Wildfire Expert Witnesses

Los Angeles, California

Energy, Mechanical Engineering - Power Grid, Energy Infrastructures, Marine Industry, Accident Investigation, Power Tools, Patent Litigation, Construction Safety, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Wildfire, Public Safety, Root Cause Analysis, Failure, Accident, Energy, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Disaster, Catastrophic Injury, Safety

Dr. Tarannom Parhizkar, Ph.D., P.E., is a distinguished expert in power grids and the oil & gas industry, with over 16 years of professional experience. She is an Adjunct Professor at UCLA and a trusted authority in accident investigation, failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), and common cause failure assessment, providing attorneys with clear, defensible technical opinions. Her litigation and consulting work focuses on accident reconstruction, root cause analysis, and patent disputes. She has supported cases involving energy infrastructure accidents, pipeline integrity, combustion systems, equipment failures, and environmental exposures. Known for her meticulous methods and integrity, Dr. Parhizkar offers objective, reliable insights that help clarify complex technical issues in court. Dr. Parhizkar has authored a book, multiple book chapters, and more than 30 peer-reviewed journal publications. She is also an active academic contributor, serving as Adjunct Professor at UCLA,...

Fort Collins, Colorado

Epidemiology, Industrial Hygiene - public health, environmental health, exposure science, exposure assessment, chemical hazard, indoor air quality, aerosols, wildfire, wildfire smoke, COVID-19, OSHA, exposure modeling, inhalation, pandemic, occupational health, occupational safety, toxicology, risk assessment, emergency management, heat

Dr. Kristen Good is an Epidemiologist, Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), and Exposure Scientist with 15+ years of background and experience in risk assessment, toxicology, exposure assessment, and environmental sciences, across academia/research, private industry, and government sectors. She has a Ph.D. in Environmental Health with an epidemiology concentration from Colorado State University, a Master's degree in Environmental Management, toxicology focus, from Duke University, and a B.S. in Biology from Boston College. Her experience has included work on various indoor air quality topics (including COVID and other bioaerosols and respiratory pathogens, wildfire smoke/biomass burning, mold, and occupational chemical exposures), human subjects studies including controlled exposures/randomized controlled trial designs, and chemical risk assessment. Dr. Good has served as the leading technical authority in occupational health and indoor air quality at the Colorado Department of P...

Wilmette, Illinois

Legal, Real Estate - Land Use Litigation, Zoning Law, Land Use Planning, Real Estate Law, Boundary Disputes, Permitting (Variances CUPs), PUDs, Development Agreements, Annexation Agreements, Real Estate Development, Environmental Law, Administrative Law, State & Local Government Law, Takings, RLUIPA, HOAs, CC&Rs, Easements, Fair Housing, Wildfire

STEPHEN R. MILLER is a Professor of Law and Associate Dean for the Part-Time J.D. Program at Northern Illinois University College of Law in the Chicago suburb of DeKalb, Illinois. He previously taught for thirteen years (2011-2024) at the University of Idaho College of Law’s Boise campus where he also served as the law school’s Associate Dean for Faculty Development. Professor Miller is a nationally-recognized expert on land use planning law, state and local government law, and property law. His books include The Advanced Introduction to U.S. Land Use Law, Federal Land Use Law & Litigation, Discretionary Land Use Controls, and Land Use Planning and Development Regulation Law (co-authored). He also served as editor-in-chief and senior editor of the American Bar Association’s Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law, and presently serves on the Journal’s editorial board. In addition, he has published over sixty law review articles, professional articles, and editoria...