For 30 years Charles R. (Chuck) Dutill, II has been performing environmental and stormwater/flooding engineering consulting and litigation support nationwide. He has issued more than 45 expert reports, been deposed for defense and plaintiff, and testified in court (including jury and non-jury trials) for plaintiff and defense. His cases have included damages ranging from $25,000 to $300M, with most between $100,000 to $5M. He has also provided litigation support for environmental criminal and several wrongful death cases, as well as many toxic tort cases.
Approximately 65% of his professional time has been spent providing litigation support and expert witness services nationwide over the last five years, with approximately 20% over 30 years. About 60% of his litigation support services have been for the defense, with approximately 40% for the plaintiff.
Mr. Dutill has been involved with at least 15 significant litigation support cases that have included Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) approaches, comprising mediation and arbitration.
Founded in 1988 by Mr. Dutill, Heritage Technical Services addresses such environmental issues as:
• industrial pretreatment
• septic system
• stormwater
• flood
• hydrology
• hydraulics
• detention
• model
• toxic tort
• surface water
• groundwater
• compliance
• enforcement
• wastewater treatment/discharge
• monitoring
• environmental regulatory audit
• metering system/instrumentation
• pollution
• Right-to-Know
• risk management
• water quality
• solid waste
• hazardous waste
• water reuse
• water conservation
• sewer system
• landfill
• air
• combined sewer overflow
• non-point source pollution
• biosolids management
• potable water
• standard of care
Both as principal of Heritage Technical Services and as a member of two distinguished international environmental engineering firms, the environmental and sanitary engineering work of Mr. Dutill has been heavily concentrated in:
• provision of litigation support/expert testimony services, including investigation, analysis, consultation with counsel, and expert testimony
• analysis of regulations
• evaluation of monitoring requirements
• development of feasibility studies and facility plans
• communication of environmental and risk concepts, especially to enhance acceptance of client proposals
• timely acquisition of permits
• provision of rate, connection fee, and billing advice
He also has significant environmental engineering experience in the areas of design, construction management, and operations assistance. Serving as a civil/environmental engineering consultant for private, institutional, and governmental clients, Mr. Dutill has expertise in stormwater, wastewater, water, solid waste, and hazardous waste issues.
Registered Professional Engineer: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware
Member: National Forensic Center
Water Environment Federation
Environmental and Water Resources Institute
American Society of Civil Engineers
Air & Waste Management Association
American Water Works Association
National Society of Professional Engineers
Cornell University, BS Civil and Environmental Engineering (1978), with distinction
Honors - Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society), Chi Epsilon (Civil Engineering Honor Society), Cornell National Scholar
Heritage Technical Services offers timely, cost-effective environmental and engineering consulting and litigation support. Personal attention, proven approaches, and a broad understanding of environmental issues are the foundation used to successfully fulfill the necessary objectives for each specific client. In the process, Heritage minimizes the burden clients experience due to their responsibility to address environmental issues while allowing them to retain control. Ongoing client satisfaction is demonstrated by the high degree of repeat work (50%) and client referrals (80%).
A list of references, including attorneys, is available and can be forwarded upon request.
