, workovers, safety, hydrogen sulfide effects, acid gas injection wells, onshore, inland waters, offshore, petroleum operations

Domestic and international exploration and production experience both onshore and offshore with major, independent, and private oil and gas companies. Career began with operational engineering assignments, transitioning into supervisory and executive management prior to founding a project management business which sold to Schlumberger. Strengths include experience in all phases of upstream exploration and production business management and operations execution. Strong written, verbal and leadership skills and ability to create and sustain solid interpersonal relationships. Numerous successful oil and gas expert witness assignments throughout career.