Expert Details
Environmental Site Assessment; Soil and Groundwater Contamination; Site Cleanup Appraisal; Environmental Forensics
ID: 729490
California, USA
Expert has extensive expertise in the research, acquisition and review of historical publications, regulatory case file documents, historical photography, and other archival materials used for case development and establishing causation. He regularly serves as a consulting expert, data wrangler, and technical support specialist for attorneys and other expert witnesses on complex environmental litigation. In addition, he is an expert on the evaluation and appraisal of environmental site investigations and remedial actions performed by third-parties and has testified on matters concerning standard of care. He has extensive experience in evaluating historical industrial processes and activities that led to releases and developing historical pollution assessments. Expert also provides extensive technical assistance to clients for developing and managing environmental databases, geographic information systems, custom software applications, and demonstrative graphics and exhibits for mediation and trial purposes.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1993 | Degree: B.A. | Subject: Geology | Institution: University of Colorado at Boulder |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2003 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Principal Geologist/Partner | Department: |
Responsibilities:Serve as a consulting expert for legal clients on a wide variety of cases ranging from soil and groundwater contamination to air pollution impacts from industrial sources. Serve as a testifying expert on cases involving environmental site assessment, historical pollution incidents, and appraisal of environmental investigations by third parties. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2001 to 2003 | Employer: Komex H2O Science, Inc. | Title: Senior Geologist | Department: |
Responsibilities:Performed environmental site assessments and litigation support projects for various clients, including municipalities, industries, developers, and legal clients. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1994 to 2001 | Employer: Erler & Kalinowski, Inc. | Title: Staff/Senior Geologist | Department: |
Responsibilities:Performed environmental site assessments and litigation support projects for various clients, including municipalities, industries, developers, and legal clients. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| California P.G., Issued 2003, Expires 2022. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Expert provides consulting expert and testifying expert services on environmental litigation projects. He has provided consulting services to legal clients on complex environmental litigation for over 15 years. He has expertise performing data and documents management for cases, data analysis, and developing demonstrative evidence graphics for litigation. Examples include: 1). Provided expert opinions concerning soil and groundwater contamination of Plaintiff’s property by methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and failure of Defendant to properly assess and re-mediate the subject property in a timely manner in accordance with professional care and in response to early knowledge of the contamination. Testified in deposition. Testimony resulted in a favorable settlement for Plaintiffs prior to trial. 2.) Provided consulting expert services. Performed extensive data and document acquisition and review. Interpreted subsurface oil reservoirs, oil well construction, and interpretation of oil field gas migration. Developed demonstrative evidence graphics for multiple testifying experts. Testified in deposition. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Expert is an expert in the evaluation of aerial photography, maps and geospatial data. He has expertise in the preparation of demonstrative evidence graphics for mediation and trial. |
Fields of Expertise
environmental science, forensic analysis, environmental forensics, environmental impact, geology, aerial photo analysis, environment, environment-related assessment, environmental data, environmental due diligence investigation, environmental investigation, graphic arts, soil contamination, environmental geology, environmental sampling, soil sampling, environmental testing, environmental water sample, environmental water sampling, contaminated soil, soil characterization, soil gas, soil remediation, environmental due diligence, environmental site assessment, environmental site auditing, environmental remediation, environmental liability, environmental data quality assurance, dense non-aqueous phase liquid, environmental compliance, environmental air quality, aerial photography, environmental monitoring, environmental air sampling, air sample, environmental sample, hydrogeology, environmental management, environmental monitor, chemical product environmental effect, air-quality assessment, water-quality assessment, water pollution assessment, air sampling, environmental cleanup, groundwater cleanup, environmental modeling, asbestos environmental effect, arsenic environmental effect