Sievers Safety Services is a specialty organization concentrating on trucking safety and negligenmt entrustment Expert issues as a Expert Witness in transportation litigation. Andy Sievers is known for his 26 years of trucking Safety management and for making over 4,000 individual truck driver hires/qualifications. He intimately understands D.O.T. regulations and how they can be used to make a winning arguement. Andy Sievers is uniquely qualified and experienced with Loading Dock injuries and Flatbed Load Securement accidents. Mr. Sievers responds fast to inquiries and questions. Call (217)714-1960 Anytime.
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: 26 years of progressive Safety management for motor carriers. Has personally hired over 4,000 individual truck drivers. Former Safety Director and VP-Safety.
BS- Indiana University --1982* . MBA -Illinois State University-- 1991
* Graduated with ‘High Distinction’ Honors
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: Trucking Industry Defense Association.
National Safety Council.
American Trucking Association's Safety Management Council.
Beta Gamma Sigma Academic Honor Society.
Mahomet-Seymour School District-Board of Education.
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: o Authored “Hours of Service Regulations” for State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting-October 2008.
o Guest Lecturer at Illinois State University’s Industrial Safety Course- October 2007.
o Co-wrote and co-edited ten video safety training modules for JHT Holdings -2007.
o Author of North American Transportation Management Institute’s Monthly Motor Fleet article: “The Counter-Intuitive Safety-Recruiting
Connection” -January 2006.
o Speaker and panelist at Transportation, Manufacturing & Logistics Risk Management Seminar in San Francisco, CA -September 2006.
o Speaker at Lorman Education Services’ “Trucking Litigation and D.O.T. Regulations in Oklahoma” seminar in Oklahoma City, OK –
April 2006.
o Presenter for Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel Seminar “What is New in the Trucking Industry: Driver Hiring and New Load
Securement Regulations”- Tulsa and Oklahoma City, OK - July 2005.
o Author and presenter at the Trucking Industry Defense Associations Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, NV - “Demographics in our Driving Force: A Multicultural Trucking Industry”- October 2005.
o Author and presenter at the Trucking Industry Defense Association Annual Meeting in Kansas City in October 2002 -“Defending Punitive
Damages Claims”.
o Developed computer-based securement training modules for flatbeds in 2002.
o Co-developed sleep apnea testing protocol for newly hired truck drivers in cooperation with Dr. David Fletcher in 2000.
o Guest Lecturer for Parkland College’s Transportation and Distribution Course-October 1997.
o Presenter at the ATA Highway Accident Litigation Conference in September in Monterey, CA -1999
o Presenter at ATA’s Freight Claims and Security Council Annual Meeting and Seminar in Charlotte, NC - June 1990.
o Presenter for Lorman Education Service’s Workman’s Compensation Seminar for Early Return to Work Programs in Springfield, IL
March 1997
Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: No
Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: Retained as an Expert Witness 150 times
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: Trucking Safety; Truck Driver Qualification, Hiring, Training and Termination. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Regulations; loading and unloading accidents; flatbed load securement; and Truck Driver hours of service and logs.
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: approximately 15%.
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: 85 % for defendant or 3rd party defendant.
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: 37 times
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: October 9, 2008.
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: Once
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: Three times.
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: 5 years.
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: Consulting, Expert Witness reports, Expert Witness testimony, site inspections, DOT compliance reviews, truck driver hours of service audits, etc.
Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: $250.00 per hour.
Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: $250.00 per hour.
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: $300.00 per hour with a 4 hour minimum.
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: $350.00 per hour with a 4 hour minimum.
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: Travel fee = $125.00 per hour from portal to portal.
References
Carlton Fisher-ChicagoRob Hickey-Louisville
Dan Murner-Lexington
Mark Perkins-Shreveport
Ted Perryman-St. Louis
Joe Pappalardo-Cleveland
