Risk Mitigation Expert Witnesses

Los Angeles, California

Assisted Living, Long Term Care - Assisted Living Falls, Independent Living, Memory Care, Standard of Care, Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC), Risk Mitigation, Elder Abuse, Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), Pressure Injury, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Care Standards, Falls Reconstructionist, Delay In Treatment, Wounds, Accelerated Decline, Elopement

Award-winning assisted living, independent living and memory care safety and risk mitigatoin professional. Expert in identifying causes and liabilities of adverse events including: falls, pressure wounds, accelerated decline, and infections. Has helped improve safety and prevent adverse events at many hundreds of senior living communities. USC and Harvard educated. USC Faculty. Significant public speaking experience.

Los Angeles, California

Securities & Investments, Risk Management - Reg BI, Regulation Best Interest, FINRA Programs, FINRA Risk Hierarchy, Sales Practice Issues, FINRA Rules, SEC Rules, Internal Controls, Broker-Dealer Compliance, Broker-Dealer Supervision, Broker-Dealer Regulatory Issue, Written Supervisory Procedures, WSP, Risk Monitoring, Risk Mitigation

President and Founding Principal of Diles Consulting, Colleen has 25 + years of experience in the securities industry. Colleen worked at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for 22 years supervising both Examination and Risk Monitoring teams. Most recently, at FINRA, Colleen served as Risk Monitoring Director and Los Angeles Office Senior Leader. Prior to joining FINRA, Colleen held the position of Mutual Fund Administration Supervisor at Chase Global Fund Service Company in Boston, Massachusetts. During her tenure at FINRA, Colleen developed and enhanced company programs and processes and successfully worked with technology partners to create solutions to advance Risk Monitoring business needs. Additionally, Colleen served as the Los Angeles Regulatory Point of Contact and established relationships with federal and state regulators through stakeholder forums. This included regular interaction with national and regional SEC offices, State securities regulators, NAASA...

Beaumont, California

Railroad - Railroad Operations, Railroad Crossings, Railway SIgnals, Railroad Dispatching, Railroad Worker Protection, Safety Training, Commuter Rail Safety, Railroad Standards, Derailment Investigation, Trespasser Railroad, FRA rules, GCOR rules, ABTH rules, Safety Management, Risk Mitigation, Project Safety Oversite

Railroad Signal Maintainer field expertise on construction and maintenance of signal and crossing apparatuses - certification Comprehensive knowledge of Inspection practices , securement of cars and locomotive procedures, as well as safety appliances Remote Control (RCL) - certification Class 1 railroad conductor - certification DSLE (designated supervisor of locomotive engines (RCL) - Certification Commuter Train Operator, Instructor , training and certification of commuter engineers- Certification Extensive operational railroad safety expertise - Certification Instructor for New Hire Conductors - CN, UPRR, RTDC Denver Expert Witness Training (SEAK)

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Toxicology, Pharmacology- Clinical - Opioids, Gabapentin, Pregabalin, NSAIDs, Polysubstance, Addiction, Overdose, Suicide, Poisoning, Toxicology, Malpractice, Wrongful, Risk Mitigation, Opioid Safety, Taper, Opioid Discontinuation, Controlled Substances, Respiratory Depression, Kidney, Liver

Dr. Atkinson is a Clinical Pharmacy Practitioner in Pain Management specializing in high-risk chronic pain medication management for more than 12 years. He has extensive experience in providing comprehensive drug therapy management with controlled substances, polypharmacy, and polysubstance use. He ran a suboxone clinic for patients with comorbid opioid use disorder and high-risk chronic pain for years and served as director of a pharmacy pain residency training program. Dr. Atkinson is a frequent and experienced national speaker at pain conferences on pain pharmacology and toxicology topics. Dr. Atkinson is a national subject matter expert in opioid and controlled substance prescribing and management including regulatory requirements for standard risk mitigation activities. He has served for many years as a public policy expert on opioids for federal agencies, guideline workgroups, and the section editor on opioids and substance use disorders for the journal of pain research. ...