Clark Stoner, PE, PLS Expert Witness

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Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

General Specialties:

Civil Engineering and Land Surveying

Keywords/Search Terms:

Civil Engineer, Land Surveyor, Geomatics Engineer, Boundary Disputes, Easements, LiDAR, Laser Scanning, UAV, Drone, Aerial Photogrammetry, Change Detection, Aerial Photo Analysis, Floodplains, Flooding, Hydraulics, Storm Drains, Sanitary Sewers, Water and Wastewater Treatment, Landslides, Wildfires

Education:

BS Civil Engineering, San Diego State University

Years in Practice:

25

Number of Times Deposed/Testified in Last 4 Yrs:

7

Additional Information

Clark Stoner has over 25 years of experience in the civil engineering and land surveying fields. His experience ranges from the design, construction and operation of large scale water and wastewater infrastructure facilities to the design and construction of amusement theme parks, subdivisions and residential, commercial and hospitality projects. He also has extensive experience as technical expert in litigation support matters involving massive flooding events, storm drain and sanitary sewer systems, landslides, land subsidence, change detection, code compliance, construction defect, origin and cause investigations, failure analysis, boundary and easement disputes, and standard of care. He has testified as an expert witness in California and Nevada on a range of issues. Mr. Stoner has also assisted consulting and legal teams to develop the macro perspective on litigation support matters through use of remote sensing techniques, such as aerial and terrestrial LiDAR, 3D laser scanning, multi-spectral imaging and photogrammetry to gather additional facts otherwise undetected. Qualified as an expert witness at trial in the following areas: - Stormwater drainage system design, construction and operation; - Stormwater detention and retention systems; - Sanitary sewer system design, construction and operation; - Wastewater treatment system design and operation; - Sanitary sewer and storm drain pumping systems; - Stormwater flooding origin and cause; - Watersheds and inter-basin transfer; - Land use change detection; - FEMA Floodplalins; - Civil engineering improvement plans; - Planning and permitting; - Subdivisions; - Easements. CV available upon request.