School Liability Expert Witnesses

Centennial, Colorado

Education & Schools, School Safety - Bullying, Cyberbullying, Harassment, Standard of Care, Accepted Professional Standards, School Liability, MTSS, PBIS, Deliberate Indifference, Hostile Environment, Student Discipline, School Climate, Program Fidelity, Retaliation, School Policy, Negligent Supervision, Physical Assasult, School Training, Staff Development, Title VI

Dr. Collins is a doctoral-level school psychologist and systems strategist with nearly 20 years of experience in the forensic evaluation of school bullying, discriminatory harassment, and student safety protocols. He earned his degree with a research focus specifically dedicated to effective bullying prevention strategies. This clinical background is bolstered by years of "boots-on-the-ground" experience as a school psychologist in public K-12 settings, providing a deep understanding of the practical challenges of supervision and intervention in diverse school climates. Currently overseeing bullying prevention and school safety initiatives for a Mountain West Department of Education impacting hundreds of schools, Dr. Collins provides expert consultation and testimony on the Standard of Care required to maintain safe, compliant, and inclusive educational environments. Core Areas of Expertise: (1) Standard of Care Analysis: Evaluating district adherence to state and federal safe...

Buffalo, New York

Education & Schools, Child Abuse - school, sexual harassment, sexual abuse, child, student, Title IX, Title 9, mandatory reporting, school liability, student sexual abuse, standard of care, sexual misconduct, grooming, student safety, bullying, sex discrimination, child sexual abuse, defense expert, plaintiff expert, negligant hiring

20+ years as Professor and Director of an Educational Leadership Ph.D./Ed.D. Program. Experienced expert. Multi-award-winning teacher. Expert on state and federal mandates in hiring, supervision, retention, and prevention of educator sexual misconduct directed toward students in schools and other settings. Retained nationwide by plaintiffs and defendants on numerous abuse claims from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and through the present. For over two decades, taught doctoral and master’s degree students (who were K-12 superintendents, principals, teachers, coaches, counselors, and leaders of youth-serving organizations) to assess their operations, policies, and procedures in relation to mandatory reporting, federal law, other statutes, and best practices in student sexual abuse prevention. Taught Title IX (including statutes, regulations, and administrative guidelines), monitored Title IX program compliance, and was appointed by D'Youville University as a Title IX Task Force Member. W...

GROVE CITY, Ohio

Education & Schools, School Safety - K–12 school safety, school violence prevention, school liability, negligent security school, standard of care school safety, duty of care K12 schools, school safety training, inadequate supervision, school threat assessment, targeted violence prevention, de-escalation training

Mr. Sigrist has more than four decades of continuous professional engagement with K-12 schools — first as a classroom teacher, then as a district-level Safety Director, and for the past decade as the founder and Chief Executive Officer of a school-safety consultancy that serves school districts across the United States and internationally. He has held concurrent service as a sworn law-enforcement officer since 1990, providing him with practitioner-level perspective on both sides of the school-police interface. Mr. Sigrist holds a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from Ohio University and a Master of Science in Education Administration from the University of Dayton, and is a graduate of the Central Ohio Peace Officer's Training Academy. He has taught school safety and public-safety management at the university level for more than a decade as an Adjunct Professor at Franklin University, and he serves on the Editorial Advisory Council of Campus Safety Magazine, a leading pr...