Clothing/Apparel Expert Witnesses in California

Clothing/Apparel, Intellectual Property - Apparel/Clothing Industry, Apparel/Licensing, Brand Dilution, Copyright Infringement, Fashion Industry, Clothing Industry. Garment Industry, Intellectual Property, Licensing, Textile(s), Trademark and Trade Dress Infringement, Branding and Fashion Marketing

More than 45 years experience in the Fashion/Garment/Clothing Industry, as a retailer, manufacturer, consultant & college instructor. A perceptive & articulate expert witness who has been involved in more than 150 apparel industry legal disputes during the past several years. Ms. Goldaper has been deposed and testified for both defendants and plaintiffs. 
She has owned her own clothing manufacturing company & held key executive positions in major public and private apparel companies. Ms. Goldaper has been a management consultant to over 180 new, failing or growing apparel companies, and completed assignments for the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in Romania, Egypt, El Salvador, Moscow, Thailand & Bulgaria as an apparel expert. She is a 35-year member of the faculty at Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising.

Business Operations, Clothing/Apparel - Retail Operations, Stores, Merchandising, Retail Management, Retail Store Safety, Retail Operating Policy, Slips, Falls, Grocery, Retail Displays, Retail Property, Merchandise Packaging

• Gary White is an expert in store operations, safe store conditions, safe merchandising, and safe environments for customers and employees. He has represented plaintiff and defense. • In his leadership roles, he has trained store safety, hired safety managers, and approved store inspection policies to be implemented in retail stores. • As a retail executive, Mr. White has approved the building of over 900 stores and reviewed the capital expenditure needs for existing stores to repair or replace in-store equipment as needed. • As a store operations trainer, he has trained hundreds of managers to inspect and correct issues discovered in stores and to keep the store safe. • As an expert witness, Mr. White has reviewed dozens of cases, written opinions, testified for defendants and plaintiffs, and represented many different local and national retailers.